I really think Lin is going to turn the NBA around. Of course nothing to the scale Jordan did in the 80s, but he is drawing a lot of people's interest back to the NBA. Not just Asian, but people of all races.
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/34839685
based on that it seems his next two years will be at max around that wall level. of course what happens after is highly dependent on what multi year offers he gets based on how the rest of the season goes. no matter what happens, the guy's gotten himself a big raise for in the worst case, a week and a half of work
So glad I bought tickets for tonight last week when he was just getting good. 55 bucks each then... now going for 170+.
Its gonna be fucking nuts at MSG tonight.
Knicks Can Keep Lin With $5 Million Exception
Feb 15, 2012 10:22 AM EST
Jeremy Lin will be a restricted free agent after this season.
Lin will be eligible to receive a qualifying offer from the Knicks worth approximately $2.7 million, with $5 million being the maximum that another team could offer in the first year of a multi-year offer sheet.
The Knicks could use their full mid-level exception to match all offers.
"He's had five games that LeBron James would be jealous of," one NBA general manager said Tuesday. "So he's outplaying his time in the D-League right now. It’s happened, but it’s pretty rare for a guy to play better in the pros than in the minor leagues. It's also rare for someone who's had a five-game stretch like this not to turn out to be an All Star."
There's a game tonite? And I thought i was going to get some work done.
I've been looking for tickets today. Lowballed some people on ebay but no luck yet. We'll see how desperate people get to unload their tickets
http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/219014/Knicks_Can_Keep_Lin_With_$5_Million_Exception
Let's start taking bets on how long this winning streak will last.
I haven't looked at their schedule so I don't know who they're playing, but I say it goes for 9 games.
Let's start taking bets on how long this winning streak will last.
I haven't looked at their schedule so I don't know who they're playing, but I say it goes for 9 games.
When does Melo come back?
That's not what happened. He motioned for everyone to move forward, and move forward they did. Perhaps not toward the net per se, but toward the baseline.I'm pretty sure it was a motion to spread out.
I think you're missing the point. Like I said before, I would have had Novak take the shot. His stats were WAY better from long range than Lin's. The problem though is that with Novak on the floor, things may become too obvious, because Novak's only offense is the long range shot.Incorrect, there is no such thing as a "long-range streak", contrary to popular belief.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-kobe-bryant-pointer.html
Probability also says that Lin isn't going to get the call in a tie game, no matter how hard he got mugged while driving. Therefore to any Harvard intellectual like Lin, his best option was the 3. Whereas Lebron would have drove like the idiot he is, gotten mugged, not gotten the call, and then pouted passive aggressively at the refs for 5 minutes.
That's not what happened. He motioned for everyone to move forward, and move forward they did. Perhaps not toward the net per se, but toward the baseline.
I think you're missing the point. Like I said before, I would have had Novak take the shot. His stats were WAY better from long range than Lin's. The problem though is that with Novak on the floor, things may become too obvious, because Novak's only offense is the long range shot.
As for the likelihood of scoring in streaks, I don't necessarily believe in that either, but I wouldn't be surprised if Lin and/or D'Antoni felt that way. And even if they didn't, the key here is that it was a tie game. If he missed, it wouldn't have been the end of the world.
No, he can't create his own shot. But if open, he's much more likely to sink the long-range shot than Jeremy Lin.Novak can't create his own shot. The only way he gets the ball at the end game is by becoming open due to a screen or the ball handler getting doubled.
It wasn't as if there was no time left on the clock for that play in Toronto. There were over 15 seconds left, and they had a time out available, but Lin just bided his time and let the clock run out.
In one week Lin is now All NBA and Novak is a clutch shooter. lol
That's not what happened. He motioned for everyone to move forward, and move forward they did. Perhaps not toward the net per se, but toward the baseline.
I think you're missing the point. Like I said before, I would have had Novak take the shot. His stats were WAY better from long range than Lin's. The problem though is that with Novak on the floor, things may become too obvious, because Novak's only offense is the long range shot.
As for the likelihood of scoring in streaks, I don't necessarily believe in that either, but I wouldn't be surprised if Lin and/or D'Antoni felt that way. And even if they didn't, the key here is that it was a tie game. If he missed, it wouldn't have been the end of the world.
BTW, Lin did get the call when they were down 87-84. He sank the layup, and got the call to tie it.
Yes, and I agree with that.As for a timeout to bring in shooters like Novak would have worked against them, allowing the defense to setup, and perhaps even keep Lin from getting the ball or take it out of his hands. D'Antoni said that a timeout wouldn't have helped Lin, and only would have helped the defense strategize.
Yes, and I agree with that.
I'm just saying that Lin isn't a great outside shooter, despite all the Linsanity that has happened this week.