Jeremy Lin Retires After 15 Years That Included ‘Linsanity’ With the Knicks NYT | Top Stories By: Andrés R. Martínez 31 August 2025 at 13:19 The journeyman played for eight N.B.A. teams and won one championship. But he is best known for a brief stretch on the Knicks where he electrified fans and the nation. © Richard Perry/The New York TimesJeremy Lin, center, flanked by Steve Blake, left, and Andrew Bynum of the Lakers, when the Knicks’ sensation scored 38 points in 2012.