Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysIf Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.
Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.
subzero0 wrote:Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysIf Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.
Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.
But thats not what happened
subzero0 wrote:Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysIf Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.
Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.
Not sure why this is being rehashed again but you know about the poison pill in the third year and how much it would have cost NY. You know that the new cba is very restrictive in regards to player movement for teams that are over the cap to the point where the Lin contract would have put the Knicks. Morey isn't stupid.
Drum Roll....
Alan Hahn @alanhahn
Loud ovation for @JLin7. @TheGarden said Thank You. Good moment. Now, let us all move forward....
Good job nyk fans for thanking Lin for saving our season
Kharma's a bytch!
Lin and Harden made our boys look silly.
It had to end sometime. Losses like this will happen to even the best teams.
move on.....Lin returned and got a win.
Got Brooklyn next...
Uhm, we don't. Jeremy Lin didn't have any lasting effects on our Knicks. The event was too brief to make any positive differences in our team. Just move on. It was just a bad thing that happened and we should just let it go and focus on what we have now. Honestly, it was a mess between Jeremy Lin and Jimmy Dolan and nobody else's. Standing ovation is overly dramatizing the near past. No point.
jamesLin, was that sarcasm, or are you seriously going to change your login name?
So he got an ovation, and we lost without evil Melo.
Was he even at the game last night? I was hoping to see the Melo/Lin hug shot.
Light and Darkness passing in the night.
[This is sarcasm]
jrodmc wrote:jamesLin, was that sarcasm, or are you seriously going to change your login name? So he got an ovation, and we lost without evil Melo.
Was he even at the game last night? I was hoping to see the Melo/Lin hug shot.
Light and Darkness passing in the night.
[This is sarcasm]
blah, it was the voice of a cynic under the in'flu'ence... god I hate this flu. I didn't see Melo and Lin hug, but won't be surprised. What surprised me was how hard Tyson slapped down on Jeremy to stop him from scoring under the basket. My login name has too much of a 'history' to change. I just regret I didn't cough up the money to buy the jersey to save some money not having to customize it when I had the chance. However, I was also kinda relieved I didn't because I remembered I swore to myself I would not buy another Knicks season ticket or merchandise or pay extra to watch MSG games on cable until Jimmy Dolan is out, and glad I didn't break my own promise/oath.
CrushAlot wrote:subzero0 wrote:Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysIf Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.
Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.
Not sure why this is being rehashed again but you know about the poison pill in the third year and how much it would have cost NY. You know that the new cba is very restrictive in regards to player movement for teams that are over the cap to the point where the Lin contract would have put the Knicks. Morey isn't stupid.
Actually, the Poison Pill contract would have only affected Chicago. Knicks was in a unique position that the contract would not have affected any player movement since the Knicks were already over the cap in year 3. The only cost is Dolan's money.
NYKBocker wrote:CrushAlot wrote:subzero0 wrote:Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysIf Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.
Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.
Not sure why this is being rehashed again but you know about the poison pill in the third year and how much it would have cost NY. You know that the new cba is very restrictive in regards to player movement for teams that are over the cap to the point where the Lin contract would have put the Knicks. Morey isn't stupid.
Actually, the Poison Pill contract would have only affected Chicago. Knicks was in a unique position that the contract would not have affected any player movement since the Knicks were already over the cap in year 3. The only cost is Dolan's money.
Totally true, the Knicks will still pay hefty penalties for being way over the cap with or without Lin.
KnicksFE wrote:NYKBocker wrote:CrushAlot wrote:subzero0 wrote:Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysIf Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.
Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.
Not sure why this is being rehashed again but you know about the poison pill in the third year and how much it would have cost NY. You know that the new cba is very restrictive in regards to player movement for teams that are over the cap to the point where the Lin contract would have put the Knicks. Morey isn't stupid.
Actually, the Poison Pill contract would have only affected Chicago. Knicks was in a unique position that the contract would not have affected any player movement since the Knicks were already over the cap in year 3. The only cost is Dolan's money.
Totally true, the Knicks will still pay hefty penalties for being way over the cap with or without Lin.
Estimates for his third year poison pill were 45-65 mil if I recall right. Too bad he had his third good game of the season and it brought the drama back.
KnicksFE wrote:NYKBocker wrote:CrushAlot wrote:subzero0 wrote:Papabear wrote:Papabear SaysIf Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.
Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.
Not sure why this is being rehashed again but you know about the poison pill in the third year and how much it would have cost NY. You know that the new cba is very restrictive in regards to player movement for teams that are over the cap to the point where the Lin contract would have put the Knicks. Morey isn't stupid.
Actually, the Poison Pill contract would have only affected Chicago. Knicks was in a unique position that the contract would not have affected any player movement since the Knicks were already over the cap in year 3. The only cost is Dolan's money.
Totally true, the Knicks will still pay hefty penalties for being way over the cap with or without Lin.
Thats what some of these fans just dont understand. It only would have cost Dolan some money. Lin was told to go out and get the best contract he can and when he did the Knicks shut the door on him. Yet some people blame Lin for that, im not quite sure how that works.
Consider how many other players Dolan has signed for much much expensive contracts with potential much much less than Lin's.
But whatever, if some critics choose to blame Lin for something that was absolutely not his fault then so be it... says more about the critic than it does Lin.
who gives a sh1t about Lin...my goodness, give it a rest people. Talking "Karma" and standing ovations for wearing a Knick jersey for 25 damn games.
Someone who didn't know anything about the NBA, and the posters on this site, would think you were all 13 year old girls and he helped bring multiple NBA Championships to the Garden.
What? Linsanity is up there with the 94 finals and 99 run,
Linsanity was on a scale the universe has never seen before
It was so shocking that many are still trying to come to terms with it and do not see how awesome it really was
Lin took a down and out pathetic Knicks team and by himself he took them to playoffs while dropping JORDAN NUMBERS think about it
IronWillGiroud wrote:Lin took a down and out pathetic Knicks team and by himself he took them to playoffs while dropping JORDAN NUMBERS think about it
He got them back to .500 yes, but he did not play for most of March and April and definitely didn't attempt suiting up for the playoffs.
ChuckBuck wrote:IronWillGiroud wrote:Lin took a down and out pathetic Knicks team and by himself he took them to playoffs while dropping JORDAN NUMBERS think about it
He got them back to .500 yes, but he did not play for most of March and April and definitely didn't attempt suiting up for the playoffs.
Team was 7-15 when LInsanity took over then LINDAWG went 8-1, now you're 15-15, that's about half of the shortened season, you're at the halfway mark at 500 instead of maybe 10-21?
AND HE PLAYED ALMOST ALL OF MARCH, MISSING ONLY 4 GAMES IN THE MONTH
