And again he made it as the cover of the Sports illustrated Magazine. He also became the 3rd one out of NBA to appear in magazine's cover twice . Jordan claimed it first then followed by Dirk Nowitzki last year.
A graduate from Harvard and IVY-league MVP , now a star in NBA playing for New York Knicks and playing in the country's biggest market. Because of his Asian-American heritage, he's reaching out to a basketball-mad community that hasn't had an American-born star to call its own.
First things first, you should know who is JEREMY LIN
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Jeremy Lin was born August 23, 1988 at Paolo alto, listed at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 200 lb (91 kg)California which is a Taiwanese descent . His parents, Gie-Ming and Shirley, emigrated from Taiwan to the United States. His paternal family comes from Beidou, Changhua in Taiwan (his great-grandfather immigrated to Taiwan from Zhangpu County, Fujian in mainland China), while his maternal grandmother is from Pinghu, Zhejiang in mainland China. He has an older brother, Josh, and a younger brother, Joseph.Gie-Ming taught his sons to play basketball at the local YMCA. Lin grew up in a Christian family.
Lin's sudden push to stardom, helping the Knicks win four straight games between Feb. 6 and Feb. 11 in his first four career starts, has left him in the driver's seat to be named NBA Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 6-12.
He scored 109 points in his first four starts, breaking the record for most points in a player's first four NBA starts since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976-1977, previously set by Allen Iverson with 101 points in 1996.
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS
In his sophomore season at Harvard, he was named All IVY-League Second Team after he averaged 12.6 points. By his Junior and Senior Year, he was voted to ALL IVY-League First Team after a career year with 16.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.1 blocks and lead Harvard to all time high non-conference wins (11), home wins (11) and road/neutral wins (10).[27] 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). He graduated from Harvard in 2010 with a degree in economics and a 3.1 grade-point average.
ROAD TO NBA
He went undrafted in 2010 draft
During the preseason games he averaged 9.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.2 steals in 18.6 minutes per game with the Dallas Mavericks.
On July 21, 2010, Lin signed a two-year deal with his hometown Warriors
Scored first NBA basket against Los Angeles Lakers and recorded 3 Assist with 4 Steals
Averaged 21.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals, leading Reno Bighorns with 2-0 slate.
December 9 , 2011, he was waived by the Warriors
December 12, 2011, Lin was claimed off waivers by the Houston Rockets
December 24 before the start of the season, the Rockets waived Lin to clear payroll to sign center Samuel Dalembert
The New York Knicks claimed Lin off waivers on December 27 to be a backup behind Toney Douglas and Mike Bibby after an injury to guard Iman Shumpert
