- Beijing Ducks new signing enjoys a day out with his father on a boat
- The NBA champion will get down to serious business soon as he prepares for the new CBA season that kicks off in November
Jeremy Lin is known to be a keen fisherman and he celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival with a great catch before he starts the serious side of business when the new Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) season kicks off in November.
Lin, who signed with the Beijing Ducks last month from NBA champions Toronto Raptors, told his fans on his Weibo account that he spent the holiday fishing with his father, Lin Gie-ming, as he enjoyed a day out less than two months before the Ducks take on the Tianjin Gold Lions in their first match of the CBA season on November 3.
"Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! I went out fishing with my dad. He is fabulous. He caught more (fish) than I did. We chatted a lot. This year, where have you guys been?" wrote Lin in Chinese in his Weibo account.
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Lin showed off his big catch " some striped bass and halibut " on his boat where he also took a photo with his dad with some fishing equipment.
Beijing, I'm coming!@JLin7 made his announcement on Douyin today as former NBA star signs for CBA team Beijing Ducks! #linsanity pic.twitter.com/ps0ma9zTQ4
" Red Lantern (@RedLanternDM) August 27, 2019
The 31-year-old point guard joined the Ducks in August, ending speculation as to which team he would be signing after leaving the Raptors at the end of the season. He said in an interview that he didn't feel like a part of the Raptors and felt other NBA teams didn't want him.
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And in a surprising scene of emotion, he broke down in tears when he spoke to fans in July during a Christian sermon in New Taipei City's Xindian District. He described the stress of playing in the NBA and that the NBA had given up on him, saying that he felt he had hit rock bottom".
Upon signing with the Ducks, the Taiwanese-American later tweeted to supporters that "he will always cherish being able to rep Asians at the NBA level. Excited for the next step with the Beijing Ducks". The post included a congratulatory message to his younger brother, Joseph Lin, who is playing for the Fubon Braves in the Taiwanese Super Basketball League.
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"I've always known that my journey in some ways would end in China," the former Raptors guard told website Radii on a recent visit to Shanghai.
The Harvard graduate became a global sensation during his time with the New York Knicks, in a period that was dubbed "Linsanity" in 2012.
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