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

[EchelonNYK]

Lin is unproven? Felton has proven to suck.

[MaluKing2K]

I hate Dolan as much as the next guy primarily due to the fact he rather make money than win a championship. However in this situation the financial move would be to keep Lin and let MSG stock rise and get huge endorsement deals from Asian companies. It would still make up for Lin's contract money. But rather it seems Dolan is making the basketball move in this situation which I kind of applaud.

[DocZaius]

you see but it is not 8/8/8 in the set up of the NBA it is 5/5/14 so lets not average things out here so it is more in line of 10/10/29 million with the tax now is lin worth that much? You would have to be a moron to pay Lin that much or let him cost you that much, you have to be an idiot based on 25 games to pay him 14 million in yr

if it is that big of a deal, trade him in year 3

then again, we paid 180 million for a lottery team so it shouldn't be a big deal....

[Subway Token]

Here's what you are all failing to realize:

ONE: In a few years we'll have around 7-8 mil given to a bunch of 40 year olds.

TWO: We'll be giving around 40 mil to STAT and Carmelo.

THREE: We'd be giving 14 mil to Lin.

FOUR: It wil be time to retain Iman Shumpert and the rest of the supporting gang.


We make this signing and we aren't in salary hell.

We are in salary OBLIVION.

OH NOES HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING? ARE YOU THE **** ACCOUNTANT ON THE TEAM?

Hey Isiah.

[Starksfor3]

I hate Dolan as much as the next guy primarily due to the fact he rather make money than win a championship. However in this situation the financial move would be to keep Lin and let MSG stock rise and get huge endorsement deals from Asian companies. It would still make up for Lin's contract money. But rather it seems Dolan is making the basketball move in this situation which I kind of applaud.

Basketball move would mean not letting a good young player walk and getting nothing in return.

[Orange Mamba]

Welcome back Ray!

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[Knicks_Fan2]

"Source says indeed the #Knicks second-round pick Kostas Papanikolaou is part of Felton package."

- marc berman

I'm done.

[Christophersp10]

This is the same Lin who could have helped out the team when Shump, Davis and everybody else went down with an injury. What the fcuk did he do for the Knicks?


Jack and ish.

[lazard]

[quote="ibraheim718"]The media is spinning it like Lin is going to suffer from not playing in NY... How? He's still making his money and he's still going to be playing basketball for a living.

Houston ain't New York. No one will care if he goes through a few weeks of great stats, or where that team goes like they would the Knicks.. And I doubt the off the court stuff is as nearly lucrative as what NY brings.

It don't matter... they already have the asian market cornered. He misses nothing if he plays in Houston... maybe the fans. Same court.. same game.

You think because they have an "asian market cornered" that it will be equivalent to playing in New York and the stage that brings? Not a chance.

Unless he comes out of the gates blasting and causes media to watch him due to the Rockets getting off to a great start, it won't be what it would have been here.. They'll follow him a little, highlight him when they show the rockets, but unless theyrre extraordinarily good it won't be covered like it would have been had mr LINsanity attempted to right the Knick ship... He'll slowly fade if a big bang isn't sparked.[/quote]

you are grossly underestimating his pull in the asian market.

[CU_NY09]

you see but it is not 8/8/8 in the set up of the NBA it is 5/5/14 so lets not average things out here so it is more in line of 10/10/29 million with the tax now is lin worth that much? You would have to be a moron to pay Lin that much or let him cost you that much, you have to be an idiot based on 25 games to pay him 14 million in yr

if it is that big of a deal, trade him in year 3

then again, we paid 180 million for a lottery team so it shouldn't be a big deal....

[Sky_Knicks]

Melo has no right to talk about anyone else's contract

Stop it. You know melo can do no wrong.

[wasted_101]

imagine if lin is the reason howard resigns in houston (if they get him) They form a big 2, it would be crazy in heree.

[ibraheim718]

This is the same Lin who could have helped out the team when Shump, Davis and everybody else went down with an injury. What the fcuk did he do for the Knicks?


Jack and ish.

What did Stat do for the Knicks in the playoffs?

[ORANGEandBLUE]

so realistically how many of you still have hope lin gets matched?

I think he's gone. I thought the PR backlash would change their mind. But looking at all the people on this board who seem to be ACTIVELY ROOTING for us not to match Lin, it's occurred to me that our fan base is too dumb to appreciate Lin. NY fans are all about the fake hustle chuckers like Felton and Crawford cause it goes with NY's identity as street ball capital of the world.

[jzmagik]

This is the same Lin who could have helped out the team when Shump, Davis and everybody else went down with an injury. What the fcuk did he do for the Knicks?


Jack and ish.

The same Lin who Melo and Tyson told "don't risk it if you're not ready". Maybe you should blame those two instead of Lin.

[Sky_Knicks]

imagine if lin is the reason howard resigns in houston. They form a big 2, it would be crazy in heree.

I hope that happens. That would be amazing.

[Never Wrong]

This is the same Lin who could have helped out the team when Shump, Davis and everybody else went down with an injury. What the fcuk did he do for the Knicks?


Jack and ish.

How about the same Lin playing 45 minutes a night while two max stars were out and subsequently saved our season? The 8-15 mark could've easily turned into 8-22 had Linsanity not happened.

[3StarburyAriza21]

[quote="Christophersp10"]This is the same Lin who could have helped out the team when Shump, Davis and everybody else went down with an injury. What the fcuk did he do for the Knicks?


Jack and ish.[/quote]



Yeah, only saved the season. Aren't you the one who started the "Lin is the worst player in Knicks history" thread?

[DocZaius]

This is the same Lin who could have helped out the team when Shump, Davis and everybody else went down with an injury. What the fcuk did he do for the Knicks?


Jack and ish.

it's not like Lin wasn't able to cut on his leg or run without hobbling or anything

[rammagen]

Lin is unproven? Felton has proven to suck.

Feltons body of work is better for a longer period of time the lins he has also been able to play long minutes for a longer period of time. He also measured up to be a better athlete then Lin hence the draft position
Look your lin fan I get it but hate on Felton why tell me he sucked so bad last time he was here? what did he do kill your cat or something?