*Felton traded to the Knicks. Knicks not matching Lin?

putiger78 · Post #921 » by **putiger78** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:15 am

Knicks80_20 wrote:Somebody better prepare the Jeremy Lin Appreciation Thread. All signs pointing towards us not matching.

What signs? Speculation from a few beat writers who just assume that felton means no Lin?

howe070523 · Post #922 » by **howe070523** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:15 am

Now HOU just got their starting PG for 8mil/year

Nice one

knickabocker88 · Post #923 » by **knickabocker88** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:15 am

Last 6 minutes this is whats gonna happen

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjTpEQWyCjM[/youtube]

Post #924 » by **K_ick_God** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:15 am

Knicks80_20 wrote:Somebody better prepare the Jeremy Lin Appreciation Thread. All signs pointing towards us not matching.

Try not to speak.

DocZaius · Post #925 » by **DocZaius** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:15 am

MaseInYourFace wrote:Isola seems so happy Lin might be gone. I can see his smile peeking out between his douchy twitter posts. Man I hate that guy...

He's not the only one that is happy, much of the board seems happy as well

RutgersBJJ · Post #926 » by **RutgersBJJ** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:16 am

96 minutes a game at the guard position and we have 4 guards who are in the rotation (euro, kidd, felton, jr)

not seeing the need for a back-up sg. If Fields could get away with playing sg then so can kidd. We only need a back-up sg if the euro busts.

Sky_Knicks · Post #927 » by **Sky_Knicks** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:16 am

They're saying on espn that Houston tried repeatedly to deliver the offer sheet, but the Knicks kept stalling. And that they think grunwald was stalling so he could try to pull off the Felton deal.

Jay10 · Post #928 » by **Jay10** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:16 am

Mac1Money wrote:People still follow Isola?

that wasn't a real tweet.

carayip · Post #929 » by **carayip** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:16 am

I think it's clear that the FO and coaching staff are not convinced with Lin despite what they were saying. They also said before they wanted to bring back Landry as well and looked what happened. I think from Day 1, they planned not to bring Lin back. Otherwise they would not pursue Nash that aggressively.

LINIZALLSTAR · Post #930 » by **LINIZALLSTAR** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:16 am

ITGM wrote:I still want Parakowski on this team!

Yes!!!! The guy's a better jorts

gethigh · Post #931 » by **gethigh** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:16 am

Never Wrong wrote:Somewhere Prokhorov is smiling

Why? Because his Nets team is the new Atlanta-hawks-Treadmill team?

ibraheim718 · Post #932 » by **ibraheim718** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:16 am

Lin's getting matched.. :lol:

putiger78 · Post #933 » by **putiger78** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:16 am

ibraheim718 wrote:
KnicksGod wrote:Forgot about White -- but I doubt Knicks are going to rely on him or Prigioni.

White replaces Fields and I liked what I saw from him a lot. He hasn't been playing much lately so he didn't have his legs but he had a really nice feel for the game..unselfish... smart.

Now we are just ready to have White 25-30 minutes a night as an NBA SG for potentially half the season or more? We are making all these moves and then that is what we are doing at SG? Don't buy it.

Red Vines · Post #934 » by **Red Vines** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:16 am

It will be ironic for Isola if Lin doesn't return--he'll essentially be agreeing with the Knicks organization who he was trying to annoy.

Knicks80_20 · Post #935 » by **Knicks80_20** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:17 am

putiger78 wrote:
Knicks80_20 wrote:Somebody better prepare the Jeremy Lin Appreciation Thread. All signs pointing towards us not matching.

What signs? Speculation from a few beat writers who just assume that felton means no Lin?

The original report that started all of this stated that Felton was going to the Knicks and that Lin was not being matched. So far he's being vindicated. At this point I don't doubt that he was right about the entire thing.

Imfamus · Post #936 » by **Imfamus** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:17 am

James Dolan is one of the greediest humans in existence. He's literally the human version of Mr. Krabs. He has that green on his mind when he looks at Lin. All the asian fans spending millions on Lin's merchandise, MSG stock skyrocketing because of Lin, and all the media deals his crooked hand can sign overseas to get Knick game televised there. No way Dolan doesn't cash out and cash in on Jeremy Lin.

Plus, Knicks are tying up the Rockets cap by avoiding receiving the offer sheet and in exchange, handcuffs the Rockets from making a splash in the free agency pool. Just a "**** you right back" from the Knicks to the Rockets.

Jeremy will be matched, not for basketball reasons, but for monetary reasons.

Daggy · Post #937 » by **Daggy** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:17 am

Drun53 wrote:Perhaps Lin didn't really like all of the media attention.

Wtf is going on with all these screwed up logic?? It's Knicks not willing to give Lin a contract, not Lin turning down something Knicks offered. Lin has no contract, he cannot wait until everyone is done with settling their roster and HOPE Knicks eventually will offer him SOMETHING! If Knicks don't match, they simply didn't do their homework and got pawned by Houston, Lin did absolutely everything by the book!

Besart19 · Post #938 » by **Besart19** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:17 am

Paco wrote:
ClayDavis wrote:Need a backup 2. Allan house n why not get the bad together lol

He did look good shooting the ball over all star weekend...

Steve Popper ‏@StevePopper
If it helps with the movement the Knicks seem to be on - I watched Allan Houston working with Fields and Houston was far better even now.

Jay10 · Post #939 » by **Jay10** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:17 am

Jose7© wrote:
Jay10 wrote:
Jose7© wrote:3 years/10 million for Felton is a complete steal.. wow

that was a fake tweet

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Blazers will sign guard Raymond Felton to a three-year, $10 million deal and then trade him to Knicks in sign and trade, source tells Y!

my bad. i forgot i wasn't following spears on twitter

ibraheim718 · Post #940 » by **ibraheim718** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:17 am

putiger78 wrote:
ibraheim718 wrote:
KnicksGod wrote:Forgot about White -- but I doubt Knicks are going to rely on him or Prigioni.

White replaces Fields and I liked what I saw from him a lot. He hasn't been playing much lately so he didn't have his legs but he had a really nice feel for the game..unselfish... smart.

Now we are just ready to have White 25-30 minutes a night as an NBA SG for potentially half the season or more? We are making all these moves and then that is what we are doing at SG? Don't buy it.

Now now... Fields was in for a cut in minutes to begin with.