Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is a professional American basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He suddenly led the victory turnaround with the New York Knicks in 2012, which resulted in a global craze known as "Linsanity". Lin is the first Chinese or Taiwanese to play in the NBA, and one of the few Asian Americans to play in the league as a whole. He is also known for his public expression of Christianity.
Lin grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and earned the Northern California Player of the Year award as a senior in high school. After receiving no offer of an athletic scholarship, he studied at Harvard University, where he was a three-time All-Conference player in the Ivy League. Recruited out of college, Lin reached a partially guaranteed contract contract in 2010 with his hometown Golden State Warriors. He rarely played in the rookie season and was assigned to the NBA Development League (D-League) three times. He was released by the following Warriors and Houston Rockets pre-season before joining the New York Knicks at the start of the 2011-12 season.
Lin continued to play sparingly and again spent time in the D-League. In February 2012, he led a winning streak by New York while being promoted to the starting lineup. In 2012, Lin signed a three-year deal with the Rockets, which he played two seasons before the Los Angeles Lakers acquired him in trading. He played a season with the Lakers before signing a contract with the Charlotte Hornets. He signed a contract with Brooklyn the following season.
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Lin was born in Los Angeles County in the city of Torrance. She grew up in a Christian family in the San Francisco Bay Area, Palo Alto.
Her parents, Lin Gie-Ming and Shirley Lin, emigrated from Taiwan to the United States in the mid-1970s, settling first in Virginia before moving to Indiana, where they both attended university. They are both Taiwanese and U.S. family fathers. Lin is a Hoklo from Beidou, Changhua, Taiwan, while his maternal grandmother emigrated to Taiwan in the late 1940s from Pinghu, Zhejiang, in mainland China.
Lin's parents have a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m). The family of his ancestors was tall, and his father was more than 6 feet 0 â €
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High school career
During his senior year in 2005-2006, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a 32-1 record and disappointed the national rankings of Mater Dei, 51-47, for the California State Division II Interscholastic Federation (CIF). He was named first all-State player and Northern California Division II of the Year, ending his senior year with an average of 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals.
College career
Recruitment process
Lin sent rÃÆ'Ã… © sumÃÆ' Â © and DVD highlights from his high school basketball career to all Ivy League schools; University of California, Berkeley; and his dream school, Stanford University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Pac-10 schools want him to walk instead of being actively recruited or offering a sports scholarship. Harvard and Brown were the only teams that gave him a place on their team, but the Ivy League school did not offer an athletic scholarship. Male basketball coach from the University of San Francisco and retired NBA player Rex Walters said the NCAA limit on coach recruitment visits has reduced opportunities for Lin. "Most colleges start recruiting a man in the first five minutes they see him because he runs very fast, jumps very high, does things fast and easy to evaluate," Walters said. Lin added, "I just think that someone understands my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I will not do anything extra striking or athletic."
In July 2005, Harvard's assistant coach-later Bill Holden saw that Lin was 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall, which corresponded to the physical attributes he was looking for, and he had an average grade of 4.2 in high school , who met Harvard academic standards. But Holden was initially unimpressed with Lin's ability on the pitch, and told Lin's high school basketball coach Peter Diepenbrock that Lin was a "third division player". Later that week, Holden sees Lin playing in a much more competitive match, driving into a basket at every opportunity with a "killer instinct", and Lin is a top priority for him. The Harvard coach was afraid that Stanford, close to Lin's home, would offer Lin a scholarship, but no, and Lin chose to attend Harvard. "I'm not sitting there saying all these Division I coaches are fools," Diepenbrock said. "There's a legitimate question about Jeremy." The owner of the Warriors and Stanford booster Joe Lacob says Stanford's failure to recruit Lin "is really stupid.The kid is just across the street. [If] you can not recognize it, you have a problem." Kerry Keating, UCLA's assistant who offers Lin a chance to walk, said on the back that Lin might end up starting from a point guard for UCLA.
Harvard
A Harvard trainer remembers Lin in his first season as "the physically weakest person in the team", but in the sophomore season (2007-08), Lin averaged 12.6 points and was named Second Team All-Ivy League. In his first year in the 2008-09 season, he was the only NCAA Division I basketball player who ranked in the top ten in the conference to score (17.8), rebound (5.5), assists (4.3), steals (2.4), blocked shots (0.6), percentage of field targets (0.502), free throw percentage (0.744), and three-point shot percentage (0.400), and a consensus selection for the First All-Ivy League Team. He made 27 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds in a 82-70 win over 17th-ranked Boston College Eagles, three days after the Eagles defeated No. 1 North Carolina.
In his senior year (2009-10), Lin averaged 16.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.1 blocks, and again a round choice for All-Ivy League First Team. She is one of 30 midseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award and one of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award. She was also invited to the Portsmouth Invitation Tournament. Fran Fraschilla of ESPN calls Lin one of the 12 most versatile players in college basketball. Lin received national attention for his performance against 12th-ranked Haykies Connecticut, when he scored the highest 30 points of his career and grabbed 9 rebounds on the road. After the game, Connecticut Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun said of Lin: "I've seen a lot of teams come in here, and he can play for one of them He has a great calm on the pitch He knows how to play."
For this season, Harvard set many records of the program including victory (21), non-conference victory (11), home victory (11) and road win/neutral (10). Lin ended his career as the first player in Ivy League history to record at least 1,450 points (1,483), 450 rebounds (487), 400 assists (406) and 200 steals (225). He graduated from Harvard in 2010 with a degree in economics and 3.1 average grades.
Professional career
NBA 2010 Draft and Summer League
To his disappointment, no team chose Lin in the 2010 NBA draft. Eight teams have invited Lin to do predraft exercises. Diepenbrock said that the NBA trial did not play five to five. Lin admitted that the practice was "one on one or two at two or three out of three, and that's not where I'm ahead, I've never played basketball like that." The Scout saw what the New York Times described as a "smart passer with a leap of defects and a thin frame, which may have no strength and athleticism to defend, make his own shots or finish it on the NBA rim." Lin join the Dallas Mavericks for their mini-camp as well as their NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas. Donnie Nelson of the Mavericks is the only General Manager who offers him an invitation to play in the Summer League. "Donnie took care of me," Lin said. "He has a different kind of vision than most people."
In five Premier League matches, while playing both guard positions, Lin averaged 9.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.2 steals in 18.6 minutes per game and fired the lead team 54 , 5% of the floor. He beat overall voted John Wall. Lin scored 13 points to Wall's 21, but did it on 6-for-12 shots in 28 minutes; The walls are 4-for-19 in 33 minutes. While Wall received the biggest cheers for every player during the introductions, the crowd turned on Wall and cheered for Lin at the end of the game.
Lin was reluctant to play abroad without an NBA bid and only planned to do it for a year before finding a job unrelated to basketball, but after the Summer League he accepted offers from the Mavericks, the Los Angeles Lakers, the Golden State Warriors, and the Eastern Conference team unnamed.
Golden State Warriors (2010-2011)
On July 21, 2010, Lin signed a two-year contract with his hometown Warriors. The Lin deal is secured partly for 2010-11, and the Warriors are deploying team options for the second season. The deal includes a first year salary of close to $ 500,000 with more than half guaranteed. Lin said the counteroffers from the other three teams were higher, but he wanted to play for the Warriors. Lin also signed a guaranteed three-year deal with Nike. His shirt was sold before his first NBA game.
The Warriors held a press conference for Lin after his signing, with the national media present. "It was surprising to see that... for a rookie that has not been strung together," said later Warriors coach Keith Smart. The San Jose Mercury News writes that Lin "has something following the sect" after its signing. The San Francisco Bay Area, with its large Asian-American population, celebrates its arrival. He became the first Chinese American or Taiwanese to play in the NBA. Lin received the loudest applause of the night in the opening of the Warriors home exhibition at Oracle Arena when he entered the game in the fourth quarter. The crowd started singing for him in the third quarter. "That really touches me, it's something I'll remember forever," Lin said. During the first month of the season, fans of Oracle Arena continue to take root in order for Lin to play at the end of the game and cheer each time he touches the ball. He also encouraged the audience on the street, with some authors attributing the attention to the unique story of a successful Asian-American basketball player. However, Lin plays more relaxed on the road, where he feels less careful and the pressure to perform.
Lin admits hope and warns, "I will not be an All-Star this year." He greatly appreciates the support, especially from the Asian-American community, but he prefers to concentrate on his game without all the attention when he does not "prove anything to anyone". Smart saw that Lin was skilled in getting the paint, but had to learn to pass because, he said, Lin "can not shoot the ball at all". The coach also noticed that Lin always came early to practice and went late. Lin studied and coached Steve Nash and other top pick-and-roll dramas. Frank Hughes of Sports Illustrated writes that Lin speaks with occasional "seeds of self-doubt", which he says is unusual to hear in the NBA. Hughes also finds it rare when Lin compares himself with the Phoenix Suns' then-point reserve guard Goran Dragi ?. "None of us are weird athletes, but we're both effective and know how to play the game," Lin said. Lin and Stephen Curry, runner-up Rookie of the Year 2009-10, received more interview requests than any other Warrior. Team officials regularly rejected a request for Lin to help him keep his focus. He was approached to be the subject of the documentary. Smart plans to take the pressure off Lin because Lin has a tendency to be hard on himself and become frustrated, but the coach admits that he once gave in to the desires of a home audience and puts Lin into the game in the wrong situation.
Lin received little play time during the season with two dominant ball-handling guards, Curry and Monta Ellis, starring the Warriors. He initially competed with Charlie Bell and Reggie Williams, and then Acie Law, to play in the reserve guard. Lin started the regular season on the list of inactive Warriors players, but made his NBA debut into the next game during the Warriors Asian Heritage Night. He received a standing ovation as he entered the game in stoppage time. In the next game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Lin scored his first NBA basketball, had three assists, and recorded four steals. He played 11 of 16 minutes in the third quarter and made five offenses but played a part in a 12-1 victory by the Warriors in a 107-83 defeat of the defending NBA champions. Lakers guard Derek Fisher praised Lin for his energy and aggressiveness. In Toronto on November 8, the Raptors hosted an Asian Heritage Night to coincide with Lin's visit with the Warriors. More than 20 members of Toronto's Chinese media covered the match. In a 89-117 road loss to the Lakers, Lin scored (then) a career-high 13 points in 18 minutes after scoring just seven points total in his first six games.
Three times during the season, Lin is assigned to the D-League Warriors affiliate, Reno Bighorns. Each time, he is then recalled by the Warriors. He competed in the NBA D-League Showcase and was named for the First Team Showcase All-NBA D-League on January 14, 2011. Lin helped lead the Bighorns to a 2-0 record in the Showcase with an average of 21.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals. Lin posted a season-high 27 points with Bighorns on March 18. In 20 games he averaged 18 points, 5.8 rebounds and 4.4 assists with Reno. Lin initially feels he is not good enough to play in the NBA, but he later realizes that he is studying and gets time playing in the D-League that he will not accept with the Warriors. Lin praised Bighorns coach Eric Musselman by "helping him regain his pride". Musselman recalled that Lin was a good but unskilled scorer "using the whole floor". He committed many offensive offenses, but Musselman believes Lin is as good as Gilbert Arenas in dribbling, the ability "you can not teach". Players continue to improve their pick-and-roll, how to handle teams and double traps, and increase their leaps and and, above all, their three pointers. Musselman also noticed that Lin, who as an NBA player received first class airfare, gave it to his colleagues.
The Warriors see Lin as a potential reserve for Curry. Lacob said the team received more than one trade offer for Lin when he was in the D-League, but he was happy with Lin's progress as a free agent that was not grafted. "He's an inexpensive minimum asset.You need to look at it as a growing asset.Whether he'll be a superstar? He finished his NBA rookie season averaging 2.6 points on 38.9 percent shooting in 29 games.
2011 offseason
Lin recovered from a patella ligament injury to his knee during the 2011 NBA lockout. In September 2011, Lin played several matches for Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) Dongguan Leopards club at the ABA Club Championship in Guangzhou, China, where he was named MVP tournament. President of Shanghai Sharks and former NBA star Yao Ming also tried, unsuccessfully, to sign Lin for the upcoming CBA season; Lin explained that as someone who is still under contract with the Golden State Warriors, he can not play in the CBA because the league will only recognize the NBA's free agents. A few days before the lockout was lifted on November 26, Lin almost signed a contract with an undisclosed club in Italy.
Lin works to improve his leap during the offseason by abandoning the shooting form he used since the eighth grade. He also increased his strength, doubling the weight he could squat (from 110 pounds (50 kg) to 231 (105)) and nearly triple the number of pull-ups he could make (from 12 to 30). He raised his weight from 200 pounds (91 kg) to 212 (96) - including 15 pounds (6.8 kg) of muscle - added 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) to a vertical jump stand and 6 inches (15 cm) running vertical jumps, and increasing his lateral speed by 32 percent. Due to lockout, he never got a chance to train for new Warriors coach Mark Jackson. On the first day of the training camp on December 9, 2011, the Warriors acquitted Lin. He was Lacob's favorite, but the Warriors freed the paycheck space to make an offer to restrict DeAndre Jordan's free agent center; Lin will earn nearly $ 800,000 to be fully secured on February 10, 2012. The San Francisco Chronicle says Lin will have trouble defeating rookie keeper Charles Jenkins.
Lin declared the release by the Houston Rockets on December 12, 2011, and played seven minutes, in two pre-season games in Houston, but with Kyle Lowry, Goran Dragi? and Jonny Flynn as point guards, all under contract guarantees, the Rockets acquitted Lin on December 24, before the start of the season, to pay salaries to Samuel Dalembert's signature center. The New York Knicks (2011-2012) < h3>
On December 27, after an injury to keep Iman Shumpert, the New York Knicks claimed Lin from waivers to be a backup behind Toney Douglas and Mike Bibby. The recently signed Baron Davis guard was also wounded, and a few more weeks to play. Due to lockout, the coach has little chance to see Lin's game, and put it fourth in the depth graph of the point guard. Lin states that he "competes for a spare place", and people see it "as a 12th to 15th person on the list.This is a number game," but he keeps on first in practice, and leaves the latter, with great studying movie games, and working with coaches to improve footwork and judgment. He made his season debut with the Knicks on the road against the Warriors, where he warmly cheered when he returned to Oracle Arena. In January, Lin was assigned to Erie BayHawks of the D-League, and on January 20, he scored a triple-double with 28 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists in BayHawks 122-113 victory over Maine Red Claws. Three days later, Lin is summoned by the Knicks, but is very afraid of being cut off again so he asks a minister in a pregame prayer service to pray for him. If he is released again, Lin will consider playing in Europe, returning to the D-League, or taking a non-basketball job.
On January 28, Davis postponed his Knicks debut due to elbow infection and more back pain. Then New York is considered to release Lin before his contract is guaranteed on February 10 so they can sign a new player. However, after the Knicks squandered a fourth quarter advantage in the February 3 defeat to the Boston Celtics, coach Mike D'Antoni decided to give Lin a chance to play, in "desperation" according to experts. "He was lucky because we played very badly," said D'Antoni. Lin only played 55 minutes through the first 23 games of the Knicks, but he unexpectedly led the team's 8-15 bow switch which has lost 11 of its last 13 games.
On February 4, against New Jersey Nets and All-Star guard Deron Williams, Lin has 25 points, five rebounds and seven assists - all career highs - in a 99-92 Knicks victory. Teammate Carmelo Anthony suggested to train Mike D'Antoni in the first half that Lin had to play more in the second half. After the match, D'Antoni says Lin has a point-guard mentality and "rhymes and reasons for what he's doing out there". In the next game against Utah Jazz, Lin started his first career without star play Anthony, who left the game with an injury, and Amar'e Stoudemire, whose brother has died. Lin has 28 points and eight assists in a 99-88 Knicks victory. Stoudemire and Anthony missed the next three and seven games, respectively. D'Antoni stated after the Jazz match that he intended to ride Lin "like a freakin secretariat '". Basketball coach David Thorpe said on the back that the confidence statement so quickly by the coach was "very rare", and the possibility of giving Lin a confidence to continue playing aggressively despite making mistakes.
In a 107-93 victory over the Washington Wizards, Lin played against John Wall and had 23 points and 10 assists, his first double-double. On February 10, Lin scored a career-high 38 points and seven assists, leading the Knicks in a 92-85 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. He beat Lakers Kobe Bryant, who has 34 points. On 11 February, Lin scored 20 points and eight assists in a narrow 100-98 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Lin was crowned as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week after averaging 27.3 points, 8.3 assists and 2.0 stealing in four starting with an unbeaten Knicks.
On February 14, with less than a second remaining, Lin scored three points in a 90-87 Knicks victory against the Toronto Raptors. The basket was so amazed at the Lakers, watching on TV, the veteran Metta World Peace player ran by reporters shouting, "Linsanity! Linsanity!" and waved his hand over his head. Lin became the first NBA player to score at least 20 points and have seven assists in each of his first five starts. Lin scored 89, 109, and 136 points in his first three, four, and five start-ups, respectively, all three of the most by any player since the merger between the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the NBA in 1976-77.
In the next game against the Sacramento Kings, Lin recorded 13 assists and led the Knicks back to.500. New York had a 7-0 record after Lin started receiving the main play time, 6-0 with him starting. The winning streak ended with a loss of 89-85 to the New Orleans Hornets; Lin scored 26 points but had nine turnovers. His 45 turnovers early in his first career were the biggest since individual turnovers started being tracked in 1977-1978.
On 19 February in a 104-97 victory against the Mavericks, Lin scored 28 points and scored a record high with 14 assists and five steals. USA Today wrote, "No matter what Dallas thrown into Lin - two teams, traps, blitz, high defender... little defender... sturdy, skinny - Lin found a way... victory against the defending NBA champions. "On February 23, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat debated who would keep Lin. He did not do well against the Heat, went one for 11 from the field and made eight turnovers. The NBA champions finally focused their entire defense on Lin, an experience he described as "flattering - and frightening... I feel like they are all like a hawk that surrounds me and stares."
In 12 starts before the All-Star break, Lin averaged 22.5 points and 8.7 assists, and New York had a 9-3 record. He played in the Rising Stars Challenge during the NBA All-Star Weekend. He was omitted from the original Rising Stars list, but added after a sudden rise to a star. Some media outlets - including USA Today , Los Angeles Times , and CBSSports.com - state that he deserves to play in the All-Star Game.
The Knicks in March replaced D'Antoni with Mike Woodson, who played fewer pick-and rolls and other isolation games. Lin has managed to run pick-and-rolls under D'Antoni. After the March 24 match against the Detroit Pistons he complained about a sore knee, and MRI then revealed a small meniscus tear in the left knee. Lin opted for knee surgery and missed the rest of the regular season. He averaged 18.5 points and 7.6 assists for 26 games as a daily player. In the first 10 games, Lin averaged 24.6 points and 9.2 assists, shooting 49.7 percent from the field but with 5.6 turnover. In the next seven games, he averaged 16 points and 7.7 assists with 3.9 turnover. In the last nine matches, Lin averaged 13.6 points and 5.9 assists and only 39.1 percent when handling an undisclosed knee injury.
Lin became a limited free agent at the end of the season. The New York Times called Lin [the Knicks] the most popular player in a decadeâ €, but his success was just over 26 games leaving an uncertain team about his overall position amongst league points keepers.. Some still believe Lin is a bench player.
Houston Rockets (2012-2014)
During the 2012 offseason, the Knicks pushed Lin to look for another offer, but he and the press expect the team to re-sign it considering his need for a young guard, his good game, and world popularity; ESPN reports that Knicks will match other bids "up to $ 1 billion". The Rockets offered contracts worth $ 28.8 million over four years with a fourth year of the deal with a team option, which placed a true commitment to $ 19.5 million. Woodson said the Knicks would fit in with Houston's offer and that Lin would be a starting point keeper. The Rockets then offered a $ 25 million three-year contract, called "ridiculous" Anthony. The Knicks did not agree, and Lin concluded the team's decision when they signed Raymond Felton instead. The first two years of the Houston offer paid $ 5 million and $ 5,225 million, respectively, followed by $ 14.8 million in the third year. Higher salaries in the last year, known as "poison pills," are meant to prevent New York from matching the offer. Including luxury goods taxes, the cost of Knicks for Lin in 2014-15 is estimated at $ 43 million. Their failure to match the offer shocked the observers, given the high salary history of the team; Lin will only be the Knick with the fourth highest salary.
Already trading Kyle Lowry and losing Goran Dragi? to become a free agent, the Rockets set Lin as their pre-season campaign center "A New Age" as well as their initial commercials on Comcast SportsNet Houston. Coming from his "Linsanity" appearance in New York, Houston coach Kevin McHale said Lin's hopes were undue. McHale said the public believed that Lin would "average 28 [points] and 11 [assists]", but he had never played an overall 82 matches the previous season. Shortly before their regular season opener in October, the Rockets acquired James Harden, who replaced Lin as the team's face. Throughout the season, Lin still puts pressure on himself to meet the expectations of Linsanity. However, Harden is a dominant player, such as footballer and Lin, and McHale opts to commit a foul through the more proven Harden. The Rockets started the season with a 5-7 record and the youngest list in the league. Lin averaged 10 points and 6.3 assists but struggled to shoot 33.3 percent and 22.9 percent from 3-point. He handles the ball less than he does with the Knicks, with Harden often controlling the ball in pick-and-rolls with Lin on the wing. In the Rockets' next match on November 23, Lin faced the Knicks for the first time since leaving as a free agent. The Knicks came in at 8-2 with the best record in the league, but Houston won at home to 131-103 when Lin contributed 13 points, seven rebounds and three assists. He shot 6-for-12, made half of his shots for the first time in eight games, and broke a five-game personal drought without a 3-pointer.
Lin continues to struggle, and he loses playing time to backup Toney Douglas. With Harden sitting injured on December 10, Lin scored 38 points in a 134-126 overtime defeat to the San Antonio Spurs. The show was reminiscent of his game during Linsanity. Lin shot 9-for-16 (56.2 percent) on his jump in the game; entered the contest, he was only 26.1 percent on the jumper, while he was 40.2 percent a year earlier. Figures throughout the season show that Harden and Lin are more productive on an individual basis with others on the bench. "I will be my toughest critic but I will go ahead and say it: I did a bad job," Lin said before facing the Knicks in his first game in New York. Houston won 109-96, handing the Knicks their first home loss in 11 games. Lin collected 22 points and nine assists. He cheered in the pregame preacher, but was booed after the game started. Three miles south of Chinatown, Lin's fans packed restaurants and bars.
Lin did not play in the 2013 All-Star Game, held in Houston, after finishing third in a vote behind Bryant and Chris Paul for two early keepers from the Western Conference. He was chosen instead to compete in the Skills Challenge during the All-Star Weekend. His score, shooting percentage, and 3 percentage points increased after the All-Star break, and he finished with an average season of 13.4 points and 6.1 assists. Lin and center ÃÆ' â € "Mer A'k is the only Rocket played in all 82 matches. Houston qualified for the playoffs, but lost in the first round in six games with No. 1 Oklahoma City Thunder seeded. Lin suffers a bruised chest in Game 2, which limits him in Game 3 and overrides him for two games afterwards. He returned for the final game, coming off the bench for three points in 13 minutes.
In 2013-14, Lin was replaced in the Rockets' early lineup by Patrick Beverley, and Lin became the ball handler and the second unit's scoring option as the sixth team player. Houston liked the early game with Beverley's defense pressure, but also preferred to increase Lin's playing time without Harden as well on the pitch. Lin and Harden both attacked players offensively, but each fought defensively. In November, Lin set a total of the highest-scoring two games of his career, 65 points, including a season-high 34 points and 11 assists along with the Rockets registering a nine-three-pointer tie early in place of the injured Harden. It was followed by a 21-point performance in victory in New York. He received applause upon entering the game, though it was quieter than in his first comeback against the Knicks. On November 27, Lin sprained his right knee against the Atlanta Hawks, causing him to lose six games. He missed four extra matches in December due to back spasms; He started back on December 23 with both Harden and Beverley injured - Beverley is expected to be out four to six weeks because of a fractured right hand. On February 1, 2014, Lin had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists - his first career triple-double - within 29 minutes of the bench in a 106-92 home win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was the first Rocket to score a triple-double from the bench since Cedric Maxwell in 1988. However, he suffered a slump after the All-Star break, and again experienced problems with his back.
He finished the season with 33 starts and averaged 12.5 points and 4.1 assists games along with career highs in the percentage of field goals (44.6%), three-point percentage (35.8%), and free-throw percentage ( 82.3%). He shot 57.8 percent of the drive during the season, surpassed only by LeBron James (63.8 percent) in the league. In the playoffs, Lin averaged 11.3 points off the bench as Houston lost six games to the Portland Trail Blazers. He scored 21 points in a Game 5 win that extended the Rockets season. During the offseason, Rockets chases former Knicks Anthony teammate at a free agency, and shows a picture outside of Anthony's arena in a Houston jersey carrying Lin's No. 7.
Los Angeles Lakers (2014-2015)
On July 13, 2014, Lin traded, along with the first and second picks in 2015, to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for the rights to Serhiy Lishchuk. The Rockets made a move to remove hat space in their attempt to sign free agent Chris Bosh. The Lakers owe $ 15 million for 2014-15, the final year of their contract, but only $ 8.3 million count towards their salaries. His role is not specified with the Lakers, who are only 21-61 in their only season with the team. Lin moved into the starting lineup at the end of the preseason after injury to Ronnie Price, and he started his first 20 games of the season. However, he fought in the offense of coach Byron Scott, who was based on methodical players and Princeton's violent ball moves, while Lin was most comfortable dominating the ball while attacking off pick-and-roll as he did in New York and Houston.
After the team started 5-15 poorly, Scott tried to fix the Lakers bad defense by moving Lin to the bench to win Price. Lin was disappointed with his demotion, calling it "one of the hardest situations I've ever experienced". On January 23, 2015, Scott promoted rookie Jordan Clarkson to restart Price and chose not to play a healthy Lin in a big loss for San Antonio, who was beaten by the Lakers as much as 23 while playing without Kobe Bryant. Lin previously played in every game this season, averaging 10.5 points and 4.5 assists in 43 games. This is the first time he has been healthy and has not played since February 2, 2012, two days before he entered his career high against New Jersey in early Lara. After Lin scored a season-high 29 on March 22 in a victory over Philadelphia, Scott returned it to the starting lineup. On March 24, Lin and his teammate Clarkson, who are part of the Philippines, became the first Asian Americans to start together in the backcourt in NBA history. Lin missed the last five games of the season due to an upper respiratory tract infection.
Charlotte Hornets (2015-2016)
On July 9, 2015, Lin signed a two-year contract worth $ 4.3 million with Charlotte Hornets, which uses their two-yearly exclusion in the deal. He has been open to rejoin New York, but they are not interested, after designing guardian Jerian Grant to pair up with veteran JosÃÆ'Â © CalderÃÆ'³n at point guard. Lin is projected to support Hornets guard Kemba Walker, and coach Steve Clifford imagines that two pick-and-roll players will sometimes play together.
Lin made his debut for the Hornets in the team's season opener against the Miami Heat on October 28, scoring 17 points off the bench in a 104-94 loss. On December 17, he scored a season high 35 points in a 109-99 overtime win over the Toronto Raptors. On March 21, 2016, he scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter to help Charlotte rally from a 30-7 deficit in the second quarter to a 91-88 comeback victory over San Antonio, snapping a six-game Spurs line win. Charlotte are the first team to score seven points or less in the opening quarter and return to win since 2008. It was also the biggest comeback to surrender by Spurs in Tim Duncan's era, which started in 1997. Lin is 11-of-18 from the field and hit the four-point effort three, including three in the fourth quarter, and deliver the front jumper with 48 seconds remaining. Lin's first and final season with the Hornets ended after the Hornets were beaten by the Heat in the first round of the playoffs.
After rejecting his $ 2.2 million player option for the 2016-17 season, Lin became a free agent that was not tied to July 1, 2016.
Brooklyn Nets (2016-present)
On July 7, 2016, Lin signed a three-year, $ 36 million contract with the Brooklyn Nets. He made his debut for the Nets in their season opener on October 26, 2016, in an away game against the Boston Celtics. In 27 minutes as a starter, he scored 18 points in a 122-117 defeat. Two days later, he recorded a triple-double close to 21 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists in a 103-94 home win over Indiana Pacers. On December 12, 2016, he returned to action in Brooklyn for the first time since November 2 when he suffered a left hamstring injury. He played 20 minutes off the bench and scored 10 points in a 122-118 defeat to the Houston Rockets. On January 23, 2017, after nearly a month on the sidelines, Lin was ruled out for three to five weeks after again exacerbating his tense left knee ligament. On 24 February 2017, Lin returned to the starting lineup for the Nets after missing 26 matches with a hamstring injury. He played just under 15 minutes and scored seven points with five assists in a 129-109 loss to the Denver Nuggets. On March 14, 2017, he had 24 points a season high in a 122-104 loss from Oklahoma City Thunder. On April 6, 2017, he set a new season with 32 points in a 115-107 loss for the Orlando Magic. He ended the injury-hit season with a total of only 36 games played, averaging 14.5 points and 5.1 assists per game. On October 18, 2017, during the Nets season opener against the Indiana Pacers, Lin injured his right knee after he landed hard from the layup. He has a patellar tendon burst in the right knee and missed the rest of the season.
Career statistics
Higher Education
NBA
Regular season
Playoffs
International career
In addition to being a US citizen, Lin is a descendant through his parents a Taiwanese citizen; Lin will qualify for a Taiwan passport even though there is no record that she has done so. Lin has been invited to play for the Chinese men's national basketball team Taipei in the FIBA ​​competition. On July 28, 2010 while in Taipei to play in Yao Ming's charity match, Lin said he has not yet made a decision on whether he will represent China Taipei (a name used by Taiwan in international sports competitions). In June 2011, the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) included Lin in the early 24-player squad for the FIBA ​​Championship of Asia 2011. The following month, however, CTBA announced that Lin would not be included on their list due to a knee injury.
Taiwanese media reported that Lin declined an offer from the People's Republic of China to play in the same tournament; However, China's Basketball Management Center denied ever approaching him.
Lin was summoned to the US Men's Basketball Select Team to compete against the 2012 US Olympic team candidate, but he did not participate because of his limited free agent status with the Knicks.
Player profile
In addition to being a capable passer, Lin has proven himself to be a strong and fast-paced offensive player who attacks the basket and excels in pick-and-roll. He increased his outside shooting from the start of his career, and became a threat from a distance of three points. He is also considered difficult to defend on time due to his ability to get free throw lines. A risk taker confesses, he has been criticized for his tendency to make turnovers, as well as perceived lack of effectiveness on defense.
Racial issues
Sean Gregory of Time writes about the Division I scholarship. Lin offers: "[Lin] is skinny, but do not doubt that a little racial, intentional or otherwise, contributes to his underrecruitment." Diepenbrock stated, "If [Lin] is African American or Caucasian, it may be a different deal"; he did not think Lin's race affected him until he saw 10 Division I coaches expressing interest in the black student Diepenbrock was rated as a "good junior college player". Lin said: "I'm not saying top-5 countries automatically get your offer, but I think [my ethnic] affects the coach who recruited me I think if I was a different race, I would be treated differently." Walters added, "People people who do not think there's a crazy stereotype, if [Lin] is white, he's a good or intoxicating shooter, if he's Asian, he's good at math, we will not take him. " During Lin's college career less than 0.5% of men's 1st Division basketball players are Asian-Americans.
At Harvard, Lin feels uncomfortable with attention to his ethnicity as opposed to his performance. He regularly hears great ridicule in games like "Wonton dumplings", "Sweet sour pork", "Open your eyes!", "Back to China", "Orchestra is on the other side of campus," or pseudo-Chinese nonsense. Lin says this happens most if not all the Ivy League gyms, but he does not react. "I'm expecting it, I'm used to it, it's like that," Lin said. Heckling was mostly coming from opposing fans and not as much from the players. According to his team-mates at Harvard, Oliver McNally, a fellow Ivy League player once called Lin with an ethnic slink chink . In January 2010, Harvard played against Santa Clara University at the Leave Center, just 15 miles from his native Palo Alto, California. Playing for a crowd of capacity that included a flock of Asian Americans who wanted to see his return, his teammates told him, "It feels like Hong Kong."
Lin considers himself a basketball player more than an Asian American. He understands that there are not many Asians in the NBA. "Maybe I can help solve stereotypes," Lin said. "I feel like Asians in general do not get the respect that we might deserve either sport, basketball, or whatever it is," Lin said. Before the 2010-11 NBA season, Asian-Americans playing in the NBA included Wataru Misaka, Raymond Townsend, Corey Gaines, Rex Walters, and Robert Swift. "[Lin] brings hope from across the continent, I just have to bring Little Rock, Arkansas, hope, he's got a lot more than I've been," said Derek Fisher, who has won five NBA championships with the Lakers after his first match against Lin. Lin is an example for aspiring Asian athletes in America who rarely see Asia-Americans playing on their favorite teams. "I do not look Japanese," Walters said, referring to his mother's ethnicity. "When they see [Lin], it's an Asian-American."
Based on comments he heard that his talents "cheated", Lin stated in a 2013 interview 60 Minutes that it was his "feelings" that his ethnicity contributed to him that was not strung together. NBA commissioner David Stern also believes that Lin was not designed for discrimination. "I do not know if he's being discriminated against because he's at Harvard, or because he's Asian," Stern said. Some fans and commentators wrote the signing of the Warriors as a publicity stunt. Larry Riley, general manager of the team, denied serving the large population of the Asia Bay Area. He understands that some people will see it that way. "We evaluate it throughout the summer league," Riley said. "All that has to happen is for him to confirm what we already believe." While the team made a campaign around him, Riley said it would not be advisable if Lin was not a basketball player.
Lin's experience in the NBA draft is used as an example in Michael Lewis's book Understanding theology of the Undoing Project, which details how stereotypes can greatly influence a person's decision making, even in the face of conflicting evidence. In the book, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey stated that Lin did very well in pre-draft testing. "He turned on our [stats] model," Morey said. "Our model says bring him, like, the 15th pick in the draft." A year after the Rockets failed to compose Lin, they began measuring the pace of the player's first two steps; Lin has the fastest first step of each player being measured, and he is able to change direction much faster than most NBA players. "He's very athletic," Morey said. "But the truth is that everyone, including me, thinks he does not understand, and I can not think of any reason other than that because he's Asian."
On February 10, 2012, in the middle of Lin's career match against the Lakers, Fox Sports columnist Jason Whitlock posted on Twitter, "Some lucky ladies in NYC will feel a few inches of pain tonight," references to Lin's sexual prowess. Hyphen writes that Whitlock "reinforced the Asian small penis stereotype". The Asian-American Journalists Association demanded an apology. "I underestimated the fun sporting moments, so I'm really sorry," Whitlock said apologetically. Boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. wrote on his Twitter page, "Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he's Asian, the black player does what he does every night and does not get the same compliments." NBCNewYork.com in response to Mayweather noted that "there is not a single color in the history of basketball that has been done in their first four starts, what Lin pulled for the Knicks last week." On February 15, the MSG Network during the coverage of the game showed a sign of Lin's fan face on a fortune cookie with the words "The Knicks Good Fortune", which some viewed as ethnic stereotypes. Sporting News writes that the sign is "questionable", while CBS News calls it "unpleasant". Some of Knicks' team mates were criticized for bending to Lin during the game. On February 17, ESPN used racial insults on its mobile website in the "Chink in the Armor" headline after Lin had nine turnovers in New York losses for the Hornets. It was removed 35 minutes later, and ESPN apologized. The network fired employees who post headlines, and freeze ESPNews Max Bretos rivals for using the same reference at the beginning of the week. Bretos also apologized. Knicks Spero Dedes radio broadcaster also uses this phrase at 1050 ESPN New York, but he is an employee of Madison Square Garden (MSG) rather than ESPN. He apologized and was disciplined by MSG.
Saturday Night Live quipped the ethnic notions made about Lin, pointing out the difference in people's reaction to racial jokes about Asians versus racial jokes about blacks. In the comedy drama, three sports commentators are shown happily making jokes about Lin's race, while the fourth gets insult to make similar comments about black players. ESPN received an email indicating that Lin was subjected to racial taunts in a way that African-Americans do not. Ben & amp; Jerry created a frozen yogurt in honor of Lin named "Taste the Lin-Sanity". It contained lychee honey swirls and a piece of fortune cookie. The company then replaced the fortune cookie with waffle cake and apologized to anyone who was offended by their Lin-Sanity flavor. J. A. Adande of ESPN.com writes that increased ethnic sensitivity towards Asian Americans is "another way [Lin] impacts echo far beyond Madison Square Garden." AAJA released a series of guidelines for the media in response to what are referred to as "factual inaccuracies about Lin's background as well as a number of alarming references that depend on stereotypes about Asians or Asians". On November 14, 2013, ESPN SportsCenter anchor Jorge Andres apologized after commenting that Lin "was cooking with hot bean oil" after a 21-point Lin's performance helped Houston win over the Knicks.
In a 2015 interview with Pablo S. Torre at ESPN The Magazine, Lin expressed confidence that Asian perception has affected his reputation as a player who is prone to change or can not use both hands, although statistics suggesting he has improved in both areas. He also cites the idea that he is a poor defender because of his belief that he does not have speed, while D'Antoni states that Lin "is one of the fastest athletes we've ever worked on". Lin also argues that, as an Asian basketball player, his performance with the Knicks may gain excessive publicity. "People are not used to seeing Asians doing certain things, thus creating a very polarizing effect," Lin said.
Diepenbrock says that many people think Lin is not a basketball player because he is Asian. The first time Lin went to the Pro-Am game at Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco, a security guard told him: "Sorry, sir, no volleyball here tonight.It's basketball." Early in his job with the Knicks, a security guard at Madison Square Garden stopped Lin from entering the player's entrance, thinking of him as a coach. After signing a contract with the Hornets, a five-year NBA veteran must assure security at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte that he is a player.
Reflecting on the subject after he returned to the New York City area in 2016 to play for the Brooklyn Nets, Lin stated, "In some ways, Linsanity will not be a Linsanity if I was a different skin color, most likely, it would be This is a big deal , and it also benefits me, but if you look at it before, many hurdles even get to the point where I can get a position up onto the floor. "That's really a huge barrier of stereotypes I have to fight along the way. So I always understand that there are good and bad things and you have to bring them together and be thankful for it all. "
Public image
Lin has a popular YouTube account, and has made videos with YouTube personality Nigahiga and KevJumba. Lin and his former Knicks teammate Landry Fields appeared on the channel revealing their "secret handshake". In 2014, Lin became a content partner with Whistle Sports Network, adding his YouTube channel with about 400,000 subscribers in exchange for an undisclosed equity stake. He is the first athlete of one of the four major sports leagues in the United States to produce content for the digital sports platform.
In a video interview conducted by Elie Seckbach, he asked Lin how it felt to represent many people. Lin replied by stating, "It's a lowering, a privilege, and an honor." I'm really proud to be Chinese, I'm really proud of my parents who came from Taiwan, I just thank God for that opportunity. " In July 2011, the overseas Chinese magazine Vivid Magazine named Lin one of eight influential Chinese-Americans. In April 2012, Lin was crowned as Time Magazine List ' 2012 from "The 100 Most Influential People in the World". On June 18, 2012, NBA TV announced that Lin was the first winner of the "Best Breakout Player of the Year" Award. He is also the winner of "The EPIC Award". In July 2012, Lin won the ESPY Prize for Breakthrough Athlete of the Year.
In 2014, Madame Tussauds unveiled a wax statue of resemblance at the San Francisco branch. Linsanity <
After he became a starter for the Knicks, the Associated Press called Lin "the most surprising story in the NBA". Bloomberg News wrote that Lin "has become the most famous [Asian NBA Asian player]". Knicks fans developed a nickname for her along with a new lexicon inspired by her name, Lin . The most popular is the word Linsanity , the excitement over Lin is undetected. Time.com posted an article entitled, "It's Official: Linsanity Is For Real".
Hall of Fame player Magic Johnson said, "The fun [Lin] has caused in [Madison Square] Garden, man, I have not seen it in a long time." She appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated with the title "Against All Odds", the Times called "the greatest honor". He also made the Time cover in Asia;
The success of the Knicks because Lin's game is reported to contribute to the end of a 48-day dispute preventing Time Warner Cable customers from watching the Knicks game and other MSG Network programs. Market capitalization Madison Square Garden Company, team owner, rose $ 250 million in February and $ 600 million in July 2012. The Knicks quickly began selling replicas of the No. 1 jersey. 17 and Lin T-shirts, as well as sales and traffic for its online stores increased by more than 3,000%; Lin's belongings dominated the display in Knicks stores, while items for the expensive stars - Anthony, Stoudemire, and Tyson Chandler - were transferred to the sales shelves. He has the best-selling jersey in the NBA in February and March. For the one year period ending April 2012, Lin has the second highest selling jersey in the league behind Derrick Rose. Both Nike and Adidas introduce Lin-related athletic attire, and hope his fame will help sales in China. Its popularity is associated with growing the NBA's popularity there since Yao Ming's retirement at the end of the season; viewers for NBA games on television and online in China rose 39 percent over the previous season.
Within three weeks of its first game as a starter, at least seven e-books are being published in Lin, and Global Language Monitor states that Linsanity has met its criteria to be considered an English word. He appeared on the second consecutive cover of Sports Illustrated , the first New York-based team athlete and the third NBA player in magazine history, after Jordan and Dirk Nowitzki. The New York City restaurant introduced new food and bars in honor of Lin, and Yanjing Beer's sales went up. The city has about 450,000 people of Chinese or Taiwanese descent - bigger than the entire population of NBA cities like Miami, Atlanta or Cleveland - and see a party to watch Lin show progress in Chinatown Manhattan. An advertising airline advertises a "very cheap price", an offer for its rookie card exceeding $ 21,000 on eBay, and the rumors circulated - rejected by Lin - that he is dating Kim Kardashian. Foreign Policy speculates about the potential impact on Sino-American relations, and Jack and Suzy Welch write that Lin's rise is a lesson for business leaders not to let bureaucracy kill the unproven talent. Despite Lin's sudden fame, Sacramento coach Kings Keith Smart stated, "I know [Lin] before him Linmania, he is still the same humble man.
Lin trademarked Linsanity in 2012 to prevent strangers from profiting from similarities. The other two have tried to trademark the term in the first week of February, but the United States Patent and Trademark Office finally registered the term to Lin. The documentary about Lin, titled Linsanity , aired on January 20, 2013, at the Sundance Film Festival. It was featured at various film festivals before going into the art house.
In July 2016, former Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni recalled that some players at the Knicks hated Lin during the Linsanity period, an account reinforced by Knicks Lin's former teammate Amar'e Stoudemire.
Support
Lin has rejected most of the sponsor offerings offered to her. He stated that he rejected tens of millions of dollars in support opportunities during Linsanity's peak. "I think my goal is to play basketball, play well, and play for God's glory," he said. Lin called business outside basketball "definitely secondary to my main job".
He has authorized the following brands during his career:
- Volvo
- Nike (2010-2014)
- Steiner Sports
- Adidas (2014-present)
Personal life
Lin is an evangelical Protestant, and was a leader at the Harvard Harvard Christian Christian Fellowship during his stay there. He praised the NBA's success for playing without pressure. "I've given it to God, I'm not fighting what other people think," Lin said. She hopes to become a minister who can head a nonprofit organization, both at home and abroad, and has talked about working in an inner-city community to help underprivileged children.
Lin's older brother, Joseph, plays basketball for Braves Fubon, and his older brother, Josh, is a dentistry student at New York University.
Lin said that he understood Mandarin, although he could use some help to talk; he can also read and write a little. He took some Mandarin classes while studying at Harvard to try to improve. After joining the Knicks in 2012, Lin slept on the couch in his sister's one-bedroom apartment on Manhattan's Lower East Side, New York City. The night before his breakout, he slept on the Landry Fields couch. She moved to a luxury condo in White Plains, New York, after her Knicks contract became assured.
Lin is a huge fan of Dota 2 video game after playing the first game in the series, Defense of the Ancients, since his second year of high school. She appears in Free to Play , a 2014 documentary film centered around the game, where she describes Dota 2 as a "way of life" that helps her connect more with her family. and friends. Lin then compared her professional games and scenes with basketball and other traditional sports events, saying there is not much difference between the two, while also comparing various NBA stars, such as Stephen Curry, Kobe Bryant, and LeBron James. , to various characters that can be played in the game. In 2016, Lin formed his own professional team of Dota 2 , known as "VGJ", which was created as a partnership between China Digital Group's investment company and eSports Vici Gaming organization, then split into China (VGJ. ) and the North American branch (VGJ.Storm) in 2017.
In October 2016, Lin donated a million dollars to Harvard University to "support undergraduate financial assistance and renovation to the Lavietes Pavilion".
Note
References
Further reading
- Dalrymple, Timothy (2012). Jeremy Lin: Reason for Linsanity . Center Street. ISBN: 978-1455523948.
- Yorkey, Mike (2012). Linspired: The Remarkable Rise of Jeremy Lin . Zondervan. ISBN: 978-0-310-32068-5.
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