A Palo Alto native, Jeremy Lin is a guard for the Atlanta Hawks and is the NBA’s first American-born player of Chinese or Taiwanese descent. He became an overnight sensation in 2012 for his performance with the Knicks, commonly known as “Linsanity.” Lin has played with the Warriors, Knicks, Rockets, Lakers, Hornets, and Nets. He was traded to Hawks in the summer of 2018.