Opinion | Jeremy Lin’s NBA dream should quickly become reality
- NBA champion hopes to return to league after a season in China with Beijing Ducks a year on from being overlooked in free agency
- The 32-year-old returned to form in the Chinese Basketball Association and should be snapped up by NBA franchises
Linsanity, of course, was that brief period in 2012 where Lin was catapulted into global superstardom at the New York Knicks making headlines around the world for his game-winning performances.
Lighting up the Madison Square Garden scoreboard was not what was expected of a Harvard graduate who had gone undrafted and then made little impact at either the Golden State Warriors or Houston Rockets, let alone that Lin was Asian-American.
Lin defied all expectations and in doing so created new ones for his career, ones that have not yet been met through serious injury, ill fits with teams and possibly some good old fashioned prejudice.
Sure, he has an NBA ring from his blink-and-you’ll-miss it stint with the Toronto Raptors last summer but he was only on court for the final seconds of the last game of the Finals.
