TWITTER: Lin officially to Houston Rockets; Knicks Decline to Match Offer

[kidd2rj]

You can't fault Lin in this. He came out today and said he wanted to return to the Knicks. The Knicks gave every indication that they will match ANY contract he is offered so why wouldn't he sign the Rocket offer sheet? I'm sure Lin felt the Knicks were going to match. Knicks also had every chance to offer him a contract and keep him but instead decided to let the market dictate his value and then get mad about it. If anything, Knicks fans should be upset at management. Don't say you'll match any offer and then not do it. If you weren't going to put your money where you mouth is then you should have done a better job trying to keep him.

[l0st1]

Thought this was appropriate, got it off NBAMemes Facebook page which is good for some laughs.

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by GrandKenyon6

Lin is the Asian Flip Murray. Nothing more. And in fact he's really a backup combo guard too.

Uh oh. GrandKenyon is almost always wrong, so this probably means Lins a pretty solid player.

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by Noyze

Wow New York fans are classy, calling Lin a chink in a bunch of twitter responses to him leaving.

Its New York man, what do you expect? Its a town full of trash and douche bags.

[Knicks4life]

Six Degrees of Separation: Jeremy Lin

[Floods]

From Anthony's point of view, according to sources with firsthand knowledge of his thinking, the Lin phenomenon made little sense. To his thinking, Lin had a few good games, the team surprised everyone with a little winning streak ... and then everybody went bananas.

Well, that's exactly what happened.

[seifer0406]

For people that's blaming Lin go listen to Jalen Rose and Jeff Van Gundy's interview on ESPN. The guy did what a non-superstar who haven't made any money is suppose to do, which is to take the best offer available. It's not Lin's responsibility to make sure that the Knicks can sign him, it's the Knicks's. The guy was sleeping on a couch last year and made 780,000.

[Dre]

Furthermore, the Knicks calculated that Linsanity might not be worth as much as assumed. While the value of the Lin phenonemon has been much discussed, the Knicks saw it differently from most observers. Their season-ticket sales were strong and their sponsorships were stronger. Any money from the sale of Lin jerseys or Knicks' merchandise around the world goes into a leaguewide pool, with the Knicks getting the same portion as any other team, according to revenue-sharing rules. Likewise, their share of the league's TV contracts would not change whether Lin was on the team or not, no matter how many people in New York or Asia were watching.

That is interesting.

[Bogg]

Originally Posted by Dre

That is interesting.

Well, yea, the Knicks are an economic juggernaut whether they're good or bad, interesting or boring. The CBA keeps them from going Yankees on the league and just having everyone in the starting lineup making the max.

[Knicks4life]

Originally Posted by Bogg

The CBA keeps them from going Yankees on the league and just having everyone in the starting lineup making the max.

[jayk009]

Lin is alot more valuable to a team struggling to attract attendance then a team like the Knicks who sell out every game regardless if they're good or bad

[Da Grinch]

Originally Posted by Hyperion

Turns out a billion is a while lot less than we thought.

Also, Lin equals ratings. MSG owns the network that airs the games. More viewers sure to Lin means more expensive tv time during games. Lin got a fair contract for what he is, a young high potential pg.

Dolan foolishly made it personal.

the smart play would have been to match it and deal him later.

even so they made out like bandits because of linsanity , time warner signed a deal because of it that already guaranteed Dolan something around 160 mil. in extra revenue.

i wish him the best , he'll do well in the rockets system.

[Dee-Zy]

Da fuq is this then: http://www.nba.com/2012/news/02/17/k....ap/index.html