Wow... NY Knicks = most embarrassing franchise in sports history!!

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According to league rules, the three-day clock for a team to match an offer on a restricted free agent does not begin until the team’s general manager physically receives the offer sheet. Well, according to the Houston Chronicle’s Jonathan Feigen, the Knicks are literally avoiding the Rockets so the clock won’t start on Jeremy Lin.

Here’s Feigen’s report, via Twitter:

“Rockets so far unable to hand deliver the Lin offer sheet. Knicks refused to accept at team hotel. Glen Grunwald not at practice yest, gm today. Rockets had a courier knocking on doors at hotel, call room. Could not get someone to accept offer sheet yesterday. Rockets FedExed offer sheet to Knicks offices in NY, but league said GM Glen Grunwald must receive it himself. Clock to match at standstill. All of this is high comedy, but does leave no doubt that Knicks will take every bit of three days to match, once offer sheet is in hand”
While all of this is undoubtedly hilarious, as the Knicks childishly play “catch me if you can” with Houston, we’re not sure why they’re even doing this. Every report indicates they’ll match the Rockets’ offer, so there’s really not much to discuss in the front office – and news of the Rockets’ offer sheet has been public for over a week now, so they’ve had plenty of time to discuss further options. In any case, we hope the Knicks’ GM Glen Grunwald skips town and ends up in a country without an extradition treaty.

And, as Feigen notes, we’re in an era where players sign via iPad. You’d think that would eliminate the need for hand delivery, but no. Anyway, we prefer a Houston courier chasing Knicks management around on a bike, or whatever.

The Knicks Are Avoiding Jeremy Lin’s Houston Offer Sheet So The Three-Day Clock Won’t Start | SportsGrid

 

[Primetime21]

 

[William Bassington]

lol wow

 

[jdubnyce]

thats how yorkers roll

 

[Diyhai]

Smart play
I aint mad at that
Smh at Kidd catching a DWI

 

[Colejeezy]

Mitch The Don Kupchak will never pull some amateur shyt like this

 

[superunknown23]

The Rockets finally sneaked that offer sheet in during the night... on some batman shyt

 

[...and some waffle fries]

catch me if u can!

 

[Sire366]

damn rockets need to hire a process server for the NYK......like this guy

 

[Blaze007]

 

[*Hulks Up*]

Just refuse to match it if it's that fukking terrible. The Knicks embarrassing themselves for no damn reason at all.

 

[superunknown23]

this is so fukking amateurish

 

[NUPE 1911]

I don't see the problem here. Rocket's trolled the Knicks. The Knicks are returning the favor.

 

[HARLEM AL]

Lol Knicks said you want to offer that nikka money that we weren't going to spend....

I got yo bytch azz....

I see no problem with this shyt.

 

[Diyhai]

I don't see the problem here. Rocket's trolled the Knicks. The Knicks are returning the favor.

Exactly knicks just wanted time to make sure there trade for felton went thru