Jeremy Shu-How Lin[1] (Chinese: 林書豪; pinyin: Lín Shūháo; born August 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of college, the Harvard University graduate reached a partially guaranteed contract deal with his hometown Golden State Warriors. Lin is one of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, and the first American player in the league to be of Chinese or of Taiwanese descent.[2] Contents 1 High school career 2 College career 2.1 Recruiting process 2.2 Harvard 3 NBA career 3.1 Undrafted 3.2 Golden State Warriors 3.3 New York Knicks 4 NBA career statistics 4.1 Regular season 5 International competition 6 Racial issues 7 Personal life 8 Public image 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links High school career In his senior year in 2005–2006, L! in captained Palo Alto High School to a 32–1 record and upset nationally ranked Mater Dei, 51–47, for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division II state title.[3][4] According to Dana O'Neil of ESPN, ".. . Lin was the runaway choice for player of the year by virtually every California publication."[5] He was named first-team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year ending his senior year averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals.[3] College career Recruiting process Lin sent his resume and a DVD of highlights to all the Ivy League schools, Cal, Stanford, and his dream school, UCLA.[6][7] The Pac-10 schools wanted him to walk-on. Harvard and Brown were the only teams that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams, but Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships.[8] Lin chose to attend Harvard. Joe Lacob, incoming Warriors' owner and Stanford booster, said Stanford's failure to recrui! t Lin "was really stupid. The kid was right across the street.! [If] you can't recognize that, you've got a problem."[9] Kerry Keating, the UCLA assistant who offered Lin the opportunity to walk-on, would say in hindsight that Lin would probably have ended up starting at point guard for UCLA.[10] Rex Walters, University of San Francisco men's basketball coach and a retired NBA player, said NCAA limits on coaches' recruiting visits impacted Lin. "Most colleges start recruiting a guy in the first five minutes they see him because he runs really fast, jumps really high, does the quick, easy thing to evaluate," Walters said. Lin added, "I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I'm not going to do anything that's extra flashy or freakishly athletic."[11] Bill Holden, Harvard assistant coach, had initially told Lin's high school coach, Peter Diepenbrock, that Harvard was not interested in Lin. "Three weeks later, he calls me and says, 'I may have spoken a little too so! on,'" Diepenbrock said.[11] After not receiving any athletic scholarships offers, Lin attended Harvard. Harvard In his sophomore season (2007–08), Lin averaged 12.6 points and was named All-Ivy League Second Team.[3] By his junior year during the 2008–09 season, he was the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player who ranked in the top ten in his conference for scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.5), assists (4.3), steals (2.4), blocked shots (0.6), field goal percentage (0.502), free throw percentage (0.744), and 3 point shot percentage (0.400),[5] and was a consensus selection for All-Ivy League First Team. He had 27 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds in an 82–70 win over 17th-ranked Boston College, three days after the Eagles had knocked off No. 1 North Carolina.[3][12] 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 was again a unanimous selection for All-Ivy League First Team. He was o! ne of 30 midseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award[13] and one ! of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award.[14] He was also invited to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.[15] Fran Fraschilla of ESPN picked Lin among the 12 most versatile players in college basketball.[12] He gained national attention for his performance against the 12th ranked Connecticut Huskies, against whom he scored a career-high tying 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds on the road.[16] After the game, Hall of Fame Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said of Lin: "I've seen a lot of teams come through here, and he could play for any of them. He's got great, great composure on the court. He knows how to play."[5] For the season, Harvard set numerous program records including wins (21), non-conference wins (11), home wins (11) and road/neutral wins (10).[17] Lin finished his career as the first player in the history of the Ivy League to record at least 1,450 points (1,483), 450 rebounds (487), 400 assists (406) and 200 steals (225).[3] He graduated from Harvard with a deg! ree in economics and a 3.1 grade-point average.[18] NBA career Undrafted If drafted, Lin would have been the first Ivy Leaguer selected by the NBA since Jerome Allen of Pennsylvania in the second round in 1995.[19] The last Ivy Leaguer to play in the NBA was Yale's Chris Dudley in 2003, while the last Harvard player in the league was Ed Smith in 1954.[7] After graduating from Harvard University, Lin went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft. Eight teams had invited Lin to predraft workouts. Diepenbrock said that NBA tryouts do not play five on five. Lin acknowledged that the workouts were "one on one or two on two or three on three, and that's not where I excel. I've never played basketball like that."[11] He later joined the Dallas Mavericks for mini-camp as well as their NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas.[20] Donnie Nelson of the Mavericks was the only General Manager that offered him an invitation to play in the Summer League. "Donnie took care of me," said Lin. "He has! a different type of vision than most people do."[8] In five Summer Lea! gue games, 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 shot a team leading 54.5% from the floor.[21][22] Lin turned heads in his matchup against first overall pick John Wall when Lin scored 13 points to Wall's 21, but did so on 6-for-12 shooting in 28 minutes. Wall was 4-for-19 in 33 minutes.[23] While Wall received the biggest cheer for any player during introductions, the crowd had turned on Wall and was cheering for Lin by the end of the game.[24] Lin received offers to sign from the Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, and an unnamed Eastern Conference team. The Golden State Warriors would also offer Lin a contract in addition to the original three teams.[25] Golden State Warriors On July 21, 2010, Lin signed a two-year deal with his hometown Warriors, his favorite team growing up. Lin's deal was partially guaranteed for 2010-11, and the Warriors held a team option for the second season.[2! 6] The reports noted that the deal would include a first-year salary of close to $500,000 with more than half of it guaranteed.[27] Lacob had made the decision to sign Lin.[9] Lin said the counteroffers from the three other teams were higher, but he wanted to come home and play for the Warriors.[28] Lin also signed a three-year guaranteed contract with Nike.[29] His jersey was already on sale before his first NBA game.[30] The San Jose Mercury News wrote that Lin "had something of a cult following" after his signing.[31] The San Francisco Bay Area, with its large Asian-American population, celebrated his arrival.[2] He would become the first American of Chinese or of Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA.[2][32][33] Lin received the loudest ovation of the night from the crowd of 10,004 in the Warriors' home exhibition opener at Oracle Arena when he entered the game in the fourth quarter.[34] The crowd had started chanting for him in the third quarter and cheered whenever he ! touched the ball. "That really touched me. It's something I'll remember! forever," Lin said. He ended up with seven points, three rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes.[35] Lin drew the crowd's attention on the road as well. Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com attributed the attention Lin received out of town to the unique angle of "an Asian-American rising to rare basketball prominence".[36] Lin noticed the expectations that followed him and warned, "I won't be an All-Star this year."[37] He was appreciative of the support, especially from the Asian-American community, but he also preferred concentrating on his play without all the attention when he had not "proven anything to anybody."[36] Frank Hughes of Sports Illustrated wrote that Lin talked with the occasional "seeds of self-doubt", which he said was not common to hear in the NBA. Hughes also found it rare when Lin compared himself to the Phoenix Suns' backup point guard Goran Dragić.[38] "Neither of us is a freak athlete, but we're both effective and know how to play the game," Lin said.! [39] Lin and Stephen Curry, 2009–10 runner-up Rookie of the Year and a gold medal winner in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, received more interview requests than any other Warrior. Team officials regularly denied requests for Lin to help him keep his focus. He was approached to be the subject of documentaries.[36] Smart planned to take pressure off Lin since Lin has a tendency to be hard on himself and get frustrated.[37] Smart admitted that he succumbed to the home crowd's wishes and put Lin into a game in the wrong situation. He vowed not to repeat that mistake.[36] Lin made the Warriors' opening day roster for the 2010–11 regular season, but he was placed on the inactive list. Lin was disappointed but realized that "part of being on this team is putting your ego aside."[40] Lin made his NBA debut the next game against the Los
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