Lin Chih-chieh (; born 11 June 1982 in

Hualien County Hualien County (Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan ...

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descent. During his career with the

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club of the

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(SBL), Lin has won one Regular Season

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(MVP) award, two back-to-back Championship Series MVP awards, and two scoring champion titles. Dubbed "The Beast" (野獸) by local media, Lin is renowned for his ability to boost his team's morale by making sensational plays and is among the most beloved basketball players in Taiwan. Despite being undersized playing the forward position in international tournaments, Lin often starts for the

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in place of injury-prone Chen Hsin-an and, at times, is an important scorer. In September 2009, Lin signed a two-year contract with the

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in the

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(CBA) for a monthly salary of $15,000.Reproduced newspaper articles from September 29, 2009; in Chinese
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, Lin started at shooting guard during the 2009-2010 season. After helping Zhejiang advance to the second round of the CBA playoffs where the team was eliminated, Lin was allowed to return and play for Taiwan Beer, helping them in the SBL postseason where they were ultimately defeated by the defending champion

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The nick name "BEAST"

During his season in SBL, because of his outstanding jumping ability and his explosiveness, he often creates incredible plays that excites the audience. Therefore the SBL sport commentators usually described him as a monster after he made such incredible plays. His own unique street playing style also earned the credit of his nickname. The nickname "BEAST" also represents that nobody could stop him from scoring.

Lin Chih-Chieh's life

Lin Chih-Chieh started playing basketball since he was little. During his years in middle school, he was only 159 centimeter tall and so got rejected to the basketball team. In his grade 9 year, he grew up to 180 centimeter and finally got into the team. Lin Chih-Chieh used to play pick ups basketball at the park that near his house, and so he got his street playing style that differs from him to other players. After graduated from his middle school, he got to play in the top division basketball team in National Keelung Maritime Vocational High School. The team broke up during his second year, and plus he didn't play much during his rookie season, therefore he did not earn much experience in his high school career. Unlike other future star high school players, he did not have good basketball background based on his high school career. In 2000, He went to tryout for the U-18 national team anyway and successfully got into the team. After graduated in high school, he got in to Chinese Culture University. And during his second year, he joined the

club of the

(SBL).

SBL career

First season

during Lin Chih-Chieh's 2003-2004 season in SBL, He set the record of 9 three pointers in a game. In November 30, 2003, during the game vs.

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, 5 minutes and 42 seconds left in the second quarter, as soon as Lin Chih-Chieh finished with the one handed dunk in the fast break, the basket broke down to the ground due to his power on the dunk, which wrote down the history of being the first person who broke down the basket by the powerful dunk. His team finished in 6th place. Lin Chih-Chieh won scoring title.

Second season

2004－2005 His team finished in 6th place. Lin Chih-Chieh won scoring title.

Third season

2005－2006 During the game in April 16, Lin Chih-Chieh sprained his left ankle and didn't play the game vs

in 22nd. Without him, the team lost by 23 points. Afrer, Lin Chih-Chieh led the team with 2 wins and got in to the championship to play against

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finished off in 2nd place. Lin Chih-Chieh won All-SBL team.

Fourth Season

2006－2007

won the championship. Lin Chih-Chieh won All-SBL team, season MVP, and also final MVP.

Fifth season

2007-2008

won the championship. Lin Chih-Chieh won the Final MVP.

Sixth season

2008-2009

finished in 2nd place.

Player profile

Sources

台灣啤酒籃球隊官方網站

台灣啤酒籃球隊影音記錄

蕃薯藤-SBL超級籃球聯賽

References

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