Jeremy Lin retires after 15 years that included ‘Linsanity’

Jeremy Lin may have never won a ring for the New York Knicks. And his star turn at Madison Square Garden lasted mere months. But in that stretch, his electric play propelled a moribund team into the playoffs, rejuvenated bored fans and started a craze: “Linsanity.”

On Saturday, Lin’s career came to an end. The journeyman, who spent 15 years on NBA teams and in leagues in Asia, announced his retirement from professional basketball on his Instagram account.

The unlikely star, a walk-on at Harvard University who went undrafted, outshined the league’s biggest names in 2012. Few had heard of Lin, a bench player who joined the NBA in 2010, when the Knicks picked him up a year later. And even fewer expected him to stand out.

But by February 2012, Lin was squarely in the spotlight.

That year’s