A Palo Alto native, Jeremy Lin is a guard for the Brooklyn Nets and is the NBA’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent. He became an overnight sensation in 2012 for his performance with the Knicks, commonly known as “Linsanity.” Lin has played with the Warriors, Knicks, Rockets, Lakers, and Hornets, and most recently signed with the Nets as a free agent in 2016.