No NBA as Jeremy Lin to return to Beijing Ducks next month: report
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Chinese basketball reporter Jia Lei revealed that Lin, who played for the Ducks last season after receiving no offers in 2019 NBA free agency following his championship win with the Toronto Raptors, could soon be back in China’s capital.
“In a recent communication with Shougang, Lin said, if he can, he is willing to join Beijing and return to the CBA after the end of the second phase of the CBA,” Jia wrote on Weibo on Tuesday. He also used the hashtag “Lin Shuhao is ready to join Shougang again”, using Lin’s Chinese name.
The CBA is once again being played in a bubble, with teams based in Zhuji, Zhejiang province. The second stage of the season is set to end on February 4 before the league takes its Lunar New Year break.
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The “Linsanity” star had been linked with a return to the NBA ahead of the new season, which began on December 22. The 32-year-old announced it was his intention to return to the league after he finished his season with the Ducks, a decision he described as “the hardest in my life”.