Carmelo Anthoney's a sucka with his.

[Mike Barnes]

Money(Carmelo Anthoney), Stated that Jermey Lin's contract offer by Houston was ridiculous, Tells me money was plotting to the Knicks management not to re-sign Jermey Lin, A no comment would have been the wiser choice of words from Carmelo Anthoney when asked about Jeremy lin's contract offer, Though, Money took the sucka route with his(Like he does on the court/LOL), And came out of his face with nonsense(That contract is

Alot for a cat just getting run for the very first time, Though, Why go the sucka route and pop shit to the media about it/LOL), Also,
Raymond Felton played very well under Mike D'Antoni in 2011, Though, Mike Woodson's system is different than Mike D'Antoni's/LOL, Hopefully, The Knicks will play very well from the start of the pre-season to the end of the year, Because the New York supporters will throw ash-cans on the court if the Knicks do not -resign Jeremy Lin(Which they will not do now)and if the Knicks do not play well from the very start.

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

Carmelo Anthony: Don't blame me if Knicks don't bring back Jeremy Lin

Carmelo Anthony doesn't want any blame for the New York Knicks not keeping Jeremy Lin.

Carmelo Anthony called Jeremy Lin's $25 million offer sheet Several sources have told Yahoo! Sports that the Knicks don't plan on matching the three-year, $25 million offer sheet Lin signed with the Houston Rockets. Anthony called the offer sheet – which will pay Lin nearly $15 million in the third year – "ridiculous" Sunday during an interview with reporters after Team USA's practice in Washington.

"It's up to the organization to say they want to match that ridiculous contract that's out there,'' Anthony said.

Anthony later said in a text message with Yahoo! Sports that it's not his fault if the Knicks decline to match the offer sheet by Tuesday's 11:59 p.m. ET deadline.

"It's up to ownership to match, not me," Anthony said. "I'm tired of people trying to blame me for the fact that the Knicks might not match. I want everybody to get paid if they have the opportunity."

[Related: High school coach says Jeremy Lin surprised by Knicks' decision]

Knicks coach Mike Woodson declined comment at Sunday's summer league game against the Phoenix Suns in Las Vegas. A Knicks spokesman said management also would not comment on Lin's status.

The Knicks were widely expected to match Lin's offer sheet until they struck a sign-and-trade deal with the Portland Trail Blazers to acquire point guard Raymond Felton on Saturday. The Knicks also recently signed point guards Jason Kidd and Pablo Prigioni.

Lin had a sensational run as the Knicks' starting point guard before a knee injury ended his season. Most of his success, however, came when Anthony was sidelined. Woodson also has made clear that the Knicks' offense will be built around Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire, not Lin.

Lin is expected to have more freedom under Rockets coach Kevin McHale. Lin averaged 14.6 points and 6.2 assists in 35 games for New York last season and scored 38 points against the Los Angeles Lakers.

"He's a good young player that has a lot of potential and upside with time and experience," Anthony said.

[House]

Mike

I feel that Carmelo was calling out the Rockets and not breaking on Lin. The fact is, that contract is ridiculous and everyone in the NBA, except the Rockets, realizes this. 15 million for Jeremy Lin? That's outrageous

Chis Bosh, Chris Paul, Lebron James, Dwayne Wade all make 16 million. Paul Pierec, Rudy Gay , and Zachary Randolph make 15 million.

Lin will be making more than Anderw Bynum, Brandon Roy,Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodola, Tyson Chandler, Tony Parker, Joakim Noah, Steve Nash, Rajon Rondo, Kyrie Irving and a lot of other players

That contract is ridiculous. I hope the Knicks don't match it

[mhd]

the 15 mil is for the third year, if he doesn't earn it he will be back to 1.5-3 or 6-7 mil. nba overpaying cats is systemic, look at juwan howard, and rashard lewis, bottom line carmelo has no business hating on any cat getting loot, that is crazy, I have never, ever heard a cat hate on a player's money in the media like this, carmelo is way outta line on this one

[DaBownca]

Mike

I feel that Carmelo was calling out the Rockets and not breaking on Lin. The fact is, that contract is ridiculous and everyone in the NBA, except the Rockets, realizes this. 15 million for Jeremy Lin? That's outrageous

Chis Bosh, Chris Paul, Lebron James, Dwayne Wade all make 16 million. Paul Pierec, Rudy Gay , and Zachary Randolph make 15 million.

Lin will be making more than Anderw Bynum, Brandon Roy,Kevin Durant, Andre Iguodola, Tyson Chandler, Tony Parker, Joakim Noah, Steve Nash, Rajon Rondo, Kyrie Irving and a lot of other players

That contract is ridiculous. I hope the Knicks don't match it

not to mention the luxury tax that will be assessed which will mean The Knicks basically spend 30-40 milly in the third year

[Fletch]

A player calling another player's contract "ridiculous" is very surprising!

[Fletch]

Tell me something. What gave the Rockets the ability the rework the offer sheet? Back in the day, it was one offer sheet that got signed, with the current team having 15 days to match!

Did Lin not sign the original offer sheet, making the original offer non-binding? Is there a provision in the current CBA that allows reworking of the contract? And how did the amount of time to match go from 15 days to 3?

[DaveR]

That offer is about more than just playing basketball, and who's better than who ... it's a business - http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/kni...sey-sales-list ... Houston could make a big portion of that $25MM in merchandising

[House]

http://hoopshype.com/salaries.htm

Btw. The Knicks obviously thought that contract was ridiculous as well because they signed Raymond Felton on Friday

"15 million dollars for Jeremy Lin"

Repeat that to yourself s-l-o-w-l-y

Rajon Rondo earned 10 million last year

[mhd]

That offer is about more than just playing basketball, and who's better than who ... it's a business - http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/kni...sey-sales-list ... Houston could make a big portion of that $25MM in merchandising

knicks could, and did, make that and possibly more, which is why they should match, in addition, carmelo's other bonehead comment was, "its not up to me" when the typical superstar sentiment is "the front office should include me in personnel moves", i'm usually a carmelo fan but this stupidity and lack of leadership and judgement is stunning

[DaveR]

... carmelo's other bonehead comment was, "its not up to me" when the typical superstar sentiment is "the front office should include me in personnel moves" ...

nice catch

[House]

Derrick Rose made 15 million dollars last year. Westbrook made 13. Tony Parker made 12

The Knicks should pay Jeremy Lin "Derrick Rose money"?

The Knicks are known for dumb moves. Hopefully, paying 15 million to Jeremy Lin won't be one of them

[Fletch]

Derrick Rose made 15 million dollars last year. Westbrook made 13. Tony Parker made 12

The Knicks should pay Jeremy Lin "Derrick Rose money"?

The Knicks are known for dumb moves. Hopefully, paying 15 million to Jeremy Lin won't be one of them

It seems like the concern is more about a possible $30-$60 million luxury and cap hit than paying Lin "Derrick Rose money".

[House]

Btw

The luxury tax for the Knicks to pay Lin 15 million is either 30 or 45 million dollars. (not finalized yet).

You take that kind of luxury tax hit for a LeBron James, Howard, Maybe Paul. You don't take that hit for a Jeremy Lin. That's madness

[Mike Barnes]

How many cats remember Dominque Wilkens going mad hard at Jon Koncak(Fact to face and thru the media too/LOL), Regarding Jon Koncak re-signing a 13-million dollar 6 year contract with the Atlanta Hawks in 1989(Which made Jon Koncak the highest payed cat on the Atlanta Hawks and Dominique Wilkens was extremely un-happy about that too/LOL), MarkB, Chuck, Fletch and anybody else on the board who follows the Knicks, Do you cats feel the Knicks should have re-signed

Jeremy Lin for that 25 million amount, If they did not sign Raymond Felton, Leaving Jason Kidd as the starter at 39 years of age/LOL), MarkB, I would re-sign Jeremy Lin if money was making more than Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Rajon Rando, Derrick Rose, Etc, Becasuse i most definitley see the potential in Jeremy Lin(Which Carmelo Anthoney see's too, That's why Carmelo Anthoney said that sucka shit about Jeremy Lin's contract, Because Carmelo Anthoney wants to maintain

His status as option number 1, Win or lose, Though, Jermey Lin lifted the Knicks for a very short time to heights that the Knicks had not seen since the 90's, My man, MarkB, Jermey Lin is 23 years of age and nice with a support system of his native country in his corner(Asian cats), Also, Jermey Lin is mad humble and coachable too(Along with cats on the Knicks having the utmost of respect for a 23 year old cat who was about to get waived if it we're not for Mike D'Antoni giving

Jeremy Lin a chance to play without the fear of making bad decisions last year, My man, Fletch, The players could have given up those rights that they had during the 60's,70's,80's,90's regarding the Houston Rockets re-working the offer sheet and the amount of days to match a teams offer(15 days to 3 days), During the NBA labor agreements last year, My man.

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[mhd]

Derrick Rose made 15 million dollars last year. Westbrook made 13. Tony Parker made 12

The Knicks should pay Jeremy Lin "Derrick Rose money"?

The Knicks are known for dumb moves. Hopefully, paying 15 million to Jeremy Lin won't be one of them

Rashard lewis made 19 and 21 mi the last two years, my only question is could the knicks have made Lin an offer before free agency? if so, they could have got him at 3-6 mill per year

[House]

It seems like the concern is more about a possible $30-$60 million luxury and cap hit than paying Lin "Derrick Rose money".

The concern should be for both. Jeremy Lin is a career scrub that had a one month run. That's the reality. He's obviously not a scub but he's also not an elite point guard. Most top guards aren't even getting 15 million in a year Lin is not worth 15 million in any contract year

If any one of the Rockets three 2012 first rounders pan out, they will regret this contract

[richierich]

As ridiculous as the offer is, Carmelo shoulda shut the hell up..That was as much of a bitch move as Kobe diming on Shaq..let the man get paid.....contracts have nothing to do with talent level, it's about business..

[mhd]

The concern should be for both. Jeremy Lin is a career scrub that had a one month run. That's the reality. He's obviously not a scub but he's also not an elite point guard. Most top guards aren't even getting 15 million in a year Lin is not worth 15 million in any contract year

If any one of the Rockets three 2012 first rounders pan out, they will regret this contract

its a one year hit, cat can play, first two years at 10mil is right at his value, if he sucks his 15 mil is actually very valuable as a trade incentive, so, teams would be lining up to take that 15 mil off their books, if he is an all star then the 15 mil is market value, its a brilliant move by houston

[bkny11203]

There is no correct answer. If they match and he does not live up to it.... the Knicks made another bonehead move.

If they don't match and he flourishes with Houston...the Knicks made another bonehead move.

Granted if the Knicks match...they will make the money back in jersey sales alone from the following Lin has amassed. I do not think locking up that kind of money with Lin is responsible when they still have needs at SG.

[ruse]

What about the increase in MSG's (and Dolan's) worth since "Linsanity"? The stock was at $29.77 when Lin first entered the Knicks starting lineup on Feb 7. It's now at $35.83. I'm not saying it's all attributable to Lin- but surely some of it is, and if a $2 increase in the stock price is roughly equal to $170m increase in market cap, then he's worth the money:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/thestree...0-million-man/

Will be interesting to see if/how much the stock declines if they don't re-sign Lin.

[Chuck P]

Carmelo had no right to voice his feelings about Lin's contract, hell he hasn't held up to his own damn contract IMO.........

Lin had the #1 selling jersey last year, teams probably view his value off the floor in addition to his skills on the floor, so from that standpoint he has definitive value........

[House]

Contracts are about talent level AND business

That's why Kobe is the highest paid player in the leage

Contracts are also about bad business which is why Andries Biedrins gets 9 million a year, emerald okufur gets 12, joe Johnson gets 22, and then theirs Rashard Lewis. Teams do dumb shit on the regular. What those big contracts also have in common is that they all are on teams that are not winning championships

In sports, good business is about winning championships. Fuck a jersey sale. How is your broadcasting business? Is your venue open all through the playoffs? Will this franchise stay on top for years? Boston and LA, the New look Yankees after Gene Michael, All have this figured out

Meanwhile, the a rockets sign Jeremy alin for 15 million

Ok

[Fletch]

I'll be real, though, Knicks may not be all innocent, either, what some feel was the Knicks snoopin' for Steve Nash behind Lin's back! That conduct may be coming back home to roost!

[bomb cola]

Linsanity!

[DaBownca]

Rashard lewis made 19 and 21 mi the last two years, my only question is could the knicks have made Lin an offer before free agency? if so, they could have got him at 3-6 mill per year

they offered him a 2 yr deal