I can't believe people aren't willing to spend the MLE on Lin, considering how much we spend on other "talents"
This guy just had basically his rookie season, and put up this kind of number, and you guys are ready to just give up on him? We talk about getting excited for homegrown talent, this guy went from a dleaguer to a legitimate starter in front of our eyes. He has great work ethics, and great personality, definitely worth the MLE. I understand we are trying to win now, but why would a player like Nash want to come to the Knicks if he is trying to win a championship before he retires, lets be serious, we aren't that good, and now without Dantoni there really isn't any appeal. We can say "because we are NYC..", look at all the MLE targets that flirted with us and ultimately chose somewhere else.
It boggles my mind that people only point out that Lin is here only for ticket sales, the dude can ball. TBH, I'm not even that big of a Lin fan, I think his ball-handling is suspect, and his playmaking is average. But there's also no doubt in my mind he is our best option at PG (now and the future), and I have no doubt with a summer to work on his game he will become much better. Worst thing about Linsanity is that we now hold Lin to this extremely high standard, we overlook a lot of Shumpert's shortcomings and trust that he can improve with time, so why not Lin?