Posted on 08/29/2019 1:23:54 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Jeremy Lin has a new basketball team, and it’s far away from the NBA.
The NBA champion has signed with the Beijing Ducks in the Chinese Basketball Association after playing with the Toronto Raptors this past season, according to Darren Rovell on Tuesday.
It’s been evident for a bit at this point that Lin didn’t have much of a market left in the NBA. Overseas has seemed like his likely landing place for awhile.
While he might not be too happy about it, this situation is far from a losing one. Salaries in the CBA can be well north of a million dollars annually.
Lin is going to have the chance to make some serious money in China from his contract and endorsements.
Yes, Lin might not be in the NBA anymore and he’s far removed from the days of “Linsanity.” However, that doesn’t mean he’s in a bad place.
Again, there is plenty of cash to be made overseas, especially in China. Given the fact Lin has a cult following, I’d bet just about anything that he’s going to make some serious money while in China.
I don’t feel bad for him at all and neither should you. He’s in a position to stack up more cash in th
The NBA chapter of his career is over, but there’s still money to be made. Lin is going to be just fine.e next year than most people make in a lifetime.
The Ducks?? LOL!! The Chinese know 10 or 15 ways to make delicious duck dinners.
Different romanization systems. Peking was called that by missionaries centuries ago. With the new pinyin, it was changed to Beijing. Both mean the same “ northern capital”.
Pinyin is spelling the sound of the Chinese character.
I wish him well and am glad Toronto got him a ring but when they hand them out on opening night Oct. 20 a number of the players are gonna be elsewhere. l guess that’s the nature of pro sports these days.
6 years ago he said he was taking “one on one” lessons to improve his Chinese which was weak. So, he is probably not fluent at a high level, but can probably hold a low level Mandarin conversation - depends how much he continued his lessons ...
good question, the name was never ‘changed’ , beijing is the proper way to say it in chinese, you can use both anyway you like, some names are stuck due to prominent use. it will always be peking duck for me in english and “beijing ya” in chinese.
like crab rangoon will not change to crab yangon.
other non food example like chinese people still refer to korea & seoul as Han-Guo & Hanseong
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