Personal information of NCAA· Jeremy Lin

Jeremy Lin, whose ancestral home is Pinghu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, whose parents are from Taiwan Province Province, immigrated to the United States earlier, and was born and raised in California. He is 19 1cm (6-3) tall and weighs 90kg (200lbs). At present, he is a senior majoring in economics at Harvard University, and he is also the team captain and point guard. Judging from the data, this figure should be close to China national team defender Liu Wei. Although Jeremy Lin is not as strong as Liu Wei in the actual competition, his ability to complete the traffic during the breakthrough also proves his strong upper limb strength from one side. I'm afraid it's hard for you to imagine Jeremy Lin's thin figure of 188cm and 75 kg when he first entered Harvard, and it's even harder for you to imagine that Jeremy Lin was only 160cm tall when he was a freshman.

In the American basketball circle where black people are in power, the living space of yellow-skinned China players is very narrow. Jeremy Lin himself once said, "Basketball belongs to both whites and blacks. In the United States, an Asian American basketball player is not respected. "

When Jeremy Lin first joined the Harvard basketball team, people always looked at him with strange eyes. When he participated in the Pro-Am Summer League in San Francisco in the summer of 2007, when he entered the goal hall and began to warm up, a staff member came to remind him: "This is a basketball game, not a volleyball game." When he was away from home, someone shouted to him in the stands, "Go back to China!" " In this environment, he made a little progress and hit back at those who despised him with his own performance. His performance also attracted the attention of many Asian players. "I often get emails from some Asian players, and they write letters to support me and encourage me."

Although with the appearance of Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and other China NBA players, Americans began to understand Asian basketball and China basketball, but in the eyes of most Americans, they are just different from Asians, relying on huge physical capital, they can't change the impression that "Asians (Asians) can't play basketball" in the United States. Although there were some Asian players in the NCAA first-class league before, how many star players can Americans mention or remember? It is an honor for Asian players to play in NCAA-level schools, and it is even harder if they can start. Even Asians themselves dare not expect Asian players to become star players in NCAA-level leagues one day. Therefore, the significance of Jeremy Lin's success goes far beyond himself.

Two years ago, Derrick Low, a Chinese mixed-race defender of Washington State University (currently playing in Lithuanian League), made a breakthrough in NCAA compared with his Asian predecessors. He is the greatest basketball player in the history of Hawaii and represented the United States in the Pan-Pacific Games. However, due to his innate physical fitness and ball style (6- 1 3-point shooter), his pace of buying from higher-level leagues (NBA) is limited. Jeremy Lin is a real yellow-skinned China player. Secondly, his height, physical fitness and comprehensive ability will have more room for development than Low. Jeremy Lin has an orthodox point guard height (6-3), a smart mind (high flyers of Harvard) and good physical condition. On the offensive end, he can easily break through the opponent's dunk and hit the ball in the fierce physical confrontation under the basket. Although he is not a shooter, he often hits key shots. Of course, as a point guard, he can also complete the task of distributing the ball well. Jeremy Lin said that he hopes to pass more good balls. On the defensive end, his rebounding and stealing ability is also very strong, especially as a point guard, his blocking ability is very rare among Asian players. Jeremy Lin is relying on his efforts to attract more attention.

Of course, it is difficult for a player who plays in the Ivy League to attract the attention of NBA scouts. An NBA scout once said that an Ivy League player would not be considered at all. Most experts think that Jeremy Lin has little chance to enter the NBA, but he can have a good career in overseas leagues in the future.

Jeremy Lin is not only an excellent player with excellent academic performance, but also a devout Christian. Lin's family is good. He has been doing community service in slums since high school. After graduating from college, he didn't have time to do that because he had to take care of both his studies and basketball. However, he and his family go back to their hometown of Pinghu in the mainland every summer vacation to donate money and teach local students skills. Shouldn't such players be role models for the younger generation in China?

I will continue to support and pay attention to Jeremy Lin whether he can finally play in the NBA after graduation next year. He is the real light of basketball in China. He proved very well that a yellow-skinned defender can be a blockbuster in the United States, and playing well is not in conflict with learning well!