NBA Offseason 2012 - Page 48

On July 17 2012 10:15 tiffany wrote:
how is stackhouse still in the league, dude's a fossil

"If he doesn't perform to expectations, then NY will have to pay a lot of salary and luxury tax for someone who could end up being no better than a backup PG."

yes, they'd be overpaying for the player, but still heavily underpaying for the brand. from a monetary standpoint, signing Lin isn't even a question, he added something like 500M to MSG's market cap

On July 17 2012 08:08 slyboogie wrote:
Antwan Jamison to Lakers.

On July 17 2012 09:17 XaI)CyRiC wrote:
I think NY is in a tough position because Lin is an unheard of type of player. There's never been a player who has made as big an impact in as small an amount of games after having being non-existent previously. His potential off-court value is so high that it could arguably justify overpaying him as a player.

However, there are no guarantees that his off-court value stays so high, particularly if he regresses to the mean and becomes a very average player next season. He pulled in a lot of casual fans during Linsanity, but those will be the first fans to leave once they get bored of him. If he doesn't perform to expectations, then NY will have to pay a lot of salary and luxury tax for someone who could end up being no better than a backup PG. The fact that the Knicks are so committed to Melo and Amare only makes it riskier because they are virtually guaranteed to prevent Lin from realizing his full potential simply due to how they play (iso-heavy and ball-dominating).

Personally, I think Houston pulled off a brilliant move by making it so hard for the Knicks to match. Lin will likely be worth the money he'll be getting paid by the Rockets due to the large Chinese population there, and their lack of any other star player to take the ball out of his hands. Even if Houstin ends up landing D12 or Bynum, they're close to the perfect type of players to pair up with a guy like Lin. They can afford the gamble because both the on-court and off-court circumstances make their worst case scenario a lot more palatable. I hope Lin ends up in Houston because I think his humble manner will suit the organization better, the fans will embrace him and stay loyal to him (unlike fickle NY fans), and he'll be more likely to reach his full potential on that roster than while playing next to Melo and Amare.

On July 17 2012 11:06 rabidch wrote:
la lakers: no. 1 destination in NBA to retire

On July 18 2012 01:03 MassHysteria wrote:
geezus, Nets are really spending the dough. http://tracking.si.com/2012/07/17/kris-humphries-signs-brooklyn-nets/?sct=nba_t2_a3

edit: it is only a 2 year deal though, so not extremely bad but 12m a year for Hump.

On July 18 2012 01:59 BlueRoyaL wrote:
isnt that the mavs owner you're talking about? or is there another one haha

On July 18 2012 02:15 Jerubaal wrote:


Mavs owner isn't Russian.



He's Cuban.



Nets owner is the Russian billionaire.