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Jeremy Lin will be playing for the Chinese Basketball Association
Years after “Linsanity” took over the NBA, and months after he became the first Asian-American player to win a championship ring, Jeremy Lin has made the decision to move on from the NBA and continue his basketball career elsewhere. The Beijing Shougang Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association announced Tuesday that they have signed Lin to a player contract. They are currently in the process of completing paperwork with the league in order to add him to their roster for next season.
In an Instagram post published on Tuesday morning, Lin wrote: “All I can say is THANK YOU to the NBA, my family, inner circle, every fan who came to watch or rooted for me during these last 9 years! To challenge stereotypes, make history, rep Asians at the NBA level and pave the path as others have done for me has been an absolute privilege.”
Lin went on to write that he was excited for his next step and that it was an honor to playing in front of Chinese fans.
Before taking his basketball moves to China, the back half of his NBA career was a bit of a bummer compared with his rise to prominence with the Knicks late in the 2011–12 season. Fast forward to the end of last season, Lin had pretty much become an afterthought in the NBA.
By: Maytinee Kramer
