The Brooklyn Nets are Lin’s sixth NBA team in his seven year NBA career. His current contract with the Nets is the largest contract he has ever received. The deal Lin signed in July 2016 with the Nets was for three years and worth $36 million.
Lin went undrafted in the 2010 NBA Draft, but began his career with his hometown Golden State Warriors. After having a cup of coffee with multiple D-League teams, he became a free agent in the summer of 2010. This was when he met his mentor, Kenny Atkinson, and he signed with the New York Knicks when Atkinson was an assistant under Mike Woodson at the time.