Jul 28, 2019
Lin calls free agency process 'tough'
Despite winning the first championship of his NBA career with the Toronto Raptors this spring, Jeremy Lin has received little interest during free agency. The 30-year-old opened up about the process.
TSN.ca Staff
Since his famed 35-game run with the New York Knicks in 2012, Jeremy Lin has played for six different NBA teams.
Despite winning the first championship of his NBA career with the Toronto Raptors this spring, Lin has received little interest during free agency.
The 30-year-old opened up about the process.
"Free agency has been tough cause I feel like in some ways, the NBA has kind of given up on me," Lin said while speaking in Taiwan.
“Rock bottom seems to be getting more and more rock bottom for me.”
If a return to the NBA isn't in the cards, Lin is reportedly drawing interest from Russian team CSKA Moscow, reports Sportnado.
Lin was waived by the Atlanta Hawks but signed with the Raptors mid-season following an injury to point guard Fred VanVleet. Lin averaged 7.0 points per game on 37.4 per cent shooting with the Raps in 23 regular season games, but played only a touch over 27 minutes total in the playoffs.
Best known for 'Linsanity,' Lin took over as the Knicks' starting point guard in February of 2012 with the team struggling and led the way to a seven-game win streak where he averaged 24.4 points per game. Lin's historic run reached its peak when he drilled a game-winner at the buzzer in Toronto against the Raptors, giving New York their sixth straight game.
He averaged 14.6 points per game that season and signed with the Houston Rockets later that summer.
The Harvard alum has played for eight different teams over the course of his NBA career that began in October of 2010.