It appears as if Jeremy Lin’s NBA career is over.
After a season of playing in the G-League with the Santa Cruz Warriors, the 32-year-old posted a lengthy message on social media that suggested he would be moving on from attempting a return to the NBA.
Lin did not explicitly state he was retiring, but he reflected on his NBA career as if it was over and addressed the next generation of Asian-American basketball players about breaking barriers.
“For months, I saw others get contracts, chances, opportunities. I told myself I just need ONE ten-day contract, one chance to get back on the floor and I would blow it out the water,” he wrote. “After all that’s how my entire career started — off once chance to prove myself.
“For reasons I’ll never fully know, that chance never materialized. But I proved I’m better than ever and an NBA player. And like I’ve said before…dream big dreams, risk big heartache.”
Lin closed by saying he did not know what would be next for him, included a Bible versed, and thanked everyone for his journey — which certainly sounds like it’s at the end of the road.
Lin spent nine seasons in the NBA, rising to fame in February 2012 with the New York Knicks, which was dubbed “Linsanity” after he led the team back into playoff contention, averaging 22.3 points, nine assists and 4.2 rebounds over the course of a 13-game stretch in which the team went 10-3, including a seven-game winning streak.
While Lin’s time in New York was perhaps his most celebrated, it was also short-lived. The team did not re-sign him and he joined the Houston Rockets as a free agent where he spent the next two seasons.
Lin also had stops with the Lakers, Hornets, Nets, Hawks and Toronto Raptors, the latter in 2019 when the Raptors won the NBA Finals.
In nine seasons, Lin averaged 11.6 points, 4.3 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game over 25.5 minutes per game.
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