height_ft weight_lb birth_place team nationality position highschool article_title league height_in nickname birth_date number college draft name career_start
6 200 hualien county , taiwan zhejiang lions taiwan shooting guard national , keelung , taiwan keelung senior marine vocational school -lrb- 國立基隆高級海事職業學校 -rrb- lin chih-chieh
 cba 3 +1 / 2 the beast -lrb- 野獸 -rrb- 11 june 1982 12 chinese culture university , taipei , taiwan undrafted lin chih-chieh 2000
lin chih-chieh

lin chih-chieh -lrb- ; born june 11 , 1982 in hualien county , taiwan -rrb- is a taiwanese professional basketball player of amis descent .
during his career with the taiwan beer club of the super basketball league -lrb- sbl -rrb- , lin has won one regular season most valuable player -lrb- mvp -rrb- award , two back-to-back championship series mvp awards , and two scoring champion titles .
dubbed `` the beast '' -lrb- 野獸 -rrb- 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 chinese taipei national basketball team 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 zhejiang lions in the chinese basketball association -lrb- cba -rrb- for a monthly salary of $ 15,000 .
in zhejiang , 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 dacin tigers .
