From Golden State Warrior to New York Knicks and Houston Rockets, professional basketball point guard Jeremy Lin has penned a contract with eight different NBA teams. Currently, he is associated with the Toronto Raptors.
California-born NBA star Jeremy Lin addresses some nine-year-long professional basketball career. In the meantime, the talented sportsman found a trending place on the internet some years back after a video of a woman claiming to be his wife took everyone by surprise.
Jeremy Lin’s Bio: Age, Family, Height
Jeremy Lin, age 30, was born as Jeremy Shu-How Lin on 23 August 1988 in Torrance, California, the United States. He grew up in a Christian family which included his father, Lin Gie-Ming and his mother, Shirley Lin. Jeremy also shares a sibling bond with his elder brother, Josh, who is a Dentist, and a younger brother, Joseph, who played basketball for Taiwanese club Fubon Braves.
Jeremy Lin shares career success with his mother on 9 May 2019 (Picture: Jeremy’s Instagram)
Jeremy’s parents emigrated from Taiwan to the United States in the mid-1970s. At first, they settled in Virginia before relocating to Indiana. Later on, they moved to Torrance, California and ended up raising their children in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Palo Alto.
Standing at a tall height of 6 feet and 3 inches (1.91m), Jeremy enrolled at Palo Alto High School where he also commenced his amateur basketball career. Subsequently, he joined the University of Harvard for his further education.
Career Stats, Trade
Despite going unpicked in the 2010 NBA Draft, Jeremy Lin signed a two-year contract with the Golden State Warriors later that year on 21 July. However, he didn’t feature in many games during his time with the Warriors with just an average playtime of 9.8 minutes in 29 games.
Later in 2011, Jeremy joined the New York Knicks and made his season debut against his previous team- Golden State Warriors. He registered a career-high 25 points with five rebounds and seven assists in his side’s 99-92 win over the New Jersey Nets on 4 February 2012.
Catch Jeremy Lin’s career stats (Picture: ESPN)
Jeremy featured for the Houston Rockets from 2012 to 2014 before a trade to the Los Angeles Lakers for one season. Apart from that, his other NBA stints include Charlotte Hornets (2015-2016), Brooklyn Nets (2016-2018), and Atlanta Hawks (2018-2019). Earlier on 13 February 2019, Jeremy signed with the Toronto Raptors.
Contract, Salary, And Net Worth
Jeremy’s first contract with the Warriors included a first-year salary of around $500,000 with more than half of it guaranteed. Later when he joined the Lakers for a season, he bagged a $15 Million deal, but only $8.3 Million counted against the Lakers’ salary cap.
Jeremy’s other contract includes a two-year $4.3 Million deal with the Hornets and a three-year $36 Million deal with the Nets.
As of now, the basketball star summons the net worth of $36 Million and records an annual salary of $14.9 Million.
Does Jeremy Lin Have A Wife?
To this present moment, Jeremy Lin seems some distance away from any relationship gossips. However, it was not the case some six years earlier.
Back in 2013, a YouTube video featuring a woman named Kristina Wong shocked the world. In that video, Kristina claimed that she just got married to NBA star Jeremy Lin. The viral video later caught Jeremy by surprise who entirely denied any involvement with the featured girl. Fortunately, the shocking revelation turned out to be just a hoax as Kristina was a die-hard fan of the new Raptors’ signing.
Watch Kristina Wong claiming to be Jeremy Lin’s Wife (Video: YouTube)
Prior to the false marital rumor, Jeremy was once believed to be in relationship with TV personality Kim Kardashian. However, that also turned out to be a false rumor later on.
Some Interesting Facts About Jeremy Lin
- Jeremy also earns a fortune with his endorsements with Volvo, Nike, Steiner Sports, and Adidas.
- As part of his social work, Jeremy donated a million dollars to Harvard University to support undergraduate financial aid and renovations to Lavietes Pavilion in October 2016.
- Jeremy also runs a YouTube channel named jlin7 which has 672K subscribers.
- Jeremy starred in 2013 documentary-biography feature film Linsanity, which was based on his own life story.
- He is a major fan of the video game, Dota 2.
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