Former NBA point guard Jeremy Lin announced his decision to step away from the sport in an Instagram post on Saturday.

“As athletes, we are always aware that the possibility of retirement is never far away,” Lin wrote as part of the announcement. “I’ve 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’ve ever made.”

Lin spent nine years in the NBA from 2010-19, breaking out with the New York Knicks during the 2011-12 season.

Lin last suited up for the Toronto Raptors in 2019 before playing internationally, most recently appearing with the New Taipei Kings of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League.

Lin made his NBA debut with the Golden State Warriors as an undrafted free agent during the 2010-11 season, appearing in 29 games as a reserve.

He went on to join the Knicks in December 2011 following an injury to guard Iman Shumpert.

Lin earned the first start of his career 25 games into the regular season and immediately made his presence felt, averaging 23.8 points and 9.4 assists per game in his first 10 appearances after moving into the starting lineup.

His sudden string of exceptional performances was referred to as “Linsanity,” thrilling fans at Madison Square Garden on a nightly basis. He ended the year with averages of 18.2 points and 7.7 assists per game on 44.5/34.3/79.6 shooting splits as a starter.

Lin signed with the Houston Rockets the following year but failed to build on his exciting inaugural season in New York, as he went on to join five more teams to close out his NBA career.

He played sparingly during his final season as a member of the association, although he still won a championship with Toronto.

Lin played in the Chinese Basketball Association after leaving the NBA before joining the G League’s Santa Cruz Warriors for the 2020-21 season. He eventually went back to the CBA in 2021, subsequently moving to Taiwan in 2023.

Lin owns career averages of 11.6 points, 4.3 assists, 2.8 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game in the NBA.