Honestly I don't think Morey *really* want's him, but will take him if he has to. The China connect (even tho he is american) and the Linsanity exposure are something that will have the Rox name in national news on a nightly basis ESPECIALLY if the howard deal happens. Hell, even if the Howard deal falls through..... Flip side....it screws the Knicks. I think that was his ultimate goal....lol
He wouldnt have been able to demand that much if he was 3rd string and nobody knew who he was.... They should have kept him, but they thought Flynn had the higher upside. LOL! Mistake.
Carl, Not sure if you remember our disagreement but I can admit I was wrong and you were right. I thought there was a wink wink agreement not to alter the Lin contract after they gave us above market value for Camby. I guess they just really wanted a backup center that badly. NYK are stupid if they match this, they won't be able to sign quality FA for the next 3-4 seasons.
From what I read last season, they kept Flynn over Lin because Flynn had a guaranteed contract and Lin didn't. Even if we kept Lin, he wouldn't have got much playing time behind Lowry and Dragic and nobody would have known anything abt him.
I am not sure that Knicks will match new offer. Of course, they might still do so. The old offer will be easily matched.
He very likely would not have gotten much playing time, certainly would not have gotten all the free pub that he got from ESPN, there would have been no Linsanity as a result would not be as in demand and the Rockets would very likely still be looking for their new point guard even with Lin on the roster.
They did not think Flynn had higher upside or any upside for that matter. He was a throw in by Minnisota in the DMo trade and he had a garunteed contract, nothing more.
In the immortal words of Barney . . . Hey Mr. Knickerbocker boppity bop - I lika the way that you . . . S_ _ K on my C _ _ K
From what I understand that's not true whatsoever. They knew Lin had a higher upside but they thought Flynn had a higher trade value i.e. better asset. This is an instance of how viewing players as assets allows you to miss things. Flynn being a lottery pick would be easier to trade than undrafted Lin and that's how the decision was made. I love Morey's NBA worldview but nothing is perfect and viewing players as assets has some downsides because sometimes you're more concerned with what other teams may think than what you're seeing on the court. Even Morey could agree with that, it's an obvious downside.
If we had Lin on our roster he would have gotten minutes when Lowry was out. Instead we signed Boykins and Fortson.
I don't see how. Lin will just fall to the ground and lose the ball creating more turnovers if Yao taught him how to play point.
There are four "destination" franchises in the NBA: Knicks, Nets, Lakers, Clippers. These are franchises that we can't compete fairly with on the free agent market, because when a star player signs there they will receive huge compensation in shoe deals, media gigs, endorsements, etc. outside of the NBA ecosystem. If Morey has an opportunity to wreck one of these franchises (and that's what will happen if the Knicks match this offer), he has a responsibility to do that. If any of these four teams had the opportunity to exploit us in a deal, and destroy our cap space in the process, they would hesitate for about three seconds before doing it. Just kidding, they wouldn't hesitate, and they would joke about what a hellhole our town is while doing it. It's OK if we hurt these teams' feelings. We have 25 other teams we can do business with. And besides, Isiah Thomas isn't over there anymore, so it's not like the Knicks are still the Christmas-every-month operation they used to be.
Nothing like he recieved in NY, it would have been pure bench minutes. Goran was ballin out of his mind at the time. Lin minutes would have been spars. Regardless, there would have been no Linsanity.
yeah, well when you are the one paying the bills, you can make that call. but for this team, you better be a stud and a half to get kept over a player with a guaranteed contract. All he had shown up to that point was that he had the potential to be a nice player. It is always about the money....with ALL teams.
