Jeremy Lin named coach for Team G League at All-Star Weekend

Basketball star Jeremy Lin is set to return to the NBA stage — not as a player, but as a coach.

The NBA announced Monday that Lin, who currently plays for the New Taipei Kings, will lead Team G League in the Castrol Rising Stars mini-tournament at the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend in San Francisco. He joins Golden State Warriors legends Tim Hardaway Sr., Chris Mullin and Mitch Richmond as honorary coaches for the event, which features 28 top young players from the NBA and G League. “See you soon in the Bay,” Lin wrote on Instagram, acknowledging his return to Chase Center, the home of the Warriors, where he briefly played in the 2010-11 season.

The Rising Stars competition, set for February 14, will follow a mini-tournament format, with four teams vying for a spot in the NBA All-Star Game on February 16. Lin’s Team G League will compete against squads comprising NBA rookies and sophomores in fast-paced matchups where the first team to reach a target score advances. While Lin has been away from the NBA for nearly six years, his role in this high-profile event underscores his continued influence in basketball. Before heading to San Francisco, Lin will play for the Kings in an East Asia Super League game on February 12 against the Meralco Bolts, as his team fights for a top spot in Group B.

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