Comments on: It’s a No-Brainer for the New York Knicks – Keep Jeremy Lin

By: Stan

Stan — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:57:36 +0000

Everything on KNBR (and Papa on thegame) about Lin has been tinged with racism. Its come close to “He’s just a good Asian”. Right,and that’s why 99.99.990 percent of men-of every race- Lin’s age who love basketball aren’t in the NBA.

By: Xraided

Xraided — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:45:07 +0000

Dan Says:
July 16th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
Thank you gswscribe for breaking this down so logically. I keep reading rants about how he’s not worth the money. I don’t even know what that means anymore. You’re right on every point here. The Knicks have to keep him. Btw, I’m still bitter that the Warriors let him go. I wanted Curry, Thompson, Lin backcourt. Oh well.

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take comfort in the fact that the W’s couldn’t afford him in the long run anyway(would be great trading material obviously)… unless of course they wanted to dump Lee or something … which would leave us empty at the PF position.

By: earl monroe

earl monroe — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:57:35 +0000

Gunner- totally agree with you

By: earl monroe

earl monroe — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 22:56:58 +0000

The Knicks are dummies. Woodson dislikes the way Lin plays, everyone writes that on the last year of Lin’s contract the Knicks would have to pay over 40 million because of the luxury tax, but that is not solely based on Lin’s contract it an amalgamation of all the contracts on the team. I don’t know if they have amnestied anyone yet but if not they could next year or the year after, there is no guarantee Amare will be healthy in 2014 with his knee and back issues.

Woodson was backstabbing D’antoni and happens to be one of Isiah Thomas’ guys,
and we know Isiah is the man pulling Dolan’s strings, I wonder what Thomas has on Dolan, it must be good though

By: Gunner

Gunner — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:55:06 +0000

The funny thing is the Knicks could have offered him $24 million for 4 years, and Lin would have no reason to shop around. Instead, the Knicks told him to shop around, hoping he would not get a good offer and they could simply match in the end.

The bottom line is they tried to be cheap but got bit! And now their whole organization are all sour grapes.

In the end, the only only things that are ridiculous are Melo, JR Smith, Steven A Smith, Dolan and the Knicks management which totally underestimated Lin’s market price.

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:47:09 +0000

Posts like this MT, make Joe Lacob suicidal..he had Lin for minimum wage, what? 8 months ago?

If the Knicks let Lin walk,then they deserve to be another mediocre team.

I bet Lin would generate in New York -and the world- more merchandise then the rest of the team combined. I wouldn’t give you 2 cents for a Knick jersey of Carmelo Anthony.

By: KC

KC — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:16:02 +0000

The bottom line is, will all the marketing, promotion and hype eventually out weigh the hefty 40 mil that the Knicks are dropping for him?

By: Ben Brung

Ben Brung — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:01:52 +0000

As much as you make a strong argument about Lin’s contract, his production and the market potential, you’ve probably made an even stronger argument that in backing away from Lin The Knicks see a festering issue that goes beyond the financial factors you’ve laid out. Perhaps the numbers get a lot more complicated if Melo decides he wants to play somewhere else.

As much as it’s not fair to blame Melo for all Knicks woes his bank-handed, limp comments about Lin sound more like what a player would say about a hated rival he didn’t want to help motivate with a statement that was too negative. When said about a teammate, it’s got to be about as comforting as hearing the it’s-not-you-it’s-me speech from someone you’re dating.

When the Knicks decided to build around Melo they committed to a clear direction. Bargain or not, if Lin is a move in a different direction he will be gone like D’Antoni. It doesn’t seem like they’re moving in the direction based on a championship being the top priority but I doubt they currently have the stomach to deal with the consequences of moving in a different one.

By: Rufus and Chaka

Rufus and Chaka — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 07:15:19 +0000

While I’d love to see JLin stay in NYC, the argument that the Bricks can afford to potentially overspend again is specious. But I still like your arguments. Well thought out

By: leo

leo — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:16:43 +0000

It seems to make sense that Lin’s value, in terms of Marketing, would be higher for teams like the Warriors, Knicks, and the Rockets, because they have large Asian Populations with high incomes and education, especially in the Warriors.

Businesses do what makes them money. Hiring qualified Asians in the Bay Area in visible jobs, instead of the traditional back of house nitty grity work, might make good business sense. The Knicks and Rockets are willing to spend millions thinking that way.