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crzymdups
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7/11/2012  11:54 AM
i know martin mentioned this earlier in the thread, but i did not realize this was true:

Howard Beck ‏@HowardBeckNYT

Most Knicks could have offered Lin was about $23.6 mil. Houston offer that NY will match is $28.8 mil. Playing the market was smart move.

Howard Beck ‏@HowardBeckNYT

Wrote this before, but worth repeating: Knicks could not have given Lin same $ that Houston did. Lin got better deal because of Rockets.


so, Houston essentially did Lin and the Knicks a favor. Perhaps why the Camby deal was so favorable for Houston? and if that could ever be proven, I'm sure Stern would kill people.

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7/11/2012  11:56 AM
Nalod wrote:I read that Lin eats the blue M&M's just to piss off Melo! Kidd needs to show Lin how to enjoy the Red ones as well, this way there are enough for Melo. Amare is a Reeces pieces guy and Tyson likes Jr Mints! I heard that Melo is not fond of Jr mints but his agent said if the right endorsement opportunity came along he would reconsider.

You guys buying any of this?

I friend of mines cousin is married to a girl who rides the train with a friend, whos brother shared a cab with a dude from staten island, who marriend into a family that owns a restuarant that employs a waitress, shose grandfather came to the country from Italy with a guy from Ireland, whos nephew worked in a bagel store next to the Garden and saw Amare eating a slice of pizza that he said his thrid cousin who used to work at Sbarro in highschool before he graduated and had a college roomate from Florida, who once said "hi" to JJ reddick in orlando but still thought he was a jerk because his aunt went to Florida State when Charlie Ward was there and Charlie tried to hit on the daughter of the women who worked in the dinner hall that Charlie used to get extra meatloaf from on game days, but got in trouble by the uncle of the supervisor who eventually moved to NYC, and now works in a Duane Reed, and he said Melo buys bags of M&M's (he has a driver come in an actually buy them) and the driver said that Melo likes blue ones so it must be true!!!!

Mmm M&Ms, Reese's pieces and JR mints ....

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7/11/2012  11:57 AM
god, mitch lawrence is getting ripped to shreds by every NY beat writer.

Ian O'Connor ‏@Ian_OConnor

Jeremy Lin was so upset at #Knicks that he celebrated his Houston offer sheet over dinner with Knicks assist Kenny Atkinson

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7/11/2012  11:58 AM
Nalod wrote:I read that Lin eats the blue M&M's just to piss off Melo! Kidd needs to show Lin how to enjoy the Red ones as well, this way there are enough for Melo. Amare is a Reeces pieces guy and Tyson likes Jr Mints! I heard that Melo is not fond of Jr mints but his agent said if the right endorsement opportunity came along he would reconsider.

You guys buying any of this?

I friend of mines cousin is married to a girl who rides the train with a friend, whos brother shared a cab with a dude from staten island, who marriend into a family that owns a restuarant that employs a waitress, shose grandfather came to the country from Italy with a guy from Ireland, whos nephew worked in a bagel store next to the Garden and saw Amare eating a slice of pizza that he said his thrid cousin who used to work at Sbarro in highschool before he graduated and had a college roomate from Florida, who once said "hi" to JJ reddick in orlando but still thought he was a jerk because his aunt went to Florida State when Charlie Ward was there and Charlie tried to hit on the daughter of the women who worked in the dinner hall that Charlie used to get extra meatloaf from on game days, but got in trouble by the uncle of the supervisor who eventually moved to NYC, and now works in a Duane Reed, and he said Melo buys bags of M&M's (he has a driver come in an actually buy them) and the driver said that Melo likes blue ones so it must be true!!!!

no, you're right. personalities have nothing to do with it. it's like a video games where you just add up the numbers.

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7/11/2012  12:09 PM
Nalod wrote:I read that Lin eats the blue M&M's just to piss off Melo! Kidd needs to show Lin how to enjoy the Red ones as well, this way there are enough for Melo. Amare is a Reeces pieces guy and Tyson likes Jr Mints! I heard that Melo is not fond of Jr mints but his agent said if the right endorsement opportunity came along he would reconsider.

You guys buying any of this?

I friend of mines cousin is married to a girl who rides the train with a friend, whos brother shared a cab with a dude from staten island, who marriend into a family that owns a restuarant that employs a waitress, shose grandfather came to the country from Italy with a guy from Ireland, whos nephew worked in a bagel store next to the Garden and saw Amare eating a slice of pizza that he said his thrid cousin who used to work at Sbarro in highschool before he graduated and had a college roomate from Florida, who once said "hi" to JJ reddick in orlando but still thought he was a jerk because his aunt went to Florida State when Charlie Ward was there and Charlie tried to hit on the daughter of the women who worked in the dinner hall that Charlie used to get extra meatloaf from on game days, but got in trouble by the uncle of the supervisor who eventually moved to NYC, and now works in a Duane Reed, and he said Melo buys bags of M&M's (he has a driver come in an actually buy them) and the driver said that Melo likes blue ones so it must be true!!!!

I'm a guy of a guy of a guy from Ireland, and I endorse this message. Charlie Ward hitting on a cafeteria woman's daughter not withstanding. Atlhough I always did wonder if Ewing's influence at the Atlanta Golden Ho's club did eventually lead to some rather nasty post-game center court prayers about Knicks City Dancers and they're ability to only be ovulating during road trips which would allow Charlie to bury his football without fear of having to kill an unborn future Christian, which, of course led to the whole Anucha incident followed by the truck and Stephon not fully realizing that his small man issues were without basis because the second cousin of the inventor of Vaseline actually knew that it would be good to eat and would also increase your semen quality for POV vids which is why JR decided not to show any creampie shots during the evening with Miss holy rolly polly azz because his vaseline had expired and as it turns out, the edible ingredients within vaseline are also the tastiest parts of cafeteria meatloaf at Florida State, which, in turn, explains why they stick with the "SEMINoles" as the team name. That nasty Charlie Ward guy, no wonder he never had legs at the end of games!

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7/11/2012  12:10 PM    LAST EDITED: 7/11/2012  12:13 PM
Hahn on the Lin saga...

Alan Hahn

Sneak preview of Lin story in upcoming Fix: The Knicks have been criticized in the past for negotiating against themselves for players (and coaches) and still overpaying. The more logical play was to allow Jeremy to set his market value by receiving the best offer he could get and then let the Knicks match and that's exactly what happened when the Rockets came in with a four-year, $28 million deal. But had the Knicks jumped in early and reached an agreement in principle with Lin at a number his agents felt was fair (in other words, maximum), Lin could have kept his commiment to USA Basketball and played for the Select Team in workouts with the Olympic team. This would have been very good for his development and preparation for the coming season. Instead, Lin pulled out of the USA Basketball training camp in Las Vegas. On top of that, other players have told me Lin took to heart some strong criticism from Woodson during exit interviews after the season ended. Woodson was tough on all of the players and challenged every one of them -- including Carmelo Anthony -- to work on their weaknesses and come back stronger and better when training camp opened. Lin is a very proud player who is well-aware there are many naysayers out there who have proclaimed Linsanity to be a passing fad. Confidence from his coach is critical. The two did meet last month in Los Angeles over dinner, where Woodson tried to carefully smooth over any issues Lin had from the exit interview...

Alan Hahn ‏@alanhahn

But a lot more to it, plus other perspectives, in upcoming Fix. Will post soon…

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7/11/2012  12:11 PM
Charlie Ward! Reminds me of the good ole days...

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7/11/2012  12:15 PM
ChuckBuck wrote:Charlie Ward! Reminds me of the good ole days...

He always had to be looking up, to keep from seeing this all the time:

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7/11/2012  12:15 PM
crzymdups wrote:Hahn on the Lin saga...

Alan Hahn

Sneak preview of Lin story in upcoming Fix: The Knicks have been criticized in the past for negotiating against themselves for players (and coaches) and still overpaying. The more logical play was to allow Jeremy to set his market value by receiving the best offer he could get and then let the Knicks match and that's exactly what happened when the Rockets came in with a four-year, $28 million deal. But had the Knicks jumped in early and reached an agreement in principle with Lin at a number his agents felt was fair (in other words, maximum), Lin could have kept his commiment to USA Basketball and played for the Select Team in workouts with the Olympic team. This would have been very good for his development and preparation for the coming season. Instead, Lin pulled out of the USA Basketball training camp in Las Vegas. On top of that, other players have told me Lin took to heart some strong criticism from Woodson during exit interviews after the season ended. Woodson was tough on all of the players and challenged every one of them -- including Carmelo Anthony -- to work on their weaknesses and come back stronger and better when training camp opened. Lin is a very proud player who is well-aware there are many naysayers out there who have proclaimed Linsanity to be a passing fad. Confidence from his coach is critical. The two did meet last month in Los Angeles over dinner, where Woodson tried to carefully smooth over any issues Lin had from the exit interview...

Alan Hahn ‏@alanhahn

But a lot more to it, plus other perspectives, in upcoming Fix. Will post soon…

Looks like there's more legs to this story than just passing fancy. Woody and Melo had to have steak dinner with this dude just to smooth things out. Sounds like a sensitive guy to me. Kidd will teach him, mold him to be tougher both on and off the court. Kids nowadays...

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7/11/2012  12:18 PM
ChuckBuck wrote:
crzymdups wrote:Hahn on the Lin saga...

Alan Hahn

Sneak preview of Lin story in upcoming Fix: The Knicks have been criticized in the past for negotiating against themselves for players (and coaches) and still overpaying. The more logical play was to allow Jeremy to set his market value by receiving the best offer he could get and then let the Knicks match and that's exactly what happened when the Rockets came in with a four-year, $28 million deal. But had the Knicks jumped in early and reached an agreement in principle with Lin at a number his agents felt was fair (in other words, maximum), Lin could have kept his commiment to USA Basketball and played for the Select Team in workouts with the Olympic team. This would have been very good for his development and preparation for the coming season. Instead, Lin pulled out of the USA Basketball training camp in Las Vegas. On top of that, other players have told me Lin took to heart some strong criticism from Woodson during exit interviews after the season ended. Woodson was tough on all of the players and challenged every one of them -- including Carmelo Anthony -- to work on their weaknesses and come back stronger and better when training camp opened. Lin is a very proud player who is well-aware there are many naysayers out there who have proclaimed Linsanity to be a passing fad. Confidence from his coach is critical. The two did meet last month in Los Angeles over dinner, where Woodson tried to carefully smooth over any issues Lin had from the exit interview...

Alan Hahn ‏@alanhahn

But a lot more to it, plus other perspectives, in upcoming Fix. Will post soon…

Looks like there's more legs to this story than just passing fancy. Woody and Melo had to have steak dinner with this dude just to smooth things out. Sounds like a sensitive guy to me. Kidd will teach him, mold him to be tougher both on and off the court. Kids nowadays...

Lin's sensitive to criticism from a former pro who's a proven commodity at coach at the highest level on the planet? Based on what??? His tremendous 4 weeks in the league? Lin has issues that need to be smoothed over???

Someone has been seriously f-ing this kids head up if any of this is near true.

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7/11/2012  12:21 PM
hahn downplaying it.


Alan Hahn ‏@alanhahn

Your reactions to Lin situation are why these stories get headlines, so don’t criticize media for doing them. But it’s really not major.


though this is kinda what i was talking about. Lin was D'antoni's guy. D'Antoni never liked Melo. Woodson took over and immediately made sure he had Melo in his corner, which meant de-emphasizing Lin a little bit. If Woodson is critical of Lin in the exit interviews, it might play in to a lot more than just Woodson was mean to him. I think it's part and parcel of the whole Lin/Melo issue that is a real thing, whether people want to make M&M jokes or not.

i think they can get past it. and i think Kidd and Camby help a lot in that regard. particularly Kidd.

but to me, this situation is on Woodson and Melo as much it's on Lin.

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7/11/2012  12:23 PM
Nalod wrote:I read that Lin eats the blue M&M's just to piss off Melo! Kidd needs to show Lin how to enjoy the Red ones as well, this way there are enough for Melo. Amare is a Reeces pieces guy and Tyson likes Jr Mints! I heard that Melo is not fond of Jr mints but his agent said if the right endorsement opportunity came along he would reconsider.

You guys buying any of this?

I friend of mines cousin is married to a girl who rides the train with a friend, whos brother shared a cab with a dude from staten island, who marriend into a family that owns a restuarant that employs a waitress, shose grandfather came to the country from Italy with a guy from Ireland, whos nephew worked in a bagel store next to the Garden and saw Amare eating a slice of pizza that he said his thrid cousin who used to work at Sbarro in highschool before he graduated and had a college roomate from Florida, who once said "hi" to JJ reddick in orlando but still thought he was a jerk because his aunt went to Florida State when Charlie Ward was there and Charlie tried to hit on the daughter of the women who worked in the dinner hall that Charlie used to get extra meatloaf from on game days, but got in trouble by the uncle of the supervisor who eventually moved to NYC, and now works in a Duane Reed, and he said Melo buys bags of M&M's (he has a driver come in an actually buy them) and the driver said that Melo likes blue ones so it must be true!!!!

LOL, did you really write this yourself or did you get it somewhere?
It is very complex, hard to visualize, and requires a lot of creativity/imagination to read or write it.

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7/11/2012  12:38 PM
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Lol why do u guys believe everything? No quotes from me = probably not true

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7/11/2012  12:39 PM
jrodmc wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:
crzymdups wrote:Hahn on the Lin saga...

Alan Hahn

Sneak preview of Lin story in upcoming Fix: The Knicks have been criticized in the past for negotiating against themselves for players (and coaches) and still overpaying. The more logical play was to allow Jeremy to set his market value by receiving the best offer he could get and then let the Knicks match and that's exactly what happened when the Rockets came in with a four-year, $28 million deal. But had the Knicks jumped in early and reached an agreement in principle with Lin at a number his agents felt was fair (in other words, maximum), Lin could have kept his commiment to USA Basketball and played for the Select Team in workouts with the Olympic team. This would have been very good for his development and preparation for the coming season. Instead, Lin pulled out of the USA Basketball training camp in Las Vegas. On top of that, other players have told me Lin took to heart some strong criticism from Woodson during exit interviews after the season ended. Woodson was tough on all of the players and challenged every one of them -- including Carmelo Anthony -- to work on their weaknesses and come back stronger and better when training camp opened. Lin is a very proud player who is well-aware there are many naysayers out there who have proclaimed Linsanity to be a passing fad. Confidence from his coach is critical. The two did meet last month in Los Angeles over dinner, where Woodson tried to carefully smooth over any issues Lin had from the exit interview...

Alan Hahn ‏@alanhahn

But a lot more to it, plus other perspectives, in upcoming Fix. Will post soon…

Looks like there's more legs to this story than just passing fancy. Woody and Melo had to have steak dinner with this dude just to smooth things out. Sounds like a sensitive guy to me. Kidd will teach him, mold him to be tougher both on and off the court. Kids nowadays...

Lin's sensitive to criticism from a former pro who's a proven commodity at coach at the highest level on the planet? Based on what??? His tremendous 4 weeks in the league? Lin has issues that need to be smoothed over???

Someone has been seriously f-ing this kids head up if any of this is near true.

Linbury??

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7/11/2012  12:47 PM
jrodmc wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:Charlie Ward! Reminds me of the good ole days...

He always had to be looking up, to keep from seeing this all the time:

hahahahaaha

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7/11/2012  12:58 PM
jrodmc wrote:
ChuckBuck wrote:Charlie Ward! Reminds me of the good ole days...

He always had to be looking up, to keep from seeing this all the time:

Unfortunately, Charlie never had Mark Jackson to mentor him on the nuances of playmaking on and off the court.

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7/11/2012  1:00 PM
ChuckBuck wrote:Charlie Ward! Reminds me of the good ole days...

you mean when we had 2scrub point guards that couldn't shoot or guard anyone??? Charlie Ward and Chris Childs were awful. Ward was an exceptional cherector guy but, should have never been a starting point guard on any pro team. Same with Chris Childs

the fact that you can't even have an unrelated thread without some tool here bringing him up make me think that rational minds are few and far between. Bunch of emotionally weak, angst riddled people. I mean, how many times can you argue the same shyt
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7/11/2012  1:14 PM
You guys are idiots. Source is corrupted and uncalled for. Lucky that Lin didn't sue Daily News for spreading rumors. If Lin didn't say anything and Daily News said Lin is upset, can you hear the echo in your brain?
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7/11/2012  1:19 PM
JamesLin wrote:You guys are idiots. Source is corrupted and uncalled for. Lucky that Lin didn't sue Daily News for spreading rumors. If Lin didn't say anything and Daily News said Lin is upset, can you hear the echo in your brain?

i have no idea what's true or not, nor do i care, but i just think this is funny coming from the guy whose name is "JamesLin." yeah, im sure you're absolutely unbiased on the issue.

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7/11/2012  1:25 PM
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JamesLin wrote:You guys are idiots. Source is corrupted and uncalled for. Lucky that Lin didn't sue Daily News for spreading rumors. If Lin didn't say anything and Daily News said Lin is upset, can you hear the echo in your brain?

i have no idea what's true or not, nor do i care, but i just think this is funny coming from the guy whose name is "JamesLin." yeah, im sure you're absolutely unbiased on the issue.

Well, the funny thing is, I can now buy an authentic game jersey without paying the modified name price tag... that's about as much as I appreciate him for at this moment. I am just stating fact from fiction: People believing that Lin is upset because Daily News said so without a single legit source is like me saying "Hey, tell your daughter and sister last night in bed was tight," and you get all upset about it.

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