Sunday, July 15th, 2012 at 1:57 pm  |  106 responses

Carmelo Anthony Says Jeremy Lin’s Contract is ‘Ridiculous’


We don’t officially know whether or not the Knicks will match the Rockets’ offer sheet for Jeremy Lin—though it certainly looks it won’t be happening—but we do now know what New York superstar Carmelo Anthony thinks of the contract, via Newsday‘s Rod Boone:


The Knicks have until Tuesday to match Houston’s offer before Lin becomes a Rocket.

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  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    How much evidence is there of Rubio? Not being a starter for team Spain? Euroleague stats that actually aren’t that great? He’s good defensively and a better passer–not necessarily a better assist man–and that’s about it. Slightly less turnover prone but that’s not saying much, since they’re both turnover machines.
    I saw Miami shut him down successfully like they do every point guard. He had a handful of bad games, sure, but nothing like that Miami game. That’s basically the extent of this ominous “when a team game planned for him” nonsense. During that stretch of 10 games or so he was the ONLY focus for any of the defenses. You don’t think Dallas or LA game planned for him? Those are two great defensive teams at a time when Melo and Amare were injured, knowing Lin was the sole offense for the Knicks. I didn’t see “ok at best” then. He also outplayed Kyrie Irving and got W’s against John Wall and Ricky Rubio if you want to look at head-to-head match-ups.
    And suddenly 15 points and 6 assists on 41% shooting is “considerably worse” than 10 and 8 on an impossible-to-downplay-how-bad-it-is 35.7%? I’m not going to say Lin is *considerably* or even *certainly* better than Rubio, but saying Rubio is *considerably* better than Lin is just not true. If all we have is a “foggy” 25 game stretch in which Lin won more with far worse teammates while putting up way better offensive numbers, then how can you say that Rubio is better? (Much less 10th best PG in the league… which was my initial beef). I’m willing to wait and see… Maybe you should all do the same.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Redd

    Rubio is a better facilitator ad Nash like in his passing, something Lin isn’t at all. You overlook factors, Lin was playing horrible teams down that stretch where he blossomed. Assists were easy, when better teams showed up his TO went up.

  • hotheat

    Carmelo Anthony contract is the most ridiculous…never pass the ball n always force to shoot

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    I haven’t once defended Tubio being a top 10 pg cuz that’s false imo. I haven’t once defended any of his ability to score, Lin is vastly better at that aspect of basketball. But Rubio is certainly a better passer who had lesser teammates in terms of scoring, which is what assists come from. He had Kevin Love, that’s it. Beasley ain’t getting you assists in any easy way. Lin was surrounded by some of the best shooters in the league. and he was in the most assist friendly offense in the league. I don’t think anyone understands how pivotal D’Antoni’s offense was in Lin’s brief stint of success. He’s a good point guard, but he is not anything close to the player he resembled for that remarkable stretch, except defensively, in which he is. And defensively is what really separates him from Rubio. You can even say Lin is a better offensive player because of his scoring i don’t care, he’s a worse player overall because he’s that bad defensively.

  • daboy

    knicks should trade melo and chandler for dwight + another magic/pick and keep lin instead to solve melo not wanting lin as a teammate and the dwight drama.

  • IBelieve

    “Never underestimate the heart of a champion” If he’s gotten this far, what makes you think he’ll stop now!

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