Jeremy Shu- How Lin) American professional basketball player, is also the first Chinese American player to enter the point guard, currently playing in the NBA, his career first five starts scored a total of 136 points, the best NBA since 1974, won the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Lin was born in California on August 23, 1988; graduated and became the first Harvard student to enter the NBA since 1953; signed a contract in the summer of 2012; and in 2014, was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.