GustavBahler wrote:toodarkmark wrote:James Dolan is a joke of an owner. It's clownish to defend someone who made an emerging star player a promise, broke it, and then does everything to get the media to spin it in his direction.Someone who has done everything in their power for 12 years to ruin a team that meant so much to so many. Lin was forced out. Say all you want, but the facts are out there. Defend all you want, but Dolan would have paid Lin anything he wanted if Lin had just accepted that no one in this town is bigger than Dolan.
I'd like to know who here believes that Dolan has been a good owner, or even a mediocre one? Doubt we will find anyone. Posters might disagree on individual moves but I'm positive that there isn't any daylight in how we all feel about what kind of an owner little jimmy has been.
We all respectively agree Owner/1 rule brass _ass J Dolan is a clown even though Knicks had build themselves 2yrs to a playoff team
We also agree we LOVE the NY Knicks to death
we can agree to disagree or majority agrees "Knicks" shoulda coulda offered contract
<<< Didnt superstar D.Jeter get put onto Market by big bad YANKS & got paid $$$> ? 5 rings then and all
End of tale Jeremy Lin is a talented player now an "ex-Knick" we can blame Dolan all we want,
Jeremy/Agent "Punked" a Millionaire/Billionaire Pro hoops/Sports TV-Communications services Owner
and in end Jeremy Lin won Big $$$$$
All I am saying is you 'Punk' a rich man & that may not be the best in the long run. Lin Won $$$ he got his own team
I say use Dolan not punk him in $43 mil of monies $$$ pinch which Knicks didnt want to make history story about in 3 yrs.
I am shocked
I've seen in pro sports the biggest SUPERSTARs in any profession get put onto the market, its called business and transaction further
interests. J. Lin isnt a superstar or was not one yet!
How many times have you seen teams in mlb, nba, nfl go out to improve their teams $$$ and discussions for pro players on the market
then coming back around to their own player to finalize deals or get their financial obligations in place to take care of their own !
The norm is not always to take care of a top player 1st or an aging star OR even a young potential star upcoming.
To Knicks credit they may have not known honestly what a $market cost can be for a new sensation such as Jeremy Lin.
However after 1 week + several days (past July 11) we all led to believe a 4 yr $28mil offer was around where Knicks honestly
felt they'd work from & may have possible match/sign deal , But of course not one person on forum board questions the "Coc-kka-maney
rules to allow:
1) July 11 official date to receive offer sheet document, None provided by team of details for transacting or furthering negoitiating
2) The premise deal 'Revamped' Seriously to point of costing the NY Knicks nearly $43 million bucks luxury tax yr.# 3 to pay Lin $14.9mil
Backloaded, poison-pill ALL legal stuff they say but it all worked against the NY Knickerbockers.
As Isola tabloid beat man reported that the Knicks declined to bring back the restricted free-agent point guard, in part, because owner James Dolan felt "betrayed" and "deceived" by Lin agreeing to a restructured three-year, $25.1 million deal that would have been much more financially onerous for New York to equal than the four-year, $28.8 million sheet initially floated by the Rockets
like many here AS avid Knick lover to my last days on Earth I "Disdain " MR Dolan, but will never give up my team & seeing another
NBA NYK title, as I was fortunate to see 1-2 as early young tad in the old days.
All in all maybe? Knicks could have matched and swallowed the poison pill cause of premise they created.
I Think the knicks were not going to let Jeremy Lin go onto to the street, lost for nonething & perhaps the poor research they done to
know 'poison pill' can only be done from teams escaping such Luxury tax penalties. But it happened.
Feel Lin thing he was left out by Knicks & not prioritized.
Sorry I dont think for 1 second the Knicks was going to not take care of Jeremy Lin and give him fair & $$$contract he deserved
Lin /Agent took their chance and of which didnt give knicks opportunity to match, and that is all it is.
Good Luck Jeremy we'll maybe see you down the road in NY again 3-4 yrs perhaps, after Houston doesnt work out for you!
