The long and unfortunate list of injuries this season has Jeremy Lin’s name. The Brooklyn Nets guard was one of the first players to suffer a season-ending injury on the year, as he got sidelined during the team's 2017-18 debut last October. He landed awkwardly after a lay-up, and his knee just gave out. The clip of a devastated Lin saying “I'm done, I'm done” following the fall was tough to watch.
Now under rehab, the eighth-year guard is being featured on a Sport's Illustrated docuseries called The Life of Lin: Refocused. It chronicles his journey to nursing the ruptured patella tendon on his right knee, as well as various things along the way. In the trailer for the series premiere, he revealed that he got a call of support from someone surprising:
One unexpected person who reached out to Jeremy Lin after his season-ending injury? Kenyon Martin.
Episode 1 of our behind-the-scenes look at @JLin7's recovery: https://t.co/BjJSlhct6h pic.twitter.com/qEq3XpsEve
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) January 30, 2018
“A lot of players reached out. I would say the one that like I really didn't expect is Kenyon Martin. [He] called me and told me if I needed anything regarding the rehab process and whatever. [He also] talked about his knee injury. And I was like, ‘Man that was really kind of him.'”
The two, as you may remember, got in a quick back-and-forth on social media during the off-season. Kenyon Martin threw a jab at Jeremy Lin with regards to having dreadlocks, and Lin responded in the classiest and savagest way possible. The air was cleared right away, but they indeed had a memorable exchange.
Nevertheless, it's good to see that these two NBA vets are cool with each other. It was also a nice gesture on Martin's part.
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