Thought some people on this board might have some interest in the story.
Here’s his wiki page:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Lin
He’s performed well enough in the NBA Summer League that there’s starting to be some talk about him signing with a NBA team this year.
sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/co … id=5387547
[quote]Lin is on the verge of signing an NBA contract, and it could be with the Mavericks, who view him as an intriguing developmental point guard and a strong candidate to run the club’s new D-League affiliate that begins play this fall in Frisco.
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Suddenly, the player deemed too flawed in most major areas to survive in the NBA is in contract discussions with three teams, according to league sources. The Los Angeles Lakers are believed to be one, with an Eastern Conference team the other.[/quote]
voices.washingtonpost.com/dcspor … y_lin.html
espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_ … ue-roundup
[quote]Jeremy Lin stole the show late in the stellar Dallas-Washington game. With the Mavs down a couple of possessions, Wall and JaVale McGee trapped Lin off a high ball screen. Lin split the defenders, darting left through the opening. Against the collapsing Washington defense, Lin then propelled 270 degrees in the air to get off a right-handed jumper against contact. The acrobatics roused the Cox Pavilion crowd, who almost rioted when Lin was whistled for a charge.
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Zach Harper of Hardwood Paroxysm on the John Wall-Jeremy Lin fourth quarter battle: “Funny thing happened on the way to the Bellagio … Jeremy Lin and John Wall faced off in the fourth quarter of the Wizards-Mavericks game in Vegas and pretty much played each other to a standstill. That’s right. An undrafted Harvard, SMAHRT kid, point guard went toe-to-toe with the number-one pick in the NBA draft and sort-of held his own. The final box score will show John Wall with an impressive 21 points (let’s just forget about the 4/19 shooting), 10 assists and seven rebounds. But it won’t show that the majority of the Lin’s 11 fourth quarter points were the result of him getting the better of the ‘best player in the draft’ for times than Wall will care to remember. Lin and Wall played the equivalent of an iso chess match on the hardwood game board. The kid from the Ivy League refused to back down from the YouTube sensation and while Wall walked away with the highlight reel, Lin walked away as the fan favorite.”
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Super clean cut Taiwanese boy with a Harvard degree playing in the NBA would probably develop a lot of fans in Taiwan. 
Realistically even if he signed a contract he wouldn’t see much playing time, but it’s still a nice story.
