All Lin talk here

[Quick Kick]

Nobody has to worry about Lin making us look stupid. He has no one in Houston to take pressure off him. Teams will be gameplanning for him. Top tier PGs like CP3, Westbrook, Nash, Williams, Rondo, Dragic, Parker, Irving, Rubio, etc will destroy him every time out. Those awkward floaters and clumsy jump shots aint gonna fall like they did in NY. He will be exposed and will end up getting benched by the All Star break. Book it.

You just put Dragic, Irving, Rubio up there with other great PGs... really?
Dragic has proved just as much as Lin has if not less, Rubio was a rookie who averaged 10 and 8, you could make a case that Irving is better as a player at this stage and he's younger, but last time Lin completely destroyed Irving.

Try again.

Rubio was in the running for ROY and had the Wolves in playoff contention until he went down. The WOLVES! WTF @ using averages in this instance as the basis of your argument. And even still, 8 assists as a rookie is no joke. Id take Ricky over Lin any day.

Dragic has playoff experience. He killed LA a couple years back. Dragic is definitely one of the best PGs in the West.

Lin destroying Irving? LOL. Hardly. It was close until the 4th quarter when we broke away. Lin was pretty pedestrian from what I remember.

Try to be wrong less often, please.

[Quick Kick]

Lol gotta love Lin jock sniffers.

Remember when Lin DESTROYED Deron Williams?
Remember when Lin OWNED Kyrie Irving?
Remember when Lin LOCKED DOWN Derrick Rose?

Remember when Lin LIGHT UP Mario Cha... nevermind.

lol. Lin haters always focusing on one game in which the Heat game planned against, doubled teamed, and full court pressed Lin the whole game.

So youre saying if teams gameplan for him and take him seriously, he crumbles under pressure and is utterly useless? Nice! Have fun, Houston.

[gamer4Life]

Rubio and Dragic are NOT top-tier point guards, not yet anyway. They are just as unproven as Lin.

But since Stockton and Nash are white, there is some precedence to how great Rubio and Dragic can be. They are also every bit as great for marketing purposes as Lin is, because the majority white population in their respective cities will love them.

[Tron Carter]

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[knicksnyk]

Nobody has to worry about Lin making us look stupid. He has no one in Houston to take pressure off him. Teams will be gameplanning for him. Top tier PGs like CP3, Westbrook, Nash, Williams, Rondo, Dragic, Parker, Irving, Rubio, etc will destroy him every time out. Those awkward floaters and clumsy jump shots aint gonna fall like they did in NY. He will be exposed and will end up getting benched by the All Star break. Book it.

You just put Dragic, Irving, Rubio up there with other great PGs... really?
Dragic has proved just as much as Lin has if not less, Rubio was a rookie who averaged 10 and 8, you could make a case that Irving is better as a player at this stage and he's younger, but last time Lin completely destroyed Irving.

Try again.

Rubio was in the running for ROY and had the Wolves in playoff contention until he went down. The WOLVES! WTF @ using averages in this instance as the basis of your argument. And even still, 8 assists as a rookie is no joke. Id take Ricky over Lin any day.

Dragic has playoff experience. He killed LA a couple years back. Dragic is definitely one of the best PGs in the West.

Lin destroying Irving? LOL. Hardly. It was close until the 4th quarter when we broke away. Lin was pretty pedestrian from what I remember.

Try to be wrong less often, please.

Lol Laughing at Dragic being one of the best pg's in the west. He is equally as unproven as Lin is. And No Lin didn't destry Irving but I am laughing at pedestrian. Since when is 19 points 5 rebounds 13 assist 1 steal 1 TO pedestrian? Try to be wrong less often please.

[knicksnyk]

Quick

James Harden and John wall say hello.

[knicksnyk]

Rubio and Dragic are NOT top-tier point guards, not yet anyway. They are just as unproven as Lin.

But since Stockton and Nash are white, there is some precedence to how great Rubio and Dragic can be. They are also every bit as great for marketing purposes as Lin is, because the majority white population in their respective cities will love them.

Well said.

[drp07644]

Lol gotta love Lin jock sniffers.

Remember when Lin DESTROYED Deron Williams?
Remember when Lin OWNED Kyrie Irving?
Remember when Lin LOCKED DOWN Derrick Rose?

Remember when Lin LIGHT UP Mario Cha... nevermind.

lol. Lin haters always focusing on one game in which the Heat game planned against, doubled teamed, and full court pressed Lin the whole game.

So youre saying if teams gameplan for him and take him seriously, he crumbles under pressure and is utterly useless? Nice! Have fun, Houston.

Carmelo Anthony vs the Miami Heat says hello!

[Quick Kick]

Carmelo with no help at all yet still dumping 40+ on Lebrons head and scraping out a win nearly by himself says hello too. Woulda been nice if Mr. 85% had manned up and chipped in, but I guess the thought of facing Mario Chalmers for a whole series made him piss himself.

[knicksnyk]

Carmelo with no help at all yet still dumping 40+ on Lebrons head and scraping out a win nearly by himself says hello too. Woulda been nice if Mr. 85% had manned up and chipped in, but I guess the thought of facing Mario Chalmers for a whole series made him piss himself.

Your absolutely right.

[Bronx Baller]

Stackhouse gave his opinion. I wonder how many other players would agree with an anonymous poll?

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/n ... 3BB3r0ruAL

New Nets guard Jerry Stackhouse thinks the Knicks made the right move by not bringing back Jeremy Lin.

Stackhouse, an 18-year NBA veteran, said in a video interview on SI.com that the Rockets’ three-year, $25.1 million offer sheet was too much to match “for a guy that’s only played 25 games for you.” Lin, a restricted free agent, signed the sheet and the Knicks decided officially Tuesday not to meet it, mostly because Houston tinkered with it late and added more guaranteed money in the third year.

Stackhouse, who will be playing his home games across the East River from the Knicks in Brooklyn this coming season, believes the Rockets might grow to regret the finances of the deal, too.

“I think it’s too much, I think they're gonna look back three years from now and say we maybe could have used this to go out and get another player,” Stackhouse said. ... “I think it’s going to hamper them.”

Lin “was great” for the Knicks last year, Stackhouse said, but even “the cable man” – Knicks owner and Cablevision head James Dolan – said it “was a little bit too much.” Stackhouse feels that Raymond Felton, who the Knicks acquired in a sign-and-trade with the Blazers last week, is “a better point guard than Jeremy Lin right now.”

Stackhouse, who signed a one-year deal with the Nets earlier this month, also doesn’t think the added marketability of Lin due to his Asian American heritage will help in Houston.

“I don’t think they’re gonna sell that much [merchandise],” Stackhouse said.

[AVolumeScorer]

Woulda been nice if Mr. 85% had manned up and chipped in,

Stephen A?

[Thugger HBC]

Woulda been nice if Mr. 85% had manned up and chipped in,

Stephen A?

I felt it was weaksauce as well when Lin put that out there.

Clarifying what he meant made it worse, then reporting this summer he wanted to play but the entire team and owner said "no, you're the future" really pushed the perception over the edge.

[gamer4Life]

With regard to the "85%", it's perfectly reasonable to talk that way, as in "I'm 85% there [to playing]". If you take his other comments, such as "I couldn't touch the rim", that tells you a lot about his condition.

Let's face it, he was able to play the moment he got injured. All he had to do was sit down on the court and do nothing - but of course, that hurts the team. To be able to play, you need to be able to contribute - so technically he was always able to play, but his knee had to be healed to a degree that he was able to contribute in a positive way - that means being able to drive to the basket, jump off one leg, take contact, land on one leg, etc... If he wasn't able to touch the rim, that tells you he probably wasn't able to do the other things that enable him to make a positive contribution. In other words, he would be a liability if he stepped on the court. But yeah, he could have still dressed up and played poorly, but that wouldn't have helped the team.

[mys_ticked]

Man, you guys gotta ease up here. Everyone seems to be a fortune teller these days, sheesh. So many can predict the future apparently.

Either you have too high expectations on Lin and put him on too high a pedestal, or constantly doubting him and wanting him to fail.

So hard to find rational peops online these days. Shakes head.

Give the kid time to play first before predicting his success or downfall, will ya? The polarizing views on this kid are really extreme...seriously. And same goes to all the other NBA players.

[Thugger HBC]

With regard to the "85%", it's perfectly reasonable to talk that way, as in "I'm 85% there [to playing]". If you take his other comments, such as "I couldn't touch the rim", that tells you a lot about his condition.

Let's face it, he was able to play the moment he got injured. All he had to do was sit down on the court and do nothing - but of course, that hurts the team. To be able to play, you need to be able to contribute - so technically he was always able to play, but his knee had to be healed to a degree that he was able to contribute in a positive way - that means being able to drive to the basket, jump off one leg, take contact, land on one leg, etc... If he wasn't able to touch the rim, that tells you he probably wasn't able to do the other things that enable him to make a positive contribution. In other words, he would be a liability if he stepped on the court. But yeah, he could have still dressed up and played poorly, but that wouldn't have helped the team.

I get your point, but a healthy Toney Douglas was a liability as well.

[CU_NY09]

Man, you guys gotta ease up here. Everyone seems to be a fortune teller these days, sheesh. So many can predict the future apparently.

Either you have too high expectations on Lin and put him on too high a pedestal, or constantly doubting him and wanting him to fail.

So hard to find rational peops online these days. Shakes head.

Give the kid time to play first before predicting his success or downfall, will ya? The polarizing views on this kid are really extreme...seriously. And same goes to all the other NBA players.

It says a lot about this board. Before I signed up, I used to lurk for insight from longtime, knowledgeable posters. But some of them have left or taken a break since the Lin saga (final straw). Now we're left with talking points and punch lines.

[boomann21]

Man, you guys gotta ease up here. Everyone seems to be a fortune teller these days, sheesh. So many can predict the future apparently.

Either you have too high expectations on Lin and put him on too high a pedestal, or constantly doubting him and wanting him to fail.

So hard to find rational peops online these days. Shakes head.

Give the kid time to play first before predicting his success or downfall, will ya? The polarizing views on this kid are really extreme...seriously. And same goes to all the other NBA players.

It says a lot about this board. Before I signed up, I used to lurk for insight from longtime, knowledgeable posters. But some of them have left or taken a break since the Lin saga (final straw). Now we're left with talking points and punch lines.

Don't forget about the big booties and funny gif's.

[CU_NY09]

Man, you guys gotta ease up here. Everyone seems to be a fortune teller these days, sheesh. So many can predict the future apparently.

Either you have too high expectations on Lin and put him on too high a pedestal, or constantly doubting him and wanting him to fail.

So hard to find rational peops online these days. Shakes head.

Give the kid time to play first before predicting his success or downfall, will ya? The polarizing views on this kid are really extreme...seriously. And same goes to all the other NBA players.

It says a lot about this board. Before I signed up, I used to lurk for insight from longtime, knowledgeable posters. But some of them have left or taken a break since the Lin saga (final straw). Now we're left with talking points and punch lines.

Don't forget about the big booties and funny gif's.

Ha! Thanks for trying to be funny, much appreciated. Not sure how naked pics/funny gifs contribute to polarizing views on Lin, but okay.

[boomann21]

It says a lot about this board. Before I signed up, I used to lurk for insight from longtime, knowledgeable posters. But some of them have left or taken a break since the Lin saga (final straw). Now we're left with talking points and punch lines.

Don't forget about the big booties and funny gif's.

Ha! Thanks for trying to be funny, much appreciated. Not sure how naked pics/funny gifs contribute to polarizing views on Lin, but okay.

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Lol..it has nothing to do with anything you guys were talking about. You just said the board has been diluted down to talking points and punch lines and I was making you aware of what all the Knicks realgm board has to offer you...........











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