Anything but. While it leads you to believe we will get Lin, truth is the Knicks haven't even recieved the offer sheet yet.
I'm a bit slow on this, but has the offer sheet been delivered to New York yet? Has the 3 day clock started?
I don't think so, but the Knicks could just say that they have moved on and the offer sheet would never have to be delivered. I am assuming the reason the Knicks were trying to avoid the offer sheet was to see if they could get the Felton deal done. Now it is done, so they may just say they are moving on.
Lincredible!!! Time to make our signs!!!! http://newyorkpost.com/p/sports/knicks/knicks_looking_at_felton_after_rockets_YuDmvTA0PshfWIDvWn1bSN
The Knicks were bitter because they told Lin the club would match the original offer and Lin apparently shared the information with the Rockets, who decided to raise it. The free agency started off with acrimony on July 1` when the Knicks decided to let Lin set his market value instead of making him an offer. marc.berman@nypost.com Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knic..._rockets_YuDmvTA0PshfWIDvWn1bSN#ixzz20eu57QOn Why are they blaming Lin when they went public and said they were matching the Rockets' offer sheet?
Watch them say they won't match, but then match right before the 3 day period. Just to screw with us.
Haha that's awesome. Pretty apparent Lin didn't want to be in NY. And it's not like the knicks matching wasn't public knowledge. "Up to a billion dollars" was it?
If the Knicks wanted to be pr*cks and prevent Jeremy from joining the Rockets, could they still match the offer sheet after having traded for Raymond Felton and then trade Jeremy to anther team? If so, what is the earliest they could trade him?
Lin is a good starting point guard. Not a super star. Maybe an all-star some years and probably just below. Stronger pg's are going to push him around and I saw that last year he had a lot of trouble with guys like Wade or Deron. They just muscle him around. His ball handling is also not at a star level which is probably the most alarming thing for a starting pg. But he is young and a lot of his turnovers might be related to that - I hope. But Lin isn't one of the cogs to a "big three". At best, he might be the weakest link of a big-three, but only if he is paired with a amazing sharper shooter to burn double teams and another triple threat player to take some of the pressure off of him. If we do get Dwight and Lin, and are able to have enough left over to build a good team around those guys....we probably can be a team that is good enough to get to the 2nd round, maybe even with a favorable bracket get to the WC Finals. But that will be our limit.
Lin, Motiejunas, and Dwight could potentially be our big three. Not saying it will be, but Lin & Moti have the POTENTIAL to be parts of it.
Yes. Lin is future superstar, no question about it. A franchise who doesn't mind paying luxury tax and cares more about headlines than winning won't match offer for future superstar.
Is it wrong that I'm a bit underwhelmed by the guy? It's not like we are all the sudden contenders. At best, the guy might be as good as Kyle and dragic.
1. We sign Lin. 2. Bulls match Asik, or not, doesn't really matter. But, lets assume the do. 3. Rockets trade Martin, Jones, White, and 2 first rounders for Howard, Big Baby, J-Rich. Lin Lamb Parsons Motiejunas Howard Anyone else wetting their pants at this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/s...ture-with-knicks-seems-uncertain.html?_r=1&hp The first report came via the Twitter account of a South Carolina television reporter, Mark Haggard, who said that Felton had told him that the Knicks planned to let Lin leave for Houston. A short time later, Yahoo Sports reported that Lin “appears close” to joining the Rockets, in light of Felton’s deal with the Knicks.
He's probably is the same tier, perhaps slight better than Kyle, and similar upside as Dragic. Kyle would probably give Lin a bit of a hard time actually as I watched Lin play a lot last year and his biggest problems are with physical pg's
The energy he brings is totally different, half of the fans in Toronto was cheering him on when he won that game. If we build this up, we can put more fans on the seat, importantly more money for the franchise and that will help us spend on free-agents.
What Lin brings that the others don't is the circus. Sometimes people want to be a part of the circus and that can bring you the type of talent that ordinarily only ends up in LA or New York. That's a big deal.
