Lin clinched the second title of his career — he won an NBA title in 2019 with the Toronto Raptors — on Thursday when the New Taipei Kings defeated the Taoyuan Pauian Pilots in five games, 4-1, to win Taiwan’s Plus League championship. The Kings beat the Pilots, 103-97, in an overtime thriller. Lin, who signed with the Taiwanese league team ahead of the season, scored 15 points, grabbed seven rebounds and got two steals coming off the bench.

The sweetest part of this championship sure seems to be that Lin won it alongside his brother, Joseph Lin, who started in the final three games of the series. Jeremy Lin’s social media post about the championship focused on sharing the moment, and season, with his brother, before divulging the personal struggles — he said his pregame anxiety returned and called this season “easily one of my toughest in my 14 years as a pro” — he went through, and the issues his team faced. The post included a bible verse.

“To win a championship with my lil bro is truly a special feeling,” Lin wrote. “All the hours spent on our backyard hoop, all the time spent at each other’s games growing up, all the work we put in training together and supporting each other through the ups and downs of a pro bball career.”

It’s hard to disagree about the difficulties that happened for him and his team this season. Lin was hit with a five-game ban in March for breaking international anti-doping laws because of a blood treatment. Shortly afterward, Lin’s teammate Quincy Davis was sentenced to 30 days in prison for violence against his ex-wife. Three days later, former NBA first-round draft pick Byron Mullens, who was averaging 18.1 points and 10.7 rebounds a game, had his contract terminated by the Kings for storming off the court in the middle of a game. Even on Thursday, three Kings players fouled out of the eventual series-clinching game.

Lin also revealed that he played Game 5 with a torn meniscus, which caused him to miss Game 4 just three days prior. According to the South China Morning Post, the 35-year-old said “could not even walk two days ago.” Lin has had some rough injury luck over the last several years. In 2017, he ruptured his patellar tendon in the first game of the season, which has had lasting effects on his on-court mobility. In 2021, he was hospitalized after contracting COVID-19, lost 20 pounds while he was isolated and had trouble breathing during his return to basketball. During a game late last season, Lin was taken to the hospital after he got knocked out after taking an elbow to the head while trying to get a rebound.