Linsanity has hit the G-League bubble.
Jeremy Lin returned the clock and dried up seven triples Saturday night in his third game with the Santa Cruz Warriors since returning from playing in China to chase an NBA comeback. The former Knicks star finished with 29 points and nine assists in a 124-116 victory over the Westchester Knicks.
The 32-year-old goalkeeper fired 7-for-9 from beyond the arc after scoring 3 of 8 in his first two games in the G. League. Lin also had seven turnovers in 31 minutes.
Nine years after catching fire with the Knicks and becoming a sensation, Lin returns to play for the Warriors G-League affiliate. He had offers to stay in the Chinese Basketball Association, where he averaged 22.3 points (with 33.8% deep shot), 5.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists in 39 games during the season. 2019-20. But instead, he opted for the opportunity to return to the NBA, where he last played in 2019 with the Raptors.
“I think it became very clear after the free agency passed and I couldn’t get a contract, there was no way to have a contract basically unless I’m going to show it,” Lin recently said. he told Stadium. “I played in the CBA last year [in China] I had a good year and was healthy two seasons in a row, but there are still so many questions about my body and my health from league executives. For me, I had to go and play in the G League ”.