Jeremy Lin
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![After failing to receive any athletic scholarship offers, Lin attended Harvard.](/Images/godic/202501/24/Jeremy_Lin1707.jpg")
![Lin at Warriors practice in 2010](/Images/godic/202501/24/Jeremy_Lin_cropped1707.jpg")
![Lin prior to a game](/Images/godic/202501/24/Jeremy_Lin_in_Warriors_line_up_pregame_vs_Pistons_11707.jpg")
Jeremy Shu-How Lin (born August 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets 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".