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　　Jeremy Shu-How Lin is an American professional basketball player with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association . After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of college, the 2010 Harvard University graduate reached a partially guaranteed contract deal later that year with his hometown Golden State Warriors. In late 2011, Lin spent less than two weeks with the Houston Rockets, moving to the New York Knicks at the very end of the year. Lin is one of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, and the first American player in the league to be of Chinese descent.

　　High school career

　　In his senior year in 20052006, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a 321 record and upset nationally ranked Mater Dei, 5147, for the California Interscholastic Federation Division II state title. According to Dana ONeil of ESPN, Lin was the runaway choice for player of the year by virtually every California publication.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.

　　College career

　　Lin sent his rsum and a DVD of highlights to all the Ivy League schools, Cal, and his dream schools Stanford and UCLA. The Pac-10 schools wanted him to walk-on. Harvard and Brown were the only teams that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams, but Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships.