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My first dunk ever was in middle school. We were playing, me and my church friends, and I dunked it, and I swear I could not sleep that night.

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Jeremy Lin
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 23
Basketball Player
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Jeremy Shu-How Lin
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