Linsanity hit the G League ball.
Jeremy Lin turned the clock back and eliminated seven hundred points Saturday night in his third game with the Santa Cruz Warriors since returning from the game in China to run for the 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 shot 7-for-9 from behind the arc after making 3 of 8 in his first two G-League games. Lin also had seven turnovers in 31 minutes.
Nine years after he caught fire with the Knicks and turned into a sensation, Lin returns to play for W League League G 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 in the 2019-20 season. Instead, he opted for the chance to return to the NBA, where he last played in 2019 for the Raptors.
“I think it became very clear after the free agency passed and I couldn’t get a contract, I couldn’t get a practical contract unless I went to show it,” Lin said recently. said Stadium. “I played at the CBA last year [in China] and I had a good year and I was healthy for two consecutive seasons, but there are still so many questions about my body and my health from the league directors. For me, I had to go play in League G “.