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Granted these are quotes from his HS coach, but it sounds like Lin must have spoken with him. Otherwise, i think the quote would begin "I don't think..."

"He did not see this happening," Peter Diepenbrock, Lin's coach at Palo Alto High School, told Yahoo! Sports. "He sounded surprised."

"He loves the New York fans," Diepenbrock said. "To have the experience that he had for the two months and for that to be over with, that’s quite a shock to the system. I think he really believed the Knicks would match whatever offer he got."

So let me get this straight...you sign an offer containing a "poisin pill," something which is inserted to make it difficult, if not impossible for a team to match. In this case, because the Knicks would be thrown into, not the dollar for dollar tax, but the new 2 1/2 times dollar penalty. And then you're SURPRISED when the team tells you to take a flying leap? Lin had a great couple of months when he was the focal point of the offense. When Carmelo returned and the Knicks went to half-court sets, he floundered.

What the Hell was Lin thinking? And what the Hell is Houston doing? The Rockets might be the dumbest franchise in the NBA right now. Do they think having Lin is going to attract Howard? Will Lin be worth $15M in 3 years. I don;t even think he's worth the $5M he's getting in the first two years of the deal.


https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--...eremy-lin-after-acquiring-raymond-felton.html
 
The Knicks had publicly said they would match any offer on Lin. Then the Knicks sign a ton of retarded contracts over re-signing Lin. I would be pretty upset/mad too.
 
Lin is doing what every young player getting his first contract is going to do. Get the most money possible, poison pill or not. I guess Lin's marketability wasn't worth the extreme luxury tax.

One thing to get excited about... the KNICKS just said they are going to avoid going that deep into luxury tax, wow. The CBA is actually working, kind of.
 
WhiskyPriest said:
Lin is doing what every young player getting his first contract is going to do. Get the most money possible, poison pill or not. I guess Lin's marketability wasn't worth the extreme luxury tax.

One thing to get excited about... the KNICKS just said they are going to avoid going that deep into luxury tax, wow. The CBA is actually working, kind of.
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I was going to get on your case, but then you had the magic qualifier "kind of".
 
MoTown16 said:
Granted these are quotes from his HS coach, but it sounds like Lin must have spoken with him. Otherwise, i think the quote would begin "I don't think..."

"He did not see this happening," Peter Diepenbrock, Lin's coach at Palo Alto High School, told Yahoo! Sports. "He sounded surprised."

"He loves the New York fans," Diepenbrock said. "To have the experience that he had for the two months and for that to be over with, that’s quite a shock to the system. I think he really believed the Knicks would match whatever offer he got."

So let me get this straight...you sign an offer containing a "poisin pill," something which is inserted to make it difficult, if not impossible for a team to match. In this case, because the Knicks would be thrown into, not the dollar for dollar tax, but the new 2 1/2 times dollar penalty. And then you're SURPRISED when the team tells you to take a flying leap? Lin had a great couple of months when he was the focal point of the offense. When Carmelo returned and the Knicks went to half-court sets, he floundered.

What the Hell was Lin thinking? And what the Hell is Houston doing? The Rockets might be the dumbest franchise in the NBA right now. Do they think having Lin is going to attract Howard? Will Lin be worth $15M in 3 years. I don;t even think he's worth the $5M he's getting in the first two years of the deal.


https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--...eremy-lin-after-acquiring-raymond-felton.html
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Yeah tough call.

Do you take more money, but play in HOU where there's not that many decent players left now, in a smaller market, etc.

Or do you take less money, play in NY where the potential for endorsements is HUGE. He can really build his BRAND there. Plus he'll be throwing alley hoops to Chandler, Amare' and Carmelo.

The thing is too - he's a strong Christian first and foremost. Which of those 2 options would be best for him with a view of serving GOD?

It's a tough call to make for sure...

If it was me I'd take the NY route. The exposure that he'll get (or has already gotten) can only be good for him no matter what he decides to do in the future and after basketball (Mutumbo used it to full effect in doing great things around the world).

Imagine all those Asians looking up to him, and him being a great ambassador and role model for Christians in those countries. He has the ability to change the lives of so many people there.

Problem is: by signing that HOU contract, it definitely makes him look Greedy. I don't know how fame has impacted him, but it's not looking good so far...
 
WhiskyPriest said:
Yeah... when it comes to CBA stuff I definately cannot speak in definitives. Just when I figure out one CBA, the league has to get a new one with all kinds of new rules and taxes. Blah.
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You're ahead of me. I haven't even come relatively close to figuring out one of them. Thank goodness for the internet that can answer questions.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Wasn't Matthews a little upset and thought Utah would match Portlands offer sheet.
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He was surprised that the Jazz never made him and offer and that the Jazz didn't match Portland's offer. He could have been a little upset, but he was definitely surprised.
 
RFA is at the top of my stupid NBA money rules, ahead of Rookie Pay scale based on draft position, and just behind gauranteed contracts. The NBA fights to keep players in small markets, owners make all kinds of crazy salary rules in the CBA to keep their guys and then every player goes through this RFA, and half of the teams (like the jazz) won't even bid on their own guy for fear of driving up his price, while the other half make insane offer to their guys just to keep them from shopping.

Players rule the owners, and the freakin' league sucks. Have a nice day.

BTW- Brilliant business move by Houston. They already had the china connection with Yao, and I realize Lin is a little different, but they are going to make a lot of $$$ on Jersey sales and product licensing.
 
mellow said:
RFA is at the top of my stupid NBA money rules, ahead of Rookie Pay scale based on draft position, and just behind gauranteed contracts. The NBA fights to keep players in small markets, owners make all kinds of crazy salary rules in the CBA to keep their guys and then every player goes through this RFA, and half of the teams (like the jazz) won't even bid on their own guy for fear of driving up his price, while the other half make insane offer to their guys just to keep them from shopping.

Players rule the owners, and the freakin' league sucks. Have a nice day.

BTW- Brilliant business move by Houston. They already had the china connection with Yao, and I realize Lin is a little different, but they are going to make a lot of $$$ on Jersey sales and product licensing.
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I like the points you made in this post. I'm actually a fan of the rookie pay scale, mainly because (whether it was basktball before or baseball or football now) I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate rookie holdouts who haven't proved a damn thing at the professional level. Now, could tweaks be made to the rookie pay scale? Sure, but I like the general idea of it.
 
I thought I liked the rookie pay scale, then I saw the likes of Hasheem, Darko, Wes Johnson, and Enes struggle while gobbling up 6 million a season. While Ty Lawson and Serge Ibaka are woefully underpaid at about 2 million.

The nice part is that at the end of 4 years Lawson and Ibaka can get a nice raise, but after being underpaid for up to 4 years the RFA's have no loyalty and look to sign the biggest deal out there. The worst part is that at the end of the rookie deal the Kanter, Darko, Thabeet crowd get QO of 8 million per year, ouch. Well if the Minnywolfs like Wes Johnson and want to keep him as a 8th or 9th man, they have to renounce their RFA rights and then try to persuade him to stay at a reasonable price. 4years and 25 million wasted.

I must admit it keeps the rookies and their agents from holding out from teams and forcing gross contracts, but I want a way to reward the contributors and not punish teams that make mistakes in the lottery.
 
mellow said:
I thought I liked the rookie pay scale, then I saw the likes of Hasheem, Darko, Wes Johnson, and Enes struggle while gobbling up 6 million a season. While Ty Lawson and Serge Ibaka are woefully underpaid at about 2 million.

The nice part is that at the end of 4 years Lawson and Ibaka can get a nice raise, but after being underpaid for up to 4 years the RFA's have no loyalty and look to sign the biggest deal out there. The worst part is that at the end of the rookie deal the Kanter, Darko, Thabeet crowd get QO of 8 million per year, ouch. Well if the Minnywolfs like Wes Johnson and want to keep him as a 8th or 9th man, they have to renounce their RFA rights and then try to persuade him to stay at a reasonable price. 4years and 25 million wasted.

I must admit it keeps the rookies and their agents from holding out from teams and forcing gross contracts, but I want a way to reward the contributors and not punish teams that make mistakes in the lottery.
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There are definitely the positives and negatives, but at the end of the day I think it does more good than bad because the first-round picks only get two years of guaranteed money.
 
mellow said:
I thought I liked the rookie pay scale, then I saw the likes of Hasheem, Darko, Wes Johnson, and Enes struggle while gobbling up 6 million a season. While Ty Lawson and Serge Ibaka are woefully underpaid at about 2 million.
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Uh, Whiteside makes/made less than a million per year and Darko's not on his rookie contract.
 
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