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

Post #161 » by **K_ick_God** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:51 pm

Knicks_Fan2 wrote: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.

Realmatic · Post #162 » by **Realmatic** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:52 pm

thats not the real quote from melo, he said this

"Houston threw a wrench in there with that third year, from what I'm seeing,'' Anthony said. "We'll see what happens. I would love to have him back, but I'm not the financial guy in the front office, so we'll see what happens.''

Bigmo5246 · Post #163 » by **Bigmo5246** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:52 pm

JBreezeNY wrote:
VirginiaKnickFan wrote:If he's a Rocket, can you imagine the reception he'll get at the Garden.

All I will say is Knicks fans aren't that dumb & by the time he comes back as a Rocket everybody will have put two & two together.

-Sitting out in the playoffs when there was a chance we could've come back
-Previously treating him like a written prophecy
-Not playing on the USA select team
-Not playing in the Summer League
-Going for a second offer with the Rockets & only showing the Knicks the first one

I think you can see where it's going

Real Knick fans will give him hell. If he does go to the Rockets, I'd love to be at that game to give heckle him.

But their will be so many Lin fans there that i don't see the crowd being so hostile to him. Lin fans will outweigh the real Knick fans at that game.

AmazingJason · Post #164 » by **AmazingJason** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:52 pm

KnicksFTW wrote:
DMass wrote:Melo on Lin saga: "It's not up to me. It's up to the organization to say that they want to match that ridiculous contract."

Wow. What a quote from Melo.

Could it be that the players are mad that he went and renegotiated another contract putting the Knicks in a tougher position long term?

Melo was insulted that we were haggling over the assets we were giving up to Denver. And we ended up giving up the farm for him, as well as a monstrosity of a contract.

Red Vines · Post #165 » by **Red Vines** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:52 pm

jzmagik wrote:
Red Vines wrote:
DMass wrote:Melo on Lin saga: "It's not up to me. It's up to the organization to say that they want to match that ridiculous contract."

Wow. What a quote from Melo.

WHAT? WHOA!

That quote is fake, here's the real quote

"Houston threw a wrench in there with that third year, from what I'm seeing,'' Anthony said. "We'll see what happens. I would love to have him back, but I'm not the financial guy in the front office, so we'll see what happens.''

So this was one of those sarcastic paraphrases?

MaseInYourFace · Post #166 » by **MaseInYourFace** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:52 pm

Did Melo really say that? Damn man. Just lost ton of respect for dude if true...

makeitstop · Post #167 » by **makeitstop** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:52 pm

KnicksGod wrote:
Knicks_Fan2 wrote: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.

Nope. Fake quote.

Knicks_Fan2 · Post #168 » by **Knicks_Fan2** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:52 pm

jzmagik wrote:
Red Vines wrote:
DMass wrote:Melo on Lin saga: "It's not up to me. It's up to the organization to say that they want to match that ridiculous contract."

Wow. What a quote from Melo.

WHAT? WHOA!

That quote is fake, here's the real quote

"Houston threw a wrench in there with that third year, from what I'm seeing,'' Anthony said. "We'll see what happens. I would love to have him back, but I'm not the financial guy in the front office, so we'll see what happens.''

That's an entirely different quote. This just happened.

Realmatic · Post #169 » by **Realmatic** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:53 pm

melo didnt say that!

he said:

"Houston threw a wrench in there with that third year, from what I'm seeing,'' Anthony said. "We'll see what happens. I would love to have him back, but I'm not the financial guy in the front office, so we'll see what happens.''

DMass · Post #170 » by **DMass** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:53 pm

I copied that quote from Howard Beck's Twitter by the way. No idea if it's real or not just passed it on. It's being discussed to death on Twitter right now.

Post #171 » by **K_ick_God** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:53 pm

I think that idiot of a writer is paraphrasing Melo and putting in his own spin.

Hope so anyway.

DaLeeDa · Post #172 » by **DaLeeDa** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:53 pm

You should ban people for posting fake tweets.

DE FENSE · Post #173 » by **DE FENSE** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:53 pm

jzmagik wrote:
Red Vines wrote:
DMass wrote:Melo on Lin saga: "It's not up to me. It's up to the organization to say that they want to match that ridiculous contract."

Wow. What a quote from Melo.

WHAT? WHOA!

That quote is fake, here's the real quote

"Houston threw a wrench in there with that third year, from what I'm seeing,'' Anthony said. "We'll see what happens. I would love to have him back, but I'm not the financial guy in the front office, so we'll see what happens.''

WTF????

I can't take this anymore. Is that a quote from Melo or not? Are these reporters so reckless that they are putting words into people's mouths? Isn't that illegal???

VirginiaKnickFan · Post #174 » by **VirginiaKnickFan** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:53 pm

Howard Beck ‏@HowardBeckNYT
NBPA fought hard during the lockout to win more rights for restricted free agents like Lin. Then fought to get his early-Bird rights.

god shammgod · Post #175 » by **god shammgod** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:53 pm

next person that posts a fake comment is instantly banned and i can't even ban people. but i'll figure it out.

vallen · Post #176 » by **vallen** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:54 pm

KnicksFTW wrote:
DMass wrote:Melo on Lin saga: "It's not up to me. It's up to the organization to say that they want to match that ridiculous contract."

Wow. What a quote from Melo.

Could it be that the players are mad that he went and renegotiated another contract putting the Knicks in a tougher position long term?

Melo would be the biggest hypocrite on the planet to judge anybody elses motives for wanting a larger contract.

Jim Dolan · Post #177 » by **Jim Dolan** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:54 pm

sounds like fake quote spread on twitter...Melo's not intelligent enough to discern what a ridiculous contract is

Bigmo5246 · Post #178 » by **Bigmo5246** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:54 pm

No35 wrote:
Bigmo5246 wrote:I DO NOT think Lin is worth the contract offer Houston signed him to. He's a good basketball player, but he's not a $30 million player. Plain and simple. My only concern is the whole cap space situation we would face if we sign him. Don't know the figures, but 3 years from now we will be in cap space hell (not sure if I'm correct, please correct me if I'm wrong).

Lin's contract doesn't really affect the cap situation. It's all about the luxury tax.

So we're still allowed to go over the cap, we would just have to pay whatever amount we go over in the luxury tax right?

Red Vines · Post #179 » by **Red Vines** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:54 pm

Rod Boone ‏@rodboone
More Melo on Lin: "I'd love to see him back, but I think he has to do what's best for him right now." #Knicks

I think these are all actual quotes happening right now.

Lockdown · Post #180 » by **Lockdown** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:54 pm

MaseInYourFace wrote:
polarbears815 wrote: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.

This is why I say it makes no b'ball or business sense not to match him. It's asinine. It's not rational.

Seeing how people freak out at not matching, can you imagine how they'd freak out if they traded him?