Jeremy Lin is reuniting with the Knicks, this time with a microphone.
The former New York guard will serve as an analyst for ESPN throughout the Knicks-Spurs NBA Finals series, according to USA Today.
His ESPN Finals debut will happen on June 3 on SportsCenter alongside Scott Van Pelt in Washington, D.C.
Beyond that appearance, Lin is set to show up on NBA Today and potentially other ESPN programming for the length of the series.
The assignment carries obvious emotional weight for Lin, whose brief but electric 2011-12 run in New York sparked the global "Linsanity" phenomenon. During a seven-game win streak that winter, he put up 25 points, 9.2 assists, and 3.6 rebounds per game, including a 38-point outburst against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers. His nine-year NBA career wrapped with averages of 11.6 points, 4.3 assists, and 2.8 rebounds before he officially retired in August 2025 after several seasons overseas.
In a June 1 interview with USA Today, Lin opened up about the complicated feelings that come with watching his old team reach the Finals for the first time since 1999. "I always felt like Knicks fans deserve the best performances. They're so passionate. And as cool as it was for me to give good performances only for that stretch of time, I genuinely wish that I was able to do more.”
“I genuinely wish I was able to stay longer, genuinely wish that I could have a lot more success and done things in the playoffs for the Knicks, but that never came to fruition," Lin added.
Lin’s upcoming broadcast stint isn’t his first. He described his March stint on NBA Today as a three-day trial with the network. "I think after those three days, the reception that we got from the fans as well as what I felt internally was definitely beyond what I expected. So that was nice in the sense of like, oh, people had really appreciated the breakdown, but I also felt joy in being back in NBA basketball," he told the New York Post.
New York enters the series four wins away from a championship. The city of Manhattan is obviously excited, so much so that the sanitation department took a shot at the Spurs by listing the team as an item that citizens could dispose of.
