{"id":108167,"date":"2025-08-31T05:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T05:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/108167\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T05:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T05:23:08","slug":"jeremy-lin-officially-retires-after-15-years-in-pro-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/108167\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Lin officially retires after 15 years in pro basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final chapter of \u201cLinsanity\u201d is officially over.<\/p>\n<p>Former Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin announced his retirement from basketball through an Instagram post Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs athletes, we are always aware that the possibility of retirement is never far away,\u201d Lin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DN_5wpSEkxE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said in his post<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve spent my 15 year career knowing that one day I would have to walk away, and yet actually saying goodbye to basketball today has been the hardest decision I\u2019ve ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.96289063;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36980757\" width=\"568\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/17-jeremy-lin-handles-ball-33667663.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Lin dribbling the ball during a Knicks basketball game.\" class=\"wp-image-36980757\"  \/>Jeremy Lin handles the ball during the second half at Madison Square Garden on March 11, 2012. JASON SZENES\/NY POST<\/p>\n<p>Lin, 37, spent nine seasons in the NBA, averaging 11.6 points, 4.3 assists and 1.1 steals across 480 games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many people have sacrificed and poured into my journey, more than I could ever repay,\u201d Lin added, writing his caption in both English and Chinese. \u201cThank you all for believing in me, for walking with me, for celebrating my highs and picking me up in my lows. This is a ride I never wanted to end but I know it\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will forever miss playing basketball in front of you all but our time will go beyond just playing. Here\u2019s to what\u2019s ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After going undrafted in 2010, Lin signed with the Warriors, where he played in 29 games before the team waived him midway through the 2010-11 NBA season.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.58513932;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36980758\" width=\"935\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/10-20-16-new-york-26404824.jpg\" alt=\"Jeremy Lin #7 of the Brooklyn Nets dribbling the ball.\" class=\"wp-image-36980758\"  \/>Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin drives down the court at Barclays Center. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/p>\n<p>Lin is perhaps most known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2012\/02\/10\/knicks-newest-star-getting-used-to-linsanity\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">breakout season with the Knicks<\/a> in 2011-12, where the guard averaged a career-high 14.6 points, 6.2 assists and 1.6 steals through 35 games.<\/p>\n<p>During his iconic \u201cLinsanity\u201d run that season, Lin averaged 25 points and 9.2 assists, while shooting over 50 percent from the field and leading the Knicks to a seven-game winning streak during the stretch that lasted nearly the entire month of February.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Following his time with the Knicks, Lin spent time with five other NBA teams \u2014 including a brief stop with the crosstown Nets \u2014 and finished his NBA career with the Raptors in 2019, winning his first and only NBA championship.<\/p>\n<p>After the NBA, Lin played in the Chinese Basketball Association from 2019-20 through 2022-23.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final chapter of \u201cLinsanity\u201d is officially over. 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