CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

holfresh wrote:Lin is making 15 mil next yr..Think about that for a sec..

Yup. If we had him it still does not affect who we can sign. It's just Dolan's money.

No it would impact what the team could do. He only counts as 8 mil on the cap for the Rockets but would have counted as 15 mil on the Knicks.

How? We were already over the cap.

CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

holfresh wrote:Lin is making 15 mil next yr..Think about that for a sec..

Yup. If we had him it still does not affect who we can sign. It's just Dolan's money.

No it would impact what the team could do. He only counts as 8 mil on the cap for the Rockets but would have counted as 15 mil on the Knicks.

How? We were already over the cap.

I could be wrong but I think it effects which exception the team gets. You might be right in terms of sign and trades. I know the cap hit is at least triple his salary? So maybe it is just an extra 45-65 mil for Dolan for one player for one year.

It doesn't affect anything. Somebody in ESPN already documented this. Knicks were so over the cap that Lin's poison pill did not matter. It was just a matter of Dolan paying it.

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

holfresh wrote:Lin is making 15 mil next yr..Think about that for a sec..

Yup. If we had him it still does not affect who we can sign. It's just Dolan's money.

No it would impact what the team could do. He only counts as 8 mil on the cap for the Rockets but would have counted as 15 mil on the Knicks.

How? We were already over the cap.

I could be wrong but I think it effects which exception the team gets. You might be right in terms of sign and trades. I know the cap hit is at least triple his salary? So maybe it is just an extra 45-65 mil for Dolan for one player for one year.

It doesn't affect anything. Somebody in ESPN already documented this. Knicks were so over the cap that Lin's poison pill did not matter. It was just a matter of Dolan paying it.

Don't you guys get it?? I would have never worked for Lin in New York. Lin was more popular than Melo and that was bad for the alfa dog. The press made Lin a King. Had the press played it down it would have been OK. If Melo really wanted Lin here Dolan may have brought him back but Lin didn't want to come back to New York. The hand writing was on the wall. Woody would have set him in a corner and broke him. Like he did to Copeland.

holfresh wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

holfresh wrote:Lin is making 15 mil next yr..Think about that for a sec..

Yup. If we had him it still does not affect who we can sign. It's just Dolan's money.

He had a breakaway layup where he shook Beno and completely missed the rim and caught the ball on the other side..He tried a couple of left hand lays where he wasn't even close..McHale got fed up..15 mil next year ..

yellowboy90 wrote:It was amazing to see how many players passed up open shots to close the game. Shump keep doing your thing(your making Guns proud). The Knicks still find ways to lose and Melo reverted a bit in the 4th. Woody is really losing this game with his coaching decisions. Why in the world do you have STat and Bargs together and on top of that let STat guard Howard? I just hope Melo and Shump can keep up their good play then Felton and Prigs could maybe provide a third scoring threat.

holfresh wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:It was amazing to see how many players passed up open shots to close the game. Shump keep doing your thing(your making Guns proud). The Knicks still find ways to lose and Melo reverted a bit in the 4th. Woody is really losing this game with his coaching decisions. Why in the world do you have STat and Bargs together and on top of that let STat guard Howard? I just hope Melo and Shump can keep up their good play then Felton and Prigs could maybe provide a third scoring threat.

How good would Lowry look in a Knick uni, Felt off the bench and still have Shump..I'm dreaming..

Yeah it would probably be good. My dream would be to somehow get Lowry and Spencer Hawes.

TeamBall wrote:

Papabear wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

holfresh wrote:Lin is making 15 mil next yr..Think about that for a sec..

Yup. If we had him it still does not affect who we can sign. It's just Dolan's money.

No it would impact what the team could do. He only counts as 8 mil on the cap for the Rockets but would have counted as 15 mil on the Knicks.

How? We were already over the cap.

I could be wrong but I think it effects which exception the team gets. You might be right in terms of sign and trades. I know the cap hit is at least triple his salary? So maybe it is just an extra 45-65 mil for Dolan for one player for one year.

It doesn't affect anything. Somebody in ESPN already documented this. Knicks were so over the cap that Lin's poison pill did not matter. It was just a matter of Dolan paying it.

Papabear Says

Don't you guys get it?? I would have never worked for Lin in New York. Lin was more popular than Melo and that was bad for the alfa dog. The press made Lin a King. Had the press played it down it would have been OK. If Melo really wanted Lin here Dolan may have brought him back but Lin didn't want to come back to New York. The hand writing was on the wall. Woody would have set him in a corner and broke him. Like he did to Copeland.

Here's what I dont understand Papabear: if you truly believe that Melo is the reason Lin's not here, how could you possibly like him? Something so silly as wanting Lin gone so he could be the alpha dog would show that Melo is quite the a**hole. I personally don't believe it because I don't Melo's that petty.

i do. and by the way melo is far from being a leader/alpha dog. that's part of the problem with the roster. the most expensive player isn't a leader and doesn't play like a leader either.

dk7th wrote:

TeamBall wrote:

Papabear wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

NYKBocker wrote:

holfresh wrote:Lin is making 15 mil next yr..Think about that for a sec..

Yup. If we had him it still does not affect who we can sign. It's just Dolan's money.

No it would impact what the team could do. He only counts as 8 mil on the cap for the Rockets but would have counted as 15 mil on the Knicks.

How? We were already over the cap.

I could be wrong but I think it effects which exception the team gets. You might be right in terms of sign and trades. I know the cap hit is at least triple his salary? So maybe it is just an extra 45-65 mil for Dolan for one player for one year.

It doesn't affect anything. Somebody in ESPN already documented this. Knicks were so over the cap that Lin's poison pill did not matter. It was just a matter of Dolan paying it.

Papabear Says

Don't you guys get it?? I would have never worked for Lin in New York. Lin was more popular than Melo and that was bad for the alfa dog. The press made Lin a King. Had the press played it down it would have been OK. If Melo really wanted Lin here Dolan may have brought him back but Lin didn't want to come back to New York. The hand writing was on the wall. Woody would have set him in a corner and broke him. Like he did to Copeland.

Here's what I dont understand Papabear: if you truly believe that Melo is the reason Lin's not here, how could you possibly like him? Something so silly as wanting Lin gone so he could be the alpha dog would show that Melo is quite the a**hole. I personally don't believe it because I don't Melo's that petty.

i do. and by the way melo is far from being a leader/alpha dog. that's part of the problem with the roster. the most expensive player isn't a leader and doesn't play like a leader either.

As for the Lin thing, it honestly seems like all a writer has to do is throw Melo's name out there and through an anonymous source and people will eat it up. When I saw a report that said Melo was unhappy with Shumps attitude and that was a big part of the reason for him being put on the market, I became sure of it.