BREAKING: Report - Knicks Won't Match, Lin to Rockets

[SmooveMelo]

I'm not comparing Ewing and Melo in any way other than to say that they're both the best players on their respective teams.

But some of you treated Ewing the exact same way you treat Melo. Unrelenting bashing and bitterness.

It's no wonder Ewing felt like he was never fully respected and chose to gtfo out of NY.

Give it a rest.

This.

[TDcraz5]

Idk. I had a thought in the shower a moment ago...

What if this is Dolan's way of trolling the Rockets? He wants to make them believe they have Lin?

I think we all thought about and prayed for that to be the case.....ya never kno

.....don't think dolan is g'd up enough to pull a stunt like that tho

[kNicksGmen]

Idk. I had a thought in the shower a moment ago...

What if this is Dolan's way of trolling the Rockets? He wants to make them believe they have Lin?

thats what i've been saying all along... but my glimmer of hope is just that... a glimmer at this point... it would be an epic troll job though... it would be over the top in all honesty though.

[moocow007]

Players better than Melo (in no particular order):

LBJ
KD
Kobe
D12
Rondo
Rose
Dirk
Westbrook
Lin
DWill
CP3
Love
Gasol
STAT (if healthy)
Cousins

Bruh really put Lin Gasol Stat and cousins on that list

Honeslty...I don't think even bath salts can do this. Face eating? Yes. This list? Not that strong.

[Quick Kick]

Falstaxx has a nasty, nasty habit of calling everyone racist. Sit yo ass down, son. Smile and have a Coke. Life is good.

[bklynstoops]

Here is how it went because you seem to be confused.

1. Houston makes offer to Lin.
2. Lin presents offer to NY.
3. Our front office being the keystone cops that they are told Lin that they will match. Instead of saying nothing until they got an official offer.
4. Lin goes back to Houston and says they are going to match - do you want to up the offer?
5. Houston ups offer.
6. Dolan says FU you sneaky chinaman GTFO.

I'm pissed at what happened at steps, 3, 4, 5 and 6. But don't leave Lin out of the equation. He pulled a fast one.

Hello, disgusting racist. I clicked on "report this post" but it said it had already been reported. Too bad multiple people can't weigh in, but at least I know I'm not alone in my reaction.

You don't know me, so don't call me a racist. When I said "sneaky chinaman" that's my interpretation of what Dolan is thinking.

Grow up!

now that's a new and creative way to get slurs in there. put them in other people's imagined thoughts. glad I know the new rule.

[Falstaffxx]

So let me get this straight you can't use your own eyes & what you've seen to argue against something? You have to cling onto numbers & statistics?

I sure know what I saw from Carmelo last year, with my own eyes. A bricklayer who put his team in a huge hole, and then quit on the team until the coach got fired. When I watch Griffin, I like what I see.

[ibraheim718]

Present day, Melo is better than Kobe & Wade. And I WHOLEHEARTEDLY believe that. Dirk too.

Now that's just silly... Stop.

[blackbishop]

Jeez. take off the myopic glasses. Here are some numbers, ya know facts for your delusions:

1) Feb: Lin 21ppg, 4 reb, 8.4 assists on 47% shooting and 33% 3 pt fg

2) mar: Lin 15ppg, 3 rebs, 6.3 assists on 41% shooting and 33 3pt %

What that would say to any non-idiotic, non-hater is that he he continued to play well despite playing an incredible number of minutes and being driven to utter exhaustion.

And understand this: his truly great month was no normal hot streak. It was at a level that is extremely rare, and something that almost always indicates very good things about a player's career. Fivethirtyeight did a piece on "players who had a run equal to Lin's at any point in their career" and it's almost all players who had excellent careers, including a lot of all stars and hall of famers. But I'm the myopic, delusional one here of course.

IM DONE.

You just made it sound like LIN is the second coming and you are his prophet.

I got it, LIN is one of the greatest players in the world in your mind. Nevermind, mario chalmers and norris cole prevented him from even getting the ball over half court.

I got it. Lin is great.

not a knick but he is still great. Houston team forum is thataway.

[stevieg987]

Stevieg seriously just put down Cousins--as a player--right now...lol. go away.

Understanding it's all speculation anyway, I think anyone think that this was about the money is misguided. The tremendous tonal change when an additional $5mm makes clear to me that MSG--dolan--were pissed and felt betrayed by Lin.

figured Lin would be a dead giveaway. cousins was the cherry on top though.

I was just



altho for real

lbj kd cp3 dwight wade rose westbrook rondo kobe (maybe, dwill) are better than Melo. The rest, nah.

[Knicker23]

Here I am thinking we no longer have Lin, not Melo.

[JBreezeNY]

So let me get this straight you can't use your own eyes & what you've seen to argue against something? You have to cling onto numbers & statistics?

I sure know what I saw from Carmelo last year, with my own eyes. A bricklayer who put his team in a huge hole, and then quit on the team until the coach got fired. When I watch Griffin, I like what I see.

That's nice & all but you haven't answered my question as to how Blake is better than Melo

[KnicksChamps]

Idk. I had a thought in the shower a moment ago...

What if this is Dolan's way of trolling the Rockets? He wants to make them believe they have Lin?

thats what i've been saying all along... but my glimmer of hope is just that... a glimmer at this point... it would be an epic troll job though... it would be over the top in all honesty though.

Idk. I had a thought in the shower a moment ago...

What if this is Dolan's way of trolling the Rockets? He wants to make them believe they have Lin?

I think we all thought about and prayed for that to be the case.....ya never kno

.....don't think dolan is g'd up enough to pull a stunt like that tho

A guy can dream...it's only a matter of a few hours remaining...

[kNicksGmen]

chinaman is considered racist?

[drtran117]

chinaman is considered racist?

You can't be serious.

[damedash09]

Mike Fisher: Jeremy Lin eats babies. #Knicks

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[moocow007]

I'm not comparing Ewing and Melo in any way other than to say that they're both the best players on their respective teams.

But some of you treated Ewing the exact same way you treat Melo. Unrelenting bashing and bitterness.

It's no wonder Ewing felt like he was never fully respected and chose to gtfo out of NY.

Give it a rest.

This.

While I think Ewing was better, yes, Ewing was basically chewed alive on a regular basis being blamed for just about everything wrong with the team. John Starks OTOH? Not until the 3-14 (or whatever) shooting night against the Rockets (where the Starks train finally fell off the tracks) was basically Lin like in that regard. But boy, once it went off the tracks...it went off the tracks from the fan POV. They essentially ran Starks out of town. It was actually sad seeing the confused look on Starks face when it happened.

[Pharmcat]

Marc Berman ‏@NYPost_Berman

Confirmed Rockets in dark on #Knicks intentions with Lin. Still believe #Knicks would've matched current #s had that been first agreement.

yea this is just poor sport by NY

we know you aint matching, its time to move on....disclose it and move on

[KnicksChamps]

Present day, Melo is better than Kobe & Wade. And I WHOLEHEARTEDLY believe that. Dirk too.

Now that's just silly... Stop.

Wade can't carry a team.

And Kobe isn't capable of it any more.

[aggo]

Marc Berman ‏@NYPost_Berman

Confirmed Rockets in dark on #Knicks intentions with Lin. Still believe #Knicks would've matched current #s had that been first agreement.

yea this is just poor sport by NY

we know you aint matching, its time to move on....disclose it and move on

i know.


just get on with it.