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My Take
Linsanity was lightning in a bottle, but I have always felt Jeremy Lin's real story is everything around it. An undrafted Harvard guard, cut twice, sleeping on a teammate's couch — then weeks of basketball so electric it briefly made Madison Square Garden the center of the world. To me that was no fluke; it was preparation finally meeting opportunity. His career also forced a long-overdue conversation about how Asian American athletes get scouted and stereotyped. He kept playing with dignity long after the headlines moved on, picking up a ring with Toronto and thriving overseas. Few athletes have meant so much from so few minutes.
Overview
Jeremy Shu-How Lin (Chinese: 林書豪; born August 23, 1988) is a Taiwanese-American former professional basketball player. He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 2011–12 season, sparking a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jeremy Lin
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェレミー・リン
- Reading
- じぇれみー・りん
- Born
- August 23, 1988 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dragon
- Origin
- Torrance, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 191 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Palo Alto High School
- University
- Harvard University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.