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Jonathan White

Jeremy Lin has said he is considering playing in the Chinese Basketball Association as he weighs up his next move during NBA free agency.
“Of course I am thinking about the CBA,” Lin said in Guangzhou on Friday.
“I don’t know where I will be next year, so I don’t have expectations. I know what level I can play at, so if I don’t get that I won’t settle.”
Lin, who has been a free agent since leaving the Toronto Raptors this summer, was speaking at a press conference to launch his role as a brand ambassador for Chinese sportswear brand Xtep. 

The new partnership will see the company launch four signature shoes for Lin as they take their first steps in the basketball market.
Lin was in reflective mood over his future, which has been a source of much speculation in the weeks since he became an NBA champion with the Raptors and then left the team. He has spent many of those in Asia on his annual tour.

“The most important thing this year is to ‘get my legs underneath me’. This summer I have had time to recover,” said Lin. The time has allowed Lin to focus on what he wants to prioritise in his career and his next move.
“I want to be happy, that is the main thing. When you are competing, everything is about the NBA. But I am 30 now, the main thing is to be happy.”
Lin’s happiness within the NBA has come into doubt, with the 30-year-old telling Taiwanese television that the league had turned its back on him.

“Free agency has been tough because I feel like, in some ways, the NBA has kind of given up on me,” he told Good TV.
“I always knew that if I gave anyone a reason to doubt, they would.” He also described his current period of free agency as “rock bottom” during a tearful interview.
While there is a chance he will be picked up by an NBA team ahead of the new season that begins on October 22, a move overseas looks an increasing possibility.

Earlier on his Asia tour Lin had said that he would be willing to play in the region and that it was a dream to play on the same team as his brother Joseph, who plays for the Fubon Braves in Taiwan.
Lin played a handful of games with CBA side Dongguan Leopards in the Asian Basketball Association tournament in 2011 during the NBA shutout.
While he has linked himself with a return to the region, he has also been linked with a possible move to Europe, including Russian club CSKA Moscow.




















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FIRST time back on the court in almost a year!! Roster full of friends, sold out arena, millions of online viewers, millions of dollars raised for charity!! Speechless! Thank you Shenzhen, thank you China, thank you fans...perfect way to wrap up my China Tour! #lovemyjob #lovemyfriends #couldntfindpicsofeveryone
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In the meantime, Lin will stay in Guangzhou to play in an All-Star game alongside Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou tomorrow. The pair were both judges on mainland TV show Dunk of China and are known to be firm friends away from the court.
They also played in a charity game in Shenzhen during Lin’s Asia tour last summer.


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‘I know what level I can play,’ Lin says, speaking in Guangzhou at launch of partnership with Xtep
Chinese sportswear brand will release four signature shoes for the NBA champion



‘I know what level I can play,’ Lin says, speaking in Guangzhou at the launch of his partnership with Chinese sportswear brand Xtep.


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NBA free agent Jeremy Lin opens the door to China move – but says ‘I won’t settle’

‘I know what level I can play,’ Lin says, speaking in Guangzhou at launch of partnership with Xtep Chinese sportswear brand will release four signature shoes for the NBA champion

‘I know what level I can play,’ Lin says, speaking in Guangzhou at launch of partnership with Xtep

Chinese sportswear brand will release four signature shoes for the NBA champion