Jeremy Lin promises ‘I’ll never stop representing Asians with everything I have’ after NBA title win
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Jeremy Lin has promised he will never stop representing Asians, after becoming the first Asian-American to win an NBA championship.
The California native, who is of Taiwanese descent, only saw 51 seconds of action over six games of the Toronto Raptors’ 4-2 NBA Finals series victory against the Golden State Warriors, but Lin’s achievement was still historic.
“First Asian-American ever to be an NBA champ!” Lin wrote in a post to his 1.8 million Instagram followers. “Promise I’ll never stop reppin Asians with everything I have!”
The 30-year-old remains hugely popular from his “Linsanity” days in the 2011-2012 season, when he burst on to the scene in the NBA and inspired a winning run for the New York Knicks.
Fans flooded social media with posts congratulating Lin, who joined the Raptors in February from the Atlanta Hawks.
“GOD established my step after step after step, allowing me to be 9 inches taller and over 70lbs more than my parents,” Lin continued.