Lin Chih-chieh (; born 11 June 1982 in Hualien County, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional basketball player of Amis descent. During his career with the Taiwan Beer club of the Super Basketball League (SBL), Lin has won one Regular Season most valuable player (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 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 (CBA) 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. 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