How much did Jeremy Lin’s sudden shocking fame as a member of the Knicks ten years ago while he was in New York weigh on him?
Linsanity led the former NBA point guard to lose his “humanity.” Lynn said in an extensive interview with Sky Sports:He also said his career — now 33 and playing for the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese Basketball Association — was an evolution from trying to get away from it because he felt he didn’t like it very much. ‘ said. Side effects of Linsanity. “
“Some family issues it causes, all the privacy that’s been taken from me overnight, and paparazzi hunting me and my family and friends…a lot of horrible things have happened,” he said.
Not the first Asian to play in the NBA, but the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent in the league, Lin’s rise began during the 2011-12 season. The undrafted point guard, who graduated from Harvard with an eye, was waived after Iman Shumpert’s injury in December. Two months later, after being recalled from his league, he unleashed his winning 3-pointer in his February 14 game against the Raptors and Lakers at Metta World against his piece. Los Angeles team TV in his lounge. It’s run by a reporter yelling “Linsanity!”
Two games earlier, Lin scored a career-high 38 points against the Lakers.
Lynn’s fame continued to grow. He became the first player to score at least his 20 points and record seven assists in his first five starting appearances. A few days later against the Mavericks, he recorded his 28 points and his 14 assists. In 12 starts before the All-Star break, he averaged 22.5 points and 8.7 assists, helping New York to a 9-3 mark over the span.
However, the success did not last long.
In March of that season, Lin underwent season-ending surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.Postseason restricted free agent, Knicks chose not to match The Rockets’ three-year, $25 million offer would pay Lynn a $14.8 million “poison pill” in the final year of the deal.
Lin averaged double-digit points in each of his next six seasons, including stints with the Lakers, Hornets, and Nets, but injuries continued to haunt him. Although he eventually won a championship as a member of the Raptors in 2019, It will be his final year in the NBA.
Lin spent last season with the Beijing Ducks of the China Basketball Association, averaging 13.4 points, 4.7 assists and 3.6 rebounds.
“There was also the expectation of the world that I was going to be some kind of superhero,” he told Sky Sports. Then finally, I started to understand racism on a better, deeper level. I just wanted to be a great basketball player. [my ethnicity].
“I wanted people to talk about my basketball skills for once, and then I started running away from it, so when I saw what racism really does and how deeply ingrained it was, I realized that It really started to open up my perspective.”
