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One-year-old Jeremy is held in the arms of his father, Gie-Ming, on this outing with his older brother, Josh, and his grandmother, Lin Chu A-muen.
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Lin Chu A-muen, the mother of Gie-Ming, came over from Taiwan to help raise the family during Jeremy’s formative years.
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When Jeremy entered Palo Ato High as a five-foot-three freshman, his goal was to reach six feet in height so he would be a competitive basketball player.
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With a quick first step, Jeremy drives past a defender in this high school basketball game. Jeremy led Palo Alto High to a California state championship his senior year.
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Jeremy put the Harvard basketball program on the map, leading the team to a 21-8 record his senior year.
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Jeremy’s big break came during the final game of the July 2010 NBA Summer League, when he outplayed, outhustled, and outshone his opponents, impressing NBA scouts.
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Jeremy was all smiles with his parents, Shirley and Gie-Ming, when he signed a two-year contract in the summer of 2010 to play for his hometown team, the Golden State Warriors.
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In Golden State’s second home game of the 2010-2011 season on “Asian Heritage Night,” 17,408 fans exploded with cheers when Jeremy played his first minutes in the NBA. He would go on to warm the bench and play in only 29 games for the Warriors and was sent three times to the Reno Bighorns, the Warriors’ D-League affiliate, to work on his game and get some playing time.
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Jeremy shakes hands with recently retired Houston Rockets center Yao Ming of China during a charity basketball game in Taipei, Taiwan. Jeremy scored 17 points while playing with other NBA players on “Team Love.”
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Jeremy was waived by the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets before joining the New York Knicks.
Here he warms up with teammate Carmelo Anthony in late December 2011. Linsanity was more than a month away.
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The Knicks had lost 2 of its last 13 games when star player Carmelo Anthony suggested to head coach Mike D’Antoni that he put Jeremy into the game against the New Jersey Nets on February 4, 2012. Jeremy led the Knicks to victory, scoring 25 points off the bench, and was named a starter, setting off Linsanity.
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How rare is that double? Since 1990, only 11 other athletes have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated, the country’s premier sports magazine, for two consecutive weeks.
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Taiwanese fans gather at a Taipei sports bar to watch Jeremy and the Knicks play during Linsanity. Many Americans don’t realize how popular Jeremy is in the Asian culture, who see him as one of their own.
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Hollywood filmmaker Spike Lee, a huge Knicks fan who watches nearly every game from his courtside seat, goes retro by wearing Jeremy’s high school jersey during Linsanity.
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After his long jumper was the difference in the Knicks’ 90-87 victory over the Toronto Raptors on February 14, 2012, a joyful Jeremy points heavenward. Notice his orange wristband, which reads, “In Jesus’ Name I Play.”
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