Jeremy Lin, NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
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New York Knicks legend Jeremy Lin brought back Linsanity on Friday night in the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game -- he hit an 8-point shot. First off, the Celebrity Game had a 4-point line. It was sponsored by Ruffles and was a big squiggly line around the perimeter, a few feet deeper than the regular 3-point line.
Lin will be back in the spotlight on Friday night when he plays in the Celebrity Game at NBA All-Star Weekend. He'll be teamed up with the 7-foot-6 former NBA player Tacko Fall, which seems like a great combination to take advantage of a game that otherwise doesn't have any former NBA players.
NEW YORK -- Brooklyn Nets point guard Jeremy Lin has embraced becoming a role model in the years following "Linsanity," but he doesn't want to be simply referred to as a phenomenon. "Everything happened overnight," Lin said Wednesday at a news conference.
Through two seasons with the Nets, Lin averaged 14.6 points, 5.1 assists and 3.6 rebounds per game while shooting 43.7% from the field and 37.3% from beyond the arc. His top statistical game with Brooklyn came back in 2017 against the Orlando Magic, when ...
Bringing it all together is ESPN's NBA insider, Shams Charania, who compared his game to Danny Green. If Charania knows what he's doing, he'll give the ball to Lin and spot up in the corner. These are the full rosters: Lin is 37 years old, and he just announced his official retirement from professional basketball in August 2025.