NYKMentality wrote:I've supported Felton over Lin (100%) since day one. I loved Felton's run during 2010-2011 in which he averaged 17.1 points, 9.0 assists with 3.3 turnovers per game. Our first playoff push in what felt like forever. Stoudemire also feasted with Felton running the point. With Felton running the point, Stoudemire then went on to set a Knicks franchise record for consecutive games of 30+ points. Amar'e feasted with Felton at the point. How quickly some of these Jeremy Lin lovers have forgotten, that Felton's 17.1 points, 9.0 assists and 3.3 turnovers per game were better numbers, more productive numbers than what Jeremy Lin put up during Linsanity. The difference? Felton put up those numbers for 54 games. Lin only had a small sample size of 26 games. Felton didn't get hurt after only 26 games either. Lin did. Felton didn't sit out the postseason due to an injury either. But Lin did. Felton loved being a Knick. Our front office had to trade Felton in order for Felton to miss a game in a Knicks uniform. If only the same could be said for an overrated Lin.
Here in 2012-2013, it's no different, Felton is (once again) out performing Jeremy Lin.
Record:
Reymond Felton: 5-0.
Jeremy Lin: 3-4.
Points:
Ray: 14.0 per game.
Lin: 11.9 per game.
Assists:
Ray: 6.4 per game.
Lin: 6.4 per game.
Turnovers:
Ray: 2.6 per game.
Lin: 2.6 per game.
Field Goal Percentage:
Ray: .400%
Lin: .373%
Three Point Field Goal Percentage:
Ray: .391%
Lin: .308%
Rebounds:
Lin: 4.6 per game.
Ray: 3.2 per game.
Steals:
Lin: 2.4 per game.
Ray: 1.6 per game.
But yet, contract wise, Jeremy Lin is making more than double when compared to what Felton's making. It's a laughing stock joke. Felton's only due $12,540,000 over the next 3 years. Lin on the other hand? He's due $25,123,938 over the next 3 years; more than double Felton's contract. Felton over Jeremy Lin and it's not even close.
You know whats a shame, is that Jeremy Lin never earned his contract. Lin only A.) Played 26 regular season games before B.) Getting hurt while C.) Sitting out the final 17 regular season games while D.) Sitting out at 75-85% health while the Miami Heat murdered the Knicks during postseason play.
Lin looked guilty on that Knicks bench. You know why he looked guilty? Because he used the Knicks for his 26 games of production. He couldn't have cared less about his teammates being manhandled by Miami. He didn't even attempt to play a single minute during our Miami series, and you know why? Because he seen dollar signs were right around the corner. I could see it in his eyes (as he was sitting on that bench) that Jeremy Lin was fearful of being exposed as a potential turnover machine ala losing out on millions, upon million of dollars come the offseason. Trust me, Jeremy Lin knew exactly what he was doing. Sat out for that contract in which he currenlty has. Lin only put up 8 points and 3 assists while committing 8 turnovers against Miami during an 88-102 loss during the regular season. Lin sat out, at 75%-85% health, due to being fearful of being exposed by a very strong/athletic Miami Heat defense come postseason play.
Chances are, Houston doesn't even finish above .500 with Jeremy Lin running that offense.
1. There are people on this board who thought Felton was going to have a good season AND are rooting for Lin. It's true.
You must have been on this board to see the beginnings of the
"I vote for Felton!"/ " Well, I vote for Lin!" idiocy!
It seems you've been around long enough before your join date to have gotten sucked into this idiocy.
2. You were making some good points until that paragraph in bold. It's a nice narrative. It could be true. It could be not.
There is absolutely no way to prove or disprove whether
- "Lin looked guilty"
- "He couldn't have cared less about his teammates being manhandled by Miami"
"Trust me, Jeremy Lin knew exactly what he was doing"
Um why exactly should anyone on this board or on the planet earth "trust" your "knowledge" of the situation over anyone elses?
I'm not trying to simply be combative here. I am genuinely bewildered how anyone can speak with such certainty about whether he was or was not healthy enough to play without further injuring his knee.
I'm also completely confused as to how one can take what little is known about him and what we observed during the season to make a statement like "He couldn't have cared less about his teammates"
It sounds like these are the conclusions you've reached and there's no point of going back and forth 100 times when your opinion won't change. Me? I have no idea what was going on inside the guy's head and knee because I'm not him. I wasn't in that locker room or anywhere near where I could observe the kid firsthand.
Where were you?
It's a free country so if you want to espouse your own theory or i guess "educated"? guesses about what went down then you're free to. but i sincerely hope you realize that's all they are, guesses and theories, and you're not actually walking around in the belief that YOU NYKMENTALITY possess The Real Story of Jeremy Lin.
If you do possess some power such as invisibility that allows you to slip behind walls do the board a favor and please:
- get us a copy of the next Iman Shumpert mixtape
- while you're at it, please tell us if Iman Shumpert is faking the extent of his injury because he needs time to work on his album.
- which NBA players care the most about their teammates?
- Can you please get inside Jeremy Lin's head and tell us how he felt during his latest regular season game against the heat. Is he confident enough to face them again or will he now fake an injury the next time Houston plays them so he can avoid exposing his penchant for crunchtime airballs form downtown?
Also can you ask Jeremy where that couch went and if I can have it? Times are tough and I'd like to ebay it.
Thanks!
Actually I am trying to be combative. I'm not going to try bother guessing what your name on this board was before.
If you keep posting gems like the last one it will encourage me to stop reading this board I guess. Thanks.
Let's try to elevate the level of discourse in this byeetch. Please