JamesLin wrote:Well, this is my take on this whole story.. and I'm sure it's not news to some of us already, but..Jeremy Lin was grateful to get a chance to play for the Knicks in a big market.. he was on the bench praying for a chance to play at the mecca of basketball.. suddenly, starting pgs got injured or performed miserably, D'Antoni got frustrated... Jeremy continues to pray for that one chance and he got it! "Oh man, Carmelo still hurt and out. I gotta shine!" Jeremy screams in his head. So the next 10 days or so, he became the starter and boy did he shine! Not only he worked his ass off on the court and scored and assisted and rebounded and fell on his ass numerous of times, but he became the David vs Goliath fantasy. Fans adored him, and he continued to be flashy under D'Antoni's system. He proved everyone wrong and he wants the Knicks to get the championship after a 40-year drought and so he overworked himself. Then he got injured and played hurt like all the other Knicks, but it was too late. He was too young to know he was burning the candle at both ends for the Knicks that is paying him less than 800k a year as a new york golden boy. He realized his mistake, and now worries about the season ending knee surgery. He figures, hell, I helped the Knicks get into the playoff and also made the team lots of money from media influence and fans around the world. I will be okay. I'll go take the surgery and work my ass off again and pray and pray and maybe come back in second round playoff. That didn't happen and dust started to flare up in the Square.
So Jeremy Lin puts down the bible and continued his rehab with a leap of faith. Surgery was a success as easily predicted, but not his career. All of a sudden he realized the Knicks had no intention to resign him to a long term contract he believes he deserved for helping the team to reach the playoff. I mean he worked hard and suffered for it with his stupidity and sincerity. At the end, all he got was Mike Woodson, an interim coach to tell him everything will be okay. I mean can you trust a man with a perfect bushy goatee? So Jeremy just enjoyed his stay back in California and cancelled his trip to play for his country because he contract is up in the air unknown. He felt unappreciated but kept the bible close to his hands. If it worked once, it will work twice, right?
Then all of a sudden, Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey came by. Although he resembles Jimmy Dolan's style of business, any GM approaching is good news for Jeremy Lin. So Morey quietly said to Lin, "Hey, I know we let you go and didn't even try you out.. We realized we made a huge mistake and we don't want to end up with the Curse of the BamLino. Excuse my pun, but you know what I'm saying? You are our Babe Ruth and we know it now. The Knicks only gave you a chance because they had no other PGs left to play. They did the exact same thing as we did, except this time, we are taking actions. I want to sign you. Hey look, we got rid of all our PGs.. we want you, and we'll find a way to get Dwight Howard as well, but that's just between you and me. We're not liking that Scola kid. Anyway, back to my point. We want to sign you, and the offer will be goooood.. like biblical good." And so over dinner, they talked and talked and talked. Jeremy Lin suddenly felt like Cinderella all over again and the time is nowhere near midnight on July 11th. So he verbally agreed to take the offer in appreciation.
After the champagne buzz faded, he realized what has just happened. He talked to his agent about Morey's plan and his agent is liking the money.. i mean the idea behind all this. He told Jeremy guess what, the Knicks will match the offer I bet and Jeremy said, "Oh? You think so? You think they will match the offer, George?" "Yes, I will make that happen." So his agent went off to make sure the front office gets the memo, then he came back to Jeremy and said, "Guess what Jeremy! They said they will match any offers. Woodson even guaranteed in public that!" "Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I'm so happy now!"
Then Houston Rockets just realized the more deals they were making were making them digging a huge hole like the Knicks, and they are wary they are making a big mistake. So they came back to talk to Jeremy Lin, "Hey, so you think the Knicks will dare to match our offer because we really want you back. The fear of the 100 year curse is too much for us to bear." "Oh, don't worry about that. The Knicks are going to match any offers you got. I was told your 4 year deal is nothing.." "ORly?" said Morey. All of a sudden, Morey smiled and carefully approached Jeremy again and whispered, "Hey, you know about Jimmy Dolan right? Remember what he did for Allan Houston? Remember what he did for Carmelo? You can be that too you know. How about this.. I'm going to give you the maximum under the rules and see if the Knicks dare to walk the walk because we do care..." As Morey handed Jeremy Lin a shiny delicious Big Apple, Jeremy quickly signed the new offer sheet without a doubt because either way, one team will finally realize his 'loyalty' and 'potential'.
"THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?!?", screamed Isiah Thomas, standing half naked with a wife-beater on top and Jimmy Dolan's stuffed mouth on the bottom. As the staff members gathered together for an emergency meeting, Jimmy asked them as he wiped his lips clean, "Hey, remember we had a point guard but traded away for Melo? What's his name again? Let's get him back!" Everyone looked at each other in awe, not knowing why or how all this happened. The GM then brought in Felton from McDonalds to sign a fat contract while watching Camby signing his soul away.
We would have us Knicks fans as the Chorus, but hell, we suffered enough of this bullcrap drama. They all suck and we refuse to chant and sing as The Chorus and walked off the staged pissed. THE END.
Lin graduated from Harvard. I think you paint him as very naive. Remember he fired his agent and hooked up with a big name shark. He didn't do anything wrong but he understood the terms of his contract.
