subzero0 wrote:

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

If Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.

Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.

Lin and Harden made our boys look silly.

It had to end sometime. Losses like this will happen to even the best teams.

move on.....Lin returned and got a win.

Got Brooklyn next...

So he got an ovation, and we lost without evil Melo.

Was he even at the game last night? I was hoping to see the Melo/Lin hug shot.

Light and Darkness passing in the night.

[This is sarcasm]

CrushAlot wrote:

subzero0 wrote:

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

If Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.

Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.

Not sure why this is being rehashed again but you know about the poison pill in the third year and how much it would have cost NY. You know that the new cba is very restrictive in regards to player movement for teams that are over the cap to the point where the Lin contract would have put the Knicks. Morey isn't stupid.

Actually, the Poison Pill contract would have only affected Chicago. Knicks was in a unique position that the contract would not have affected any player movement since the Knicks were already over the cap in year 3. The only cost is Dolan's money.

JrZyHuStLa wrote:[((J Lin > Danilo Gallinari) / [CapSpace] * [Draft picks] + $3MM / Flexibility) - (Melo/Felton) * (Billups+Moz+W Chandler)]

Fixed.

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

subzero0 wrote:

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

If Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.

Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.

Not sure why this is being rehashed again but you know about the poison pill in the third year and how much it would have cost NY. You know that the new cba is very restrictive in regards to player movement for teams that are over the cap to the point where the Lin contract would have put the Knicks. Morey isn't stupid.

Actually, the Poison Pill contract would have only affected Chicago. Knicks was in a unique position that the contract would not have affected any player movement since the Knicks were already over the cap in year 3. The only cost is Dolan's money.

Totally true, the Knicks will still pay hefty penalties for being way over the cap with or without Lin.

KnicksFE wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

subzero0 wrote:

Papabear wrote:Papabear Says

If Lin was offered 25 million from the begining and the Knicks refused I would then give him a props and thank him for being a Knick. But since he really didn't want to come back to the Knicks why should I stand up for him. I won't Boo him but I damn sure won't stand up for him.

Not sure what you're saying here. You do realize that every team tells their free agent to go out and try to get the best offer sheat deal they can and they will then match it, right? If the team turns around and says "Sayonara sucker, we were just kidding when we said we were going to re-sign you!", then im not really sure how you can blame the player for that. But to each his own I guess.

Not sure why this is being rehashed again but you know about the poison pill in the third year and how much it would have cost NY. You know that the new cba is very restrictive in regards to player movement for teams that are over the cap to the point where the Lin contract would have put the Knicks. Morey isn't stupid.

Actually, the Poison Pill contract would have only affected Chicago. Knicks was in a unique position that the contract would not have affected any player movement since the Knicks were already over the cap in year 3. The only cost is Dolan's money.

Totally true, the Knicks will still pay hefty penalties for being way over the cap with or without Lin.

Thats what some of these fans just dont understand. It only would have cost Dolan some money. Lin was told to go out and get the best contract he can and when he did the Knicks shut the door on him. Yet some people blame Lin for that, im not quite sure how that works.

Consider how many other players Dolan has signed for much much expensive contracts with potential much much less than Lin's.

But whatever, if some critics choose to blame Lin for something that was absolutely not his fault then so be it... says more about the critic than it does Lin.

Linsanity was on a scale the universe has never seen before

It was so shocking that many are still trying to come to terms with it and do not see how awesome it really was

IronWillGiroud wrote:Lin took a down and out pathetic Knicks team and by himself he took them to playoffs while dropping JORDAN NUMBERS think about it

He got them back to .500 yes, but he did not play for most of March and April and definitely didn't attempt suiting up for the playoffs.