Jeremy Lin

ABOUT JEREMY LIN

Asian-American guard whose brief scoring burst with the New York Knicks in 2011 inspired a "Linsanity" craze across the basketball nation. He signed a $25 million dollar contract with the Houston Rockets in 2012 and was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2014. He'd briefly play for the Charlotte Hornets , Brooklyn Nets and Atlanta Hawks before signing with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.

He was raised in Palo Alto, California and learned to play basketball from his father at a local YMCA. He played college basketball at Harvard University .

He made his NBA debut with the Golden State Warriors in 2010, then spent time floating around in the NBDL before the Knicks finally gave him a shot in 2011. He was a member of the Raptors' 2019 NBA Championship team.

He is the son of Taiwanese immigrants Lin Gie-Ming and Shirley Lin. He has brothers, Josh and Joseph.

He became teammates with James Harden on the Rockets in 2012.