Lakers’ Jeremy Lin pranks fans, mom at museum

By KIRA TERRY REVIEWJOURNAL.COM

September 11, 2014 - 12:37 pm

Los Angeles Lakers player Jeremy Lin pulled a few pranks on visitors to Madame Tussaud's museum in San Francisco. (Madame Tussaud's SF/YouTube)

Los Angeles Lakers player Jeremy Lin has pulled a few pranks on his mom recently, but this time he turned the tricks on some fans at a wax museum — and even pranked his mom, and uncle, again.

Lin teamed up with San Francisco’s Madame Tussaud’s museum in August to unveil his wax figure and some fans got quite the surprise.

Lin sat on a bench holding a basketball for one of the pranks and scared fans when they got close to him.

Watch the full video below.

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