Re: Felton traded to Knicks; Not matching Lin? (part 3)

[Brooklyn_Yards]

So what did tyson say?

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"I want his heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!"

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[DowNY]

This will be our starting lineup opening night
Kidd
Lin
Melo
STAT
Chandler

Book It


Houston can kick rocks. And then when they strike out on Howard we can turn around and give them Lin for the price of picks, young players and taking STAT's contract. The end.

[barborous]

So if you admit my post has zero to do with you, what exactly are you doing?

The poster said he wanted Woody to say he sees Lin as a potential all-star, after i stated Woodson said Lin would be his starter.

there's no baiting at all, it's conversation.

Now a person jumping into a convo that they fully admit has nothing to do with them........

i really don't understand your premise here. is there something wrong with replying to posts with opinions that weren't addressed directly at you? there would never be any conversations on this board then.

i saw you make a comment that, as i said, was ridiculous and unlike your usual fare, so i called you out on it because i think you saw a dumb comment, then deliberately went too far in the opposite direction, which is called baiting. am i wrong in that?

[Since89]

This will be our starting lineup opening night
Kidd
Lin
Melo
STAT
Chandler

Book It


Houston can kick rocks. And then when they strike out on Howard we can turn around and give them Lin for the price of picks, young players and taking STAT's contract. The end.

All signs are pointing to Knicks not matching....there is not even one report out there saying Knicks still considering matching!

Which probly means they match in the end

[johnnywishbone]

GONYK is a great poster but he has to be feeling pretty silly right now. How many times did he scold people for suggesting we might not match Lin?

More than ever I feel the one thing D'Antoni had right is that we should have traded Melo for Williams. Melo is just not a playmaker like Lebron or Larry Legend and even though I'm a fan of Felton I'm not sure how far he can take you.

Sorry to see Lin go but he really did bring this upon himself. And I can't wait until the day comes when the Rockets need something from us and we can tell them to GTFO.

[suicidedeuce]

so wait a second you wanted the knicks to sit on there azz's for a week until Lin and the Rockets were damn pleased to sign the offer sheet while FA were getting scooped up left and right just to make sure the terms of the "verbal" agreement weren't true?

The Knicks should have proceeded with the assumption Lin would receive the biggest possible offer sheet the CBA allows until such a time a smaller offer sheet presented itself, yes.

That how you run a business, you don't count on a leaked press report coming from the team for who you are competing with.

There is gamesmanship in free agent competition. That's the whole point.

[god shammgod]

If Carmelo wanted Lin in NY then there is no question Lin would be re-signed. I don't think Carmelo has gone out of his way to express any interest in signing Lin. If he did, this wouldn't even be an issue right now. We know every move we make is to appease Carmelo so we wouldn't be making such a major move without his blessing.

is superman a villain in your reality ? i'm not insulting you, i just want to make sure i'm in the right place.

[mpharris36]

do you also realize if the Rockets and Lin did this it would be called "collusion".

I don't, because it's flat out incorrect. Wildly so.

reporting he verbally accepted a deal to just back out of the deal after the Knicks made other moves because of that...shady business to me it seems

What you seem to fail to understand that any "reporting" has NO official NBA standing or weight during the July moratorium.

What's "reported" is simply agents and and players and sometimes teams putting information they want out there. But it's meaningless in any official way pertaining to the rules and regulations of the Collective Bargaining agreement.

An agent, player or team can literally say ANYTHING they want during the moratorium, with no repurcussions.

Until you understand this fundamental point, you're in the reeds.

from what your saying is that the only few people that actually knew the terms of the offer sheet would be Morey, Lin, and Lin's agent. So one of them leaked it (lets say it was morey because he wanted to f*ck the knicks) and no one denied the reports (lin or lin's agent).

that sounds to me that Lin didn't want to come back...no?

how else do you get those reports>???

[wasted_101]

This will be our starting lineup opening night
Kidd
Lin
Melo
STAT
Chandler

Book It


Houston can kick rocks. And then when they strike out on Howard we can turn around and give them Lin for the price of picks, young players and taking STAT's contract. The end.

its up to the knicks if they want that lineup

[kosmovitelli]

question for the cap experts:

can ny and hou do a s and t at all after a offer sheet has been sigend?

No. And if it was possible, I don't even think Lin would accept at this point. In a sign and trade, his salary in the third season can't jump to $15 million. He would need to take less money. It's a shame it's not allowed because that would be hilarious if the Knicks begged him to take less money in order to orchestrate a sign and trade with Houston...

[bigfnjoe96]

suns get scola and amnesty childress

Another PG candidate for the Rockets...

[suicidedeuce]

GONYK is a great poster but he has to be feeling pretty silly right now. How many times did he scold people for suggesting we might not match Lin?

I happen to think the people who think they aren't matching are going to be feeling pretty silly come Wed. morning.

[Mr_Perfect]

If Carmelo wanted Lin in NY then there is no question Lin would be re-signed. I don't think Carmelo has gone out of his way to express any interest in signing Lin. If he did, this wouldn't even be an issue right now. We know every move we make is to appease Carmelo so we wouldn't be making such a major move without his blessing.

is superman a villain in your reality ? i'm not insulting you, i just want to make sure i'm in the right place.

No, but I'm assuming your reality is an icon of Saint Carmelo in your living room.

[mpharris36]

so wait a second you wanted the knicks to sit on there azz's for a week until Lin and the Rockets were damn pleased to sign the offer sheet while FA were getting scooped up left and right just to make sure the terms of the "verbal" agreement weren't true?

The Knicks should have proceeded with the assumption Lin would receive the biggest possible offer sheet the CBA allows until such a time a smaller offer sheet presented itself, yes.

That how you run a business, you don't count on a leaked press report coming from the team for who you are competing with.

There is gamesmanship in free agent competition. That's the whole point.

whats the biggest offer? that is a load of crap in my eyes...he played 25 games. So the knicks should have assumed that Lin would get a max deal for a RFA like Hibbert? 4 years 58 million???

if so then f*ck that noise he isn't worth that

[Smoke24]

500 pages seems like a real possibility. Oh and you might as well change the Title to Melo vs Lin, cause that's all this is, and sticky it...

[boomann21]

suns get scola and amnesty childress

Another PG candidate for the Rockets...

Josh Childress?

[JBreezeNY]

If Carmelo wanted Lin in NY then there is no question Lin would be re-signed. I don't think Carmelo has gone out of his way to express any interest in signing Lin. If he did, this wouldn't even be an issue right now. We know every move we make is to appease Carmelo so we wouldn't be making such a major move without his blessing.

is superman a villain in your reality ? i'm not insulting you, i just want to make sure i'm in the right place.

Shammgod>>>>>>>>>>

[richardhutnik]

So whats the point to wait till Tuesday if we aren't matching, just to mess with the rockets sounds like they win either way? makes no sense.

The Knicks could still be deciding. You can wait until the last minute to see what else comes in. You use the time to your advantage. Only drawback from the Knicks perspective is maybe delaying blocks Dwight Howard going to Houston.

In regards to all this, what else do the Knicks gain for having a team attempting to do a poison pill on them, from doing other moves. And the way the poison pill works is wrong. Apparently the Rockets don't get the same hit as the Knicks. I really wonder how one matches an offer sheet which isn't the same for both team.

[Thugger HBC]

So if you admit my post has zero to do with you, what exactly are you doing?

The poster said he wanted Woody to say he sees Lin as a potential all-star, after i stated Woodson said Lin would be his starter.

there's no baiting at all, it's conversation.

Now a person jumping into a convo that they fully admit has nothing to do with them........

i really don't understand your premise here. is there something wrong with replying to posts with opinions that weren't addressed directly at you? there would never be any conversations on this board then.

i saw you make a comment that, as i said, was ridiculous and unlike your usual fare, so i called you out on it because i think you saw a dumb comment, then deliberately went too far in the opposite direction, which is called baiting. am i wrong in that?

Honestly, I don't care, but what you're doing right now is the prime definition of baiting.

If I use those choice words towards you, would you appreciate it?

I doubt, and even still my posts are respectful towards you.

[Mr_Perfect]

If Carmelo wanted Lin in NY then there is no question Lin would be re-signed. I don't think Carmelo has gone out of his way to express any interest in signing Lin. If he did, this wouldn't even be an issue right now. We know every move we make is to appease Carmelo so we wouldn't be making such a major move without his blessing.

is superman a villain in your reality ? i'm not insulting you, i just want to make sure i'm in the right place.

Shammgod>>>>>>>>>>

You are the ultimate troll.