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

LINearity Wins · Post #1301 » by **LINearity Wins** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:02 am

If I'm not a Knicks fan any more not because of Lin
Because they treat loyal players like ****, and send press to show the players are traitors

kmav23 · Post #1302 » by **kmav23** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:03 am

Felton not coming here to be 3rd backup point....

So Lin is gone...

Red Vines · Post #1303 » by **Red Vines** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:03 am

Once Lin signed the offer sheet we can't S&T him, just like we couldn't trade Landry after he signed with Toronto

DocZaius · Post #1304 » by **DocZaius** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:03 am

WHERE IS TKF?????

stevieg987 · Post #1305 » by **stevieg987** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:03 am

AggO wrote:
IronicMan wrote:If the Knicks match Lin, then the $4mil from Felton's 3rd year can cost the Knicks an extra $12-16mil on top of the possible $45mil. I think Lin is a goner.

puke.

To be fair, we will have a something like 90 million in expiring contracts to play with. Any preemptive actions in regards to the third year, needs to take that into account.

If we don't match Lin over an additional Steve Novak, we were never going to match him.

21shumpst · Post #1306 » by **21shumpst** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:03 am

Howard Beck ‏@HowardBeckNYT
THIS MT @fivethirtyeight MSG stock has gained ~$600m in market cap since Lin's first start. Skeptical they'd let him go

600 million >>>>>>>>>> 45 million lux tax

No-Man · Post #1307 » by **No-Man** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:03 am

Sky_Knicks wrote:
BeagleBoss wrote:All you guys hating on Felton need to stop. He averaged 17/9 here and was the second best player on that Knicks team - better then Gallo and Chandler.

Cool. Did he excel afterwards ? Take that great year and expand on it ? What year of his career is he in ? Is he known for always being in great shape and ready to play ?

He just turned 28 for christ sake, he had one bad season, in a bad fit for him as a team, coach or whatever, **** like that happens.

But he's a proven starter in this league, that played like an All Star for us about 1year and a half ago, he's a proven winner since High School, he played great also in Charlotte,...

And you're so mad cause we lost a guy that played 35 games for the Knicks and average more turnovers than rebounds... god, you're on drugs, or maybe Lin is a drug, don't care.

Jeremy Lin is the new Ronald Murray.

RutgersBJJ · Post #1308 » by **RutgersBJJ** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:03 am

putiger78 wrote:I amazed at the blinders people have about Felton. Look at his career numbers and hus numbers since he left D'Antoni's system. Felton thrived taking tons of shots and with an extremely high usage rate in a point guard friendly system where he always had the ball in our hands.

He is a really solid backup PG... he is a medicore (at best) startinG PG.

Funny because the same exact thing could be said about Lin.

Why is it okay for Lin to only put up big numbers in D'Antoni's system, but not okay for anyone else?

Which is it, you can't have it both ways.

Orange Mamba · Post #1309 » by **Orange Mamba** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:04 am

This was a good trade regardless of whether we sign Lin (hopefully we do). Are they thinking of playing him at SG when Kidd is on the floor?

EchelonNYK · Post #1310 » by **EchelonNYK** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:04 am

kmav23 wrote:Felton not coming here to be 3rd backup point....

So Lin is gone...

Hush ballboy, before i slap you.

NYKNICKPLAYA · Post #1311 » by **NYKNICKPLAYA** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:04 am

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN
And one more thing. I still say this somehow goes back to Chris Paul. There may just be a method to the Knicks madness

What a weird guy he is.

DE FENSE · Post #1312 » by **DE FENSE** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:04 am

21shumpst wrote:Howard Beck ‏@HowardBeckNYT
THIS MT @fivethirtyeight MSG stock has gained ~$600m in market cap since Lin's first start. Skeptical they'd let him go

600 million >>>>>>>>>> 45 million lux tax

Um yeah. Makes no sense not to match. It would be insanity all around. Calm down everyone.

wasted_101 · Post #1313 » by **wasted_101** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:05 am

Arash Markazi: I'd still be shocked if the Knicks don't match the Jeremy Lin offer. It may not make basketball sense but it makes perfect business sense.

NYKNICKPLAYA · Post #1314 » by **NYKNICKPLAYA** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:05 am

BKrab3 wrote:This was a good trade regardless of whether we sign Lin (hopefully we do). Are they thinking of playing him at SG when Kidd is on the floor?

At 3 mill a year, Felton could one day be traded again. Nice trade chip.

Knicks80_20 · Post #1315 » by **Knicks80_20** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:05 am

We should all be tracking MSG's stock price movements tomorrow. That by itself may tell us what we need to know.

JBreezeNY · Post #1316 » by **JBreezeNY** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:05 am

ORANGEandBLUE wrote:Felton is an uptempo PG. We just fired D'Antonio because his uptempo style didn't work with Melo. Do you really think Felton is the ideal PG for this team?

Last I remembered Melo played in a high scoring, fast style tempo in Denver & last I remembered Felton plays best as a halfcourt PG.

What really are you saying fam?

vallen · Post #1317 » by **vallen** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:06 am

ZeroStatic2 wrote:
Mike Tokito: Really, if deal goes down, it's a Kurt Thomas-for-Jared Jeffries deal for #Blazers -- get a vet C who can mentor Meyers Leonard. now

Frank Isola: I always felt Knicks would match Lin. Of course, Berman of the Post has been reporting it exclusively (bet you won't be seeing that anymore) now

Frank Isola: Look at his this way: Knicks got Lin for nothing and made a lot of money off him. Rockets cut Lin & is now willing to pay Lin $25 million 2 minutes ago

JJ is a center who can mentor young players now ?

i think id rather that job go to Kurt Thomas, but hell if you wanna give him to us, thats fine too.....

Post #1318 » by **moocow007** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:06 am

LINearity Wins wrote:If I'm not a Knicks fan any more not because of Lin
Because they treat loyal players like ****, and send press to show the players are traitors

HUH? It's one thing to want Lin here (most do). It's another to start ranting and making up stuff. You have no idea if it was Lin that wants out. And "send press to show the players are traitors"? What does that mean? When have they ever done this to anyone? Even Marbury and Curry never got labeled as anything bad by the Knicks and they've been the 2 biggest blemishes in the eyes of fans for this franchise in recent memory.

Greenie · Post #1319 » by **Greenie** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:06 am

LINearity Wins wrote:If I'm not a Knicks fan any more not because of Lin
Because they treat loyal players like ****, and send press to show the players are traitors

Hardaway 10 · Post #1320 » by **Hardaway 10** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 4:06 am

ORANGEandBLUE wrote:
He consistently averaged 12-14 ppg and 6-7 apg. Felton is not Howard Eisley or Jamison Brewer. He's a solid player and shouldn't get hated on like that. Heck, Lin will likely put up 12-14 and 6-7 type of stats next season.

He was this year.[/quote]

Bashing Felton after leaving the Knicks is not quite fair. He was devastated to leave NY and then was forced to back up Karl favorite Lawson in Denver after the melo trade. He was then dealt to Portland where he had issues with the coach and not a great fit in that offense.

He did rebound to post a 2nd half of 12.9/6.9 on 44% shooting (38.4% from 3) averaging 31.23 mins/game.
That's not garbage.