Lin said he was also called racial slurs while playing college basketball at Harvard University.
On Tuesday, Lin told CNN's Don Lemon, "When I was in college. and I was playing an Ivy League game and I was called "chink" multiple times. I've never revealed who that player or players were," Lin added, "To me, it's not about trying to you know, take somebody down or anything like that. It's about building awareness and it's about promoting solidarity."
In a February 25 Facebook post, Lin wrote about the racism he believes the Asian American community continues to deal with and offered examples that he said he has experienced.