Jeremy Shu-How Lin's Basketball Career In 2012, the whole world was fascinated by an unprecedented NBA point guard named Jeremy Shu-How Lin. Lin is a 25-year-old Taiwanese-American basketball player who miraculously turned around the New York Knicks' dismal 2012 season in just two weeks (“Newest” 10). Leading the team to a phenomenal eight consecutive victories in 10 games, including a world-televised victory over the Lakers, in which Lin scored a career-high 38 points, Lin immediately became a superhero with "virility, strength [and] skill." do the impossible” (Kurylo 21). The impact of his works was so powerful that, literally overnight, "Linsanity" became a worldwide phenomenon. His name was continually heard on the radio, zealously mentioned on television and celebrated by a multitude of fervent basketball fans around the world. Victor Hanson, a historian at Stanford's Hoover Institution, says such an unusually rapid rise to stardom in the NBA is unprecedented. As a reliever for the Knicks, Lin went from an inconspicuous basketball player to a true phenomenon, demonstrating his astonishing abilities to the NBA and the world. Jeremy Lin has demonstrated his superior skills as a basketball player since his youth. Always arriving to practice early, starting late and working hard with the coaches, in 2005, when he was in middle school, Lin earned the position of head captain on the Palo Alto High School basketball team. In his senior year, he led his team to an impressive 32-1 record and a victory over nationally ranked Mater Dei, 51-47, for the California Interscholastic Federation Division II state title. During that season, Lin averaged 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds and 5.0 steals, and was named first... middle of paper... tube, February 10 2012. Web. May 5, 2014. Gregory, Sean, Natalie Tso, and Vanessa Ko. "Insanity!." Time.com. Time Incorporation, February 27, 2012. Web. May 6, 2014. Greaves, Carlos. “Where Jeremy Lin hid.” The Tech 132.6 (2012): n. 1. Network. 05 May 2014.Kurylo, Anastacia. “Linsanity: The Construction of (Asian) Identity in an Online New York Knicks Basketball Forum. (English).” China Media Report Overseas 9.2 (2013): 98-112. Communication and mass media completed. Network. May 4, 2014.Lopresti, Mike. “New York Knicks Guard Creates International Lin-sation.” Usatoday.com. USAToday, February 13, 2012. Web. May 6, 2014. Torre, Pablo S. “From Clutch to Clutch.” Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Time Incorporation, February 20, 2012. Web. May 6, 2014. Wang, Judy L. “Linsanity Continues: How Jeremy Lin Is Changing the Way We View Asian American Men.” (2013): OAIster. Network. May 4th 2014.