China News Service, June 12th, on the 12th, Jeremy Lin announced on his personal social media that he would return to the CBA Beijing Shougang Men's Basketball Team.
He wrote: "Beijing Shougang, I'm back! The fans we will meet soon."
In the 2019-20 season, Jeremy Lin joined Beijing Shougang and played 39 games in the regular season, averaging 22.3 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.8 steals in 32.6 minutes per game.
In the 4 games of the playoffs, Jeremy Lin averaged 22.8 points, 4 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 2.5 steals per game, leading the team to the semi-finals of the playoffs, and eventually lost to the Guangdong team and missed the championship.
Jeremy Lin returned to the United States after finishing the CBA season last year to wait for his return to the NBA. He waited for a long time and once sought opportunities in the Development League, but he still couldn't get his wish. Recently, he posted a statement on his personal social network to return to the broken dream.
Jeremy Lin mentioned that the 17th was the deadline for returning to the NBA, and he did not receive the NBA's call in the end.
He emphasized that after a year in the CBA, in order to prove that he still has the NBA level, he decided to abandon the contract outside the United States, and even made a decision that other veterans rarely made, to join the development league to seek opportunities, although in the process to prove his skills, but I can only watch other people sign with NBA teams one by one, and my own opportunities never come.
Although he gave up being the core of the team in the CBA and joined the Development League to pursue his dreams, he still failed to do so. Jeremy Lin admitted that he had given everything and left no regrets, and he could leave with his head high. "As for the future, I believe that God has its own arrangements. I want to Thank you for staying with me all the way."
Jeremy Lin has a lot of emotion for his return to CBA: "I don't regret the past, I'm only excited for the future. I still have a lot of basketball talents, let us see where this road will go. Beijing Shougang, I am very happy to come back! Thank you to everyone who embarked on this journey with me!" (End)