Speech 10
Informative Speech Outline

Specific Purpose/Goal: I want my audience to know about an emerging basketball star that has broken the stereotypes and has proven to everyone with will power and with the faith of god, you can accomplish anything.

Intro:
It’s Feb 14th and the Toronto Raptors are hosting the New York Knicks. It became an exciting game when the Knicks rallied from a 17 point deficit to tie the game at 87 points late in the fourth quarter. With twenty seconds left in the game, Knicks possession, Imran Shupert, who plays Guard position, missed a bank shot, but Tyson Chandler got the rebound and tossed it to Jeremy Lin at the top of the key. With about ten seconds left Lin briefly glanced at Mike D’antoni to make sure his coach was okay with an isolation play. Jose Calderon was guarding Lin and gave him some space. With seconds winding down Jeremy Lin stopped his dribble, pulled up and launched a three pointer with Calderon in his face trying to block the shot. SWOOSH! The crowd goes wild. Lin beats the buzzer and wins the game for the Knicks 90-87.

Now who is this guy you may ask, and where did he come from? He’s gained stardom in such a short period of time, 3 weeks and counting. Well we’re going to learn about his childhood life, his college career and lastly we’ll talk about his astonishing rise to NBA stardom. He’s breaking barriers and making history.

First let’s jump right into his background

I. Early Life of Lin
A. Lin was born in 1988 Los Angeles California. And was raised in a Christian family in the San Francisco bay area. Chinese/Taiwanese descent.
1. Parents emigrated from Taiwan to U.S. in the mid 70’s
2. He has an older brother and a younger brother
3. According to the New York Times His father taught him how to play basketball by taking him to the YMCA as a child.

B. Lin played high school basketball