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

i know thats just business but that was a dirty move by houston and also a lil greedy by lin (what is there that he wouldntve been able to get in life with a 5, 5, 9 mio contract?). why didnt houston go for felton in the first place? wouldve gotten them a decent pg at a fair payroll. now they (might) get an overpaid but over average player and messed it all up for ny in regards of letting them continue their cindarella story. i jus hope tht the knicks whoop the rockets a***ses big time next season n that the rockets wont make the playoffs for many years to come.

and whats wrong with all the reta rds in here frontin on melo? he just said what anyone with a little sense of basketball and realistic view on money thinks. that contract IS ridiculous by any means

@IndyB: look at the relation and the situation. lin couldve been part of smth special in ny and being part of a team comming together having high hopes. plus there hasnt been any beef among players on this roster. as a knick fan i must say that i was suprised how many of these as selfish labeled players pulled themselves together all year long (except the dantoni story but i think i speak for any other die hard knicks fan that we are glad to have a defensive coach now, dantoni never was a fit for ny so thank you melo!). in other words, that last season in ny was special, all these ups and downs. and we (knicks) wouldve all loved to see where the journey of this pack would go. instead its just f**cked up, because if lin would be kept, either stat, the guy who brought ny back to life, or chandler, the heart and soul of the revamped knick defense, would have to be traded next season so that the franchise wont go bankrupt under the new cba.

For all of y’all dubbing Melo a ‘hater’ he even stated before Houston revised the deal he was ready for Lin to come back. & from what Lin has said HIMSELF he & Carmelo have a good relationship. That said, he ain’t lying. That contract is fu*king ridiculous. NYK would’ve been in the luxury tax penalty based on the 1st contract but to turn around & restructure it after the fact was corny on Houston’s part. Now they’ll be stuck w/ him & that wack ass Asik deal. Sucks for Houston fans, thought you’d be bringing in Dwight now ya stuck with the dynamic Asik/Lin duo. You made it happen Morey!

he couldve also just taken the 19/20 mio to raise his teams chances n stay with the group that made him big

I really do think that the hype around this kid and the attention he received from casual fans during Linsanity created a backlash among more hardcore basketball fans. Per-36 min stats should always be taken with a grain of salt, but this kid was hitting 19/8 per-36 as a rookie, despite all the changes and upheaval surrounding his team. By comparison: Irving was at 22/6. Lin was top-3 in the entire league at generating free throws from iso situations. Oh, and when Melo and Amare with both out the Knicks were stomping teams with Lin at the helm. You can say all you want about them beating weak teams that didn’t have a chance to scout Lin: the Knicks shouldn’t have won anything at all during that stretch, and Lin was tossing up game-winners. The business of the game is one thing, but even just from a basketball standpoint Lin is worthy of a pretty big contract. Sure, the sample size was low last year, but this kid has real potential, and lots of players have received far bigger contracts while showing far less potential.

Also, what Dagger said. The guy dropped 38 on the Lakers – he has my respect. Massive amount of potential in him, if he learns how to limit turnovers.

Cosign Dagger. Lin can ball, it wasnt just the system, and @danfields he doesnt owe anything to his old knicks for ‘making him big’. Lin for 25 mil is peanuts. Who are you to critizice him for taking more money? The fact that you even do is crazy.

Dansfield you are a fan who needs a grip on reality. When was the last time someone asked you to take less money from your job? Do you really think your approval as a fan is worth turning down millions in financial security? You sit behind you little computer or smart phone or television watching games, and call someone greedy for making a decision that will better his life. Greed is the billionaire owners making hundreds of millions off of the images of people they don’t want to pay fair market value. Basketball is just a damn game. No one in their right mind should turn down any amount of money so some delusional ingrate fan can be happy his favorite team is deeper. This is his life. It’s entertainment for you.

cosign caboose’s list… I’d put wall higher and switch lawson and irving but otherwise he’s right. Jeremy Lin isn’t a BAD pg.. he’s just not good or very good. and that contract, esp. for a guy who’s only decent is ridiculous. now from a marketing standpoint this is fine…but otherwise…

I would guess that Carmelo is criticizing the structure of the contract(highly abnormal/weird in that it’s stacked toward the third year for the explicit purpose of blowing up the Knicks finances under the new CBA) and not the amount(not at all unreasonable for a team with no pg and a dire need for marketable players)…so it might be a misunderstanding/ lack of context.

If he is actually saying a former teammate’s contract is too much money…well…that would be pretty assholish. I think he’s more likely referring to Morey’s 15M poison pill though. Either way he should probably not be talking about it.

We can’t judge how good Lin can or will be with the number of games he’s played in so far, but co-sign IndyB. Compared to other players though, his contract is a bit steep… Daryl Dork Elvis is a massive troll.

This is a business. While the contract is heavily back loaded, the Knicks can afford to take a couple of years at $5 million while selling more jerseys than Kobe or Lebron. He won’t be worth the $15 million in his third year, but if he keeps progressing upon his existing body of work, he’d fetch 10-12, easy. So really, they’re slightly overpaying him for a third year of service. Everyone has forgotten that this kid put up BIG numbers, and he was still learning the finer points of running a team. The PG position is the toughest in the league, and he excelled when given his chance (Tyson should be pissed; Amare too). He’s young, smart, and dedicated, and he’s only going to get better – this much is true. Young players, when they work hard and get a chance, get better through experience and repetition. Ray Felton is…such a poor choice. He had a very good season in NY, playing for a coach that let him free. But that time is over. Woodson’s system is NOT D’Antoni’s system – it’s a half court grind. That reminds me of Nate McMillan’s system…you know, the one where Felton’s weaknesses were exposed. I mean, for all the talk of the Knicks big money, they’re going to let Lin walk? A young, exciting, improving, marketable, high character guy? This will hurt the Knicks. They need to come to their senses.

n btw – i aint a lin hater. i just dont have to like anything smbdy does n in this case im jus shaking my head about him. if he stays fine, if he goes to houston now, wish him all the best

10 millions for the two first years it’s a great deal for a guy that energized all the city (and the country), put excellent numbers (5 first games in a row, going for the incredible averages of 27 ppg, 8 apg, and 2.0 spg, all while shooting a stellar 52% from the field and using his innate aggression to get to the free throw line 8.4 times a night and… yes, a lot of turnovers), a guy we know is gonna work as hard as everybody and with his huge impact in the sales, merchandising and all this stuff that makes his contract ridiculous and cover. It’s simple. You take the guy two years, and the third, as expiring contract easy to move, you can trade him elsewhere if he result a bust. He deserves this opportunity.

Knicks should match Lin’s contract and then trade Melo away.

$30 million is a lot.

haha yes! i cannot wait for j linn to be the starting pg for the west in the all star game, on another note, carmello’s tweet just proves that NOBODY in the knicks organization is smart. Even when they make the smart move on moving Lin there is someone in that organization that has to open their mouth and have people talk negatively about them…a true disorganized franchise.

Contract will be up for grabs in two or three years, he is a back-up

He’s worth the money, easily. The NBA is a business, and whoever gets him sees higher ratings, more ticket sales, more merchandise sold. The Rockets had Yao – they know what an international sensation can do, money-wise. The $15 million is silly. He’s not a $15 million player; his skills aren’t there. But the sooner the basketball fans realize that this is a marketing thing, the less incredulous they’ll be.

Yeah… 10 and 8 on 35.7% shooting from the field with 3.2 turnovers a game as a rookie. With all due respect Caboose–what the hell?!
This is Lin’s stat-line even with 10 games included as a bench warmer: 14.6 and 6.2 on 44.6% shooting with 3.6 turnovers a game, a playoff berth, and a better record. Forget Lowry and Dragic and Wall and Lawson and Irving(and basically everyone on that list past 10) and all the other point guards who are *clearly* better than Rubio. He hasn’t even proven convincingly that he’s a better player than Lin.
It’s interesting that so many people are willing to peg Lin as a back-up PG after 25 great starts (not you specifically), but have Rubio being this good after 1 season. Your assessment of Lin thus far is fair, but just ridiculous for Rubio. You’re not the only one.

he’s considerably better than Lin. Rubio is one of the best defensive PG’s in the league. Lin is one of the worst. That’s the glaring difference.

nbk: Depends on how many we’re willing to include as being “one of the best.” Lin is a much better scorer and doesn’t shoot 35.7% from the field. 35.7%! I understand rookie guards aren’t always the most accurate from the field but that is really Bob Cousy-esque, and not in a good way. And I don’t care what you say, he is not the tenth best point guard in the league with that rookie year (promising though it was) and that injury (really hope he makes a full recovery).
@ startown: Did you see Lowry and Dragic play? Lowry had an unarguably better year than Rubio and played at a borderline All-Star level. He is also a better defender, rebounder, and scorer. And again, Dragic averaged 18 and 8 in his 26 starts.

I never said he was a tip 10 PG. I said he’s considerably better than Lin. Because he is. His shooting % is almost a non-factor when you consider what he does for the whole teams offense.

Lin’s assist to turnover ratio (1.7) ranked 40th in the NBA as a starter. It’s not like he was a better passer than Rubio, he just had the ball a lot more/. And the whole defensive aspect can’t be ignored. Lin is so utterly terrible defensively. Like worse than Steve Nash terrible. He gave up 38 to Deron Williams in NY, and what 18-17-20 to Rajon Rondo. And against elite defenses or defensive players he looked ok at best. You can judge how good Lin is after his 25 games as a starter in Mike D’Antoni’s offense all you want. But that also means you are ignoring the rest of his career, his 15 points and 6 assists a game on 41% shooting with Carmelo Anthony. There is just no way to say Lin is better than Rubio with a foggy 25 game stretch as your evidence. Especially if you are ignoring defense and turnovers. Oh and the lack of being scouted and game planned for. We saw what happened when a team game planned for him.