JR Smith Thinks Jeremy Lin’s Contract Would Make Other Knicks Jealous

I happen to think CP3 fans a the the most foolish after kobe fans….

AllenP,

I know what you’re trying to do. You’re trying to break the Shock Exchange’s concentration with “hard cap this,” “soft cap that,” and “the NBA is moving towards non-guaranteed contracts, not because owners are tired of paying guaranteed money based on potential, but they simply want to be like the NFL.” But the Shock Exchange has still not forgotten how you, “C”, “J” and “Capital S” tried to bank him. And in a few weeks, you gon’ catch that “Ana Mae.” Now go run discuss that.

i do think the 96 team is the only team with a legitimate shot to win a series against 92. Jordan always says, name another team with 11 HOF’rs then we’ll talk. — Well the 96 team had what 10? and none of them were past their prime.

I see a Breaking Bad reference.
This among other things just points to how selfish the Knicks are as individuals. I can’t remember the last time teammates threw salt on another teammate’s potential situation/contract because I know that most cats wouldn’t want their teammates doing the same thing to them during their own contract negotations.

Despite what one thinks of JR, this could be a significant factor in the Knick decision to keep Lin. If he doesn’t duplicate last year’s theatrics, there is some serious potential for bad blood. That’s just too big of a contract for a player like Lin to live up to. Maybe in a market like Houston, but the expectations are too high in NYC.

Hey you stupid people, let’s first talk economics: Lin alone increased the market value of the Knicks/MSG by 800 million during that crazy “Linsanity” stretch. Jeremy Lin doesn’t have to play at that level, he can be average or even backup level, but as long as he is still playing, he will make his team A LOT of money. Do you know how many people there are in China? Yes he’s Taiwanese-American, but mainland China don’t care. So if your argument was he’s “not worth the money”, find a new one.

Second, he has ONLY played about 20 games where he got meaningful minutes. He is pretty much still a rookie, you are all acting as if hes a 3-4 year player with all this talk about his weaknesses. YES he can’t go left, cant defend well, etc. But you all honestly think he won’t improve? If you think he’s a scrub, then stop watching basketball.

Third, he was playing 35-40+ minutes during that strech, when he got 1-2mins MAX before. By the end of it, Lin was exhausted and he wouldn’t have fared well against ANY team (except for the Bobcats), let alone the Heat.

Fourth, the Houston offer was the same as the Raptors offer to Landry Fields…I don’t even need to go on if you knew anything about NBA salary cap.

The thing with CP is that he isn’t played with the kind of talent that has surrounded Melo for the majority of his career. Apart from last season with BGriff and DWest during his NO tenure, who exactly has CP played with?
When healthy, the guy has shown the ability to carry medicore teams into the playoffs in a tough conference.

Allenp.. You really should read Phil Jackson’s “The Last Season.” Countless stories on the Kobe and Shaq saga. If you are still ‘here’ (lol) I will go through some quotes by both players, and you can form your own opinion from them…. I’m only saying this because I know you seem to be very interested in the Kobe and Shaq debate.
(Anyone else interested in these quotes, just holla at me in the comment section)

Phil and Kobe are talking in the coach’s office after the Finals in ’04.
Phil: “Will Shaq’s presence on this team color your decision to come back or not?”
Kobe: “Yes, it does.”
Phil: “I meant what i said the other night after the game that the two of you could coexist andplay well together”
Kobe: “There’s no doubt about that, I’ve done that for eight years with him, but I’m tired of being the sidekick.”

There’s loads more, but I can’t really be bothered writing more. Y’all will just have to get the book. It took me long enough just to find that quote ^^.. anyway, I’m out. Peace.

You are an idiot if you don’t think it makes sense to compare revenue generated to salary. if the NBA is a business (which it is), then that is the obvious business end of that comparison. whether you agree with it is a different matter entirely. But it makes sense to compare what he brings in to what they spend.
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For example, in the 3rd year of Lin’s deal (the final year) he will cost the Knicks $56Million dollars by himself because of the luxury tax (i didn’t do the original math right when i had him at $45M) so the Knicks will inevitably try and estimate how much of that value Lin carries to the team as a business, and the team as a competitive factor. But for the Rockets he is almost a guaranteed good investment. His first 2 seasons are relatively low, while the third season attempts to make up for the difference, but by that time, assuming health, Lin should make at least that much money for the franchise.
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In related news, i am now hearing the Knicks still considering matching the contract and attempting to move Chandler or Stoudemire (the latter being very unlikely) in summer of 2014.

Lots of very racist people here, I could care less. Go Lin, screw the haters to their hell.

^your the stupid one nbk. any man would take care of himself if he was in lin’s shoes. just as would you. You’r not dolan. why are you acting like your the business operations manager.have you done something with your own life in the real world.