Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin Traditional Chinese 林書豪 Simplified Chinese 林书豪 Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin  Lín Shūháo Wade–Giles Lin2 Shu1-Hao2 IPA [li n ʂu xɑ ʊ] Bopomofo ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄨ ㄏㄠˊ Min Hokkien POJ  Lîm Su-hô (help·info) Cantonese Jyutping Lam4 Syu1 Hou4 Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks in 2012, which generated a global following known as "Linsanity." After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of Harvard University, Lin reached a partially guaranteed contract deal in 2010 with his hometown Golden State Warriors. He seldom played in his rookie season and was assigned to the NBA Development League (D-League) three times. He was waived by the Warriors and the Houston Rockets the following preseason before joining the New York Knicks early in the 2011–12 season. He 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 the summer of 2012, Lin signed a three-year contract with the Houston Rockets, for whom he played two seasons before the Lakers acquired him in a trade. Lin is one of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, and the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the league. He is also known for his public expression of his Christianity.