I am happy for Lin to leave such a hateful work environment, it reminds me of Yao's final days when he's injured and everyone just hated on him.
Ah, yes, I remember it well: Yao's teammates and front office had nothing but awful, terrible things to say about him.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p>Spoke to Lin's agents, Jim Tanner/Roger Montgomery, who say that Houston did NOT inform Lin that the No. 7 would be used for Melo images.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/484447119340609536">July 2, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Spoke to Lin's agents, Jim Tanner/Roger Montgomery, who say that Houston did NOT inform Lin that the No. 7 would be used for Melo images.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/484447119340609536">July 2, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
It'd be bad recruiting to put Melo with a different jersey number. If he wears 7 then it's 7. If that was Harden's number I would have still done it. By itself, it isn't so offensive. What he's butthurt about is that its an open secret that he will be traded to make room for Melo/FA -- what's worse, likely dumped with another asset to get essentially nothing but cap space in return, putting his value at something less than zero. That's not the Rockets fault, that's his -- Asik managed to have a positive trade value with the same contract. So, I'm glad he's going to love those that hate him and all that, but it's a wee bit unprofessional to complain about it as if he were being persecuted by the Rockets. He should recognize its the market, it relates to his own performance, and the remainder of the effect is financial dynamics and nothing to do with how much the organization respects him. At the same time, I recognize it's a hard thing to go through and he's only human. So, I'll cut him some slack.
Making a mountain out of a molehill. Lin is likely out of here anyways and isn't going to return. Not sure why anyone cares at this point.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Jeremy Lin has ($)25 million reasons or so not to feel too disrespected by the Rockets.</p>— Jeff Caplan (@Caplan_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/Caplan_NBA/statuses/484447246293798913">July 2, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
In all things contract I rely on Bima. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>That's right. If Melo takes small paycut, Rockets don't even have to include Lin in Melo S&T. Can roll Asik/NOP trade into 3-team deal.</p>— David Weiner (@BimaThug) <a href="https://twitter.com/BimaThug/statuses/484362817886519296">July 2, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> As for everything else, the Woj is usually on point.
Question: if lebron comes on a visit and we use terrence jones #6 on a poster, will it even be mentioned?
Who cares if Lin is offended? We are trying to recruit a star here who happens to wear Lin's number. Not concerned about the feelings of a mediocre backup PG.
