RonRon wrote:Remember when Lin was listed as day to day, among with JR Smith/STAT/CA/IMAN/Camby/Wallace/Ronnie Brewer having much more serious injuries than reported

I wonder if Calderon and AB's injuries are a lot more serious than reported, it is the MSG way

VCoug wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:It turned out the way it did because Knicks had every intention of keeping Lin. It wasn't until Lin went back for the 2nd contract that turned Dolan off. If Lin signed the poison pill contact up front with first offer then we probably keep him.

Rockets ended up losing a first round pick to dump the contract.

Lin was never allowed to sign the first contract. At the beginning of free agency, like the first 3 to 5 days, other teams are only allowed to offer contracts but the players can only sign after the 3 to 5 day waiting period is over. Houston offered Lin the first contract, certain members of our team's administration ran their mouth about matching that deal, and Houston offered the second contract which Lin was then able to sign. Lin signed the only contract that was offered to him that he could sign; the first contract he couldn't until after the waiting period and we never offered him a contract.

You know I never knew that. I always thought Lin never signed the first one and used the offer to gauge if the Knicks would match or not then went back to squeeze more money.

I do remember Woodson saying we were going to match any offer submitted up to a billion dollars or something like that.