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Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Shu-How Lin is an 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". Lin is the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, and is one of the few Asian Americans to have played in th…
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2026· 16 entries
“s high school basketball coach, Peter Diepenbrock, that Lin was a”
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heavy.com: New York Knicks Legend Jeremy Lin Makes Heartfelt Post
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nysportsday.com: Jeremy Lin Pays Emotional Tribute to Two Knicks Greats After Their Hall of Fame Induction
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Yahoo Sports: Knicks news: Jeremy Lin gives Amar’e Stoudemire props for Hall of Fame career
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AsAmNews: Knicks coach shouts out Jeremy Lin in Hall of Fame speech
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Larry Brown Sports: Mike D’Antoni’s Hall of Fame speech includes an incredible shoutout to Jeremy Lin
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Public attention spiked: 6,523 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 2,130, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 9,518 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 2,130, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 19,619 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.2× the usual 2,130, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “Jeremy Lin: 'I drove in $100 million in revenue. I got paid $400,000 and then I got dropped'” (Yahoo! Sports).
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Yahoo! Sports: Jeremy Lin: 'I drove in $100 million in revenue. I got paid $400,000 and then I got dropped'
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Public attention spiked: 33,927 Wikipedia readers in one day, 15.9× the usual 2,130, with 9 article edits. Coverage that week: “Jeremy Lin reveals truth behind Kim Kardashian rumors: ‘That request did come in’” (Yahoo).
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Yahoo: Jeremy Lin reveals truth behind Kim Kardashian rumors: ‘That request did come in’
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Public attention spiked: 17,703 Wikipedia readers in one day, 8.3× the usual 2,130, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Jeremy Lin Won’t Backtrack on Bold Spurs Prediction as Knicks Take Control” (Yahoo! Sports).
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Yahoo! Sports: Jeremy Lin Won’t Backtrack on Bold Spurs Prediction as Knicks Take Control
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Yardbarker: Jeremy Lin Reveals the Brutal Night the Miami Heat Brought 'Linsanity' to a Sudden End
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2025· 6 entries
Yardbarker: Jeremy Lin’s Final Buzzer: The End of an Unlikely Basketball Journey
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Sporting News: Jeremy Lin retires: Former face of NBA's 'Linsanity' retires from professional basketball
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Larry Brown Sports: Jeremy Lin announces his retirement
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Lin announced his retirement from professional basketball, capping a 15-year career
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Total Pro Sports: Jeremy Lin’s Car Collection: A Look At What The “Linsanity” Star Drives
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Lin was awarded the Clutch Play of the Year of the TPBL in 2024–25 season
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2024· 2 entries
Lin signed a one-year player option contract extension with the Kings, who joined the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL)
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Lin announced that his son had been born "a few months" earlier
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2023· 5 entries
Lin signed with the New Taipei Kings of the PLG, joining his brother Joseph on the team
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Lin became the first player in Taiwan's PLG history to record a 50-point triple-double
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Lin signed with the Kaohsiung 17LIVE Steelers of the P
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Winning the PLG championship in 2024 and the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) championship in 2025
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Mostly private about his personal life, Lin announced on social media in January 2023 that he and his wife got married about two years before.
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2022· 1 entry
Amid protests in China over its COVID-19 controls, the CBA announced that it had fined him 10,000 yuan ($1,400) for "inappropriate remarks about quarantine hotel-related facilities"
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2021· 5 entries
Lin announced that he was returning to the Beijing Ducks in the CBA
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Jeremy Lin addressed the graduating class of Harvard College as their Class Day speaker
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The Guardian: Jeremy Lin on Atlanta spa shootings: 'I worry I encourage hate by speaking out'
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The Guardian: NBA opens probe after Jeremy Lin says he was called 'coronavirus' during game
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Santa Cruz announced that Lin had been added to their team for the 2020–21 season through the new NBA veteran exception rule, which some G League observers dubbed the "Jeremy Lin rule"
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2020· 2 entries
To secure his G League rights for Santa Cruz, but they were unable to obtain a clearance letter from the Ducks, partly because FIBA's offices were closed on the weekends
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The CBA postponed the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the season did not resume until late June
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2019· 5 entries
Lin signed with the Beijing Ducks of the CBA for a reported $3 million per year
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The Guardian: Jeremy Lin could never match his remarkable start but he is no NBA failure
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The Guardian: Jeremy Lin breaks down over NBA free agency: 'It keeps getting more rock bottom' – video
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Won the NBA with Toronto Raptors (2019).
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The Hawks waived Lin after finalizing a buyout
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2018· 2 entries
Lin was traded to the Atlanta Hawks, along with draft picks, in exchange for the draft rights to Isaia Cordinier and a future second-round pick
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Joined Atlanta Hawks in 2018.
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2017· 3 entries
During the Nets' season opener against the Indiana Pacers, Lin was injured when he landed awkwardly following a layup
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Scored a season-high 32 points in a 115–107 loss to the Orlando Magic
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Lin was back in the starting lineup for the Nets after missing 26 games with his hamstring strain
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2016· 12 entries
Returned to action for Brooklyn for the first time since November 2, when he had suffered a strained left hamstring
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In an away game against the Boston Celtics
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Lin signed a three-year, $36 million contract with the Brooklyn Nets
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The Guardian: Jeremy Lin heads back to New York to join Brooklyn Nets
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Scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead jumper with 48 seconds remaining, to help Charlotte rally from a 30–7 deficit in the second quarter for a 91–88 comeback victory over San Antoni
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theScore: VIDEO: Various broadcasters diss Jeremy Lin's haircut
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Joined Brooklyn Nets in 2016.
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“In some ways, Linsanity wouldn”
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To play for the Brooklyn Nets, Lin stated, "In some ways, Linsanity wouldn't have been Linsanity if I was a different skin color, most likely, it wouldn't have been as big of a deal, and that went to my advantage, too, b
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Lin starred in an episode of the Comedy Central series Viralocity, playing a heightened version of himself
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In 2016, Lin formed his own professional Dota 2 team, known as J.Storm.
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Lin formed his own professional Dota 2 team, known as J
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2015· 5 entries
Lin signed a two-year, $4
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Scott promoted rookie Jordan Clarkson to start over Price and chose not to play a healthy Lin in a blowout loss to San Antonio
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“I feel like Asians in general don”
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Joined Charlotte Hornets in 2015.
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Lin said, "I feel like Asians in general don't get the respect that we may deserve whether it comes to sports, basketball, or whatever it might be"
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2014· 5 entries
Lin was traded, along with a first-round draft pick and a second-round draft pick, to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for the rights to Serhiy Lishchuk
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Lin recorded 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists—his first career triple-double—in 29 minutes off the bench in a 106–92 home victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers
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Madame Tussauds unveiled a wax figure of his likeness at its San Francisco branch
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Lin became a content partner with Whistle Sports Network, adding his YouTube channel with roughly 400,000 subscribers in exchange for an undisclosed equity stake
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Joined Los Angeles Lakers in 2014.
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2013· 1 entry
ESPN SportsCenter anchor Jorge Andres apologized on-air after commenting that Lin "was cooking with some hot peanut oil" after Lin's 21-point performance helped Houston to a win over the Knicks
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2012· 9 entries
The Guardian: Jeremy Lin returns to New York and leads Rockets to victory over Knicks
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The Guardian: LeBron James of Miami Heat tops NBA jersey sales as Jeremy Lin falls away
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NBA TV announced that Lin was the first-ever winner of the "Social Breakout Player of the Year" Award
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ESPN used a racial slur in relation to Lin
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In the middle of a Knicks-Lakers game in which Lin scored 38 points, Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock posted the following on Twitter regarding Lin's sexual prowess: "Some lucky lady in NYC is gonna feel a couple inch
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Lin slept on a couch in his brother's one-bedroom apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City
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That he did not think Lin's race affected his recruiting until later seeing 10 Division I coaches express interest in a black student who Diepenbrock assessed as "a nice junior college player"
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Lin battled inconsistency and injuries
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To preempt strangers from profiting from his likeness
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2011· 3 entries
And played seven minutes in two pre-season games in Houston
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The Warriors waived Lin to free up salary cap space to make an offer to restricted free agent center DeAndre Jordan; Lin was due to make almost $800,000 that would have become fully guaranteed on February 10, 2012
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Lin was waived by both the Warriors and the Houston Rockets before joining the New York Knicks early in 2011–12
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2010· 2 entries
Lin signed a two-year deal with his hometown Warriors
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Studied at Harvard University, Bachelor of Arts (2006–2010).
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2009· 1 entry
Sean Gregory of Time wrote the following in regard to Lin not having received Division I basketball scholarship offers: "[Lin] was scrawny, but don't doubt that a little racial profiling, intentional or otherwise, contri
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2008· 1 entry
Lin said: "I'm not saying top-5 state automatically gets you offers, but I do think [my ethnicity] did affect the way coaches recruited me
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2006· 2 entries
Played for Harvard Crimson men's basketball (2006–2010).
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Joined Harvard in 2006.
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1988· 1 entry
Born 1988-08-23.
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