The Houston Rockets’ former point guard, Jeremy Lin, now a LA Laker, recently said in an interview that during his “Linsanity” era, Lin could have made tens of thousands of dollars. Lin was offered countless of endorsements 2 years ago, but he passed them up. During his 2011-12 season, Lin played as a bench-warmer for the NY Knicks, but some time during that season became a starter sensation. Lin ended up making his game winning shots which made the LIN jersey the league’s best-seller while with the Knicks.
Lin said, “If I had accepted everything, I don’t know the exact number, but I would have been making way more off the court than on the court. Lin also said, “We’ve turned away almost everything, just because I do think my purpose is to play basketball, play well and play for the glory of God”.
As the first athlete, Lin has currently joined with Whistle Sports Network as a content partner and adding Lin’s Youtube channel to the website with his 400,000 subscribers too. Lin is receiving an undisclosed equity stake too.
Lin is said to also have signed an endorsement with Adias AG after his Nike endorsement ended.
Via:Bussinesweek.com
