After the closing two years of his glittering career felt like they belonged in a feel-good film, basketball superstar Jeremy Lin said the two weeks after his recent retirement proved “very hard”.
Lin became a global phenomenon during his 2012 breakout season with the New York Knicks. Seven years later, with the Toronto Raptors, he became the first Asian-American to win an NBA title.
The 37-year-old crowned his life on court by claiming the 2024 and 2025 Taiwanese titles for a New Taipei Kings team that also featured his younger brother Joseph.
“Winning the two championships with my brother, and having my wife, son and parents there celebrating, felt like a script from a Disney movie,” Lin told the Post on the sidelines of the South China Morning Post’s Family Business Summit 2025.
“The first championship, I felt, ‘Wow’, but to have it happen a second time – it doesn’t get better than that.”
Jeremy Lin finished his career in August with the New Taipei Kings. Photo: Handout
Lin, who had contemplated retirement in 2023, made “the hardest decision of my life” to call it quits in August this year.