His father, Lin Gie-Ming, and his mother, Shirley Lin, moved to the United States from Taiwan Province Province in the mid-1970s, first to Virginia and then to Indiana, where they both studied at Purdue University. His paternal ancestors came from bei dou zhen, Changhua County, Taiwan (Lin's ancestors moved to Taiwan Province Province from Zhangpu County, Fujian Province, China in 1707), while his grandmother moved to South Taiwan Province Province (South Taiwan Province Province) from Pinghu, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, China in the late 1940s. Jeremy Lin's parents are both 1.68 meters (5 feet 6 inches) tall. His grandmother's house is very tall, and his great-grandfather is over 1.8 meters (6 feet) tall. Jeremy Lin has an older brother Josh Lin and a younger brother Joseph Lin. Lin teaches his sons to play basketball at the local YMCA. Wu Xinxin helped Palo Alto establish a national youth basketball program in the United States. In order to ensure that his son's playing basketball will not affect his study, Wu Xinxin often communicates with the coach. Her friends criticized her for letting Jeremy Lin play basketball for too long, but she allowed her son to play his favorite game. The way of learning
Jeremy Lin sent his resume and DVD recording his high school basketball career to all Ivy League schools, the University of California, Berkeley, and his dream schools, Stanford University and UCLA. Pac- 10 wants Jeremy Lin to be a walk-on, instead of actively recruiting him or providing him with sports scholarships. Harvard University and Brown University guarantee Jeremy Lin a place in the school team, but Ivy League schools do not provide sports scholarships. Rex Walters, former NBA basketball player and coach of UCLA men's basketball team.
This means that NCAA limits the coach's chances of finding Jeremy Lin. Walters said: "Most schools begin to recruit young people who can do quick and simple things and evaluate them by running fast and jumping high from the beginning." Jeremy Lin added, "I just want others to understand my game. They need to spend more time watching my performance because I don't want to do anything particularly dazzling or unusual. "
In July 2005, Bill holden, then an assistant coach at Harvard University, saw Jeremy Lin, who was 6 feet 3 inches tall (1.9 1 m). His physical characteristics meet his needs, and his GPA of 4.2 in high school also meets the academic standards of Harvard University. But Horton was not interested in Jeremy Lin's ability on the court at first, and told his high school basketball coach Peter Pillok that Jeremy Lin was an "NCAA third-class player". Later that week, Horton watched Jeremy Lin's more confrontational games. He used "killer instinct" to seize every opportunity to shoot, and then Jeremy Lin became his first choice player. The coach of Harvard University was worried that Stanford University would provide a scholarship for Jeremy Lin because Stanford University was close to his home, but this didn't happen. Jeremy Lin chose Harvard University. Dipen Pillok said, "I'm not sitting here and saying that basketball coaches in NCAA top schools are idiots. It was really reasonable to question Jeremy Lin at that time. " Joe Lacombe later became the owner of the Golden State Warriors, then the president of the fan club of Stanford University. He described Stanford University's failure to admit Jeremy Lin as "very stupid". That young man is right in front of you. If you don't realize this, you are all wet. Carey RonanPatrickJohnKeating, an assistant coach at UCLA who provided Jeremy Lin with a substitute opportunity, said afterwards that Jeremy Lin should probably become the starting point guard at UCLA.
Harvard University
A coach of Harvard University remembers that Jeremy Lin was "the weakest player on the team" in the first year, but in the second year (2007-2008 season), Jeremy Lin averaged 12.6 points and joined the second team of the All-Ivy League. In the 2008-2009 season of his junior year, he became the only player who scored (17.8), rebounded (5.5), assisted (4.3), stole (2.4) and blocked (0.6) in the NCAA first-class league. Jeremy Lin scored 27 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the 82-70 victory over Boston College ranked 17. Three days ago, Boston University Eagles beat the No.1 University of North Carolina. In the fourth season of Jeremy Lin University (2009-20 10 season), he averaged 16.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.4 steals 1 blocks, and was once again elected as the first team of the Ivy League by unanimous vote. Jeremy Lin became one of the 30 candidates for the John R. Wood Award in the mid-season, and was selected as the final candidate list for the Robert Joseph Cousy Award 1 1. He was also invited to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. Fran Fraschilla of ESPN listed Jeremy Lin as one of the most comprehensive 65,438+02 basketball players in college basketball. In the game against the Connecticut Huskies ranked 12, Jeremy Lin scored a career-high 30 points and 9 rebounds, which attracted more attention. After the game, Connecticut coach jim calhoun, who was elected to the naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, talked about Jeremy Lin: "I have seen many teams here, and he can play for any team. He's great. He's calm on the court. He knows how to play. "
This season, Harvard University has set a number of records, including: wins (2 1), non-league wins (1 1), home wins (1 1) and away wins (10). At the end of his college basketball career, Jeremy Lin became the first player in the history of the Ivy League to reach 65,438+0,450 points (65,438+0,483), 450 rebounds (487), 400 assists (406) and 200 steals (225). Jeremy Lin graduated from Harvard University on 20 10 with a degree in economics. His GPA is 3. 1.