A Lin confidant, contacted yesterday, was asked whether Lin wanted the Knicks to match the Rockets’ revised $25 million offer sheet.

“Yes, he does,’’ the person said.

Lin’s high school coach made it sound that way, too.

“He did not see this happening,” Peter Diepenbrock, Lin’s coach at Palo Alto (Calif.) High School, told Yahoo! Sports. “He sounded surprised. He loves the New York fans. To have the experience that he had for the two months and for that to be over with, that’s quite a shock to the system. I think he really believed the Knicks would match whatever offer he got.”

he did...

they balk (maybe) and he's being naive and selfish?

Economics my friends, pure economics.

You always sell high, and Lin's not getting any higher than those magical weeks we witnessed.

If the market's going to pay him $25 mil, good for him.

Just please don't buy into the pathetic team loyalty crap. Nobody should be that stupid.

This bothered me at first, because I figured he was the last piece we needed to go to war; now we have Raymond Felton.

Which, at least, apparently won't create the flak with JR Smith that a $25 million dollar Lin was going to cause.

JamesLin wrote:

joec32033 wrote:

PresIke wrote:umm...knicks said to lin 'let the market set your price'

he did...

they balk (maybe) and he's being naive and selfish?

They balk now because he actually may have used them matching in good faith as leverage for a higher deal. If this was the original deal, I bet they match with little argument.

But here's the fact. The Knicks never once matched any deal. They just let it drag on and on and on.. and still dragging...

JamesLin wrote:

joec32033 wrote:

PresIke wrote:umm...knicks said to lin 'let the market set your price'

he did...

they balk (maybe) and he's being naive and selfish?

They balk now because he actually may have used them matching in good faith as leverage for a higher deal. If this was the original deal, I bet they match with little argument.

But here's the fact. The Knicks never once matched any deal. They just let it drag on and on and on.. and still dragging...

exactly. the original deal was not made official, and the rockets are trying to game us. lin figures the knicks would match whatever he gets, so he signs.

JamesLin wrote:

joec32033 wrote:

PresIke wrote:umm...knicks said to lin 'let the market set your price'

he did...

they balk (maybe) and he's being naive and selfish?

They balk now because he actually may have used them matching in good faith as leverage for a higher deal. If this was the original deal, I bet they match with little argument.

But here's the fact. The Knicks never once matched any deal. They just let it drag on and on and on.. and still dragging...

What deal were they supposed to match? The most they could offer was 3 or 4 years $24 mil. Were they supposed to officially match the "verbal" offer sheet that no one can agree on if it is binding or not?

joec32033 wrote:
What deal were they supposed to match? The most they could offer was 3 or 4 years $24 mil. Were they supposed to officially match the "verbal" offer sheet that no one can agree on if it is binding or not?

yes.. officially match the verbal offer. That will show 2 things: 1) They desire Lin to continue to be a Knicks 2) shut every other team's mouth and stop trying to get Lin. Knicks staff already knew Jeremy Lin will bring them lots of money with the Asian market, period. If Houston mouthed that deal publicly, then Knicks should've just play their cards right away and so Lin won't have to think twice about what's better financially for him. If I'm selling my car to Jack and someone else offers Jack the better deal but Jack will have to take the bus over there, I'd pull Jack to the side right away and ask him, "Hey, do you have cash? If so, I can sell you my car right here with that same deal that other person offered.." most likely Jack will take my deal and shake hands on it. You jump on getting a guaranteed golden goose, not toying with it and see if anyone else wants to jump on the deals.

JamesLin wrote:

joec32033 wrote:
What deal were they supposed to match? The most they could offer was 3 or 4 years $24 mil. Were they supposed to officially match the "verbal" offer sheet that no one can agree on if it is binding or not?

yes.. officially match the verbal offer. That will show 2 things: 1) They desire Lin to continue to be a Knicks 2) shut every other team's mouth and stop trying to get Lin. Knicks staff already knew Jeremy Lin will bring them lots of money with the Asian market, period. If Houston mouthed that deal publicly, then Knicks should've just play their cards right away and so Lin won't have to think twice about what's better financially for him. If I'm selling my car to Jack and someone else offers Jack the better deal but Jack will have to take the bus over there, I'd pull Jack to the side right away and ask him, "Hey, do you have cash? If so, I can sell you my car right here with that same deal that other person offered.." most likely Jack will take my deal and shake hands on it. You jump on getting a guaranteed golden goose, not toying with it and see if anyone else wants to jump on the deals.

Actually they did what you said. They told Lin they were gonna match. Every Knick employee said they were gonna match. But you can't officially match a verbal offer. You have to have signed paperwork. What you are suggesting is impossible for them to do.