Jeremy Lin's Contract Saga: Part VII

21shumpst · Post #1121 » by **21shumpst** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:49 pm

Falstaffxx wrote:
21shumpst wrote:
Smokey9782 wrote:
45 wins? Is that really what we're shooting for here?

Seriously, I think some fans here have been brainwashed to think that 45 win season is OK and getting spanked out of the playoffs is ok as well. It doesn't seem like its all about the chip anymore. With Lin = NO CHIP!. Without Lin = NO CHIP! This team is doomed to mediocrity for the next 3 years either way.

But we should make the moves that give us the best chance at winning a title.

I agree we should keep Lin, but this whole cluster **** of a situation, could have been avoided, by just sucking it up and signing Lin without all this "drama" and using the same trade to get a SG instead of an overweight less than mediocre PG, who feels that being fat is the way to be the best player he can be. People are all over Kurt Thomas's nuts here, but the dude averaged 3ppg and 3.5rpg last year, and he'll be 41 during the season. This is our back up PF. Its just so pathetic that people are arguing whether we'll be a 45 win team. Who the **** cares if we win 45 games... 48 games... or 42 games... we are no closer to a chip than we were last year. That's what is so frustrating.

AmazingJason · Post #1122 » by **AmazingJason** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:49 pm

makeitstop wrote:
Bigmo5246 wrote:If he came back, he should get the same pressure Melo gets from the fans. And if he doesn't produce, he better get heckled just like Melo does.

I don't think that would be a problem here. It's pretty much a given that he'll be high on the sh*t list if he takes all that money and ends up sucking.

Stephen A. Smith is going to blast Lin for every single mistake he makes in every single game next season and the listeners/callers will be eating it up.

makeitstop · Post #1123 » by **makeitstop** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:49 pm

Bigmo5246 wrote:Deadline is 12:59 right?

You'll be an hour late. Deadline is midnight.

Red Vines · Post #1124 » by **Red Vines** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:49 pm

Realmatic wrote:YOu guys catch what fields said at the raptors press conference introducing him and lowry?

"Fields mentioning "team dynamic changing" last season which caused him to struggle. Lowry smirked because he knew Fields was referring to ball hog Melo."

^^from the raptors board...

That's nonsense, Landry always got his touches and didn't know what to do with them. Pump fake, drive, pump fake, pump fake, pass.

bigfnjoe96 · Post #1125 » by **bigfnjoe96** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:50 pm

GONYK wrote:
Realmatic wrote:YOu guys catch what fields said at the raptors press conference introducing him and lowry?

"Fields mentioning "team dynamic changing" last season which caused him to struggle. Lowry smirked because he knew Fields was referring to ball hog Melo."

^^from the raptors board...

The dynamic would have been fine if he could hit a jumper

21shumpst · Post #1126 » by **21shumpst** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:50 pm

makeitstop wrote:
Fury wrote:How is the New York media so stupid? Jesus. They're so dumb.

If I had a dollar for every fact that ESPN has gotten wrong regarding the Lin situation over the past few days, I could buy myself a nice new guitar or something.

But I'd probably just end up buying a big bag of bath salts, because listening to these schmoes get even the big details completely wrong makes me want to chew someone's face off.

You could probably pay Lin's lux tax.

Bigmo5246 · Post #1127 » by **Bigmo5246** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:50 pm

drtran117 wrote:
Bigmo5246 wrote:
MozTheMan wrote:i never knew so many people hated felton. Didnt seem that way when we had him before

I dont mind Felton. I'm not gonna lie, I'd prefer Lin, but if we had to roll with Felton then so be it, its still a god team that will compete.

My only probelm is I still believe Lin is not good enough for the money he would get. If he came back, he should get the same pressure Melo gets from the fans. And if he doesn't produce, he better get heckled just like Melo does.

You don't think he will be after seeing the media sh*t on Lin constantly through this whole debacle?

Honestly, not so sure. The media was bad on Lin, but he was still a sensation so I didn't see it as being to bad.

Melo gets nothing but sh*t. Except that one month where he went off, Melo has been the scapegoat of everything just because he went looking for more money.

Lin to me is like Melo 2.0 in this situation. He should get the same pressure, ESPECIALLY if he plays like sh*t. I think he will though.

Realmatic · Post #1128 » by **Realmatic** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:51 pm

i was about to say, if field could've hit his shots and knock his free throws down then he would be different...

F N 11 · Post #1129 » by **F N 11** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:51 pm

Lin or no Lin

Fury · Post #1130 » by **Fury** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:52 pm

PG: Jeremy Lin (30)/Raymond Felton (26)
SG: Jason Kidd (20)/JR Smith (16)/Shumpert (12 when he comes back)
SF: Carmelo Anthony (24)/JR Smith (8)/Steve Novak (16)
PF: Amar'e Stoudemire (32)/Carmelo Anthony (10)/Marcus Camby (6)
C: Tyson Chandler (30)/Marcus Camby (18)

COME ON

makeitstop · Post #1131 » by **makeitstop** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:52 pm

AmazingJason wrote:
makeitstop wrote:I don't think that would be a problem here. It's pretty much a given that he'll be high on the sh*t list if he takes all that money and ends up sucking.

Stephen A. Smith is going to blast Lin for every single mistake he makes in every single game next season and the listeners/callers will be eating it up.

Of course. That's why they pay him the Big Major Market Media Knucklehead bucks.

Bigmo5246 · Post #1132 » by **Bigmo5246** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:52 pm

JayKnicKz11 wrote:Lin or no Lin

AmazingJason · Post #1133 » by **AmazingJason** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:52 pm

Fury wrote:PG: Jeremy Lin (30)/Raymond Felton (26)
SG: Jason Kidd (20)/JR Smith (16)/Shumpert (12 when he comes back)
SF: Carmelo Anthony (24)/JR Smith (8)/Steve Novak (16)
PF: Amar'e Stoudemire (32)/Carmelo Anthony (10)/Marcus Camby (6)
C: Tyson Chandler (30)/Marcus Camby (18)

COME ON

You forgot Copeland

Falstaffxx · Post #1134 » by **Falstaffxx** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:52 pm

Bigmo5246 wrote:
JayKnicKz11 wrote:Lin or no Lin

Love people coming to post that they don't care. Thanks for the info.

Suns2k5 · Post #1135 » by **Suns2k5** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:53 pm

GONYK wrote:Anybody who thinks Lin prefers the Rockets to the Knicks are plain wrong. Everyone is Houston knows Lin is hoping the Knicks match

Why did he sign a contract HE knew the knicks would have a hard time matching? You guys act like the knicks are the lakers or celtics when infact they are more like the east coast clippers. They are what they are, slightly over 500, barely making the playoffs and getting blown out in the first round.

Knicksrule2k4 · Post #1136 » by **Knicksrule2k4** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:53 pm

Fury wrote:PG: Jeremy Lin (30)/Raymond Felton (26)
SG: Jason Kidd (20)/JR Smith (16)/Shumpert (12 when he comes back)
SF: Carmelo Anthony (24)/JR Smith (8)/Steve Novak (16)
PF: Amar'e Stoudemire (32)/Carmelo Anthony (10)/Marcus Camby (6)
C: Tyson Chandler (30)/Marcus Camby (18)

COME ON

You forgot Crazy Eyes and White.

Bigmo5246 · Post #1137 » by **Bigmo5246** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:53 pm

Realmatic wrote:YOu guys catch what fields said at the raptors press conference introducing him and lowry?

"Fields mentioning "team dynamic changing" last season which caused him to struggle. Lowry smirked because he knew Fields was referring to ball hog Melo."

^^from the raptors board...

Fields can go to hell.

It's Melo's fault that Fields couldn't hit any damn jumpers huh? I guess it's also Melo's fault he couldn't hit FTs either.

Fury · Post #1138 » by **Fury** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:53 pm

This is a rotation not everyone plays happy family bull.

Fury · Post #1139 » by **Fury** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:54 pm

AmazingJason wrote:
Fury wrote:PG: Jeremy Lin (30)/Raymond Felton (26)
SG: Jason Kidd (20)/JR Smith (16)/Shumpert (12 when he comes back)
SF: Carmelo Anthony (24)/JR Smith (8)/Steve Novak (16)
PF: Amar'e Stoudemire (32)/Carmelo Anthony (10)/Marcus Camby (6)
C: Tyson Chandler (30)/Marcus Camby (18)

COME ON

You forgot Copeland

6 mins for Copeland and 6 mins for KT till Shump comes back. WE GOT THIS.

Falstaffxx · Post #1140 » by **Falstaffxx** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 4:54 pm

Suns2k5 wrote:
GONYK wrote:Anybody who thinks Lin prefers the Rockets to the Knicks are plain wrong. Everyone is Houston knows Lin is hoping the Knicks match

Why did he sign a contract HE knew the knicks would have a hard time matching? You guys act like the knicks are the lakers or celtics when infact they are more like the east coast clippers. They are what they are, slightly over 500, barely making the playoffs and getting blown out in the first round.

The Knicks don't actually have a hard time matching. People were talking 2 years of 5 million followed by 2 years of 15 million each at the start of free agency.