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Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is a Taiwanese-American [1] [2] professional basketball player for the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) during the 2011–12 season, sparking a cultural ...
In 2010, Jeremy Lin became the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In 2011, Richard Lapchick with The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) of the University of Central Florida reported in their annual Racial and Gender Report Card that 17 percent of the league's players were ...
A3: Both of Lin's parents grew up in Taiwan before emigrating to the United States, and Lin's ancestors have been in Taiwan since the 18th Century. The Wikipedia article only says Lin is an American of "Taiwanese descent", in reference to the origin of his ancestors; this does not imply nationality and is independent of the political status of Taiwan.
Jeremy Lin discusses overcoming stereotypes and why Linsanity was bigger than basketball. Jeremy Lin on overcoming stereotypes as an Asian NBA player — even among teammates: ‘I was invisible ...
Dropping on HBO this week is documentary 38 at the Garden about the remarkable rise of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin, the first Taiwanese American to play in the NBA, during the 2012 NBA ...
Former NBA sensation Jeremy Lin launched a “dream” 14th professional basketball season by playing alongside his younger brother last week in Taiwan, the island his parents emigrated to the ...
Jeremy Lin, first Taiwanese-American player in the NBA; Joseph Lin, professional basketball player. Younger brother of Jeremy Lin; Howard Shu, badminton player; Kevin Tan, 2008 Olympic Games men's gymnastics bronze medalist; Chien-Ming Wang, professional MLB pitcher, won 19 games with New York Yankees both in 2006 and 2007. Timothy Wang, table ...
Basketball player Jeremy Lin of the Santa Cruz Warriors, a team in the NBA’s G League, has spoken out after... View Article The post Jeremy Lin says Black Harvard coach helped him deal with anti ...