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Jeremy Shu-How Lin is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association.Lin was born on August on 23, 1988 in Los Angeles , California , and grew up in a Christian family in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Palo Alto.His parents, Gie-Ming and Shirley, emigrated from Taiwan to the United States in the mid-1970s.They are dual nationals of both Taiwan and the U.S.
Lin's parents are both 5 feet 6 inches tall.His maternal grandmother's family was tall, and her father was over 6 feet.Lin has an older brother, Josh , and a younger brother , Joseph.
In his senior year in 2005-2006, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a 32-1 record and upset nationally ranked Mater Dei , 51-47 , for the California Interscholastic Federation(CIF)Division II state title.He was named first – team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year, ending his senior year averaging 15.1 points , 7.1 assists , 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals.
Lin sent his resume and a DVD of highlights of his high school basketball career to many universities.Harvard and Brown were the only teams that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams.
In July 2005, then-Harvard assistant coach Bill Holden saw that Lin was 6 feet 3 inches, which fit the physical attributes he was seeking , and he had a 4.2 grade point average in high school , which fit Harvard's academic standards.However, Holden was not initially impressed with Lin's on-court abilities, and told Lin's high school basketball coach , Peter Diepenbrock , that Lin was a “Division III player”.Later that week, Holden saw Lin playing in a much more competitive game, driving to the basket at every opportunity with the “instincts of a killer”.Lin became a top-priority for Holden.Harvard coaches feared that Stanford, close to Lin's home, would offer Lin a scholarship, but it did not , and Lin chose to attend Harvard.
Joe Lacob, incoming Warriors' owner and Stanford booster, said Stanford's failure to accept Lin “was really stupid.The kid was right across the street.If you can't recognize that, you've got a problem.” Kerry Keating, the UCLA assistant who offered Lin the opportunity to walk-on , said in hindsight that Lin would probably have ended up starting at point guard for UCLA(University of California at Los Angeles).
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