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Linsanity!
February 10, 2012 at
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With so much love for Tebow on the site, I'm curious as to why there is no attention for the New York's newest star? He is not your standard stereotype for a basketball player. He is an Asian-American from Palo Alto with a degree from Harvard. This kid was sleeping on his brother's couch last week and now he is on top of the basketball world.
Recent 3 game stats:
5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 25 pts
2 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 28 pts
4 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 23 pts.
These are Lebron James type of numbers. Is this kid the real deal?
Against the #1 pick of his draft year [youtube.com]
With so much love for Tebow on the site, I'm curious as to why there is no attention for the New York's newest star? He is not your standard stereotype for a basketball player. He is an Asian-American from Palo Alto with a degree from Harvard. This kid was sleeping on his brother's couch last week and now he is on top of the basketball world.
Recent 3 game stats:
5 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 25 pts
2 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 28 pts
4 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 23 pts.
These are Lebron James type of numbers. Is this kid the real deal?
Against the #1 pick of his draft year [youtube.com]
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It's not a matter of "scaring" us, it's a matter of that contract disproportionately hurting us. Because of our salary cap situation, we couldn't apply those numbers in any way other than the way they were spelled out, and it would cost us $58M in the luxury tax in year 3. Also, by being forced into the luxury cap, the new CBA cuts away your ability to sign and trade. The Knicks front office would have been absolutely crippled in Year 3. Meanwhile it doesn't push Houston into the luxury cap, and a loophole allows them to distribute the money to 8.3M per year across all 3 years.
Further, you have no idea if the amount in revenue would offset that amount. $43M PLUS his contract is a helluva lot to offset. Plus merely offsetting the amount isn't enough, how do you account for the fact that you're in the luxury cap with just four players in year 3? There would be no bringing in a JR Smith or Jason Kidd or a Marcus Camby. You're basically locking in that you're going to war with just Lin, Melo, Amare, and hopefully Chandler (whom might actually need to be a casualty in year 3 if they need any payroll flexibility), and a bunch of minimum players. And you know what, I'm willing to do ALL of that for a player. But that player had better be the last piece of your puzzle. When it's guy that has 25 starts under his belt coming off knee surgery, it's very, very hard to make that call.
I say that the team has the option of cutting him since some ppl have been saying that $15 mil for Lin in his third yr is crazy. Note, $5 mil in season 1 and 2 aint bad.....a bargain. So, the team has an out before season 3 if Lin is a bust.
I think you're just not thinking in terms of business and the international star power issues. You're thinking in terms of a isolated, NBA purist without considering international ramifications.
I say that the team has the option of cutting him since some ppl have been saying that $15 mil for Lin in his third yr is crazy. Note, $5 mil in season 1 and 2 aint bad.....a bargain. So, the team has an out before season 3 if Lin is a bust.
I think you're just not thinking in terms of business and the international star power issues. You're thinking in terms of a isolated, NBA purist without considering international ramifications.
All of what you're saying, disappears the moment Lin doesn't win. So you're not talking about "extras" in terms or his international value. You're just talking about doubling down on his ability to win. A lot of extras come with him if he's successful. But you still have to hedge losing ALL of that if he doesn't pan out. Jeremy Lin will not be an international superstar if that knee injury is chronic, or if he's a low level starting PG or worse, a bench PG. I think I've seen enough of him to be confident that he's at the very least an NBA rotational player, but has he established himself as a no-brainer starting PG on a good team? Not to me.
Well, we'll see soon enough who's right. If he's a bust, good call for you and Dolan. If he plays well, then letting him go wasnt a good idea. Plain and simple.
For me, I think he can be good....not great probably. At worse, he can come off the bench and do well. Plus, you can benefit from his international AND domestic appeal with Asian ppl.
I guess you dont find that important, which is fine.