Point guard Jeremy Lin teamed up with actor Simu Liu to headline a celebrity basketball game in Toronto over the weekend. The second CCYAA Celebrity Classic, at the University of Toronto’s ...

June 5, 2019; Oakland, CA, USA; Toronto Raptors guard Jeremy Lin (17) warms up before game three of the 2019 NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena. The Raptors defeated the ...

1 / 15 Yao Ming visited Houston and took some time to chat with Jeremy Lin & Chandler Parsons.

For fans living in the Pacific Rim, Lin-sanity has helped to bridge the gap between the Knicks’ sensation and the wow factor that was Yao. Yao Ming’s retirement in 2011 after numerous foot ...

Yao Ming helped the Rockets make strong inroads with Houston's Asian community. Many feel Jeremy Lin will have a similar effect even though he was born in the United States.Nick de la Torre ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese basketball icon Yao Ming has been taken aback by Jeremy Lin's rise at the New York Knicks and thinks his style and size could make China's state sports system rethink ...

Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks in action against the New Jersey Nets on February 20, 2012, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Nets defeated the Knicks 100-92.

But given Houston’s prior inroads into China with Yao, the Rockets could afford to take more of a financial risk with Lin, who has started only 25 games in his NBA career.

Instead of calling young Asian players “the next Jeremy Lin” or “Yao Ming,” he hopes there will be “so much representation that just because you’re Asian doesn’t mean you’re ...