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Jeremy Lin back on court but set to miss start of Chinese basketball season
- Former NBA star says 11 weeks away is the longest since he was five years old – but return too late for tip-off this weekend
- ‘I’ll be missing the beginning portion of my season but hyped to start rebuilding to get ready for the season,’ Lin says
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Former NBA star Jeremy Lin has returned to the basketball court after a prolonged absence following quarantine after returning to China but it has come too late to make the start of the Chinese Basketball Association season this weekend
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Lin, 33, re-signed for the CBA’s Beijing Ducks in the summer after failing to get an NBA contract last season. Now, after completing his mandatory quarantine on returning to China, the former New York Knicks star has returned to the court.
“I go! I can’t go to the court for eleven weeks. I have never been to the court for so long since I was five years old. Finally back,” he wrote in Chinese on his Weibo account.
Lin, who took the Ducks to the CBA play-offs in the 2019-20 season, also posted on his Instagram account to mark his return to the court.
“Sheeeeesh ... ELEVEN weeks since I touched a basketball court. Never been away this long since I started hoopin at age 5. Felt freakin amazinggg to be back,” he wrote.
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“Today was all smiles and lots of heavy breathing on the court and weightroom, with a long room ahead. My CBA season starts 10/17 so I’ll be missing the beginning portion of my season but hyped to start rebuilding to get ready for the season.”
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