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

His match against Ivan Lendl (semi-finals?) on the way to winning that Open was the gutsiest performance I've ever seen in sports.

 

No. Once ink hits the offer sheet it's a done deal. The question is whether your current team matches and you're playing for them or they let you walk.

 

What a depressing list, especially sessions. Garbage.

 

Aaron Brooks: played like the PG of the future for all but one year as a Rocket. Unfortunately, it was his contract year when he seemed to have lost it. He's never been the same since. A second chance might help.

Randy Foye: Started of looking great. Hasn't improved on nice rookie campaign. More of a 2 guard in a PG body. Bum's Eric Gordon. Not the worst, but I do not like him as a PGat all, especially a starting one.

Ramon Sessions: blew up in MIL. Hasn't showed much since, but he is a steady hand. He'll make the right pass more times than not. I like him over Brooks and Foye, but I'd still be bummed. Limited scoring ability due to jumpshot.

If Morey is indeed still trying to land a superstar like Howard, he better find better PGs than these. Should have kept Dragic or Lowry.

 

I know NY had troubles with Melo and Lin playing together when Melo came back from his injury. I don't remember but did ever get better as they played more games. I'm just wondering if Melo and Lin can seamlessly play together considering they both need the ball in their hand to be effective.

 

I thought according to this board lin sucks.

 

no. lin was not effective since ball was not in his hand. melo had ball most time. it was woodson's call to get ball to melo. it's one reason woodson got head coach job. d'antonio refused so he was not with knicks anymore.

i don't know why knicks need to match the offer after they got kidds. although kidds is old, kidds is capable to bring ball up and dump it to melo. woodson doesn't need kidds to do anything special. of coz, melo won't allow woodson to write plays for kidds.

 

Kidd.

 

Lin and Melo's games do not fit together.

 

This may be a silly question, and perhaps someone has already addressed this, but if so I did not see it.

So here it is (and I ask because I genuinely don't know and am curious):

Since we have made a formal offer to Lin, and NYK swears they will match the offer, are we able to 'up the ante', so to speak? Can we raise the offer, or make a new higher offer, to counter NYK's offer? Or is this all a one-shot deal?

In other words, is it like an auction, or is it more like sealed bids for a project, where you only get one shot to make your best offer?

 

Can't do anything now. The offer is the offer that was agreed to. Now it's wait until it's signed then wait to see NY matches

 

but does any team want their starting PG to shoot 35% and average 5 points and 5 assists a game and get lit up? jkidd is too old to play significant minutes at this point in his career.

 

i remember reading somewhere last season that mike woodson was not too fond of jeremy lin or playing him at all. i wonder if that will factor into the knicks decision at all?? i maybe wrong though...

 

The deal could go higher in 3rd and 4th years but first two will remain $5 mil first yr, $5.x mil 2nd yr.

Easy for NY to match and trade later to say, for e.g Dallas for cap space + picks or beaubois.

 

To be fair, Melo's game doesn't fit next to anyone that's not a defensive role player.

 

so we have lin.......

 

this...

 

There's no need to wait. NY will match.

This is all for show. If the Rockets were truly serious about adding Lin they'd let another team offer a deal, watch NY match, and then try to trade for him on Dec 15.

 

It's to ensure NYK doesn't have much cap space in a few years. Why let them resign Lin for lower?

 

I really hope NY matches, which I expect they will. Too much advertising dollars to be made with the large Asian population in the NY area. I dont think a $30 mill Lin is the right direction for us.