BEIJING, China – Jeremy Lin is rejoining the Chinese Basketball Association’s Beijing Ducks after a failed attempt to make an NBA comeback, the 32-year-old announced on Saturday.
Lin became the first Asian-American to win an NBA championship while playing with the Toronto Raptors in 2019 and signed for Beijing as an unrestricted free agent that year.
He made a tearful departure from China after the coronavirus saw the CBA suspended for almost five months but now says he will return.
“Beijing Ducks, excited to be back this upcoming season!” Lin wrote in an Instagram post.
Lin has said he still harboured “NBA dreams” and played earlier this year for a Golden State…
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