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In the off-season, the Lakers picked up Jeremy from the Houston Rockets in a trade that sent him, a future first round draft pick and a second round draft pick in 2015 in exchange for the rights to Sergei Lishchuk. Says Jeremy of being with the Lakers: “I’m in a better place now. There’s opportunity for me here. No knock against anybody in Houston. The reality of the situation here is there’s a lot more room for me to be aggressive.”

Jeremy was one of six athletes to make Time Magazine’s annual list of “The 100 Most Influential People in the World,” along with Novak Djokovic, Lionel Messi, Oscar Pistorious, Tim Tebow and Yani Tseng.

What makes Jeremy so influential? According to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who wrote Jeremy’s page: “Contrary to what you might read, Jeremy, 23, is no overnight sensation. In fact, he achieved success the old-fashioned way: he earned it. He worked hard and stayed humble. He lives the right way; he plays the right way.”

Jeremy is currently rehabbing a torn meniscus and hopes to rejoin the Knicks in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs should they make it that far.

In what can only described as incredibly disappointing news, it was just revealed today that Jeremy is getting surgery on his left knee after an MRI earlier this week showed that he had a small, chronic meniscus tear. The surgery and subsequent rehab is expected to keep Jeremy from playing for six weeks, which means that unless the Knicks can make a deep run in the playoffs, his season is probably over.

Let’s all wish Jeremy the best and hope he comes back better than ever!