fishmike wrote:I have watched this thread grow w/o even looking thinking "another Lin thread?????"

I once thought Lin/Shump would be a great future backcourt. Lin is the creative scorer and playmaker and Shump the defender.

Simple questions:
If Lin were here today would he be the best guard on the roster? YES
If Lin were starting instead of Felton or Prigs or both would we have gotten off to a better start? YES

Lin is injury prone because he throws his body around too much. He's got to learn to improve that. We missed a good player... bottom line. Is $15mm too much for one year? I will tell you this.. I would rather pay Lin $15mm next year than Tyson. Hows that?

mreinman wrote:Crush, do you really not think that MSG has inside posters here?

If not, then what kind of covert operation is this? No plants? Spies? No spy organization is that incompetent.

rammagen wrote:at this point lin and his fans make me sick if you guys want to write about him go to the rockets board.

If you bothers you that much try avoiding any threads that are about Lin. Its not that hard.

NYKBocker wrote:What the heck is going on with these new posters? A lot of personal attacks if someone disagrees with their point of view. Might actually start using the ignore feature.

Haha they're new. They'll come around

Amen Andrew! It's not that hard to just ignore but you can't help it.

Lin is a touchy subject because there will always be those who will never forget Linsanity and those who want to forget but every time Linsanity returns it unlocks those deep rooted feelings which lead to feelings of sadness

Linsanity was awesome. I don't think I will ever experience something as awesome in sports again

Anyway back to the Rangers game. Not as depressing

Andrew wrote:

rammagen wrote:at this point lin and his fans make me sick if you guys want to write about him go to the rockets board.

If you bothers you that much try avoiding any threads that are about Lin. Its not that hard.

the point is it keeps coming up and up and up and up and for a player that does not play here and is not ever a top 15 player...It is the same respect both ways why keep posting about player that is not here and pushing other threads down that may be of more interest for a Knick fan

Yeah, okay, it's weird to still be talking about a player who left years ago but . . .

NYKBocker wrote:

rammagen wrote:

RonRon wrote:Fans like Jeremy Lin here because we played our best TEAM ball and it was exciting to watch
He was able to run a system, get players involved (affecting our OFF and DEF), initiate our offense, and get players in position to hit high % shots

Woodson should have found a way to work out the differences between Melo and Lin for the sake of the team, instead he chose to take Melo's side and have him initiate our offense but that isn't his game

Regardless of Lin's 3 year 24m deal, we were capped out anyway, it didn't make a difference on our ability to improve
Due to Amare, Melo, and Tyson making the entire cap themselves with a combined salary of over 60m
I don't care of his he was an alien and or green

Felton is a backup scoring guard and not a defender/facilitator
Neither is Pablo while he is able to facilitate and shoot 3pters, he cannot defend any PG's especially starters either
Lin by default would be our best starting PG, it is just that simple
While he is not a ALL STAR by any means, he is young and can still improve, and could be a piece to the puzzle

Ron Ron I call bs on this it is obvious that Lin fans refuse to see any reason. Lin is not worth 15 million dollars a yr not for the 6 or 7th player on the bench not for someone who has played less then one full season as a starter (25 games and gets injuries) then sits out the playoffs. In what world is that right? really. Sorry Houston obviously thinks lin is a back up as well and wanted to move him for salary cap reasons why tell me why? Because lin is great and all powerful?
Because he is not worth the money, I understand the he had a fantasist 20 games here but then got injured an sat out the playoffs.
what is this bs love affair for a guy that is not a starter on his current team? this is beyond reasonable and is borderline sick. If I was lin I would get a restraining order against all of the fan boys here

OK. Let me just chime in on this about Houston. Houston is not paying Lin $15M a year. His contract has an $8M+ cap hit per year. Lin was not their first choice. They wanted Dragic back but he went to PHX instead. Because of this, Morey needed to upgrade his PG spot and working the rules by positiong the Knicks to eat a poison pill contract which we did not match even though Woody said anything over a billion dollars.

Houston does not think Lin is a backup. Lin right does not fit with Harden. Beverley is the perfect fit for both Harden and Lin. He is a tenacious defensive player that is a spot up 3 pt shooter.

The injuries that you mentioned. Yeah, he is a little injury prone but have you seen his injuries? They are not your garden variety injuries. The injury he got during Linsanity was vicious. If you can come back from that injury in the amount given to him then more power to you. Here is the clip if you forgot or did not see it.

The injury he got last year from OKC that knocked him off the playoffs is another vicious one.

If Houston didn't think Lin was a back-up, then he would be starting, its that simple. Stop making excuses for Lin. He's a nice player, a starter on middle of the pack and bad teams, a bench player on really good teams.

By using your same logic, Westbrook should be coming off the bench as well since Reggie Jackson is a much better fit next to Durant....But Westbrook ain't coming off the bench because OKC doesn't look at Westbrook as a back up....

rammagen wrote:

Andrew wrote:

rammagen wrote:at this point lin and his fans make me sick if you guys want to write about him go to the rockets board.

If you bothers you that much try avoiding any threads that are about Lin. Its not that hard.

the point is it keeps coming up and up and up and up and for a player that does not play here and is not ever a top 15 player...It is the same respect both ways why keep posting about player that is not here and pushing other threads down that may be of more interest for a Knick fan

I agree. I just can't wait to see what Lin's next contract will be for. Maybe 3 million per year?