gunsnewing wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:Lin helped us make the playoffs and though short was an amazing time in Knicks basketball.

lol how quickly people forget.

We were headed for another 17win season. Another epic failure by a Melo led team. Lin turned the Knicks season completely around. We made the playoffs for only the 2nd time in over a decade. If you call making the playoffs with Marburg & Tim Thomas and getting swept and embarrassed by the Nets getting to the playoffs.

I wonder if people would still be defending Melo at every turn if Lin didn't save the season and if Melo didn't drive Mike Dantoni quit the team he spent 4 tumultuous years with thinking their would be light at the end of the tunnel

See this is why people turn on Lin due to fanatical view points like this. We were 9-15 which doesn't translate to a 17 win season. Then later on during the season after Lin got hurt, Amare got hurt, Tyson missed time, Shumpert missed time. The Melo lead team went on to win with Melo shooting off the chart level efficiency. But of course this doesn't count because we don't like Melo. Only Linsanity counts.

Lin helped us make playoffs. Doesn't mean we have to **** on everyone else in order to promote him. BTW Lin helped lead MDA to quitting as he was getting lit up by every PG he played against after our win streak. MDA may have stuck it out and we may have won a couple more games if Lin actually was able to be a positive contributor during this time frame.

technomaster wrote:What was the big deal about the poison pill anyway? The Rockets were able to trade him no problem. The Lakers traded for him and survived. Mediocre players were signed for more this offseason.

I hope he can find a good situation again. He was certainly one of the most exciting players for that stretch. But fundamentally, maybe he never was quite the same after tearing cartilage in his knee that season.

Maybe he was never the same without Jared Jeffries as his pnr partner.

But players perform in the right circumstances... I can't say we won't see Linsanity again. There were still a few flashes on the Lakers this past season.

earthmansurfer wrote:

RedmenBaller wrote:As fans tend to do....they over hype the value of every long shot to only realize a couple of years later it was just all false hype. My pick is Lin. Good thing Knicks didn't match that foolish contract offeredby Rockets.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbenjamin/2015/07/13/three-years-later-linsanity-is-officially-dead/

That is a pretty judgmental statement considering Lin was the high of my time as a Knick (and many a Knick fan) since the Ewing years. Even during the Ewing years, going deep into the playoffs, I NEVER experienced the nonstop excitement like I did with Lin. It was truly like a Cinderella experience. I don't think sometime like that happens again (to a "nobody" player.)

We F'd that up. We didn't communicate to him during that time and it really looked like we didn't want him back, even without the poison pill.

Sometimes people just play well in NY (or not) and I have a feeling his miracle run would have continued (if health allowed) because he embraced the city, they embraced him and he rose up here.

Hype, LOL, you got some bad memory bro.

I noticed a lot of posters have a bad memory of Linsanity. I'd love to go back to their posts or thoughts during that once in a lifetime stretch.

This is exactly why threads like this are utter garbage. I think its disgusting how insecure some Knick fans are. To the point that they start trouble with other diehard fans with bait threads like this one. Is it really necessary to fight all the time when we are all Knick fans? I am pleading that you people learn to be more accepting of others viewpoints. You don't have to agree. Make your points. This is a discussion forum not Kim Kardasians Twitter account for crying out loud

RedmenBaller wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Sorry Redman. I just have no tolerance for garbage posts. No hard feelings

Hmmm. But constant garbage posts about Melo which you have no problem flooding with the same
tired jargon is okay? Funny how the ones that commented negatively are the same that dish out the same nonsense on a daily basis. Thanks for making my point.

+1

Knicks did not match and I admit I was disappointed Linsanity ended. Perhaps with the right coach, the right system he might have been more of what he did, even if it was less than "Linsanity"

I know what I saw with my own eyes and the stats he put up. It is still the NBA and the kid was clutch!!! Humble kid who I would imagine saved a lot of what he made and is set to do some interesting things with his life if he chooses. Still, 2.5 mil per year doing what you love (if he does) is not a bad gig and is not "failing"!!!

He has made 45million dollars and did what most of us dreamed of doing as a kid on the court. "3-2-1 buzzer beater in MSG"................priceless!!!!!

TeamBall wrote:

technomaster wrote:What was the big deal about the poison pill anyway? The Rockets were able to trade him no problem. The Lakers traded for him and survived. Mediocre players were signed for more this offseason.

I hope he can find a good situation again. He was certainly one of the most exciting players for that stretch. But fundamentally, maybe he never was quite the same after tearing cartilage in his knee that season.

Maybe he was never the same without Jared Jeffries as his pnr partner.

But players perform in the right circumstances... I can't say we won't see Linsanity again. There were still a few flashes on the Lakers this past season.

I tend to agree with this but history has shown the Knicks don't (can't?) make good trades. If we retained Lin and then traded him, I'd have to believe we would have gotten fleeced.

If you call adding a first round pick which Houston did to be able to move Lin a "good trade" then I guess you are right..

jrodmc wrote:

RedmenBaller wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Sorry Redman. I just have no tolerance for garbage posts. No hard feelings

Hmmm. But constant garbage posts about Melo which you have no problem flooding with the same
tired jargon is okay? Funny how the ones that commented negatively are the same that dish out the same nonsense on a daily basis. Thanks for making my point.

+1

+1

Nalod wrote:

holfresh wrote:

TeamBall wrote:

technomaster wrote:What was the big deal about the poison pill anyway? The Rockets were able to trade him no problem. The Lakers traded for him and survived. Mediocre players were signed for more this offseason.

I hope he can find a good situation again. He was certainly one of the most exciting players for that stretch. But fundamentally, maybe he never was quite the same after tearing cartilage in his knee that season.

Maybe he was never the same without Jared Jeffries as his pnr partner.

But players perform in the right circumstances... I can't say we won't see Linsanity again. There were still a few flashes on the Lakers this past season.

I tend to agree with this but history has shown the Knicks don't (can't?) make good trades. If we retained Lin and then traded him, I'd have to believe we would have gotten fleeced.

If you call adding a first round pick which Houston did to be able to move Lin a "good trade" then I guess you are right..

They got to conf finals. Bad trade but low pick to dump salary did not derail them as they are in "win now mode". Its a trade we could not afford to have done.
In the end the knicks made a tough decision.

Don't forget, Rockets were building a young team but got Harden AFTER signing Lin via trade. That changed the complexion of the team and Lin became a bad fit. The poison pill they put in his contract was toxic in any trade until the last year of the deal. Like I said, the rockets got to conf finals despite. Final four is not a bad season and I would imagine they were a financial success as well.

Perhaps in different scenario Lin does better? Tough to say. NBA is a tough business. No doubt Lin being who he is and the Insanity in the biggest market and a free agent all combined at the right time for him financially, but also being in the back court after trading away some good pieces/picks for Harden also had a huge effect.

I'm not killing Houston for the trade..I just pointing out it wasn't without cost and the Knicks did the right thing by not matching Lin's offer..

Sometimes the right system can turn a scrub into a star......My hope is DWill.......If he plays better than expected, this team will shine. Some say it's all on the rookies, but I think if DWill plays up to his top 5 expectation, due to a triangle system that he studied growing up a Laker fan, the skies the limit. Everybody is sleeping on DWill's impact. I think his game is built for the triangle. He doesn't have to be creative. He's actually a terrible ISO player and a better system player.