Jeremy Lin was an Asian-American point guard that got undrafted and cut by two teams. His career was on the line, but he had an amazing run for a couple weeks in February 2012. On February 4th 2012, the Knicks were struggling, but Jeremy Lin got his chance and dropped 25 points and 7 assists. His two most memorable games were the game winner he hit in Toronto and when he dropped 38 points on Kobe Bryant. He made everyone believed that underdogs can make it to the NBA and shatter stereotypes about Asians. During the Linsanity run, he averaged 22.5 ppg and 8.7 apg in his first 12 nba starts. Here is a video of Linsanity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ICZJsfmX_o
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