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Jeremy Lin, an Epic card
Jeremy Shu-How Lin is a Taiwanese and American former professional basketball player.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 96
- DEF
- 98
- Power
- 194
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 900,000
Ranked #62 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Jeremy Lin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Jeremy Lin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is also the first Asian American player to win an NBA championship, having done so with the ______ Raptors in 2019.
Answer
Toronto. He is also the first Asian American player to win an NBA championship, having done so with the Toronto Raptors in 2019. From the Jeremy Lin article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association during the ____–12 season, sparking a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity".
Answer
2010s. He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association during the 2011–12 season, sparking a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity". From the Jeremy Lin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Michael Schumacher. Michael Schumacher 2,500,000 · Russell Wilson 1,700,000 · Atlanta 1,300,000 · Jeremy Lin 900,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association during the 2011–12 season, sparking a cultural phenomenon known as "Linsanity".
- Lin is the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, and is one of the few Asian Americans to have played in the league.
- He is also the first Asian American player to win an NBA championship, having done so with the Toronto Raptors in 2019.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Jeremy Lin article was read about 900,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 96 and blocks with 98: each hit it takes is cut by 39 %.
How to get Jeremy Lin
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Jeremy Lin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gene Wang, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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