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

[JimmyDolan]

Have to figure, at the very least, Lin’s $14.9M salary in ‘14-’15 will really cost the Knicks $26M (after lux tax). Hard to make work.

https://twitter.com/darrenrovell/status ... 5636332544

Lin agreed to the structure of an offer sheet which makes it very difficult for the Garden to match.

So he shouldn't be surprised at all.

They didn't teach him street smarts at Harvard.

$26M for Jeremy Lin????

"He did not see this happening," Peter Diepenbrock, Lin's coach at Palo Alto High School, told Yahoo! Sports. "He sounded surprised."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--knick ... elton.html

[K_ick_God]

:o ESPN ticker just said Stephen A just reported that Knicks will NOT match offer sheet for Lin.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!

so let me get this straight, they were 50/50 on matching Fields, but they won't match lin for 5 million more over 3 years?

We heard "50/50" from Brian Colangelo. We're hearing Knicks won't match from Screamin A Smith.

Question - Can we just wait until we hear from the KNICKS ORGANIZATION before we start flipping out?

Answer - NO.

Yes of course -- I'll wait it out. But the signs that we can read -- they look bad. Maybe it's just something we are reading into and the sources are all BS. Very possible.

But to be honest, I am reading some bad signals. I think they've made a decision. A ruinous one.

[mpharris36]

It was fun. Nearly 20 years as a Knick fan.

really....wow

[mrpoetryNmotion]

Plain and simple, Lin chose $$ over contending. The rockets aren't even a playoff team.

To be fair, Knicks haven't proved their a contending team in any way.

[ORANGEandBLUE]

... Knicks are going to the ends of the Earth to make this Felton trade. It's a sign that they really feel they have to have Felton at all costs ... and it's only a very short step from there to figure out why they need Felton so badly.

Don't shoot the messenger. But this is looking very bad IMHSO.

Wait... what? By including Kostas?

[CoolKids]

We should match Lin, but if you dont think that contract is ridiculous then you are dumb.

[Knicks_Fan2]

TKF was right...all along...he was right...*tear*

You've said this 5 times now. Is there something we should know? Or are you an obvious troll?

[Red Vines]

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN
The Jason Kidd mentoring program is off to a rough start, no

LOL

[crazybranman360]

Do people relize that Felton is a much better fit with our team than Lin? You can argue all you want that Lin is the "more talented" player but, Felton fits our team WAY better.

And Lin very unproven

[Fury]

We should match Lin, but if you dont think that contract is ridiculous then you are dumb.

I'm sorry but we payed 120 mill for a lotto team. Excuse me if I don't give a **** how much he's getting paid.

[Jay10]

Frank Isola ‏@FisolaNYDN
The Jason Kidd mentoring program is off to a rough start, no

LOL

Can't mentor a player that's not on the roster

[mpharris36]

this is to some of you guys

[papiculo]

Where is the "Will Lin get booed when he comes back to the garden?" thread? Long overdue.

[BeagleBoss]

TKF was right...all along...he was right...*tear*

Now you're just talking crazy. Actually the only positive that can come from this might be the departure of trolls like tkf, doc and nyyrobertson. Oh and you too.

[Da_Mane_Man]

Do people relize that Felton is a much better fit with our team than Lin? You can argue all you want that Lin is the "more talented" player but, Felton fits our team WAY better.

And Lin very unproven

true, he does. he is an unconscious chucker just like the rest of our team is. he fits in much better.

[No35]

Do people relize that Felton is a much better fit with our team than Lin? You can argue all you want that Lin is the "more talented" player but, Felton fits our team WAY better.

And Lin very unproven

And Fatton is very fat and unmotivated.

[GratefulDead]

Stephen A is going off, I love it

[DE FENSE]

:o ESPN ticker just said Stephen A just reported that Knicks will NOT match offer sheet for Lin.

WTF!!!!!!!!!!

so let me get this straight, they were 50/50 on matching Fields, but they won't match lin for 5 million more over 3 years?

We heard "50/50" from Brian Colangelo. We're hearing Knicks won't match from Screamin A Smith.

Question - Can we just wait until we hear from the KNICKS ORGANIZATION before we start flipping out?

Answer - NO.

Yes of course -- I'll wait it out. But the signs that we can read -- they look bad. Maybe it's just something we are reading into and the sources are all BS. Very possible.

But to be honest, I am reading some bad signals. I think they've made a decision. A ruinous one.

Answer me this though - If Knicks weren't planning on matching Lin, why were they in a mad rush to get the trade for Felton done last night, avoiding the offer sheet all night? They knew they wouldn't be able to get the same deal once they signed Lin, isn't that correct?

[Jay10]

Stephen A is going off, I love it

it's very entertaining

[CoolKids]

We should match Lin, but if you dont think that contract is ridiculous then you are dumb.

I'm sorry but we payed 120 mill for a lotto team. Excuse me if I don't give a **** how much he's getting paid.

I dont care either, but its still a ridiculous contract.