a year ago today Linsanity was born
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mvp_status
Superstar
Had no problems with him coming back at the MLE price. Once it got to where we wouldve had to pay him 15 million in a season for ray felton production, it was thanks for those two weeks and best of luck to him
seemorecizzy
Superstar
it worked out for both parties i guess
cause ill tell you right now
felton is a lot better den lin
i dont no wtf happened to him in portland
but he was better den lin in his first run in ny (but didnt get anywhere near da hype)
and hes better den him now
he also gets more respect from the players and knows how to manage a team/offense.
knicks vs miami in the playoffs with lin playing woulda been painful to watch this season.
i guess he can find some happiness in the fact that the rockets beat da knicks twice this year. im sure toney douglas finds some happiness in it too. but at da end of the day,it really doesnt mean much.
knicks are better without him and have a bright future
lins back to being avg and the rockets will be lucky to even make da playoffs
and for da record, real knick fans saw linsanity from the beginning to the very end. we didnt stop watching after two weeks. we saw how he played when he came back down to earth, we remember how he was acting, and we remember him quittin on us in da playoffs. so if theres any resentment towards him, its because of dat.
but it all worked out for us, so it aint nothing.
cause ill tell you right now
felton is a lot better den lin
i dont no wtf happened to him in portland
but he was better den lin in his first run in ny (but didnt get anywhere near da hype)
and hes better den him now
he also gets more respect from the players and knows how to manage a team/offense.
knicks vs miami in the playoffs with lin playing woulda been painful to watch this season.
i guess he can find some happiness in the fact that the rockets beat da knicks twice this year. im sure toney douglas finds some happiness in it too. but at da end of the day,it really doesnt mean much.
knicks are better without him and have a bright future
lins back to being avg and the rockets will be lucky to even make da playoffs
and for da record, real knick fans saw linsanity from the beginning to the very end. we didnt stop watching after two weeks. we saw how he played when he came back down to earth, we remember how he was acting, and we remember him quittin on us in da playoffs. so if theres any resentment towards him, its because of dat.
but it all worked out for us, so it aint nothing.
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
Melo has always had an uneasy relationship with fans. Linsanity only gave fans hope of an out from STAT & Melo. They love him and they hate him and they love him again.
I don't think people really miss Linsanity now, but if the Knicks don't do well in the playoffs, Melo might as well blow kisses at himself in the mirror, date muscular blondes and get PED's shipped to his house, because to fans he'll be A-Rod in the flesh.
In retrospect the Knicks made the right decision in not signing Lin. In the grand scheme of things he's a third guard on a contending team. He's not a star but i guess get Houston got what they wanted with them having a strong Asian market.
I'm glad Lin's eating...and I'm glad we didn't match.
People blaming fan ignorance on a chinese kid who was a week away from being cut, as if Lin educated these so called "fans" on the sport. SMDH Crab in a barrell mentality ass mufukas.
the next guy
Superstar
Sh!t was fun, felt like the Knicks finally got one and I looked forward to him being a Knick for a long time. Even back when he left I always felt he knew he couldn't live up to the hype and expectations of the irrational Linsanity fan. In DA's system Lin (the PG) had to bring it every night, not every player is built for that. No way after Linsanity was the media gonna allow him to pick his spots the way he can in Houston. Under Woodson Lin woulda been the 3rd/4th/5th option the way he is in Houston and the NY media woulda tore him down quicker than they helped build him up. Lin's a smart dude, he saw it and dipped. It doesn't shock me that Lin would have a beast of a game on his anniversary, that's that of the moment d!ck rider type ish. He gets to picks his spots now, not mad at em.
I dont like the A-Rod comparison.
A-Rod was entering a successful situation, and a team fresh off the heels of 4 championships. All he was asked was to do was do what he does best, and perform when it counted. The results? The Red Sox beat us in historic fashion his first year in pinstripes, while he turns in pitiful playoff performances.
The Knicks have been a bottom feeding franchise for over a decade. One of the worst in sports. We were 2 games over .500 when he was traded here. Melo had led us to the best NY basketball we've seen in 20 years. So how is he a pariah? Even the playoff series that we've lost so far, its not as if Melo underperformed.
Its one thing if u a baller, and some dude comes up to you and says "i can make you even more successful", only to see him squander your money away. But how can you be someone living on the streets, and a dude helps you from the outhouse to the penthouse, only for you to turn on him because he didnt get you into a mansion?
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
A-Rod's job was to deliver more championships. Melo by comparison needs to deliver 1.
Melo isn't expected just to lead you to that. He's expected to eventually lead you to a title. After seeing how Melo was struggling after the lockout and then seeing Lin playing correlating to wins, fans actually believed that Melo not being there (because he was hurt) was addition by subtraction and they felt the same way about STAT. Rationality goes out the window when NY is in the moment, so the Lin situation was clearly ridiculous, but is the notion that Melo can't win you a title not ridiculous? All fans can do is sit back and watch, but for that time, fans were convinced this Melo shyt wasn't gonna work, so fans wanted a do over. IMO, the Melo discontent really comes from the fact that he wasn't NY's first choice while the guy they really wanted has more NBA finals appearances than the Knicks have playoff wins, so the expectations only grow here for Melo.
As far as Lin's loyalty goes, he did what he had to do. It's not that Lin didn't wanna stay. It's that a team was crazy enough to overpay and he had to listen. He figured NY loved him as much as he loved NY but the Knicks had a limit to what they would spend for him. That's just business. Not everyone will be J.R. Smith, leaving money on the table to stay in NY.
god shamgod
Veteran
The 2-3 weeks of "linsanity" was the most relevance the knicks had in 10 years except when the opposition lit their ass up at msg and the fans cheered for other teams players
You should appreciate that chank
You should appreciate that chank
mbewane
Knicks: 93 til infinity
Brehs, this thread (and this particular post) makes me feel that I was probably fortunate to enjoy Linsanity from Europe, where I got to pick when and what I read about it. Basically I watched the games, went on ESPN, New York Times, Ball dont lie and Basketbawful. Media exposure was like 30min per day, that's it. So for me it stayed at a acceptable level, and I won't even lie I'm a sucker for good stories so I enjoyed it thoroughly. But all in all I was able to just focus on the games that were for the most part phenomenal and some of the most entertaining sh*ts I've seen (games against the lakers and the mavs). So maybe I was fortunate to watch it from afar.
Brief Keef
Superstar
You Know What Made Us Feel Better?
Washing The Heat Twice By 20
you know what makes me feel better knowing yall haven't won a playoff series since Ruff Ryders was hot
you know what makes me feel better knowing yall haven't won a playoff series since Ruff Ryders was hot
Oh You're Still Hung Up On The Past Huh?
