another Lin thread filled with no useful information #6

[Lord Commander]

Y'all can sig this---Knicks will match Houston, Fatty Felton and Kidd will mostly man the point, and Lin will play mostly off guard.

Prediction or "sources"

My gut. It doesn't make sense to let valuable property walk out the door. cooler heads will prevail.

[DE FENSE]

The last time I felt like this was September 11, 2001 when I woke up and turned on the TV.

[Jose7]

oh boy.. damn KG.

[stevieg987]

On the bright side: we'll always have Linsanity to remember. It was a hell of a ride.

[ShotgunNitty]

If Knicks don't match I think its not about luxury taxes and chit like that....I think Dolan feels betrayed about Lin accepting that second offer.

I harassed Anucha Browne Sanders and lost the lawsuit, Dolan had to pay $11 million in damages and he still wasn't mad at me and didn't feel betrayed. He even asked my successor to thank me for Amare while I had nothing to do with this acquisition and he tried to rehire me before the league vetoed it ! Gotta love Jimmy Dolan. $200 million wasted in crappy players like Curry, Marbury, Jeffries, Francis, Jalen Rose, Malik Rose, Mo Taylor and so on, $11 million in damages and I'm still his friend and someone he trusts !

I get what you saying but what Jeremy did was sheisty IMO. I would match just to trade him for something that helps the team get better for this "win now" mentality.

[JBreezeNY]

We have people throwing out stuff like "if Lin is so good why didn't he win player of the month??" "Why didn't he win all-NBA 3rd Team?" But the "why didn't he make the all-rookie team?" Takes the cake as far as silly ways of dismissing Lin's performance last year.

Well you did say he played better than Shump & Melo, if that's the case some sort of accomplishment would have to show for it.

Playing better than Anthony could be up for debate I guess - I think he did - but are you really questioning whether he played better than Shumpert?

Check my edit & is it not up for debate on whether Shump played better or not?

[K_ick_God]

On the bright side: we'll always have Linsanity to remember. It was a hell of a ride.

I guess. Your memories can't be erased.

Bad day in NY sports history but it's just sports. Maybe I take it too seriously? Probably so.

Apologies everybody.

[VirginiaKnickFan]

So are the Knicks waiting the 3 full days so they can release a statement about they tried and were conflicted but in the end couldn't just make it work. PR spin I'm sure.

[Synciere]

Wow KnicksGod.

You managed to bring the whole board down on you in a heartbeat. The appropriate thing to do at this point is to apologize and take a break from the board man. Back away man.

[GoNYK1288]

Will this board ever be the same once this is all done with?

[Jay10]

lol@ dave "king troll" rothenberg saying one thing thinking billy king's comments from yesterday would support his, and it ends up contradicting his comment before he heard billy king's.

[mwm78]

James Dolan and company need to resign Jeremy Lin, he has the money to do it and the investment alone should get much of that back in terms of the Asian community in and out of the United States i.e. merchandise and television ratings/revenue etc..... plus the guy has talent and is only 24. Would be a mistake to lose him for nothing, at the very least he may be a good trade chip in the future. Hopefully Dolan wises up and commits to lin before it's too late.

[kosmovitelli]

The last time I felt like this was September 11, 2001 when I woke up and turned on the TV.

You were watching the Bulls training camp on TV and saw Eddy Curry eating burgers during morning practice ?

[Falstaffxx]

Playing better than Anthony could be up for debate I guess - I think he did - but are you really questioning whether he played better than Shumpert?

Check my edit & is it not up for debate on whether Shump played better or not?

I don't think it should be...Lin was a true impact player last year. Shumpert was good, but not on the same level.

[ShotgunNitty]

The last time I felt like this was September 11, 2001 when I woke up and turned on the TV.

Dude whats wrong with you?

[MDDN48]

All this Lin-stuff is driving me crazy. Why is everyone talking about him like he's the second coming of Jordon. Grunnie is getting treated like the GM who broke up the Bulls dynasty. Did we get SO caught up in the Disney movie/Lin story, that we forgot that he's an unproven player who started only 26 games?????

I know it's basketball. But, believe it or not, the Front Office is actually running a business. And going with Felton/Kidd is a sound business decision.. ..period.

Felton already proved to us that he brings that bulldog mentality to the floor every night. And you can talk about his weight and how he usually uses training camp to get in shape. But we already know Woodie is not gonna let that happen. He's been hands-on with the players the entire summer.

I've been a Knick fan since the mid 90s. And have never missed a game. even thru the bad years. Why? Cause I'm a "Knicks" fan. If you're a "Lin" fan, then I'm sure you can continue to follow him wherever he plays.

[Mr_Perfect]

I bet if Isiah told Dolan to re-sign Lin he would do it in a heartbeat.

[ibraheim718]

Just like everyone was moving to Canada when Obama was elected. People like to talk a big game but all of you who were here before Lin who say you will stop being Knick fans if they dont match, will be back for the first preseason game, quit frontin.

Time will tell... I've seen teams lose fans before. Not saying it's going to happen but it has... you have 2 teams that were right there in NYC lose two separate groups of fan bases over time.

[Pharmcat]

Will this board ever be the same once this is all done with?

if lin is resigned i believe so

if not, I cant imagine what wed looks like

[makeitstop]

On the bright side: we'll always have Linsanity to remember. It was a hell of a ride.

I guess. Your memories can't be erased.

Bad day in NY sports history but it's just sports. Maybe I take it too seriously? Probably so.

Apologies everybody.

Suspend yourself. Serious.