AP
July 28, 2010

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The first Taiwanese-American signed by an NBA team hopes to overcome the negative stereotype of playing college basketball at Harvard and plans on eventually becoming a minister in an inner-city neighborhood.

Jeremy Lin, a 6-foot-3 undrafted point guard, signed last week with the Golden State Warriors after impressing coaches at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

In five outings with the Dallas Mavericks, the soft-spoken 21-year-old native of Palo Alto, Calif., averaged 9.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

Lin arrived in Taipei early Wednesday to appear at a charity event with other NBA players and Taiwanese celebrities.

At a downtown press conference he acknowledged that his NBA career path was far from common, but insisted he could still succeed.

“Coming out of college into the draft, being Asian-American and being from Harvard, that’s not going to be an advantage because of stereotypes,” he said.    more …

This entry was posted on July 28, 2010 at 6:37 pm and is filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.