Lin Retains an Agent - NYTimes.com Jeremy Lin is preparing to capitalize on his meteoric rise to fame, and he has hired a new agent to help him take that step. Lin, 23, has retained Jim Tanner - a seasoned N.B.A. agent whose clients include Tim Duncan, Ray Allen and Grant Hill - according to two people who were informed of the deal. The decision comes less than two weeks before Lin, the Knicks" point guard, enters free agency.