martin wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:

Paladin55 wrote:Can't see us getting him- don't even think we asked him in for a workout. Supposedly he is having talks with 3 teams- one in the Eastern Conference. Don't think we are that team- Donnie said today that the position we might be looking at in terms of additions- is SG.

Looks like a very crafty classical PG- surprised that EVERYONE (meaning the 30 NBA teams), not just the Knicks, missed him on draft night.

http://ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=33217

Briggs- I know you mentioned him prior to the draft- its just that the Knicks have not yet tendered you an offer to become their GM.

Not prior to draft 6 months before

i mean, he is a good find 6 months prior to the draft. But come on man, so intellectual honesty here, you also said just prior to the draft that you didn't see him getting drafted (or flat out wouldn't draft him) cause of lack of athleticism.

No I said I wouldnt use pick 38+39 on him. And believe me I would not have--I wouldve traded the picks and moved into round 1 and I think it couldve been accomplished--I wouldve cared less about 600k in salary cap. They were smoking a pipe dream and hell they mustve known that. What i said about Lin is we can pick him up with a 50--he didnt play well enough to warrant 38 the 2nd half of the year--why spend 100 bucks when you can spend 50??? that is how the draft works

misterearl wrote:Palladin55 - sometimes you gotta do the research before you make assumptions. According to this interview on NBADraft.net, the Knicks had Lin in for a Pre draft workout

http://www.nbadraft.net/jeremy-lin-interview

veddy interesting

Don't recall him being on the MSG draft prospects page- which would put out some glowing comments about each player we were working out:
http://www.nba.com/knicks/draft/prospectscentral.html Another reason why I was surprised about the Landry Fields pick, by the way, and less so about Rautins.

I assume that we went to a few workouts where there were more than one team present- I read that we saw Hobson at a non-Knicks workout and came away impressed with him.

Could we be the "Eastern Conference" team he is talking to at this point? I tend not to think so, but who knows.

Thank you for the edifying information regarding this matter, though.

With that said, Lin would be a perfect fit with Stanfords Landry Fields on the all-academic, underdog, ready to rumble, United Nations Knicks

Donnie makes him an offer he can't refuse

Paladin55 wrote:

misterearl wrote:
With that said, Lin would be a perfect fit with Stanfords Landry Fields on the all-academic, underdog, ready to rumble, United Nations Knicks

Stanford the West Coast intellectual powerhouse vs Harvard, the East Coast standard for academic rigor...

... their debates on politics and society would be epic in proportion.

Where is there any room for J Lin?

Lin would be a significant upgrade over Nate on the "who do you trust?" scale

Make it so... and give Lin uni number 3 or number 11

alau53 wrote:great find and post briggs..you got no life watching ivy league bb but great find..i used to watch as a kid b4 cable in the late 60's on channel 9 would have ivy league bb game of week..right after bob lanier of st boneventure face off against calvin murphy of niagra

dude! followed by rick mount of purdue facing pete maravich of lsu??