Jeremy Lin agrees to terms on offer sheet [Update: Lin officially signs]

Tuesday midnight

 

here's a link from ESPN showing the Tuesday deadline and Stephen A. talking about how Knicks won't match.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...y-lin-houston-rockets-offer-sheet-sources-say

 

I know it seems obvious to say, but there are many factors involved in determining a company's stock price. I hope yall arent seriously thinking you can get any sort of indicator on this from MSG's stock price.

 

yes, these parameters in the new cba have been brought up earlier in the thread....but alas, one cannot discount the possibility of the league office making exceptions from time to time for basketball reasons

 

uuummm, yeah.

unlikely

The Hornets situation was unique and since the NBA no longer owns any of the existing teams, it has no bearing on anything else, ever.

 

That's the catch-22. The only way a team would want him at all would be if he was playing so well that NYK would not trade him anyway.

If he is not playing well, to the point where they would want to trade him, that would mean he would be essentially un-tradeable.

And Dolan does not JUST have to answer to stock prices - by that I mean, what happens to his stock price when he takes about an 80-million LOSS primarily because of the Lin contract? I think THAT would make the stock dip a bit as well. It should anyway.

I'll say it again, if Dolan matches this offer, he is a pure 100% moron.

Sadly though, he may in fact be a pure 100% moron.

We'll know soon enough though.

I am more concerned at this point about what Plan B for PG is.. Douglas? Then what?

Machado and Fortson are not answers, even for 3-string backups. Machado MAY be able to handle 3rd-string, but Fortson, come on, that guy is not NBA material, he is not even up to summer league standards, just awful.

Is it going to be AB?

Sign Lin, then no AB?

Don't sign Lin, then sign AB and go with Douglas/AB?

Ouch.

 

There is a pretty good battle going on for NY right now, so all this Lintragedy is playing well from the Nets perspective. For example.......






And, here is a great little video someone did. If you have ever wondering about Knicks owner Dolan or the new Nets guy -- Prokhorov -- this will help alittle. Plus, its kind of funny.


<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17523470" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/17523470">Battle of the Boroughs: Dolan vs. Prokhorov fight!</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/thejones">The Basketball Jones</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

 

Nevermind. I'm an idiot.

 

http://www.google.com/insights/sear...udemire,tyson chandler&date=1/2012 12m&cmpt=q

 

What exceptions were made to the last CBA? The voided Gasol trade wasn't a violation, as the league was running the Hornets in lieu of any ownership.

 

Twitter "reporting" now that all Lin mercandise have been shelved and he doesnt appear on the roster on knicksnow.com anymore lol

 

Let's hope Dolan & co. buy into the pipe dream that it CP3 to the Knicks next summer. That's their justification for not matching Lin.

 

Did the SnT for Felton go through? Why bring him and Kidd in if they're bringing in Lin?

 

if NY remains over the apron(4M over lux line) they are penalized as follows.

http://www.cbafaq.com/salarycap.htm#Q23

 

I wanna know about the SnT also..any updates?

 

This is what gives me a bit of confidence. The "match him, then we can trade later" argument that Knicks fans are putting forth is shallow, because the $15 mil year isn't appealing to other teams, either. At least 3/4 of the league isn't even in play for such a trade, because the Knicks would have to take back salary from a capped-out team to make it work, defeating the whole purpose.

For the few teams under the cap, what incentive do they have to just take on an enormous contract (even if expiring)? The Lin "marketability" angle is predicated on him playing well. If he doesn't, he's yesterday's news and will fade to obscurity. Of course, if Lin plays well, he's both valuable to the Knicks and in a trade. But if the Knicks had complete confidence in that, I don't see them signing Kidd or Felton, much less both.

It's an enormous financial gamble, and the "just trade him later" crowd isn't thinking it through.

 

It's on the NBA.com transactions page, so I believe it's official.

http://www.nba.com/news/transactions/2012_13/

 

Screamin' A.:


All of this a financial decision?

That's what they're saying. They say it's about the tax. Something they're not willing to do and that's why Felton is a Knick. Another message this morning is saying how Mr. Dolan is revisiting the situation. It's up for grabs as we speak. As of yesterday afternoon, I was told the Knicks weren't matching. Now you're hearing Lin wants to be with the Knicks. All this comes down to James Dolan. Basketball people are ready to move on without Lin. If Dolan wants him, then everyone else will fall in line.

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This situation has no effect on Howard. Not like he'll want to go to Houston now because of Lin. Financially, not much of an impact because Houston has cap space to play with. Howard has given every indication that he wants to be there for one year as a rental and then move on to Brooklyn or as a distant number two, Dallas. I say LA is always in the mix. Houston is not a significant part of the mix. Then again, things can change because this is Dwight Howard here.

 

Funny how SAS says that the Knicks gave him the chance after everyone else slept on him and Lin should be thankful for it. Right....He only got a chance because half of the NYK team was injured...

 

I think Dolan is just playing Morey and will match easily

Why wouldn't he?

I mean Lin will make them money anyways...

Currently its about Dolans ego, he got butt-hurt a bit and has to let go, he eventually will

my money is on him matching last minute.