Jeremy Lin makes way to NBA via Harvard

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Jeremy Lin. A Chinese-American Ivy League sports pioneer.
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"Jeremy Lin makes way to NBA via Harvard

Last Updated: July 22. 2010 10:06PM UAE / July 22. 2010 6:06PM GMT

OAKLAND, UNITED STATES // Jeremy Lin has become one of the most unique players in the NBA: a Chinese-American point guard who graduated from Harvard.

Lin signed a two-year contract with the Golden State Warriors on Thursday, and is expected to be in the competition to back up Stephen Curry at point guard.

Harvard is widely considered the top academic school in the United States, but it is not known as a breeding ground for professional athletes. Especially in the game of basketball.

If Lin gets onto the court, he will be the first Harvard alumnus to play in an NBA game since 1953.

He also would be the first ethnic Chinese to play the guard position in the NBA. The league has had several Chinese players over the past decade, but all of them have been seven-footers such as Yao Ming and Yi Jianling.

“I understand there are not many Asians in the NBA and there are not many Ivy Leaguers in the NBA,” Lin said. “Maybe I can help break the stereotype.”

Lin averaged 16.4 points and 4.5 assists per game at Harvard last season, when he was the captain of a Crimson team that went 21-8. But his name was not called during the NBA draft last month, and he fought his way on to a roster with several impressive performances during the NBA’s summer league this month in Las Vegas.

Golden State was an obvious destination for Lin. He was a Warriors fan while growing up in the nearby city of Palo Alto, and the San Francisco area has a large East Asian-American population.

“I consider myself a basketball player more than an Asian-American,” he said.

“I’m ready to play at this level and I appreciate the support of the Asian community.

“This is a dream come true. I always wanted to be in the NBA and now I get to do it with the Warriors, the team I grew up watching.”

Lin, 21, is the younger son of Chinese immigrants from Taiwan."
 
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Jeremy Lin, Jennings catch fans’ eyes at Yao’s charity basketball game

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"NBA player of the Golden State Warriors, Jeremy Lin speaks with media during a press conference, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Lin, the first Taiwanese American to join the NBA, signed with the Golden State Warriors of Oakland, Calif. and is set to play the point guard position in the upcoming season." (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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"Left: NBA Houston Rockets player Yao Ming has fun before a charity game in Taipei yesterday. Right: NBA Golden State Warriors player Jeremy Lin demonstrates his skills during the game."
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"Jeremy Lin, Jennings catch fans’ eyes at Yao’s charity basketball game

By Joseph Yeh
Taiwan News, Staff Reporter
2010-07-30 10:08 AM

Though it is fair to say the outstanding player at last night’s charity game in Taipei was Brandon Jennings of the Milwaukee Bucks, who scored a game-high 31 points and entertained fans with dazzling dribbles, amazing assists and powerful dunks, all eyes were definitely on Jeremy Lin, the first Taiwanese-American player to join the National Basketball Association, who stole the spotlight with his every single move.

Added into the mix for the charity event at the very last minute after a call from Houston Rockets Chinese giant Yao Ming, who personally asked Lin to join the game sponsored by his foundation, Lin was definitely the hometown favorite for his deep connection with Taiwan.

Lin's parents are both from Taiwan and sat watching last night’s game from sideline VIP seats along with Lin's two brothers. The whole family flew to Taiwan together for the game and other related activities.

Lin, a 21-year-old Harvard graduate who recently signed a two-year contract with the Golden State Warriors, drew a standing ovation when he took the court with 6:45 left in the first quarter.

After committing a 24-second shot-clock violation, Lin made a three-pointer late in the quarter, his first points in Taipei.

He also took part in the Slam Dunk and Three-Pointer competitions after being asked by the charity game host, and the cheering and applause from the 6662 fans at Taipei Arena continued as he showed both his vertical leaping skills and long-rang shooting ability.

Lin scored 17 points and gathered in 3 rebounds and also had 3 assists and 4 steals for Team Love, made up of NBA players.

The NBA team included active NBA players Lin, Jennings, Hasheem Thabeet of the Memphis Grizzlies, DaJuan Summers of the Detroit Pistons, Amir Johnson of the Toronto Raptors, Luke Babbit of the Portland Trail Blazers, and a pair of Yao's Houston teammates, Aaron Brooks and Chase Budinger.

Last night’s game was full of show. Jennings proclaimed “I love you” in Mandarin and was wildly rewarded by the crowd with several rounds of applause, while Johnson of the Raptors imitated All-Star forward LeBron James’ famous pre-game ritual of tossing chalk or talcum powder into the air.

Team Love ultimately beat Team Heart, which was made up of players from the Shanghai Sharks and an All-Star collection of players from the local Super Basketball League, by the score of 137-103.

Yao Ming did not play in the game because he is still recovering from a foot injury. But he said he was deeply appreciative of all the players and celebrities who participated in the event.

“I hope that this charity game can help people in need in the future,” he said."
 
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I think Mr Lin would look excellent in a Lakers uniform..that way Kobe would not have to play the man anymore outside of practice!!
 
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one of the worst case of NBA talent evaluation ever :p
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Not really.. the NBA does not heavily scout the Ivy league. Many teams passed up this fantastic player..Can't wait for the laker to steal him away from the Knicks..:eek:

Jeremy Lin is one hot commodity in the NBA!

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You think Linsanity is big in America? Look East.

Jeremy Lin, the first American-born NBA player of Asian heritage, is getting rock star level attention among Chinese basketball fans. The New York Knicks sudden star has seen his Twitter (@jLin7) following explode to more than 200,000 as of Monday morning, but that doesn't tell half the story.

Lin has picked up nearly 850,000 followers on a Chinese version of Twitter known as the Weibo microblog, according to Agence France-Presse. That's impressive, but his followers on China Tencent and Sina microblogs are more than 1.5 million, with more than three-quarters of them coming since Lin dropped 38 points on Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers.

China's state television CCTV has changed its NBA broadcast schedule to include more Knicks games this week.

Although NBA commissioner David Stern is appreciative of Lin's popularity, he's not ready to compare the Knicks sensation to Yao Ming. "I don’t think another Chinese NBA star as influential as Yao Ming will appear," Stern told Chinese media, according to the Jakarta Globe.

So how did the latest superstar in sports spend his off day on Sunday? Lin traveled to upstate New York with his parents to watch his younger brother play for Hamilton College. Joseph Lin is a backup point guard at the small school in Clinton, N.Y. The Knicks guard sat with his parents and older brother behind Hamilton's bench. The New York Daily News reports he was surrounded by campus security guards and was accompanied by the school's president.

Joseph Lin played 14 minutes and scored four points for the Continentals.
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Jeremy Lin Fun Facts

• Jeremy Lin's No. 17 jersey is the NBA's top online seller since February 4.

• Knicks merchandise sales are No.1 overall in the NBA since Lin's breakthrough game.

• Five of the NBA's 10 most popular items are Knicks-related since Linsanity began.

• Lin's Chinese Wikipedia-style page (Baike) has picked up 3.5 million hits.

• Microblog hashtag ‘Lin Shuhao Craze Continues' using Jeremy Lin's Chinese name, has generated 73,500 messages.

• Modell's Sporting Goods Inc. in Midtown Manhattan can't keep Lin gear on shelves; they went through multiple shipments of jerseys and T-shirts just this weekend.

• The Knicks have taken advantage of Linsanity, raising average ticket prices by 27 percent since Lin scored 25 points off the bench against New Jersey.

• Knicks upcoming road opponent Toronto has a huge price differential to see Lin play (cheap seat: $44,00) as opposed to an upcoming game with the Spurs (cheap seat: $12.50)

• Madison Square Garden stock has gone up 6.2 percent to $31.25 since the day before Lin started the Knicks on their five game winning streak.
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bd popeye said:
Can't wait for the laker to steal him away from the Knicks..:eek:
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You sound like a Lakers' fan, not that there is anything wrong with it :p

anyway, I want him to come to Houston. However, I think he would be better off staying with the Knicks since they need help and he can provide the Knicks with what they desperately need. and he can shine as bright as he can. And doing it on a marquee team like the Knicks and in a stadium like the MSG and in a city like NY will only help him more. Going to the Lakers may not be a good idea for him since Lakers have Kobe and Fisher in the back court and they won't like it so much if they'll have to share minutes with this young dude.
 
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It was probably the best thing for him to have been dropped and picked up by a big market in New York. It's just like the San Francisco 49ers who could've taken Aaron Rodgers but instead picked Alex Smith. Aaron Rodgers wanted to go to the 49ers. At the time the 49ers were going through coaching and administrative troubles. I don't think Aaron Rodgers would've had the type of rise he's had being with the 49ers added to that the extreme prejudice American pro sports has for anything to do with the San Francisco/Bay Area. Same goes for Lin being let go by the Warriors. That story wouldn't have happen anywhere but New York or LA with the luck of injured starters of course.
 
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A.Mace is referring to the East Coast bias against nearly any sports team from the west coast as perpetrated by those sports talking heads on ESPN. ESPN may deny it from time to time but it is real.

Jeremy Lin does it again..

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