Jeremy Lin has prematurely stopped his tour of China in order to fly back to the USA where he was traded to the LA Lakers, reports ESPN.

According to a source, the Houston Rockets have agreed to trade Lin and a first-round draft pick to the LA Lakers. The move comes as several trade rumors have swirled around Lin.

Lin apologized to his fans for cancelling the tour and having to return to the US to “take care of some business” on his Weibo account, but promised to come back soon. He seemed to earn quite a bit of sympathy, judging by the comments:

我是丨Sam_Rojim罗振星：
Welcome to the LA Lakers!

取个名字真叫什么好啊：
Are you going to blow out the Rockets?

Mr-Johnson-：
Fine then, I can become a Lakers fan then.

深巷遗下旧故人：
Will you understand if I speak in Chinese? “Lin, in getting rid of the Rockets, I wish you good luck.”

AD_Bai：
Jiayou! (Pump up! Let’s go!)

笑起来漂亮的小姑娘：
If there’s any way, can you send me a pair of running shoes?

沐_年：
(We want you to know) we understand.

海之澜dream：
The big show at the Lakers, congratulations!

小帕帕：
You can change your (Weibo) avatar now.

眉穿凶兆噢：
With the Lakers, you should be happy. [sadface.emo] (This comment received 67 upvotes)

Xavier渣沫：
Learn well from (LA point guard Steve) Nash!!

Lin’s tour had stops planned in Guangzhou and Dongguan, the latter being where Lin had played a few games with the Dongguan Leopards in 2011. It’s also where Lin has aspirations to open a basketball school.

Photo: Jeremy Lin Weibo