Jeremy Lin’s NBA dream alive as he signs for G League’s Santa Cruz Warriors
- Introduction of a new rule allows the switch following Golden State Warriors’ failure to re-sign Lin after paperwork hold-up with Fiba and China
- Lance Stephenson and Michael Beasley expected to follow Lin to G League from Chinese Basketball Association
Jeremy Lin’s on-off return to the NBA was handed a huge boost on Friday when he signed for the Santa Cruz Warriors in the NBA-affiliated G League.
Lin confirmed the news to his Chinese fans in a post on Weibo and then posted an image of him in a Santa Cruz jersey on his Facebook.
Lin’s move appeared to be back on earlier in the day after free agent Nik Stauskas signed for the Toronto Raptors’ G-League affiliate thanks to a new rule.
“NBA vet Nik Stauskas is signing with the @nbagleague and will be allocated to his hometown @Raptors905, sources say, via what some league observers are calling ‘the Jeremy Lin rule’,” wrote The New York Times NBA reporter Marc Stein on Twitter.
Stauskas, a 27-year-old Canadian, spent last season playing in Spain.
This so-called “Jeremy Lin rule” was mooted at the end of last year after the 33-year-old’s return to the Golden State Warriors fell apart in mid-December.