Knicks · OT: When you think you have had enough Lin, he graces the cover of GQ...Rocket Man... (page 3)
misterearl wrote:Sign On The Dotted LineHARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:LOL @ how he says that he wanted to spend his whole career with the Knicks, but he thought that the NYK brass would spend $25M for a 2-year injured player with 2 dozen starts under his belt.No, no... You made your choice, and we made ours. Good luck in H-Town.
..and Jeremy, please take with you, all those butthurt pseudo-fans who swore off the Knicks when you signed that Rockets offer sheet.
Which begs the ultimate question, if jerem Lin wanted to be with the Knicks for life - why did he sign the Houston Rockets offer sheet in the first place?
All he had to say was, "Glen, here are Houston's first set of numbers, match them and I'm yours, signed, sealed and delivered."
I’m not so sure the Knicks (Glen/Dolan) were going to match the first set of numbers either, considering that they stated recently that Raymond Felton is a better value at 15 million and they never showed Lin any type of offer.
misterearl wrote:Sign On The Dotted LineHARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:LOL @ how he says that he wanted to spend his whole career with the Knicks, but he thought that the NYK brass would spend $25M for a 2-year injured player with 2 dozen starts under his belt.No, no... You made your choice, and we made ours. Good luck in H-Town.
..and Jeremy, please take with you, all those butthurt pseudo-fans who swore off the Knicks when you signed that Rockets offer sheet.
Which begs the ultimate question, if jerem Lin wanted to be with the Knicks for life - why did he sign the Houston Rockets offer sheet in the first place?
All he had to say was, "Glen, here are Houston's first set of numbers, match them and I'm yours, signed, sealed and delivered."
I believe Lin said he notified the Knicks before even signing the offer sheet, and they(Glen) told him to go ahead. The knicks had plenty of time to negotiate with Lin; two weeks had passed before he even signed with the Rockets. They negotiated directly with JR and Novak but they didn't with Lin and told him to find his market value.
If he wouldn't have signed the one offer sheet he got he would have had no contract; the Knicks weren't even negotiating with him.
It's pretty simple, Lin wasn't a part of their 3 year plan.
biglove44 wrote:misterearl wrote:Sign On The Dotted LineHARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:LOL @ how he says that he wanted to spend his whole career with the Knicks, but he thought that the NYK brass would spend $25M for a 2-year injured player with 2 dozen starts under his belt.No, no... You made your choice, and we made ours. Good luck in H-Town.
..and Jeremy, please take with you, all those butthurt pseudo-fans who swore off the Knicks when you signed that Rockets offer sheet.
Which begs the ultimate question, if jerem Lin wanted to be with the Knicks for life - why did he sign the Houston Rockets offer sheet in the first place?
All he had to say was, "Glen, here are Houston's first set of numbers, match them and I'm yours, signed, sealed and delivered."
I believe Lin said he notified the Knicks before even signing the offer sheet, and they(Glen) told him to go ahead. The knicks had plenty of time to negotiate with Lin; two weeks had passed before he even signed with the Rockets. They negotiated directly with JR and Novak but they didn't with Lin and told him to find his market value.
If he wouldn't have signed the one offer sheet he got he would have had no contract; the Knicks weren't even negotiating with him.
It's pretty simple, Lin wasn't a part of their 3 year plan.
You have any documentation or links to back up that statement???..Because such an argument would counter the much believed argument that Dolan was pissed he signed the second offer sheet...
holfresh wrote:biglove44 wrote:misterearl wrote:Sign On The Dotted LineHARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:LOL @ how he says that he wanted to spend his whole career with the Knicks, but he thought that the NYK brass would spend $25M for a 2-year injured player with 2 dozen starts under his belt.No, no... You made your choice, and we made ours. Good luck in H-Town.
..and Jeremy, please take with you, all those butthurt pseudo-fans who swore off the Knicks when you signed that Rockets offer sheet.
Which begs the ultimate question, if jerem Lin wanted to be with the Knicks for life - why did he sign the Houston Rockets offer sheet in the first place?
All he had to say was, "Glen, here are Houston's first set of numbers, match them and I'm yours, signed, sealed and delivered."
I believe Lin said he notified the Knicks before even signing the offer sheet, and they(Glen) told him to go ahead. The knicks had plenty of time to negotiate with Lin; two weeks had passed before he even signed with the Rockets. They negotiated directly with JR and Novak but they didn't with Lin and told him to find his market value.
If he wouldn't have signed the one offer sheet he got he would have had no contract; the Knicks weren't even negotiating with him.
It's pretty simple, Lin wasn't a part of their 3 year plan.
You have any documentation or links to back up that statement???..Because such an argument would counter the much believed argument that Dolan was pissed he signed the second offer sheet...
Yea Dolan was so pissed that he gave 15 million to Felton, 15 million to Novak, 13 million to Camby, 9 million to Kidd, 1.5 million to Kurt Thomas, sent 2 million to Houston to cover Tony Douglas salary and surrounded 4 second rounder (plus Josh Harrelson) in the process.
WOW that guy Dolan was really pissed.
KnicksFE wrote:holfresh wrote:biglove44 wrote:misterearl wrote:Sign On The Dotted LineHARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:LOL @ how he says that he wanted to spend his whole career with the Knicks, but he thought that the NYK brass would spend $25M for a 2-year injured player with 2 dozen starts under his belt.No, no... You made your choice, and we made ours. Good luck in H-Town.
..and Jeremy, please take with you, all those butthurt pseudo-fans who swore off the Knicks when you signed that Rockets offer sheet.
Which begs the ultimate question, if jerem Lin wanted to be with the Knicks for life - why did he sign the Houston Rockets offer sheet in the first place?
All he had to say was, "Glen, here are Houston's first set of numbers, match them and I'm yours, signed, sealed and delivered."
I believe Lin said he notified the Knicks before even signing the offer sheet, and they(Glen) told him to go ahead. The knicks had plenty of time to negotiate with Lin; two weeks had passed before he even signed with the Rockets. They negotiated directly with JR and Novak but they didn't with Lin and told him to find his market value.
If he wouldn't have signed the one offer sheet he got he would have had no contract; the Knicks weren't even negotiating with him.
It's pretty simple, Lin wasn't a part of their 3 year plan.
You have any documentation or links to back up that statement???..Because such an argument would counter the much believed argument that Dolan was pissed he signed the second offer sheet...
Yea Dolan was so pissed that he gave 15 million to Felton, 15 million to Novak, 13 million to Camby, 9 million to Kidd, 1.5 million to Kurt Thomas, sent 2 million to Houston to cover Tony Douglas salary and surrounded 4 second rounder (plus Josh Harrelson) in the process.
WOW that guy Dolan was really pissed.
I think you are misinterpreting the point I'm trying to make...The conventional wisdom is the Lin left because Dolan took his signing with Houston personally, so he decided not to match the offer...If that is true then the fact the Lin was never in the Knicks 3 year plan would blow that argument out of the water...
holfresh wrote:KnicksFE wrote:holfresh wrote:biglove44 wrote:misterearl wrote:Sign On The Dotted LineHARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:LOL @ how he says that he wanted to spend his whole career with the Knicks, but he thought that the NYK brass would spend $25M for a 2-year injured player with 2 dozen starts under his belt.No, no... You made your choice, and we made ours. Good luck in H-Town.
..and Jeremy, please take with you, all those butthurt pseudo-fans who swore off the Knicks when you signed that Rockets offer sheet.
Which begs the ultimate question, if jerem Lin wanted to be with the Knicks for life - why did he sign the Houston Rockets offer sheet in the first place?
All he had to say was, "Glen, here are Houston's first set of numbers, match them and I'm yours, signed, sealed and delivered."
I believe Lin said he notified the Knicks before even signing the offer sheet, and they(Glen) told him to go ahead. The knicks had plenty of time to negotiate with Lin; two weeks had passed before he even signed with the Rockets. They negotiated directly with JR and Novak but they didn't with Lin and told him to find his market value.
If he wouldn't have signed the one offer sheet he got he would have had no contract; the Knicks weren't even negotiating with him.
It's pretty simple, Lin wasn't a part of their 3 year plan.
You have any documentation or links to back up that statement???..Because such an argument would counter the much believed argument that Dolan was pissed he signed the second offer sheet...
Yea Dolan was so pissed that he gave 15 million to Felton, 15 million to Novak, 13 million to Camby, 9 million to Kidd, 1.5 million to Kurt Thomas, sent 2 million to Houston to cover Tony Douglas salary and surrounded 4 second rounder (plus Josh Harrelson) in the process.
WOW that guy Dolan was really pissed.I think you are misinterpreting the point I'm trying to make...The conventional wisdom is the Lin left because Dolan took his signing with Houston personally, so he decided not to match the offer...If that is true then the fact the Lin was never in the Knicks 3 year plan would blow that argument out of the water...
I understood what you said, however, I never believed that argument, how can Dolan be upset that Lin was getting 25 million from Houston while he was giving away 55 million to other (older and less talented) players in the process?
And the Knicks still will pay luxury tax for some of those contracts; personally it doesn’t make any sense. Just my opinion.
KnicksFE wrote:holfresh wrote:KnicksFE wrote:holfresh wrote:biglove44 wrote:misterearl wrote:Sign On The Dotted LineHARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:LOL @ how he says that he wanted to spend his whole career with the Knicks, but he thought that the NYK brass would spend $25M for a 2-year injured player with 2 dozen starts under his belt.No, no... You made your choice, and we made ours. Good luck in H-Town.
..and Jeremy, please take with you, all those butthurt pseudo-fans who swore off the Knicks when you signed that Rockets offer sheet.
Which begs the ultimate question, if jerem Lin wanted to be with the Knicks for life - why did he sign the Houston Rockets offer sheet in the first place?
All he had to say was, "Glen, here are Houston's first set of numbers, match them and I'm yours, signed, sealed and delivered."
I believe Lin said he notified the Knicks before even signing the offer sheet, and they(Glen) told him to go ahead. The knicks had plenty of time to negotiate with Lin; two weeks had passed before he even signed with the Rockets. They negotiated directly with JR and Novak but they didn't with Lin and told him to find his market value.
If he wouldn't have signed the one offer sheet he got he would have had no contract; the Knicks weren't even negotiating with him.
It's pretty simple, Lin wasn't a part of their 3 year plan.
You have any documentation or links to back up that statement???..Because such an argument would counter the much believed argument that Dolan was pissed he signed the second offer sheet...
Yea Dolan was so pissed that he gave 15 million to Felton, 15 million to Novak, 13 million to Camby, 9 million to Kidd, 1.5 million to Kurt Thomas, sent 2 million to Houston to cover Tony Douglas salary and surrounded 4 second rounder (plus Josh Harrelson) in the process.
WOW that guy Dolan was really pissed.I think you are misinterpreting the point I'm trying to make...The conventional wisdom is the Lin left because Dolan took his signing with Houston personally, so he decided not to match the offer...If that is true then the fact the Lin was never in the Knicks 3 year plan would blow that argument out of the water...
I understood what you said, however, I never believed that argument, how can Dolan be upset that Lin was getting 25 million from Houston while he was giving away 55 million to other (older and less talented) players in the process?
And the Knicks still will play luxury tax for some of those contracts; personally it doesn’t make any sense. Just my opinion.
Most of those players were already on the roster before Houston upped the third year of Lin's deal...I can find out which players but u know what I'm saying...OK..Let me ask u this...What if Lin didn't want to play for the Knicks??..What then??
holfresh wrote:KnicksFE wrote:holfresh wrote:KnicksFE wrote:holfresh wrote:biglove44 wrote:misterearl wrote:Sign On The Dotted LineHARDCOREKNICKSFAN wrote:LOL @ how he says that he wanted to spend his whole career with the Knicks, but he thought that the NYK brass would spend $25M for a 2-year injured player with 2 dozen starts under his belt.No, no... You made your choice, and we made ours. Good luck in H-Town.
..and Jeremy, please take with you, all those butthurt pseudo-fans who swore off the Knicks when you signed that Rockets offer sheet.
Which begs the ultimate question, if jerem Lin wanted to be with the Knicks for life - why did he sign the Houston Rockets offer sheet in the first place?
All he had to say was, "Glen, here are Houston's first set of numbers, match them and I'm yours, signed, sealed and delivered."
I believe Lin said he notified the Knicks before even signing the offer sheet, and they(Glen) told him to go ahead. The knicks had plenty of time to negotiate with Lin; two weeks had passed before he even signed with the Rockets. They negotiated directly with JR and Novak but they didn't with Lin and told him to find his market value.
If he wouldn't have signed the one offer sheet he got he would have had no contract; the Knicks weren't even negotiating with him.
It's pretty simple, Lin wasn't a part of their 3 year plan.
You have any documentation or links to back up that statement???..Because such an argument would counter the much believed argument that Dolan was pissed he signed the second offer sheet...
Yea Dolan was so pissed that he gave 15 million to Felton, 15 million to Novak, 13 million to Camby, 9 million to Kidd, 1.5 million to Kurt Thomas, sent 2 million to Houston to cover Tony Douglas salary and surrounded 4 second rounder (plus Josh Harrelson) in the process.
WOW that guy Dolan was really pissed.I think you are misinterpreting the point I'm trying to make...The conventional wisdom is the Lin left because Dolan took his signing with Houston personally, so he decided not to match the offer...If that is true then the fact the Lin was never in the Knicks 3 year plan would blow that argument out of the water...
I understood what you said, however, I never believed that argument, how can Dolan be upset that Lin was getting 25 million from Houston while he was giving away 55 million to other (older and less talented) players in the process?
And the Knicks still will play luxury tax for some of those contracts; personally it doesn’t make any sense. Just my opinion.Most of those players were already on the roster before Houston upped the third year of Lin's deal...I can find out which players but u know what I'm saying...OK..Let me ask u this...What if Lin didn't want to play for the Knicks??..What then??
That only makes the Knicks look worst, good NBA management first take care of the core guys before signing the role players, unless Lin was not part of the core like they say he was.
Unfortunately we will never know if Lin wanted to stay or not, since the Knicks never gave him the option to return, not before signing the contract with Houston, not after. Had the Knicks presented Lin a low offer at least, they would have looked much better, because Lin does have little NBA experience and is still a little unknown, so maybe the Knicks were not willing to over pay for his service.
The fact that they never showed Lin anything, make the Knicks the sole responsible in this breakup and maybe it’s for the better, personally I don’t think so, but we will find out in the next couple of years.