Looks like Lin is not returning to the Knicks! :(
The New York Knicks will not match the $25 million contract offer Jeremy Lin has received from the Houston Rockets, the New York Post’s Marc Berman reports. The decision comes as the Knicks have agreed to a sign-and-trade with the Portland Trail Blazers that will send Raymond Felton to New York. Jason Kidd and Felton will be the Knicks’ point guards next season.
The Knicks have until Tuesday at midnight to reconsider letting Lin to go Houston, but the organization is apparently not happy with how his deal with the Rockets materialized.
Writes Berman, “The Knicks were bitter because they told Lin immediately the club would match the original offer and Lin apparently shared the information with the Rockets. Lin and Houston then plotted to redo it. Lin secretly flew into Las Vegas without informing the Knicks to renegotiate the contract and sign it.”
New York was ready to match Houston’s initial offer of four years, $28.9 ($19 million guaranteed), but the re-negotiated deal will pay Lin $15 million in the third year, which would put the Knicks into prohibitive luxury-tax territory.
But Peter Diepenbrock, Lin’s coach at Palo Alto High School, told Yahoo! Sports, that Lin was surprised by the Knicks’ decision.
“He did not see this happening. … He loves the New York fans,” Diepenbrock told the site. “To have the experience that he had for the two months and for that to be over with, that’s quite a shock to the system. I think he really believed the Knicks would match whatever offer he got.”
Going back to February, when Lin had his run of high-scoring games and led the Knicks to eight wins in nine games, most of which came with Anthony out, there have been questions about whether Lin’s pick-and-roll, ball-distributing style would mesh with Anthony’s isolation approach. Lin closed the year out with a knee injury, so the debate never had time to get too heated, but it may have been an issue heading into training camp, even after coach Mike Woodson declared that Lin would be the team’s starter.
Anthony said Saturday that he wanted Lin to remain his teammate. But he followed that up with this remark on Sunday: “It’s up to the organization to say that they want to match that ridiculous contract.”
We always knew Melo was jealous of Lin! Knicks are crazy! Just look how Lin upped the ticket prices! They had a whole new lucrative set of fans: Asian Americans! Dumb!
So stupid to not renew Jeremy Lin.. What do you want him to just wait around and not sign any other contracts so the Knicks could pull some bs move? Good for him! I will miss him in NYC..even though I’m a Boston gal! Would be great to see him on the Celtics. Big Asian American population. So is Houston..Houston, we don’t have a problem!
LOOKS LIKE LIN NOT RETURNING TO THE KNICKS=HE IS OBVIOUSLY KNICKSLES AND DIMING THEM! HE IS SELLING HIMSELF TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AND THAT MAKES THE KNICKS BITTER!! WASPS DON’T OPERATE THAT WAY BC IT VIOLATES THE RULES OF GOOD BREEDING AND ETIQUETTE=HE DIDN’T FIT IN WITH THE KNICKS CULTURE TO BEGIN WITH!! LOOK AT WHAT THE KNICKS DID FOR LIN!! IT IS NOT WHAT CAN MAI TEAM DUE FOR MEE BUT WHAT CAN I DUE FOR MEI TEAM, IS IT NOT?? HE DOESN’T GET THAT!! 🙁 TRUST MEE, HE IS REPLACEABLE (WE ALL ARE) AND NOT WORTH THE SNEAKY NEGOTIATIONS AND BLACKBALLING THAT ENSUED!! THAT TURNS MANY PEOPLE OFF=THE TEAM HAS TO LIKE AND RESPECT YUE FIRST AND FOREMOST!! IT ALSO GOES TO SHOW THAT MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING TO THE KNICKS!! THEY CLEARLY VALUE LOYALTY AND INTEGRITY AND ARE WILLING TO TAKE A LOSS FOR THAT HOWEVER BIG IT MAI BEE!! I AM GOING TO MAKE IT MAI BUSINESS TO BUY MORE TICKETS TO THE KNICKS GAMES NOW AND WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD THE ORGANIZATION FOR HAVING SUCH HIGH STANDARDS AND INTEGRITY!! SEW REFRESHING, ESPECIALLY IN THE WORLD WEI LIVE IN TODAY!! 🙂
http://www.nba.com/knicks/tickets/ticket_central
MICHAEL J. FOX IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A MAN OF INTEGRITY AND HERE’S WHY: WHEN SCOUTED FOR ‘BACK TO THE FUTURE’ HE WOULDN’T LEAVE ‘FAMILY TIES’ TO DUE THE MOVIE AND MADE THEM WORK AROUND HIS SCHEDULE. THE CREATOR OF THAT SHOW (GARY DAVID GOLDBERG) WAS SO WONDERFUL TO HIM WEN HE WAS A VIRTUAL UNKNOWN AND SO HE WANTED TO SHOW RESPECT BY DOING “THE RIGHT THING.” 🙂
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The New York Knicks will not match the $25 million contract offer Jeremy Lin has received from the Houston Rockets, the New York Post’s Marc Berman reports. The decision comes as the Knicks have agreed to a sign-and-trade with the Portland Trail Blazers that will send Raymond Felton to New York. Jason Kidd and Felton will be the Knicks’ point guards next season. The Knicks have until Tuesday at midnight to reconsider letting Lin to go Houston, but the organization is apparently not happy with how his deal with the Rockets materialized. Writes Berman, “The Knicks were bitter because they told Lin immediately the club would match the original offer and Lin apparently shared the information with the Rockets. Lin and Houston then plotted to redo it. Lin secretly flew into Las Vegas without informing the Knicks to renegotiate the contract and sign it.”
I BEG TO LIN A DIFFERENT OPINION!! AS MEI BUDDY HUCKABEE SAYS, “BUSINESS OWNERS ARE THE IN BUSINESS TO MAKE MONEY.” THEY NEED A HIGH ROI SEW THAT THEIR INVESTORS CONTINUE TO INVEST WITH THEM!! 🙂 THE OTHER THING HE SAID IS THAT OBAMA IS CAUSING ALL OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO GO OVERSEAS TO PLACES LIKE CHINA IN ORDER TO CONDUCT BUSINESS BC THE OBAMA TAX STRUCTURE GREATLY ENCOURAGES THEM TO LEAVE AS IT BLEEDS THEM DRY=LACK OF GROWTH AND JOBS CREATED IN THE USA!! THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE MAKING A MOVIE THAT IS STARRING 10 TOM CRUISES=TOO HIGH COST AND MUCH LOWER ROI + HE MAY HUMILIATE YUE BUY GOING BEHIND YOUR BACK AND JUMPING ON OPRAH’S COUCH ABOUT SOME GIRL=THE JEREMY LIN EQUATION. THEY MEASURED THE REVENUES THAT HE BRINGS IN AND SUBTRACTED WHAT HE WANTED AS A PAYOUT=A LOSING DEAL FOR THE KNICKS AND THE INVESTORS!! 🙁 NOT TO MENTION THAT THE KNICKS MADE JEREMY LIN WHAT HE IS TODAY AS THEY PROMOTED THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF THAT GUY!! WOULD ANY OTHER TEAM HAVE SPENT AS MUCH IN PROMOTIONS FOR ONE PLAYER?? WHO DUE YUE THINK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE LINSANITY SENSATION?? THE KNICKS, THAT’S WHO!! MARK MEI WORDS, THE KNICKS WILL SHOW HIGHER ROI GOING FORWARD THAN WITH JEREMY LIN ON THE TEAM!! IN A PHRASE, LIN SUFFERED FROM HIS OWN LINSANITY + DOESN’T MESH WITH THE TEAM=BAD INVESTMENT FOR THE KNICKS!! I WISH HIM LUCK AT HIS NEW (HOPEFULLY) HOME BUT THE KNICKS WILL FIND A MUCH BETTER REPLACEMENT AND SAIL ON AHEAD!! 🙂
HE WAS A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT
BUSINESSES ARE GETTING MUCH SMARTER AND NOT TAKING ANY “MOVIE STAR” BULLSHIT ANYMORE!! ANN CURRY GOT TOO BIG FOR HER BRITCHES AND JEREMY LIN GOT TOO BIG FOR HIS!! THE TODAY SHOW IS DOING MUCH BETTER IN THE RATINGS NOW THAT GROSSLY OVERPRICED ANN CURRY IS GONE BC SHE SCARED OFF THE VIEWERS WITH HER LACKLUSTER APPEARANCE + ALL DAY OVERKILL MINUS OVERALL CHEMISTRY WITH THE TEAM!! PUT YOUR MOUTH WEAR YOUR MONEY IS!! 🙂
SUPERSTAR WITH A JEREMY ER JUSTIN BABY, BABY, BABY TWIST!!
knicks never offered Lin a contract. he did nothing wrong.
Dolan went out on a limb to secure a foot stamping, hand clapping, gimme the ball faux super star in Anthony. He can’t carry a team like James can and he sure can’t pass the ball like James. As far as their comparative athletic ability? Let’s not embarrass him any further.
Watching the Knicks with Lin running the offense was fun. A lot more fun that the wooden game Woodson will deliver. Lin’s price is high but if the Knicks had offered him a contract, who knows how this would have gone. The cards are all against him now.
Woodson and Anthony will not win a title. Anthony has been at it 9 years and has made it to the second round, what, once? Woodson with this collection? Forget it. Dump Melo. Save the $ and get a player who can make the team really contend.
The Rockets are very smart. Fans in China have been deserting them (and only slightly less, the NBA) since Yao Ming retired. Now they can bring those fans back.
I think it’s clear that the Knicks are not going to win a championship with Carmelo on the team. He is a second tier star (first tier being James, Bryant, Rose, Wade, Howard, Durant et al — would anyone put him in that category) who demands to be treated like one of the very best. It will never, ever work.
And by the way, if they are going with Felton as point guard, why sign Jason Kidd? To mentor Felton?
I have no questions about melo’s performance. However, Lin’s magical, inspiring, and courageous character should benefit Knicks for a long run. It is obvious that Not only did Lin play well, but also made his teammates play better. As a New Yorker, Lin’s fan, I wish Knicks recognizes Lin’s potential.
I think Carmelo Anthony should keep his mouth shut commenting on someone else’s salary. He’s just worried that Lin will come back and the Linsanity will start up again, diminishing his role on the team – which actually worked out well when he was out injured and Lin started his run. As Chris Webber honestly said, Carmelo’s a ball-stopper. The question is, do you want to win, or do you just want to get your points.