Events

105 BC – Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus.

69 BC – Battle of Tigranocerta: Forces of the Roman Republic defeat the army of the Kingdom of Armenia led by King Tigranes the Great.

68 BC – Battle of Artaxata: Lucullus averts the bad omen of this day by defeating Tigranes the Great of Armenia.

1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

1600 – Jacopo Peri's ''Euridice'', the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance in Florence, signifying the beginning of the Baroque Period

1683 – William Penn brings 13 German immigrant families to the colony of Pennsylvania, marking the first major immigration of German people to America.

1762 – Seven Years' War: conclusion of the Battle of Manila between Britain and Spain, which resulted in the British occupation of Manila for the rest of the war.

1789 – French Revolution: Louis XVI returns to Paris from Versailles after being confronted by the Parisian women on 5 October

1849 – The execution of the 13 Martyrs of Arad after the Hungarian war of independence.

1854 – The Great fire of Newcastle and Gateshead starts shortly after midnight, leading to 53 deaths and hundreds injured.

1884 – The Naval War College of the United States Navy is founded in Newport, Rhode Island.

1889 – Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture.

1908 – Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1923 – The great powers of World War I withdraw from Istanbul

1927 – Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent talking movie.

1928 – Chiang Kai-Shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.

1939 – World War II: The last Polish army is defeated.

1945 – Baseball: Billy Sianis and his pet billy goat are ejected from Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the 1945 World Series (see Curse of the Billy Goat).

1973 – Egypt launches a coordinated attack with Syria against Israel leading to the Yom Kippur War.

1976 – Cubana Flight 455 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados after two bombs, placed on board by terrorists with connections to the CIA, exploded. All 73 people on board are killed.

1976 – New Premier Hua Guofeng orders the arrest of the Gang of Four and associates and ends the Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China.

1976 – Massacre of students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand to protest the return of ex-dictator Thanom, by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.

1977 – In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.

1977 – The first prototype of the MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight.

1979 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.

1985 – PC Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.

1987 – Fiji becomes a republic.

1995 – 51 Pegasi is discovered to be the first major star apart from the Sun to have a planet (and extrasolar planet) orbiting around it.

2000 – Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.

2000 – Argentine vice president Carlos Álvarez resigns.

2002 – The French oil tanker ''Limburg ''is bombed off Yemen.

2007 – Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the globe.

Births

1289 – King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (d. 1306)

1459 – Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer (d. 1507)

1510 – Rowland Taylor, English clergyman (d. 1555)

1510 – John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)

1552 – Matteo Ricci, Italian Jesuit missionary (d. 1610)

1573 – Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, English patron of the theater (d. 1624)

1610 – Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier, French soldier (d. 1690)

1716 – George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English statesman (d. 1771)

1738 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1789)

1744 – James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813)

1767 – Henri Christophe, king of Haiti (d. 1820)

1769 – Sir Isaac Brock, British commander (d. 1812)

1773 – King Louis-Philippe of France (d. 1850)

1801 – Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (d. 1888)

1803 – Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (d. 1879)

1820 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)

1831 – Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (d. 1916)

1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)

1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)

1866 – Reginald Fessenden, Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. 1932)

1872 – Mikhail Kuzmin, Russian writer (d. 1936)

1874 – Frank G. Allen, 51^st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1950)

1876 – Ernest Lapointe, French-Canadian politician (d. 1941)

1882 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (d. 1937)

1886 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)

1887 – Le Corbusier, Swiss architect (d. 1965)

1888 – Roland Garros, French pilot (d. 1918)

1892 – Jackie Saunders, American silent film actress (d. 1954)

1895 – Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)

1900 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)

1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

1905 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)

1906 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (d. 1984)

1908 – Carole Lombard, American actress (d. 1942)

1908 – Sergei Lvovich Sobolev, Russian mathematician (d. 1989)

1910 – Barbara Castle, British politician (d. 2002)

1912 – Perkins Bass, American politician and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire

1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer (d. 2002)

1914 – Joan Littlewood, British theatre director (d. 2002)

1915 – Alice Timander, Swedish dentist (d. 2007)

1915 – Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. 2007)

1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)

1918 – Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2010)

1918 – André Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1993)

1920 – Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)

1920 – Lord Donaldson of Lymington, British judge (d. 2005)

1921 – Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (d. 1997)

1921 – Joseph Lowery, American Civil rights movement leader

1922 – Joe Frazier, American baseball player

1925 – Shana Alexander, American columnist (d. 2005)

1927 – Bill King, American sports broadcaster (d. 2005)

1930 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (d. 2000)

1930 – Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer

1931 – Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh, Russian astronomer (d. 2004)

1931 – Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1935 – Bruno Sammartino, Italian strongman and professional wrestler

1935 – Charito Solis, Filipino actress (d. 1998)

1938 – Serge Nubret, French bodybuilder

1939 – John LaFalce, American politician, and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York

1939 – Jack Cullen, American baseball player

1940 – Ellen Travolta, American actress

1942 – Britt Ekland, Swedish actress

1943 – Michael Durrell, American actor

1943 – Alexander Maxovich Shilov, Russian painter

1944 – Boris Mikhailov, Soviet ice hockey player

1944 – José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (d. 1977)

1945 – Ivan Graziani, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1997)

1946 – Eddie Villanueva, JIL Spiritual Director, Owner of ZOE Broadcasting Network

1946 – Lloyd Doggett, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas

1946 – Vinod Khanna, Indian actor

1946 – Tony Greig, South African–born English cricketer

1946 – Millie Small, Jamaican singer

1947 – Patxi Andión, Spanish singer-songwriter

1948 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician

1949 – Nicolas Peyrac, French composer, lyricist and singer

1950 – David Brin, American author

1951 – Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (d. 1985)

1951 – Kevin Cronin, American musician (REO Speedwagon)

1952 – Ayten Mutlu, Turkish poet and writer

1952 – Jürgen Schulz, German footballer

1953 – Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (d. 1991)

1954 – David Hidalgo, American musician (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys)

1954 – Darrell M. West, American political scientist

1955 – Tony Dungy, American football coach

1956 – Kathleen Webb, American comic book writer and artist

1958 – Joseph Finder, American novelist

1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician, and Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York

1959 – Dennis Ray Boyd, American baseball player

1959 – Walter Ray Williams Jr., American bowler and horseshoes champion

1962 – Rich Yett, baseball player

1963 – Elisabeth Shue, American film actress

1963 – Jsu Garcia, American actor

1964 – Ricky Berry, American basketball player (d. 1989)

1964 – Matthew Sweet, American musician

1964 – Tom Jager, American swimmer

1965 – Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican baseball player

1965 – Steve Scalise, American politician

1966 – Niall Quinn, Irish footballer

1966 – Jacqueline Obradors, American actress

1967 – Kennet Andersson, former Swedish footballer

1967 – Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman

1968 – Bjarne Goldbæk, Danish footballer

1969 – Troy Shaw, English snooker player

1970 – Darren Oliver, American baseball player

1970 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer

1970 – Shauna MacDonald, Canadian actress

1971 – Phil Bennett, British racing driver

1971 – Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress

1971 – Alan Stubbs, English footballer

1972 – Ko So-young, South Korean actress

1972 – Anders Iwers, Swedish musician

1972 – Ryu Shi-won, South Korean actor and singer

1972 – Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer

1973 – Sylvain Legwinski, French footballer

1973 – Jeff Davis, American comedian

1973 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor

1973 – Rebecca Lobo, American basketball player

1974 – Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer

1974 – Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor

1974 – Jeremy Sisto, American actor

1975 – Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana

1976 – Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer

1977 – Danny Brière, Canadian ice hockey player

1977 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer and recording artist

1977 – Shimon Gershon, Israeli footballer

1977 – Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer

1977 – Wes Ramsey, American actor

1978 – Ricky Hatton, English boxer

1979 – David Di Tommaso, French footballer (d. 2005)

1979 – Richard Seymour, American football player

1979 – Lex Shrapnel, English actor

1980 – Abdoulaye Méïté, French footballer

1981 – Zurab Khizanishvili, Georgian footballer

1981 – José Luis Perlaza, Ecuadorian footballer

1982 – Michael Arden, American actor

1982 – Levon Aronian, Armenian chess Grandmaster

1982 – William Butler, Musician and member of Arcade Fire

1982 – Meiyang Chаng, Indian actor, singer, anchor and dancer

1982 – MC Lars, American hip-hop artist

1982 – Paul Smith, English boxer

1984 – Joanna Pacitti, American actress and singer

1984 – Morne Morkel, South African cricketer

1985 – Sylvia Fowles, American basketball player

1986 – Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer

1986 – Mohammad Shukri, Malaysian cricketer

1986 – Olivia Thirlby, American actress

1988 – Maki Horikita, Japanese model and actress

1989 – Pizzi, Portuguese footballer

1991 – Roshon Fegan, American actor

1995 – Jessica Lunsford, American kidnapping victim (d. 2005)

1998 – Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink, German actress and singer

Deaths

869 – Ermentrude of Orléans, consort of Charles the Bald (b. 823)

877 – Charles the Bald (b. 823)

1014 – Samuil of Bulgaria (b. 958)

1101 – Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order

1413 – Dawit I of Ethiopia (b. 1382)

1542 – Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)

1641 – Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer

1644 – Elisabeth of Bourbon, consort of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)

1660 – Paul Scarron, French writer

1661 – Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru (b. 1630)

1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)

1739 – Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon and ancestress of the Heir to the Belgian throne (b. 1684)

1762 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)

1819 – Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751)

1829 – Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)

1873 – Sir Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)

18883 – Emperor Duc Duc (pronounced ''"dzup-duc"''), the fifth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty (b. 1852)

1891 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)

1892 – Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)

1912 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)

1945 – Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)

1947 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)

1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)

1951 – Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (b. 1860)

1959 – Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)

1962 – Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)

1968 – Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)

1973 – François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)

1973 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)

1973 – Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)

1974 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)

1976 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)

1977 – Danny Greene, Irish-American mobster from Cleveland (b. 1933)

1980 – Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922)

1980 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)

1981 – Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)

1983 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal archbishop (b. 1921)

1985 – Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)

1986 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)

1989 – Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)

1991 – Igor Talkov, Russian musician (b. 1956)

1992 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)

1992 – Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)

1993 – Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. 1949)

1995 – Benoît Chamoux, French climber (b. 1961)

1997 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914)

1998 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)

1999 – Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)

1999 – Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)

2000 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920)

2001 – Arne Harris, American television sports director (b. 1934)

2002 – Claus van Amsberg, German born Prince Consort of the Netherlands (b. 1926)

2004 – Marvin Santiago. Puerto Rican salsa singer (b. 1947)

2006 – Bertha Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)

2006 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)

2006 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)

2006 – Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)

2007 – Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)

2007 – L. M. Singhvi, Indian jurist and writer (b. 1931)

2007 – Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician (d. 1921)

2008 – Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean actor and model (b. 1985)

2008 – Peter Cox, Australian politician (b. 1925)

2009 – Douglas Campbell, Scottish born Canadian actor (b. 1922)

2010 – Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)

2010 – Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Egypt)

Armed Forces Day (Montenegro)

Christian Feast Day:

*Blessed Marie-Rose Durocher

*Bruno of Cologne

*Faith

*Mary Frances of the Five Wounds of Jesus

*Pardulphus

*Sagar of Laodicea

*October 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

German-American Day (United States)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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Name	Jeremy Lin
Position	Point guard
Team	Golden State Warriors
Number	7
Career start	2010
Height ft	6
Height in	3
Weight lb	200
Birth date	August 23, 1988
Birth place
Nationality	American
High school	Palo Alto
College	Harvard (2006-2010)
Draft year	2010
Years1	–present |team1Golden State Warriors
Years2	2010–2011 |team2→Reno Bighorns (D-League)
Highlights	2× All-Ivy League First Team (2009–2010) All-Ivy League Second Team (2008) CIF Division II champion (2006) 2× SCVAL MVP (2005–2006) }}

)}} Jeremy Shu-How Lin () (born August 23, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After receiving no athletic scholarship offers out of high school and being undrafted out of college, the Harvard University graduate reached a partially-guaranteed contract deal with his hometown Warriors. Lin is the first American player in the NBA to be of Chinese or of Taiwanese descent.

High school career

In his senior year in 2005–2006, Lin captained Palo Alto High School to a 32–1 record and upset nationally ranked Mater Dei, 51–47, for the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Division II state title. According to Dana O'Neil of ESPN, "... Lin was the runaway choice for player of the year by virtually every California publication." He was named first-team All-State and Northern California Division II Player of the Year ending his senior year averaging 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals.

College career

Recruiting process

Lin sent his resume and a DVD of highlights to all the Ivy League schools, Cal, Stanford, and his dream school, UCLA. The Pac-10 schools wanted him to walk-on. Harvard and Brown were the only teams that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams, but Ivy League schools do not offer athletic scholarships. Lin chose to attend Harvard.

Joe Lacob, incoming Warriors' owner and Stanford booster, said Stanford's failure to recruit Lin "was really stupid. The kid was right across the street. You can’t recognize that, [then] you've got a problem."

Kerry Keating, the UCLA assistant who offered Lin the opportunity to walk-on, would say in hindsight that Lin would probably have ended up starting at point guard for UCLA.

Rex Walters, University of San Francisco men's basketball coach and a retired NBA player, said NCAA limits on coaches’ recruiting visits impacted Lin. “Most colleges start recruiting a guy in the first five minutes they see him because he runs really fast, jumps really high, does the quick, easy thing to evaluate," Walters said. Lin added, “I just think in order for someone to understand my game, they have to watch me more than once, because I’m not going to do anything that’s extra flashy or freakishly athletic."

Bill Holden, Harvard assistant coach, had initially told Lin's high school coach, Peter Diepenbrock, that Harvard was not interested in Lin. "Three weeks later, he calls me and says, 'I may have spoken a little too soon,'" Diepenbrock said.

Harvard

In his sophomore season (2007–08), Lin averaged 12.6 points and was named All-Ivy League Second Team.

By his junior year during the 2008–09 season, he was the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player who ranked in the top ten in his conference for scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.5), assists (4.3), steals (2.4), blocked shots (0.6), field goal percentage (0.502), free throw percentage (0.744), and 3 point shot percentage (0.400), and was a consensus selection for All-Ivy League First Team. He had 27 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds in an 82–70 win over 17th-ranked Boston College, three days after the Eagles had knocked off No. 1 North Carolina.

In his senior year (2009–10), Lin averaged 16.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.1 blocks, and was again a unanimous selection for All-Ivy League First Team. He was one of 30 midseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award and one of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award. He was also invited to the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament. Fran Fraschilla of ESPN picked Lin among the 12 most versatile players in college basketball. He gained national attention for his performance against the 12th ranked Connecticut Huskies, against whom he scored a career-high tying 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds on the road. After the game, Hall of Fame Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun said of Lin:

"I've seen a lot of teams come through here, and he could play for any of them. He's got great, great composure on the court. He knows how to play."

For the season, Harvard set numerous program records including wins (21), non-conference wins (11), home wins (11) and road/neutral wins (10).

Lin finished his career as the first player in the history of the Ivy League to record at least 1,450 points (1,483), 450 rebounds (487), 400 assists (406) and 200 steals (225).

He graduated from Harvard with a degree in economics and a 3.1 grade-point average.

NBA career

Undrafted

If drafted, Lin would have been the first Ivy Leaguer selected by the NBA since Jerome Allen of Pennsylvania in the second round in 1995. The last Ivy Leaguer to play in the NBA was Yale's Chris Dudley in , while the last Harvard player in the league was Ed Smith in . After graduating from Harvard University, Lin went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft. Eight teams had invited Lin to predraft workouts. Diepenbrock said that NBA tryouts do not play five on five. Lin acknowledged that the workouts were "one on one or two on two or three on three, and that’s not where I excel. I’ve never played basketball like that."

He later joined the Dallas Mavericks for mini-camp as well as their NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas. Donnie Nelson of the Mavericks was the only General Manager that offered him an invitation to play in the Summer League. "Donnie took care of me," said Lin. "He has a different type of vision than most people do."

In five Summer League games, while playing both guard positions, Lin averaged 9.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.2 steals in 18.6 minutes per game and shot a team leading 54.5% from the floor. Lin turned heads in his matchup against first overall pick John Wall when Lin scored 13 points to Wall's 21, but did so on 6-for-12 shooting in 28 minutes. Wall was 4-for-19 in 33 minutes.

While Wall received the biggest cheer for any player during introductions, the crowd had turned on Wall and was cheering for Lin by the end of the game.

Lin received offers to sign from the Mavericks, Los Angeles Lakers, and an unnamed Eastern Conference team. The Golden State Warriors would also offer Lin a contract in addition to the original three teams.

Golden State Warriors

On July 21, 2010, Lin signed a two-year deal with his hometown Warriors, his favorite team growing up. Lin's deal was partially guaranteed for 2010-11, and the Warriors hold a team option for the second season. The reports noted that the deal would include a first-year salary of close to $500,000 with more than half of it guaranteed. Lacob had made the decision to sign Lin. Lin said the counteroffers from the three other teams were higher, but he wanted to come home and play for the Warriors.

Lin also signed a three-year guaranteed contract with Nike. His jersey was already on sale before his first NBA game.

On October 8 in the Warriors' exhibition opener at their home in Oracle Arena, the loudest ovation of the night from the crowd of 10,004 was for Lin when he entered the game with 10:49 remaining in the fourth quarter. The crowd started chanting for Lin in the third quarter. They cheered whenever he touched the ball. "That really touched me. It's something I'll remember forever," Lin said. He ended up with seven points, three rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes. Warriors' head coach Keith Smart said Lin drew the crowd's attention on the road as well. Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com attributes the attention Lin had received out of town to the unique angle of "an Asian-American rising to rare basketball prominence".

Lin notices the expectations that follow him. "I've got news for them," Lin said with a smile, "I won't be an All-Star this year."

The attention Lin has received is tricky for him. While he would prefer to be able to just concentrate on his play without all the attention, he is appreciative of the unbelievable support he has received, especially from the Asian-American community. Lin wants to be a role model to young Asian-Americans. He has found the attention awkward as he says he has not "proven anything to anybody."

Frank Hughes of ''Sports Illustrated'' wrote that Lin talks with the occasional "seeds of self-doubt" which is not common to hear in the NBA. Hughes also found it rare when Lin compared himself to the Phoenix Suns' backup point guard Goran Dragić. “Neither of us is a freak athlete, but we’re both effective and know how to play the game,” Lin said.

Lin and Stephen Curry, 2009–10 runner-up Rookie of the Year and a gold medal winner in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, get more interview requests than any other Warrior. Team officials regularly deny requests for Lin to help him keep his focus. He has been approached to be the subject of documentaries.

Smart planned to take pressure off Lin since Lin has a tendency to be hard on himself and get frustrated. Smart admitted that he succumbed to the home crowd's wishes and put Lin into a game in the wrong situation. He vowed not to repeat that mistake.

Lin made the Warriors' opening day roster for the 2010–11 regular season, but he was placed on the inactive list. While he was disappointed, Lin noted that "part of being on this team is putting your ego aside." Lin made his official NBA debut in the next game against the Los Angeles Clippers. It was Asian Heritage Night for the Warriors' home game, and Lin received a standing ovation from the crowd of 17,408 when he entered the game with 2:32 remaining in the fourth quarter. He did not score in the 109–91 win but recorded one steal after tying up the ball and winning the subsequent jump ball.

In the next game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Lin scored his first NBA basket, had three assists, and recorded four steals. He was applauded by the road crowd at Staples Center when he entered the game in the third quarter. He played 11 of his 16 minutes in the third quarter and committed five fouls but played a role in a 12-1 run by the Warriors. "[Lin] came in and did a good job, gave us a good tempo," Smart said after the 107–83 loss to the defending NBA champions. Lakers' guard Derek Fisher praised him for his energy and aggressiveness.

Similar to the exhibition home opener, Oracle Arena fans continued to root for Lin to play in the end of games and cheered every time he touched the ball. "When I'm on the road, I don't feel like the spotlight is on me," Lin admitted. Smart noted that Lin looked more relaxed on the road. "There's a lot of pressure on him at home, with all of the applause for just checking into the game, so I'm sure that cranks his nerves up a little bit," said Curry. "You can tell on the road he plays a lot better, because he can just go out there, play and have fun."

At Toronto on November 8, the Raptors held Asian Heritage Night to coincide with Lin's visit with the Warriors. Over 20 members of Toronto's Chinese media covered the game. Lin played 15 minutes, most coming in the first half, and finished with three points, three assists, two steals and two blocks in the 109–102 Warriors' win. In the following game at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks, Lin again entered the game in the first half. According to ESPN.com NBA editor Matt Wong, "Lin checked into the game to loud applause, presumably from the many Asian-Americans in attendance." He had scored seven total points in his first six games played during the year. In a 89-117 road loss to the Lakers, Lin scored a career-high 13 points in 18 minutes and again earned big cheers from fans in Los Angeles.

An April 5, 2011, article posted by Slam Online stated that during intrasquad scrimmages between Warriors players, head coach Keith Smart implemented a rule. The rule was that no foul committed against Lin would ever be called. The idea behind this is that since Lin was rookie and a not a well-known established player, he would not get many calls from the referees. Thus Jeremy would learn how to play through it and coach Smart acknowledged that Jeremy has. In the same article, Lin credits Reno Bighorns coach Eric Musselman with "helping him regain [his] swagger."

Three times during the season, Lin was assigned to the Warriors' D-League affiliate, the Reno Bighorns. Each time, he was later recalled by the Warriors. He competed in the NBA D-League Showcase and was named to the All-NBA D-League Showcase First Team on January 14, 2011. He helped lead the Bighorns to a 2-0 record at the Showcase with averages of 21.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3.5 steals. Lin posted a season-high 27 points with the Bighorns on March 18. Lin had some misgivings when sent to the D-League because he felt he was being demoted and was not good enough to play in the NBA. After playing in the D-League, he realized he was still learning and putting in work and getting playing time in the D-League, which he wouldn't have received at the time with the Warriors. Lacob said the Warriors received more than one trade offer for Lin while he was in the D-League, but he was happy with Lin's progress as an undrafted free agent. "He’s a minimum, inexpensive asset. You need to look at him as a developing asset. Is he going to be a superstar? No."

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| Golden State | 29 || 0 || 9.8 || .389 || .200 || .760 || 1.2 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .3 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| Career | style="text-align:left;"| | 29 || 0 || 9.8 || .389 || .200 || .760 || 1.2 || 1.4 || 1.1 || .3 || 2.6

International competition

Lin has been invited by Chinese Taipei, which is the designated name used by the Republic of China (Taiwan) in international events, to play for their men's national basketball team in FIBA competitions. On July 28, 2010 while in Taipei to play in Yao Ming's charity game, Lin said he had not made a decision yet on whether he would represent Chinese Taipei. In June 2011, the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) included Lin in its preliminary squad of 24 players for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. The next month, however, the CTBA announced that Lin would not be included on their roster due to a knee injury. Lin was also approached by People's Republic of China to play in the same tournament, but he declined their offer.

On August 4, 2011, Lin stated that he would consider playing overseas during the 2011 NBA lockout. He wants to be fully recovered from his injury before making a decision.

Asian American stereotypes

Sean Gregory of ''Time'' wrote of Lin's zero Division I scholarship offers: "[Lin] was scrawny, but don't doubt that a little racial profiling, intentional or otherwise, contributed to his underrecruitment." Lin said: "I'm not saying top-5 state automatically gets you offers, but I do think (my ethnicity) did affect the way coaches recruited me. I think if I were a different race, I would've been treated differently."

Lin's high school coach, Peter Diepenbrock, said that people without meaning any harm assume since Lin is Asian that he is not a basketball player. The first time Lin went to a Pro-Am game in Kezar Pavilion in San Francisco, his coach said, someone there informed him: "Sorry, sir, there's no volleyball here tonight. It's basketball." During Lin's college career, fewer than 0.5% of men's Division 1 basketball players were Asian-American.

Lin has regularly heard bigoted jeers at games such as "Wonton soup", "Sweet and sour pork", "Open your eyes!", "Go back to China", "Orchestra is on the other side of campus", or Chinese gibberish. Lin says this occurred even at most if not all Ivy League gyms. He does not react to it. "I expect it, I'm used to it, it is what it is," says Lin. The heckling came mostly from fans and not as much from players. According to Harvard teammate Oliver McNally, a fellow Ivy League player did once call Lin a "chink".

In January 2010, Harvard played against Santa Clara University at the Leavey Center, just 15 miles from his hometown of Palo Alto, California. Playing to a capacity crowd that included droves of Asian Americans wanting to see his homecoming, his teammates told him, "It was like Hong Kong."

Lin considers himself a basketball player more than an Asian American. He understands that there are not many Asians in the NBA. "Maybe I can help break the stereotype," said Lin. Asian Americans who have played in the NBA prior to the 2010–11 NBA season include Wataru Misaka, Raymond Townsend, Corey Gaines, Rex Walters, and Robert Swift. "[Lin's] carrying the hopes of an entire continent. I only had to carry the hopes of Little Rock, Arkansas. He's accomplished a lot more than I have already," said Derek Fisher, who had won five NBA championships with the Lakers, after his first game against Lin. Lin is setting an example for prospective Asian athletes in America who rarely see Asian-Americans playing on their favorite teams. "I don't look Japanese," Walters said, referring to his mother's ethnicity. "When they see [Lin], it's an Asian-American.

Larry Riley, the Warriors' general manager, denied that Lin’s signing was done to cater to the Bay Area’s large Asian population. He understood that some people would look at it that way. “We evaluated him throughout summer league," Riley said. “All that had to happen was for him to confirm what we already believed." While the team was creating a campaign around him, Riley said it would not have been advisable if Lin was not a basketball player first.

Personal

Lin grew up in Palo Alto, California. His parents, Gie-Ming and Shirley, emigrated from Taiwan to the United States in the mid-1970s. They are both 5 feet 6 inches tall. His paternal family comes from Beidou, Changhua in Taiwan. with ancestry in Zhangpu, Fujian; while his maternal grandmother is from Pinghu, Zhejiang in today's China. He has an older brother, Josh, and a younger brother, Joseph, who is set to play basketball for Dickinson College in the fall of 2010. Gie-Ming taught his sons to play basketball at the local YMCA. Lin grew up in a devout Christian family and would one day like to be a pastor who can head up non-profit organizations, either home or abroad. He has also talked of working in inner-city communities to help with underprivileged children.

In a video interview conducted by Elie Seckbach, he asked Jeremy how it felt to be representing so many people. Jeremy responded by stating, "It's humbling, a privilege, and a honor. I'm really proud of being Chinese, I'm really proud of my parents being from Taiwan. I just thank God for the opportunity." He was then asked if he was fluent in Chinese. Jeremy stated that he could understand it, but could use some help speaking it. In an interview conducted with NBADraft.net, Jeremy stated that he could only speak Mandarin, not Cantonese but can only read and write a little but had also taken classes while attending Harvard to try to improve. In a later interview attended by basketball players (under the age of 19) from Taiwan, he stated he would like to visit Taiwan again but also work on speaking Chinese. Later this summer Jeremy will being making a trip to Asia, which is sponsored by Nike where he hopes to converse with fans in Mandarin.

Public image

In July 2011, ''Vivid Magazine'', a glossy magazine dedicated to overseas Chinese around the world, named Lin one of its top eight influential Chinese-Americans.

References

Further reading

The Faith and Fate of Jeremy Lin at Patheos – part 1

Jeremy Lin – Faith and Ethnicity at Patheos – part 2

Harvard Basketball Takes Off on InterVarsity.org (from InterVarsity Christian Fellowship)

Jeremy Lin: Taking Harvard basketball to new levels – Student Soul interview with Jeremy

Jeremy Lin at Ivy League Basketball News – Jeremy Lin videos & news clips at Ivybbn.com

External links

NBA profile

NBA biography

NBA D-League profile

NBA.com 2010 Draft profile

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Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, contributor on ''The Daily Show'' and for his Comedy Central show ''Important Things with Demetri Martin''.

Early life

Demetri Martin was born to a Greek American family in New York City, New York, and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey. He is the son of Lillian, a nutritionist, and Dean C. Martin, a Greek Orthodox priest. Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995. Although he was accepted into Harvard Law School, he went to New York University School of Law after he received a full scholarship. In 1996 Martin interned for the Domestic Policy Council at the Clinton White House, then after completing his second year of law school he dropped out.

Career

In 2001, Martin caught his first big break in stand-up comedy when he appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up showcase ''Premium Blend''. At the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe he won the Perrier award with his show ''If I...''. The show was turned into a British television special in 2004. From 2003 to 2004, Martin wrote for ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. In 2004, Martin had his own ''Comedy Central Presents'' stand-up special. His special was divided into three parts. In the first, he performed in traditional stand-up comedy fashion. In the second segment, he used humorous drawings as visual aids, which would serve either as the punchline or a background. During the third segment, he played a guitar and put on a pseudo-play where he would strum his guitar while talking; some of his comedian friends dressed as fairies and dragons acted according to the story he was telling, detailing the magical land where his jokes came from. Martin's mother and grandmother also appeared.

Since late 2005, he has been credited as a contributor on ''The Daily Show'', on which he has appeared as the named "Senior Youth Correspondent" and on which he hosts a segment called "Trendspotting". He has used this segment to talk about so-called hip trends among youth such as hookahs, wine, guerilla marketing and Xbox 360. A piece about social networking featured his profile on MySpace. On March 22, 2007, Demetri made another appearance on ''The Daily Show'', talking about the Viacom lawsuit against Google and YouTube.

He has recorded a comedy CD/DVD titled ''These Are Jokes'', which was released on September 26, 2006. This album also features ''Saturday Night Live'' member Will Forte and stand-up comedian Leo Allen.

Martin returned to ''The Daily Show'' on March 22, 2006, as the new Youth Correspondent, calling his segment "Professional Important News with Demetri Martin". In 2007, he starred in a Fountains of Wayne music video for "Someone to Love" as Seth Shapiro, a character in the song. He also starred in the video for the new Travis single "Selfish Jean", in which he wears multiple t-shirts with lyrics written on them.

On September 2, 2007, Martin appeared on the season finale of the HBO series ''Flight of the Conchords''. He appeared as a keytar player named Demetri.

He also had a part in the movie ''The Rocker'' (2008) starring Rainn Wilson. Martin played the part of the videographer when the band in the movie was making their first music video.

In 2009, he hosted and starred in his own television show called ''Important Things With Demetri Martin'' on Comedy Central. Later in June, it was announced his show had been renewed for a second season. The second season premiered, again on Comedy Central, on February 4, 2010. Martin has stated that ''Important Things'' will not return for a third season.

Prior to completing work on his second season, Martin starred in the comedy-drama film ''Taking Woodstock'' (2009), directed by Ang Lee, which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In the film Martin plays Elliot Tiber, a closeted gay artist who has given up his ambitions in the city to move upstate and help his old-world Jewish family run their Catskill Mountains motel. The film is based on the book written by Tiber.

On April 25, 2011, Martin released his first book, titled ''This Is a Book''.

Future plans

Martin sold his movie concept ''Will'' to DreamWorks; he is expected to play a key supporting role. He will play the lead in the film ''Moon People'', a pitch that he sold to Columbia Pictures.

Martin also signed a blind script deal with CBS in October 2010 to produce, write, and star in his own television series.

After CBS was shown the pilot for the series, they decided not to air it.

On August 11, 2011, Fox ordered a presentation of a new animated show they might air.

''If I''

''If I'' is a Perrier Comedy Award-winning comedy one-man show written and performed by Demetri Martin at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It was also aired on British television as a special. The show is an autobiographical examination of Martin's life, as seen through various definitions of the word "if."

The title of the special comes from a lengthy palindromic poem that Martin wrote; the words "if I" are at the center of the poem.

Comedic style

Martin is known for being an unconventional stand-up comic. He uses extensive wordplay (particularly paraprosdokians), one-liners, and drawings on a "large pad", as well as accompanying his jokes with music on either guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboard, glockenspiel, toy bells, ukulele, or tambourine, sometimes all at once. He has cited comedian Steven Wright as an important influence (both use deadpan one-liners in their acts) and he is also a fan of Bill Cosby.

Personal life

According to a July 2011 interview on the WTF with Marc Maron podcast , Demetri had a short-lived marriage to a girl he knew from high school. They began dating after high school and got married when he was in NYU Law School and she was attending NYU Medical School. He was aged 25 and in the end of his marriage/going through divorce when his stand-up career began .

Martin moved to Santa Monica, California in 2009.

Discography

''Invite Them Up'' (2005)

''These Are Jokes'' (2006)

''Demetri Martin. Person.'' (2007)

Filmography and television work

''If I'' ''12:21'' ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' "''Someone to Love (Fountains of Wayne song) ''Flight of the Conchords (TV series) ''The Rocker (film) ''Paper Heart'' ''Post Grad'' ''Moon People'' ''Taking Woodstock'' ''Important Things with Demetri Martin'' ''Take Me Home Tonight (film) ''Contagion (film) ''Conan''

Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2002	''Analyze That''	Personal Assistant
2003	|	Himself	British television special, also writer
2004	|	Himself	short film, also writer
2004	|	Himself	1 episode, series writer
2007	Someone to Love''" ||	Seth Shapiro	''Fountains of Wayne'' music video
2007	Flight of the Conchords'' ||	Demetri	Season 1, Episode 12
2008	The Rocker'' ||	Kip (a music video producer)
2009	|	Himself
2009	|	Ad Exec
2009	|		lead role and writer
2009	|	Elliot Tiber	lead role
2009–2010	|	Himself / Various	lead role, writer, series creator, executive producer, and composer
2011	Take Me Home Tonight'' ||	Goldman Sachs Employee	supporting role
2011	Contagion'' ||
2011	|	Himself	guest

Written works

''This Is a Book'', April 2011, .

Awards and nominations

AwardPerrier Comedy AwardEmmy Awards Shared with Mike Sweeney (writer)Writers Guild of America Award Shared with Mike Sweeney (writer)Barry Award (for comedy)

Year	|	For	Category	Result	Other notes
2003	|	''If I''		Won	At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2004	|	''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''	Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music, or Comedy Program	Nominated	Mike Sweeney (head writer), Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Allison Silverman, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
2005	|	''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''	Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series	Won	Mike Sweeney (head writer), Chris Albers, Jose Arroyo, Andy Blitz, Kevin Dorff, Daniel J. Goor, Michael Gordon, Brian Kiley, Michael Koman, Brian McCann, Guy Nicolucci, Conan O'Brien, Allison Silverman, Robert Smigel, Brian Stack, Andrew Weinberg
2006	Barry Award ||	''Dr. Earnest Parrot Presents Demetri Martin''		Won	Award for best show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

References

External links

Interview from November, 2006, in Onion AV Club

Interview from October 2006, in The DePaulia

Article, in ''The Scotsman''

Article, in ''Gelf Magazine''

Interview by Brian M. Palmer

MP3 Audio Interview on ''The Sound of Young America'' public radio show and podcast

Interview Believer Mag

New Jersey Monthly Magazine

Fresh Air, NPR.org

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