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Jeremy Lin shows off his game in the kitchen
A knee injury has kept Jere-my Lin off the basketball court, but that didn’t stop him from showcasing some of his cook-ing moves on Monday.The point guard for the Brooklyn Nets celebrated the upcoming Chinese New Year on Monday with fans from China who took part in the NBA’s 2018 Chinese New Year celebration. Lin, the NBA’s fi rst Chinese-American player, participated in the preparation of a tradi-tional Lunar New Year’s dish — dumplings — with a chef from a Chinese restaurant in Brooklyn. Lin displayed his own technique for making fi ll-ings and dumpling wrappers. The 6-foot-3 Lin is out for the season due to a ruptured patella tendon and had been rehabilitating in Vancouver. He said he was glad to be back in Brooklyn, watching Nets games in Barclays Center and interact-ing with fans. Lin’s dumplings were presented to three of his fans from China. The event was live-streamed on the NBA’s Weibo account. Lin has 5 million fol-lowers on his own Weibo page.“My Chinese fans are special to me,” Lin said. “For so many years, no matter what my per-formance, Chinese fans, you are always supportive of me.”The 29-year-old Harvard graduate became an idol for Chinese fans when he led the struggling New York Knicks on a winning streak in 2012, inspiring “Linsanity”. Lin also will be the subject of a 10-minute documentary, Jeremy Lin: Roots, on his visit to the home of his maternal grandmother in Pinghu, Zheji-ang province. It will air on NBA China’s TV and digital partners during the league’s Chinese New Year celebration from Feb 2 to March 3. Lin’s season ended the day it started. On Oct 18, in the Nets’ season-opener against the Indi-ana Pacers, he hurt his right knee after landing hard.“I’m recovering well,” he said. “The rehab has been very smooth. But I don’t expect to return this season. I cannot take the risk.” Lin is expected to be back in basketball in six to nine months, and had successful knee surgery.“My trainer, rehabilita-tion division, my team and I already have a comprehensive and thoughtful plan that will allow me to rebuild myself from the ground up and be stronger than before,” he said. “Besides rehabbing from my knee injury and other past inju-ries, I also use the time to work on my movement patterns and other skills. I hope to have some improvement.” Lin promised he would use his down time on a new project, a youth basketball instructional league that seeks to encourage Chinese children to play. “There is always a desire in my heart to hope that all Chinese children will have the same basketball training resources and opportunities as American children,” Lin said. “I hope my basketball basic train-ing course can help more Chi-nese kids learn some basketball foundation; I will be very hap-py to see more Chinese players in the league.”Lin said he hopes to live in Pinghu a while in retirement.