Stephen A. Smith: "Heard some news about some potential deal involving Jeremy Lin"

I hope its Asik + Lin for Lebron like Rice Man said or is it Rice Cake... *shrugs*

 

Lin + Asik for Melo. Man, that would be sweet. Melo, Harden, Howard equals championship.

 

Hey let's grab Kyrie Irving for Casspi and a first round pick too

 

**** the 1st rounder, get Blake or Durant. Silver will be forced to change the rules so that there will be 5 balls on the court.

 

they lost:
Jason Kidd
Rasheed Wallace
Chis Copland
Kurt Thomas
(good) J R Smith

 

Yes 2 ball hog on the same. That going to win u a championship.

 

found one!

 

would be extremely stupid. As a fan of the Rockets I care much more about their success then the GARM.

 

Yeah, it'd be the Knicks. The remaining teams that do not have a NBA-quality starting point guard are tanking, they aren't going to give up assets to get an expensive point guard who will only hurt them by giving them a few extra wins.

But it's hard to come up with a trade that makes sense for both sides. The only assets the Knicks have are Hardaway Jr. and maybe Shumpert. Them two straight up for Lin doesn't seem like a trade the Knicks would do, and Morey isn't going to deal Lin for just Hardaway.

My guess is they are using Lin to the Knicks, Hardaway Jr. to the Rockets as a baseline, and are trying to bring in a 3rd team to find something that works. Maybe a taker for Asik, maybe a taker for Knicks bad salary, a veteran contributor to send to the Rockets, etc.

Don't hold your breath.

 

Yes, in your dream.

 

Bottom line: The Melo Hit is what is in play for the Knicks. 'What does Melo want???'

Bottomer line: More sense, if any sense at all, would be a three-way with JLin to Raps for Lowry to Knixies, then the deal gets built.

 

He also broke LBJ and Bosh signing in Miami with Wade. He didn't throw it out there as a possibility, he said it was happening and got into detail about Riley and LBJ and Maverick Carter and Bosh being an after thought... So he sometimes breaks news.

 

Exactly. Clutch is missing the bigger point. Melo was running the team then when they decided not to sign Lin. What I disagree with or am not so sure about is if Melo is running the show now.

Melo is definitely unhappy. He wants to win and he wants to do it now. He has already declared he is looking forward to free agency. He knows what the Knicks can offer him. 30 mil more than anyone else. If he was planning on staying he could have easily declared that. The Knicks want assurances he will stay. He hasn't given them any assurances.

You have to remember the Knicks are owned by MSG Network. They have boatloads of money. Not saying they want to throw it away but Linsanity was making them a profit. They could have easily road that boat if only Melo said yes please. He didn't. The first words out of his mouth after Houston made it's offer was, “It’s not up to me. It’s up to the organization to say that they want to match that ridiculous contract that’s out there.”

Since when did Melo determine what contracts are ridiculous. Melo clearly voiced his opinion which was don't pay that boy. But now he is not their Darling or at least the real possibility of walking is real. And MSG Network whose most important job is to put an entertaining product on TV is worried they will have crapola next year to air.

Losing Melo gives them nothing next year. They still will be in cap hell if he leaves with only the MLE to add someone and a team of Stoudemire, Bargnani, Felton JR Smith and Chandler to role out on the floor. MSG is terrified of that. They don't have a first round pick. In fact only 1 in the next three years and have traded all of their second round picks until 2018 . The Knicks are a mess and Melo wants to hold them hostage.

Lin is an alternative to Melo. If Melo walks they will have someone to showcase. Yeah he is not a star but he lead a starless team on an insanity tour the season before less. MSG can bank on his character. So the tank unintentionally in a year they own their first pick. They clean house that summer and witth Lin they only have 20 mil in cap used. If they somehow work a deal for Asik as well they have a reasonably young PG and center to build around. Even with bot those players they would still have enough for at least one Max player and another solid starter.

Melo is not coming back. He sees the hell that is the knicks and maybe just maybe the Knicks see what melo is. A flashy scoring superstar that will never win a championship. People about the poison pill contract of Lin but the really poison pill is Melo. If they resign him that team will be miserable for years to come. If they cut their losses now they will at least have a much quicker rebuilding process. When they got Melo MSG thought had the star they needed and let Lin walk. Now they realize that was a mistake and are trying to correct it.

If I'm the Knicks I trade Melo for Gasol and the Lakers first round pick. Sign Lin and move on. It's their best chance to get back on track and why they want to deal with us now and are ready to throw Hardaway in a deal. For Houston Lin is a high price to pay for a 6th man. For the Knicks Lin gives them a box office draw they hope. New York went crazy for Linsanity. Linsanity 2 is a real possibility. I just Morey sucks them dry if we do the deal.

 

I think the LOFs would shi t their pants....a dream come true for them. I can see it now: Lin saves the Knicks Part 2. Morey...don't do it. Keep Lin!!

 

I wouldn't mind Shumpert and Chandler for Asik and Lin. To me it still doesn't seem like Asik is happy to be here, but I could be just reading to much into his facial expressions. Salaries seem to match: http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=k4xaa3l

 

Oh my goodness…. we woudn't even make the play-offs … to much ball-hoggers …. seriously I hope you know this would't work !

to much it's my team on ONE team…..

 

It's simple

YES: Lin + asik + pick = chandler, shumpert, hardaway
NO : Lin + asik = chandler, shumpert
YES : asik + brewer + smith/casspi + pick = chandler & shumpert