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Jeremy Lin’s basketball journey has taken him to all sorts of highs and lows, but he is not ready to throw in the towel just yet.
After a successful stint with the Chinese Basketball Association last year, the NBA champion guard returned to his roots and signed with the Golden State Warriors’ G League affiliate team Santa Cruz for the 2021 season.
Lin got the NBA’s attention once more after averaging 22.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 5.6 assists in his lone season with the Beijing Ducks. (READ: Tearful Jeremy Lin seeks NBA return after one season in China)
During the NBA’s shortened off-season late last year, Lin was already reported to be heading to the main Warriors team. However, the team failed to fix Lin’s clearance from the CBA in time, and they instead opted to sign rookie Elijah Pemberton.
This time around, the 32-year-old guard will have to settle for the G League, where he most recently played as a member of the highly-touted Ignite team. (READ: Jeremy Lin joins Kai Sotto, Jalen Green in NBA G League Ignite scrimmage)
Although he only had spot minutes for Ignite, Lin got to play and practice with the NBA’s most promising draft prospects like Fil-Am star Jalen Green, Daishen Nix, Isaiah Todd, and Filipino wunderkind Kai Sotto.
Lin and the rest of the NBA hopefuls will now see if Ignite’s young stars have what it takes as the G League season is set for a long-awaited tip-off on February 8 at the NBA’s Disney World bubble in Orlando, Florida.
Lin rose to international fame after having an unprecedented, meteoric rise with the New York Knicks back in the 2011-2012 season, a stretch now known in basketball lore as “Linsanity.”
– Rappler.com
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