Schmeelk: Wrong Move, Knicks; Losing Linsanity A Bout Of Insanity
Jeremy Lin could be a starting point guard in this league for a decade. He could make All-Star teams. And the Knicks just gave him up for nothing.
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Jeremy Lin could be a starting point guard in this league for a decade. He could make All-Star teams. And the Knicks just gave him up for nothing.
The Rockets will now get a second chance to capitalize on the point guard. Except this time, the unknown player Houston waived before last season will come at a high cost.
Ever hear of the stretch provision? It might just save Jeremy Lin's career in New York.
No, he did not live in Lin-denhurst. And no, he did not commute through the Lin-coln Tunnel. But Jeremy Lin did produce as many puns as turnovers.
No way the New York Knicks were letting Lin get away back then, when he was the biggest thing in basketball. Things are different now.
This is what you'd call irony. Knicks fans, at least the majority of them, want James Dolan to step in, overrule his basketball people and bring Jeremy Lin back to the Garden.
Well, Linsanity was fun while it lasted.
Some Knicks fans aren't ready for the end of Linsanity.
Jason Kidd mentoring Jeremy Lin was a nice story last week. Then Kidd was arrested on a drunken-driving charge, and Lin's departure from New York for a "ridiculous contract" in Houston became more realistic.
With one move this weekend, the New York Knicks took a step toward the modern NBA game and at the same time alienated a large segment of their fan base who yearn for old-school basketball.
Carmelo Anthony said Sunday it's up to the New York Knicks to decide if they want to match the "ridiculous contract" that the Houston Rockets have offered Jeremy Lin.
The common argument out there is simply that Jeremy Lin is not worth 15 million dollars in his final season. No, he isn't, but that doesn't matter one lick from a basketball perspective.
Jason Kidd was arrested in Southampton for DWI. The police report says Kidd struck a telephone pole and then drove into the woods around 2 a.m.
Raymond Felton is returning to New York, calling into question whether the Knicks plan to re-sign fellow point guard Jeremy Lin.
Lin, at this point in his career, is a nice player. He can handle the ball decently and he can score fairly well while leading his team's offense. But that's it. He's not a great ball player by any stretch.
