Felton traded to Knicks; Not matching Lin? (part 2)

[makeitstop]

Just a quick question before I head to Home Depot - does this mean all the Lin fans will be moving to the Houston board now?

[Brownsville's Finest]

ehh i wouldn't be so sure about the Knicks matching, guys.

Seth Rosenthal ‏@seth_rosenthal

Thanks! RT @rodboone: Melo on Lin: "It's not up to me. It's up to the organization to say that they want to match that ridiculous contract."

Maybe cooler heads will prevail.

Melo called it a ridiculous contract? No more ridiculous than Melo's.

now melos contract is ridiculous?

[Red Vines]

Rod Boone ‏@rodboone
I asked Melo if #Knicks would be OK at PG with J-Kidd & Felton: "I mean, what other point guards are we going to get at this point?"

Bye Lin.

[K_ick_God]

I think Melo said it with a smile ... ridiculous like ridiculously good. I don't think he met anything by it but it shows that Melo is pretty dumb and can't choose his words properly.

[moocow007]

Just a quick question before I head to Home Depot - does this mean all the Lin fans will be moving to the Houston board now?

Probably.

[Jstarks3]

found it.

David Weiner ‏@BimaThug
Been told Felton deal not finalized. B/c Lin offer sheet delivered, current Felton S&T no longer works. NYK now needs to add Bibby or Baron.

[JBreezeNY]

Wow, if Melo really said that, then that's messed up and I lost a lot of respect for him. Really petty and pathetic on his part.

So we gonna act like that isn't a ridiculous contract & we haven't been spending the last couple of days lamenting on that ridiculous contract offer by the Rockets?

I mean really?

[NyKnicks1714]

who the hell is rod boone ?

I don't know, some Newsday guy, but he's in DC covering the Olympic team right now.

[Knicks_Fan2]

I think Melo isn't referring to the number, but the way the number balloons from 5-to-15. (searching for additional excuses).

[god shammgod]

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Here's what you'll need sham

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[Red Vines]

Melo wants CP3 bad.

[GratefulDead]

Just FYI I'm saving every post saying "if lin is gone I'm gone" and putting it in my signature incase anyone tries to post after he leaves

[earthmansurfer]

Alan Hahn via Twitter/Sulia:

Alan Hahn

My personal opinion is you just don't let a young, immensely popular player like this just walk without any compensation. This kid just fell out of the sky, a gift from the basketball gods. If you match, he can't be traded until Dec. 15. Can't deal him to Houston until next summer. But these will be a market for him regardless. Just my opinion, but letting him walk for nothing is hard for me to understand.

Edit: This is how I feel as well.

Nice. Something just seems really off if we don't match the offer.

[Knick4Real]

So let me get this straight:

KINCKS turn Jared Jeffries and Dan Gadzuric into Raymond Felton and Kurt Thomas, so that AUTOMATICALLY means we're not matching Lin???????????

Um...is everybody smoking from the same pipe???

200+ pages over made up rumors, opinions and hearsay, with NO PROOF of anything substantial.

Has anyone stopped to consider that with the CBA change, maybe we're collecting assets? Has anyone considered maybe we have some future deal in mind? Has anyone considered that since only ONE offer sheet for Lin was signed on a SATURDAY, while every executive was in Las Vegas, that there is plenty of time to match or not??

Or is it more fun to jump to A TON of conclusions and already start bashing Lin, Dolan, Grunwald, etc. for something that hasn't even happened yet?!?!?!?

SMH KNICKS fans are really "special" !

[Jay10]

who the hell is rod boone ?

Newsday reporter

[knicksfan920]

who the hell is rod boone ?

Was a Jets beat reporter, now covers all sports I think.

[K_ick_God]

Whoever thought that in one day, I'd move this close to TKF's position.

I can't even support Melo anymore which I've been doing 100% till now -- guy has bricks for brains.

[Smoke24]

found it.

David Weiner ‏@BimaThug
Been told Felton deal not finalized. B/c Lin offer sheet delivered, current Felton S&T no longer works. NYK now needs to add Bibby or Baron.

Of course...We can't do anything right the first time...

[makeitstop]

Okay, so who's gonna play the role of TKF, Houston Division?

Looks like we've got a whole truckload of candidates here....

[DE FENSE]

found it.

David Weiner ‏@BimaThug
Been told Felton deal not finalized. B/c Lin offer sheet delivered, current Felton S&T no longer works. NYK now needs to add Bibby or Baron.

OK so if we're not getting Felton, Lin must 100% be matched.