{"id":13604,"date":"2012-07-14T20:07:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T20:07:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-07-14T20:07:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T20:07:24","slug":"Looks-like-Lin-is-not-returning-to-the-Knicks--","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=13604","title":{"rendered":"Looks like Lin is not returning to the Knicks! :("},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Knicks will not match the $25 million contract offer Jeremy Lin has received from the Houston Rockets, the New York Post\u2019s Marc Berman reports<\/a>.<\/strong> 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\u2019 point guards next season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Writes Berman, \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York was ready to match Houston\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

But Peter Diepenbrock, Lin’s coach at Palo Alto High School, told Yahoo! Sports<\/a>, that Lin was surprised by the Knicks’ decision.<\/p>\n

“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\u2019s quite a shock to the system. I think he really believed the Knicks would match whatever offer he got.”<\/p>\n

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\u2019s pick-and-roll, ball-distributing style would mesh with Anthony\u2019s 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\u2019s starter.<\/p>\n

Anthony said Saturday that he wanted Lin to remain his teammate. But he followed that up with this remark on Sunday:<\/strong> “It’s up to the organization to say that they want to match that ridiculous contract.\u201d<\/p>\n

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!<\/strong>
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