Re: Felton traded to Knicks; Not matching Lin? (part 4)

adjacent2bench · Post #22 » by **adjacent2bench** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:00 am

How is it that every damn summer, the Knicks have to be in the middle of some damn controversy. I was happy last year after Paul went to L.A, that the Knicks could just have a chill summer. Honestly don't see that happening any time soon, especially with all these "20 _ _ Free Agency" plans.

CoolKids · Post #23 » by **CoolKids** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:00 am

I was ecstatic we swapped felton for billups. A healthy billups and no way we get swept vs boston. If we had him AND Tyson (I know it wasnt possible) we would have been a higher seed and gone somewhere in the playoffs.

Post #24 » by **Thugger HBC** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:00 am

Pharmcat wrote:i'll be locking the other tread soon

just remember

1) keep it on topic
2) no personal attacks
3) not a player comparison thread with melo

thanks

Good luck with those three Pharm. :lol:

GetItDone · Post #25 » by **GetItDone** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:00 am

@ ESPN Bottomline.

"The Knicks have decided not to match Lin's offer sheet from HOU according to Stephen A. Smith. The Knicks have not made any decision yet."

Pharmcat · Post #26 » by **Pharmcat** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:01 am

at this time

my believe is lin is gone, and lots of negative press will come in the next couple days

I will not believe this has anything to do with luxury tax, this team had months to plan for it and gave out long term deals to kidd camby novak, surely they had to factor in lin's #?

Realmatic · Post #27 » by **Realmatic** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:01 am

YES!!!!! 400+ pages bashing lin, melo, Amar'e, Woodson, Dantoni, Dolan, Isiah, Grunwald, Kidd, Felton, JR Smith, spike lee, chris rock, fred wilpon, charles smith, anthony bonner! etc etc

the life of a kinck fan!

boomann21 · Post #28 » by **boomann21** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:01 am

LINIZALLSTAR wrote:

Is that Lin mullig the decision?

goshjosh · Post #29 » by **goshjosh** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:01 am

Let's have bets on how many parts this thred will end up having. I say 11.

Post #30 » by **GONYK** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:01 am

adjacent2bench wrote:How is it that every damn summer, the Knicks have to be in the middle of some damn controversy. I was happy last year after Paul went to L.A, that the Knicks could just have a chill summer. Honestly don't see that happening any time soon, especially with all these "20 _ _ Free Agency" plans.

This really isnt a controversy. It's a simple process of matching a RFA. It happens every offseason, multiple times an offseason.

Post #31 » by **mpharris36** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:01 am

waya wrote:

cgmw · Post #32 » by **cgmw** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:01 am

Realmatic wrote:YES!!!!! 400+ pages bashing lin, melo, Amar'e, Woodson, Dantoni, Dolan, Isiah, Grunwald, Kidd, Felton, JR Smith, spike lee, chris rock, fred wilpon, charles smith, anthony bonner! etc etc

the life of a kinck fan!

I've been away all weekend, hadn't read any of these 400 pages. Thanks for catching me up!

RHODEY · Post #33 » by **RHODEY** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:02 am

i'll repeat my sentiments again...I don't understand why, after a contract to be matched has been signed between the Rockets and Lin, they can - at the 11th hour, no less - replace that contract with a new one that is more impervious to being matched by the Knicks. Seems underhanded to me on the part of both the Rockets and Lin. Given that Lin is a Harvard graduate, I'm sure that he is smart enough to understand the disloyal, misleading, calculated aspects of his maneuvering in collaboration with the Rockets.

Do we really want to outlay that much money for a player who apparently doesn't want to be a NYK and who apparently behaved deceptively during the negotiations?

In any sport, if I'm a coach, manager or GM, I'd want players who have enthusiasm for playing for the team I coach or manage in some capacity. I also think that Lin has already undermined his camaraderie with his fellow Knicks. The Knicks are now an older team for the most part, but they have players who want to be Knicks.

I see no reason why Lin who agreed to the original Houston offer and was fully aware that it was in the best interest of the Knicks didn't insist on that original offer being honored. He had cash in hand either way. The original offer *for sure* kept him in NY.

For a guy from Harvard did he really think that the new contract that totally hoses the Knicks payroll going forward would somehow be way better than the love and respect he earned in NY? Did he think he wouldn't make up that money in the first few months of a NY contract?

Lin, no matter what the numbers say, was in NO danger of not making huge endorsement money that render the contract numbers quaint.

Knicks_Fan2 · Post #34 » by **Knicks_Fan2** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:02 am

Is there some reason Shemy gets more rope on the Melo hating than other posters? He is not even trying to address the Lin issue and is blatantly trolling--stupidly I might add.

DE FENSE · Post #35 » by **DE FENSE** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:02 am

I've never seen more emotional grown men than I have here on this board over the passed 6 years

Native · Post #36 » by **Native** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:02 am

I blame Scott Layden for this mess.

Pharmcat · Post #37 » by **Pharmcat** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:02 am

waya wrote:

adjacent2bench · Post #38 » by **adjacent2bench** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:02 am

NYK Mentality wrote:I've been a Knicks fan for 20+ years before I ever heard the name Jeremy Lin. I'll remain a Knicks fan until the day I'm deal and gone. This still doesn't change the fact that I'm down about losing out on a potential top 5-7 PG, while landing an aging Kidd (who's on the verge of near retirement) along with an above average PG in Felton.

Although I will say this, those who were against the Carmelo trade? Can no longer be upset. Felton has returned.

Eh, we didn't really care for Felton. Losing Gallo and Chandler and throwing in Mozgov ...nvm I aint even gonna go back into that.

Post #39 » by **duetta** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:02 am

GetItDone wrote::lol: @ ESPN Bottomline.

"The Knicks have decided not to match Lin's offer sheet from HOU according to Stephen A. Smith. The Knicks have not made any decision yet."

Pretty funny. And these people get paid to write for a living.

Jay10 · Post #40 » by **Jay10** » Mon Jul 16, 2012 2:02 am

LINIZALLSTAR wrote: