Confirmed: Jeremy Lin is a Houston Rocket

[Senser81]

If anything the Knicks are actually being smart by not letting media pressure, hype and a 20 game sample size let them give big money to a guy who most likely won't ever reach that status again.

I understand what you are saying, but the Knicks wouldn't be the first team to give big money to a guy who most likely won't ever measure up to his contract. I think Lin was worth the gamble.

Nearly all NBA salaries are terrible, especially the free agent signings.

 

[FedEx227]

Right, including paying Jeremy Lin that much money. It would have also resulted in a tax hit and he would've ended up costing them nearly double his contract with the fees. 100% not worth it for someone like Lin.

 

[FirstTimer]

I understand what you are saying, but the Knicks wouldn't be the first team to give big money to a guy who most likely won't ever measure up to his contract. I think Lin was worth the gamble.

Nearly all NBA salaries are terrible, especially the free agent signings.

So you're saying the Bulls should go into the luxury tax for Omer Asik?

:troll:

 

[Senser81]

100% not worth it for someone like Lin.

Or...is it?

 

[EmpireWF]

Knicks did get butthurt over Houston changing their offer, so there's that, too.

 

[Fight'On]

I wonder how much we'll hear about him now after a month of the NBA goes by

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight

So far this week: MSG (Knicks) stock has underpeformed market by 3.3% on Lin news. Equivalent to $90m in lost market value.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

In a statement he may ultimately wish he didn't say, Jeremy Lin told Sports Illustrated that he "preferred New York."
Lin's entire quote was, "Honestly, I preferred New York, but my main goal in free agency was to go to a team that had plans for me and wanted me. I wanted to have fun playing basketball. ... Now I'm definitely relieved." Hopefully this was just Lin being honest about his emotions and feelings and that he is now ready to commit to Houston. The article below has an interesting breakdown of Lin's roller coaster beginning with his injury from last year leading up to the Knicks decision not to re-sign him.

Poor choice of words..

 

[ryne candy]

 

Sidenote (didn't want to make a thread just for the video):

sure it's been posted

 

[IamMedellin]

 

[FedEx227]

Chandler and Novak's is great.