a year ago today Linsanity was born

[No_bammer_weed]

I think I get your point...but who ever even brought that up tho?...and agents get fired all the time (Jennings just fired his).

It's all subjective, some talk about loyalty while others (especially players) say "it's a business", and the same fan will switch up depending on who' he's talking about...I remember the Decision, I was talking about loyalty and others were saying "he's a free man" (Someone even said "he's not a slave" or something like that smh). TBH I wish there was more loyalty in sports, but that's just not the case and we all know that, so why be surprised when Lin isn't "loyal".No one ever said he was. And it's not like he was a serious project for the Knicks either tho, he just played because off the bs situation we were in. Started with short-term contract, and we didn't extend his contract asap (ol' "Let the market decide" crap). Anyway, without the injuries and the desperation, Lin doens't enter the rotation at all.

Both parts are "to blame" for him leaving IMO, but all that I care about NOW (I admit being in the anti-Felton group) is that the Knicks are winning.

I dont think we're far off...I agree with much of what you said, but thats not the argument I was trying to present tho.

The media, since Linsanity began has been positioning lin as morally superior to that of other NBA players --- all Im saying is that his behavior doesnt reflect that, and is in line with all the other black players whom are labeled selfish, low IQ thugs, only out for themselves and their wallets.

As far as the Knicks/Lin go, specifically. I was a lil upset that the Knicks let him go, but the fact of the matter is that re-signing Lin would have had significant consequences on our cap (the last year was a poison pill, where penalties would have made his salary about 20 mill), for what looks like an average player. Felton is the better player, straight up, at half the cost.

Instead of Lin fans being honest that he was overhyped and maybe the fans and media went too far, they're still in denial and blaming Melo, Woody, and everyone else they can for his struggles post-linsanity. Im so glad hes not on the knicks anymore, so we wouldnt have to be hit with the daily barrage of "poor widdle Win who is being hated on by that meanie black Melo" stories and narrative.

 

[Brozay]

Kinda disgusting seeing all the Knick fans acting like they hated this shyt.


Every other post in the season thread for those two weeks was


Seriously, I'm going to put the events of linsanity in one long sentence so ya'll can reconsider:

An undrafted, Asian-American, walk on Harvard grad, who was 1 foot out the door of the NBA explodes for a 10 game stretch of 25 & 9 on some ridiculous shooting numbers, dominant 4th Q's while winning 7 straight games when the star is on the bench.

Oh yeah, and it happened in the supposed basketball 'Mecca', MSG?




That shyt was wildly entertaining, stop hating.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Knicks Fans Either Hate Lin With A Passion Or Love Him Disgustingly, Its So Weird

Im Indifferent, To Me He's Just Like Any Other Knick To Me, Loved Him In The Blue And Orange Uniform But Now That He's Gone I Dont Care Or Check For Him Anymore

I Dont Hate The Guy, I Dont Love The Guy Im Just Worried About The Knicks, And Only The Knicks

 

[23Barrettcity]

at Knicks fans shytting on Lin like he still aint better than Fat ass Felton

Nicca have you seen a Knicks game this year ? I saw Felton beat the heat without melo Lin can't bring the ball up on the heat. check their stats

Yeah- your argument was essentially the NYK fan base only got behind Lin because he wasnt black. If that's not trolling I dont know what is.

Trip shut up . You were wrong as shyt go be a rockets fan Melo wasn't mad at Lin . He didn't like the media acting like Lin was Better than him when melo was playing through injuries . Usually players get props for toughing it out not him . And not to mention all the random callers Saying melo is a cancer and thug and doesn't play intelligent . Sounds like racial undertones to me and how's jr looking ? You couldn't be more white if you tried

breen exposed himself as the bigot I always suspected he was.

Lol at jvg sonning Breen for hating on melo .

 

[Trip]

and how's jr looking ? You couldn't be more white if you tried

JR Smith is having the most inefficient season of his career.

 

[No_bammer_weed]

About jeremy lin

You're talkin about loyalty in sports? Teams will trade,release,buyout a player when it suits them and he cashed in on the once in a million opportunity he got in life.Who wouldn't do what lin did? Also didn't lin help the knicks get the cable deal for msg network on time warner cuz the demand to watch the knicks was ridiculous during this run while they were negotiating the cable deal or somethin like that?

He helped the knicks just as much as they helped him.He owed them nothing you sound bitter about him going to houston

Doggy...keep up. Im not "mad, hating, bitter" or whatever your juvenile logic tells you is the real reason why Im criticizing Lin. All Im saying is that the media cant continue to portray Lin as being morally superior to other NBA players, when he is operating in the same self-interested fashion as every one else.

Im good. Lin is a poor shooting turnover machine. Felton is better, and comes with 1/100th of the baggage and distractions. If Lin were still on the Knicks the back page would be a daily barrage of: "Does Melo hate lin? Does Woody hate lin? Is Melo sabotaging Lin so that he shoots poorly, and turns the ball over so frequently? Why isnt lin playing enough? Why is woody playing lin so much? Is he trying to burn him out because he hates him? Is Rasheed Wallace bullying Lin? Do they all hate him cause hes asian? What can the knicks do to make him more comfortable? Should the knicks rip up his contract and give him more money, so that he can feel comfortable enough to play better. Why wont melo give him more money?"

 

[Trip]

All Im saying is that the media cant continue to portray Lin as being morally superior to other NBA players,

Care to back any of this nonsense up?

 

[23Barrettcity]

Knicks Fans Either Hate Lin With A Passion Or Love Him Disgustingly, Its So Weird

Im Indifferent, To Me He's Just Like Any Other Knick To Me, Loved Him In The Blue And Orange Uniform But Now That He's Gone I Dont Care Or Check For Him Anymore

I Don Hate The Guy, I Dont Love The Guy Im Just Worried About The Knicks, And Only The Knicks

kolo I dislike his quiting and complaining all summer .

Kinda disgusting seeing all the Knick fans acting like they hated this shyt.


Every other post in the season thread for those two weeks was

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Seriously, I'm going to put the events of linsanity in one long sentence so ya'll can reconsider:

An undrafted, Asian-American, walk on Harvard grad, who was 1 foot out the door of the NBA explodes for a 10 game stretch of 25 & 9 on some ridiculous shooting numbers, dominant 4th Q's while winning 7 straight games when the star is on the bench.

Oh yeah, and it happened in the supposed basketball 'Mecca', MSG?




That shyt was wildly entertaining, stop hating.

We hate the linsanity not lins play that was a amazing ride . Again the sports media calling for melo to get traded so Lin could run the team the racist fans berating melo after he had attempted to will us to victory vs the celtics then Lin not playing in the playoffs so that he wouldn't get embarrassed and hurt his contract status after saying he was 85%

And yes msg is the Mecca all the actual players say it so why do people on this board keep hating its our nickname deal with it . I'll take Kobe , mj , lebrons opinion of MSG over yours

 

[Silky Johnson]

 

[mbewane]

Not gonna lie I loved the linsanity thing and wanted us to keep him.when I found out we was getting Felton and not Lin I was on some fukk Felton he sucks..And I mean he did suck with Portland . Take my words back tho Felton has proved the better fit for this team.

Same here, 100 %.

breen exposed himself as the bigot I always suspected he was.

Goddamn I hate Breen, mfer always sounds surprised for nothing "He scores agaIIIIIn!!!!!"

I dont think we're far off...I agree with much of what you said, but thats not the argument I was trying to present tho.

The media, since Linsanity began has been positioning lin as morally superior to that of other NBA players --- all Im saying is that his behavior doesnt reflect that, and is in line with all the other black players whom are labeled selfish, low IQ thugs, only out for themselves and their wallets.

As far as the Knicks/Lin go, specifically. I was a lil upset that the Knicks let him go, but the fact of the matter is that re-signing Lin would have had significant consequences on our cap (the last year was a poison pill, where penalties would have made his salary about 20 mill), for what looks like an average player. Felton is the better player, straight up, at half the cost.

Instead of Lin fans being honest that he was overhyped and maybe the fans and media went too far, they're still in denial and blaming Melo, Woody, and everyone else they can for his struggles post-linsanity. Im so glad hes not on the knicks anymore, so we wouldnt have to be hit with the daily barrage of "poor widdle Win who is being hated on by that meanie black Melo" stories and narrative.

Totally agree with this, and yeah we're not far off in how we see the whole situation.

Knicks Fans Either Hate Lin With A Passion Or Love Him Disgustingly, Its So Weird

Im Indifferent, To Me He's Just Like Any Other Knick To Me, Loved Him In The Blue And Orange Uniform But Now That He's Gone I Dont Care Or Check For Him Anymore

I Don Hate The Guy, I Dont Love The Guy Im Just Worried About The Knicks, And Only The Knicks

GO NY GO NY GO

 

[Danie84]

Unlike the Chinese New Year, Linsanity didn't last too long

 

[23Barrettcity]

Care to back any of this nonsense up?

Go read his sports illustrated article after he wasn't resigned and his gq article . Look at how he's painted .

Doggy...keep up. Im not "mad, hating, bitter" or whatever your juvenile logic tells you is the real reason why Im criticizing Lin. All Im saying is that the media cant continue to portray Lin as being morally superior to other NBA players, when he is operating in the same self-interested fashion as every one else.

Im good. Lin is a poor shooting turnover machine. Felton is better, and comes with 1/100th of the baggage and distractions. If Lin were still on the Knicks the back page would be a daily barrage of: "Does Melo hate lin? Does Woody hate lin? Is Melo sabotaging Lin so that he shoots poorly, and turns the ball over so frequently? Why isnt lin playing enough? Why is woody playing lin so much? Is he trying to burn him out because he hates him? Is Rasheed Wallace bullying Lin? Do they all hate him cause hes asian? What can the knicks do to make him more comfortable? Should the knicks rip up his contract and give him more money, so that he can feel comfortable enough to play better. Why wont melo give him more money?"

Exactly it was tebowesque it's funny how people still call for melo to have waited for the the offseason to go to ny and possibly lose money but for Lin it's make as much as you can

 

[Trip]

Go read his sports illustrated article after he wasn't resigned and his gq article . Look at how he's painted .

Lin is hardly a story this season because he went to Houston. He isn't painted as anything.

Houston is having a surprisingly decent season and he's a pretty good player for a kid that hasnt played all that much in the league and came out of nowhere.

This morally superior stuff...I mean come on. Get a grip.

 

[god shamgod]

I've never heard the media portray lin as morally superior

 

[23Barrettcity]

Same here, 100 %.



Goddamn I hate Breen, mfer always sounds surprised for nothing "He scores agaIIIIIn!!!!!"



Totally agree with this, and yeah we're not far off in how we see the whole situation.



GO NY GO NY GO

Breen needs to stick to nationally televised games he gets the with melo commentary . I wonder how Alan Hahn and Wally would sound on the air