Who cares if HOU gives Lin 14mil in year 3. It means nothing to the Knicks as a team because we would be over the cap anyway. The only person who takes a hit is Dolan. In reality, Dolan probably already made more off Lin than he would have to pay for in Luxury tax anyway.
Clean wrote:Who cares if HOU gives Lin 14mil in year 3. It means nothing to the Knicks as a team because we would be over the cap anyway. The only person who takes a hit is Dolan. In reality, Dolan probably already made more off Lin than he would have to pay for in Luxury tax anyway.
I guess we can stop bashing Dolan so much.....if he wasn't so filthy rich the knicks would have been screwed alot of years
If they wanted Lin they should of put a Max deal on a 4th year
Jmpasq wrote:If they wanted Lin they should of put a Max deal on a 4th year
he has no intentions of signing Lin, he just wants to screw us, and make us pay a premium price.
RonRon wrote:Jmpasq wrote:If they wanted Lin they should of put a Max deal on a 4th year
he has no intentions of signing Lin, he just wants to screw us, and make us pay a premium price.
F them
Lorey is Bizarro David Kahn.
wow. Houston front office is so messed up. Morey really just wants to screw other teams.
He insisted on Jorts to cut him?
Upped the third year to make the knicks hurt? Cut the fourth year so that the knicks won't have Lin on a budget? wow.
I'd sign Lin and then trade him to Sacramento and let him rot.
clock is ticking... where's the match NY?
FlipPoker wrote:clock is ticking... where's the match NY?
we run the clock till the last moment to tie up Houstons assets for 3 days before we match.
Caseloads wrote:I'd sign Lin and then trade him to Sacramento and let him rot.
Why? This isn't on Lin but on Houston's pathetic GM.
Caseloads wrote:wow. Houston front office is so messed up. Morey really just wants to screw other teams.He insisted on Jorts to cut him?
Upped the third year to make the knicks hurt? Cut the fourth year so that the knicks won't have Lin on a budget? wow.
Too bad we can't add a 4th year now for another $1. That would match and exceed the offer from the Rockets.
Knicksfan wrote:Caseloads wrote:I'd sign Lin and then trade him to Sacramento and let him rot.
Why? This isn't on Lin but on Houston's pathetic GM.
lin insisted on this
My suggestion is to embrace the starphuck. Although I wouldn't give Lin a 'max' contract, that max amount in year 3 messes with our cap space that year. Might as well get down and dirty with it.
1) Immediately call the Magic and offer Amare and Chandler for a re-signed Howard, Turk and J. Rich. If accepted, then its on. Embrace the starphuck:
2) Immediately match Lin's offer sheet. Also, call Luis Scola and offer him a vets min contract that is pretty much starting in NY.
3) Match Field's offer.
Lin/Kidd/Gaucho
Smith/Richardson/Fields/White
Melo/Turk
Scola/Novak
Howard/Camby
Shump
Anyway... this is my idea...
This is not a good thing! That is gonna really hurt in terms of Luxury Tax dollars.
nixluva wrote:This is not a good thing! That is gonna really hurt in terms of Luxury Tax dollars.
reinforces what many were saying that the owners are their own worst enemy...
Just doing a little checking and it looks like if you go iver the apron, ir 4M iver the tax threshold, the penalties get very severe and there aren't just monetary penalties but also penalties that effect ability to sign players.
nixluva wrote:This is not a good thing! That is gonna really hurt in terms of Luxury Tax dollars.
Why does this matter to us? Why does this matter to the Knicks? It only matters to Dolan.
Caseloads wrote:Knicksfan wrote:Caseloads wrote:I'd sign Lin and then trade him to Sacramento and let him rot.
Why? This isn't on Lin but on Houston's pathetic GM.
lin insisted on this
Link?
Rookie wrote:Just doing a little checking and it looks like if you go iver the apron, ir 4M iver the tax threshold, the penalties get very severe and there aren't just monetary penalties but also penalties that effect ability to sign players.
Its funny that this happens a few days after we made the lopsided Camby trade. Many thought it was favor by favor, but it looks like the Rockets simply want to screw us up no matter what.
