The American base Jeremy Lin, one of the protagonists of the remembered stage known as 'Linsanity' in the NBA, announced his withdrawal from professional basketball on Sunday after fifteen years of career, andn a statement released in the Chinese social network Weibo.
“As a professional athlete we always know that the withdrawal is close. Today I have to say goodbye to basketball and it is the most difficult decision of my life,” said the 37 -year -old player, who became The first American of Chinese and Taiwanese ancestry in reaching notoriety in the American league.
Lin said that having competed “under the brightest spotlights” and against maximum level rivals was “the greatest honor” of his life and that he could challenge prejudices about his physique: “I fulfilled the dream that I thought was impossibleplay against fans around the world. “
The base thanked the support received throughout its trajectory, marked by the global phenomenon that unleashed in 2012 with the New York Knicksand stressed that at each stage “that child who feels happy and full of energy every time he touches a ball.”
“It is a stage that I did not want to end, but I know that the time has come. I will save each memory and advance together towards whatever comes,” Lin concluded, NBA champion in 2019 with the Toronto Raptors.
