Jeremy Lin (eBook)

The Incredible Rise of the NBA's Most Unlikely Superstar

Bill Gutman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
63 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
9781613212790 (ISBN)

Infos

Who would have thought that an Asian American who majored in economics at Harvard would become the NBAs most talked about star? While the story seems more like Hollywood fantasy, it has really happened.Undrafted out of college and waived in short order by the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets, Jeremy Lin was signed by the underachieving New York Knicks in December 2011. In his first twenty-three games, he played only fifty-five total minutes and was close to being cut again.Then, on February 4, 2012, with the Knick decimated by injury, he came off the bench against the New Jersey Nets and scored 25 points, leading the Knicks to victory. He started the following game and topped that with 28 points and eight assists. Linsanity was born!Here Lins full storyfrom the playgrounds of Palo Alto to a high school championship to the Ivy League to sleeping on his brothers couch to stardom at Madison Square Garden. As he begins the 2012-2013 reason with a new contract totaling almost $30 million for four years, his story will entertain and inspire sports fans and non-sports fans alike.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Basketball
• Schlagworte: alto • ankle • assists • basketball history • basketball player • bobcats • books on ankles • books on basketball histories • books on basketball players • books on bobcats • books on championships • books on drills • books on finals • books on freshmen • books on fujian • books on harvards • books on heights • books on hoops • books on houston rockets • books on knicks • books on leagues • books on maters • books on mike yorkeys • books on palos • books on teammates • books on teams • books on three-pointers books on defenders • books on underdogs • books on zhejiang • California • Championship • Defenders • drafted • drills • favored • finals • freshman • Fujian • Harvard • Height • HoOp • houston rockets • jeremy lin • Joseph • Knicks • layup • league • mater • mike yorkey • Overtime • Palo • peter diepenbrock • Pick-up • played basketball • recalled • rejected • spired • Taiwan • taiwanese • Taller • teammates • Teams • three-pointer • Underdog • undrafted • Zhejiang
• ISBN-13: 9781613212790 / 9781613212790