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Linspired: The Jeremy Lin Story
Mike Yorkey | Jesse Flores

Linspired: The Jeremy Lin Story

9780310735236
| Paperback
Zonderkidz | 2012
Dewey 796.323
LC Classification 1277

Genre

  • Youth Non-Fiction

Subject

  • Basketball players - United States - Biography - Juvenile Literature
  • Christian Athletes - United States - biography - Juvenile literature
  • Lin, Jeremy 1988 - Juvenile Literature

Plot

Linspired reveals the inside story of the remarkable and meteoric rise of Jeremy Lin, superstar of the New York Knicks the first Asian-American-born player of Chinese/Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. Discover the journey of the underdog who beat the odds to reach his current stardom and catch the attention of the sports world with both his incredible basketball skills and his on and off-court example of faith, persistence, and hard work. After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and not being drafted by an NBA team after graduating from Harvard, Lin signed a deal with his hometown team of the Golden State Warriors. After only his first year of play he was waived by the Warriors, but he was picked up by the Houston Rockets. Again, he was let go, on Christmas Eve, 2011. In spite of this disappointment, Lin always remained positive and trusted that God had a plan for his life and talents. Soon after, Lin was picked up when the New York Knicks needed a guard. After weeks of sitting on the bench, a teammate's injury placed Lin on the court, and since then he has captivated sports fans throughout the world with his tremendous skill and humble response.