Linsanity officialy taking his talent to Htown

[ChrisRichards]

Al Iannazzone ‏@Al_Iannazzone
The Knicks just confirmed they are not matching Houston's offer sheet to Jeremy Lin.


Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Knicks spokesman confirms that Jeremy Lin's offer sheet will not be matched. @JLin7 is now officially a Rocket.

[djohn2oo8]

:lol Marketing reasons

[fevertrees]

so long CP3 as a starting AllStar

[whitemamba]

:lol Marketing reasons


real talk

[ChrisRichards]

^ not a chance.

Kobe and Lin starts next year :lol

[ChrisRichards]

Whatever happened to NY matching Houston's offer up to a billion dollars :lol

[BRHornet45]

lol sons Stern will now have to rig the All Star voting again to give the more deserving player the starting spot.

[BRHornet45]

but like I said a few days ago this is good business for Houston ... Goddamn good business.

[ChrisRichards]

Still can't believe Knicks let this asset go, while giving 13 million to 38 year old Camby and what, like 12 million to 39 year old Kidd?


:lmao:lmao:lmao

[djohn2oo8]

Whatever happened to NY matching Houston's offer up to a billion dollars :lol
That's the one thing I find funny about all this, Dolan got Ho'ed. :lol

[BRHornet45]

sons again Houston is not paying this type of money for his production on the court. they know damn well they could get just as much production on the floor from a $3-5 million per year player, but Lin is a marketing dream. Lin will sell tickets and bring in a ton of revenue for years to come for them. Goddamn good business decision by Houston here.

[irishock]

Lin is going to get in the ASG with ease. If Yi Jian Lian was almost voted in, Lin is going to get in there almost unanimously. Those Asians will do anything to get one of their kind in the game that they worship so much despite the fact that it's become trash, and has always been trash. If Iverson returns to the NBA with the East, he'd get voted in as well. The Asians love that cocksucking gangster.

Steve Kerr was right, the voting ballot should be held in NBA arenas. You don't want some Al-Qaeda members voting for Haddadi now do you?

[ElNono]

sons again Houston is not paying this type of money for his production on the court. they know damn well they could get just as much production on the floor from a $3-5 million per year player, but Lin is a marketing dream. Lin will sell tickets and bring in a ton of revenue for years to come for them. Goddamn good business decision by Houston here.

Son, I'm already thinking of opening a Chinese restaurant near the Toyota center... "Lin House" :greedy

[BRHornet45]

also sons like I said the other night I am happy for Houston sports fans. this will give them something else to go see other than going to Minute Maid Park to watch a potential no hitter every night by the visiting team pitcher against that AA team the Astros.

[djohn2oo8]

Son, I'm already thinking of opening a Chinese restaurant near the Toyota center... "Lin House" :greedy
Right down the street from Yao's :lol

[djohn2oo8]

also sons like I said the other night I am happy for Houston sports fans. this will give them something else to go see other than going to Minute Maid Park to watch a potential no hitter every night by the visiting team pitcher against that AA team the Astros.
:lol

[Venti Quattro]

Right down the street from Yao's :lol

They can merge and name their joint restaurant "Yao Lin".

[djohn2oo8]

They can merge and name their joint restaurant "Yao Lin".
:lmao

[djohn2oo8]

Marc J. Spears (http://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo): Knicks have declined comment. 3 minutes ago (http://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/statuses/225422682160775170)

[ElNono]

They can merge and name their joint restaurant "Yao Lin".

:lol

[BRHornet45]

Son, I'm already thinking of opening a Chinese restaurant near the Toyota center... "Lin House" :greedy

son that is a guaranteed, short-term, successful business idea. I suggest open it up in reasonable walking distance to the arena, advertise the shit out of it for a year, and then sell it as you would have numerous foreign buyers interested. you could probably make a small fortune of a few hundred grand if you do that. build it, hype it up, and get out.

[ElNono]

son that is a guaranteed, short-term, successful business idea. I suggest open it up in reasonable walking distance to the arena, advertise the shit out of it for a year, and then sell it as you would have numerous foreign buyers interested. you could probably make a small fortune of a few hundred grand if you do that. build it, hype it up, and get out.

Son, I'm thinking of adding a few side events, like "be an Astros for a day", where everybody gets a chance to strike out in front of fans and family.

[Twisted_Dawg]

but like I said a few days ago this is good business for Houston ... Goddamn good business.


sons again Houston is not paying this type of money for his production on the court. they know damn well they could get just as much production on the floor from a $3-5 million per year player, but Lin is a marketing dream. Lin will sell tickets and bring in a ton of revenue for years to come for them. Goddamn good business decision by Houston here.

And he might just turn out to be a solid NBA player on top of selling tickets.

[Kai]

http://i49.tinypic.com/28i7x3d.png

[djohn2oo8]

:lmao at the replies

[djohn2oo8]

Tim Bontemps (http://twitter.com/TimBontemps): One thing you can expect – the Nets are going to do something tomorrow to respond to Lin leaving town. I'm curious to see what it is. 1 minute ago (http://twitter.com/TimBontemps/statuses/225426606959763459)

[jeebus]

http://i49.tinypic.com/28i7x3d.png

:lol

the butthurt Knickfan response was worth it

[dbreiden83080]

Dolan should be sending out a memo to the fans promising them another great 40-42 season...

[ElNono]

they just run on ABC news here in New York that "Linsanity is over" :cry

[racm]

Cant wait to see Parker force him into 6 TOs a game four times this season :lmao

[jeebus]

Cant wait to see Parker force him into 6 TOs a game four times this season :lmao
He doesn't need tony's help to do that imo

[racm]

True, even if Neal "guarded" him...

[jeebus]

@sportsguy33 (https://twitter.com/sportsguy33) But seriously - any time you can flip a 23 year old asset/fan favorite into a washed-up 40 year old and a fat guy, you have to do it.

[Latarian Milton]

H can't afford to lose their fanbase in the far east and they're supposed to sign this dude whatever the price. it's ridiculous money they're about to give this little chink, to paraphrase melo, but it's like the max for him and i believe H would've offered him even more if they could

[djohn2oo8]

http://p.twimg.com/AyDdq2iCEAMIaJA.jpg:large

[baseline bum]

Lin is going to get in the ASG with ease. If Yi Jian Lian was almost voted in, Lin is going to get in there almost unanimously.

Wow, I forgot how close Yi got to starting the 2009 All-Star game. Dude was beaten out by defending champion Garnett by less than 200,000 votes and was 600,000 ahead of Finals MVP Pierce.

[ChrisRichards]

Lin's celeb status will take a major hit in Houston. NY was great for him and vice versa. I still can't figure out why the Knicks didn't match, perhaps Melo was pouting behind the scene. I know it would take a lot of cajones to do this, but if I was the GM of the Knicks, I would just deal Melo to Denver for Galinarri, Faried and Corey Brewer lol

[Kai]

Lin's celeb status will take a major hit in Houston. NY was great for him and vice versa. I still can't figure out why the Knicks didn't match, perhaps Melo was pouting behind the scene. I know it would take a lot of cajones to do this, but if I was the GM of the Knicks, I would just deal Melo to Denver for Galinarri, Faried and Corey Brewer lol

Idk, if Dwight comes here I can see ESPN slobbin our nob.

http://sportscracklepop.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Jeremy-Lin-Kobe.gif

[ChrisRichards]

:lmao^^^

[ChrisRichards]

Well if Dwight comes then hell yeah, different story. Lin will put up great numbers and I won't be surprised if they have a better record than the Knicks tbh lol. But another big name player will help Lin's career even more. Would be awesome if Yao makes a comeback. Yao-Lin combo? Shizznat.

[Kai]

t45jqsVSJWI

[FkLA]

Definitely wont be as fun or as good of a story seeing Linsanity in Houston. I dont know why those mediocre faggots dont just tank and start rebuilding tbh.

[Kai]

Definitely wont be as fun or as good of a story seeing Linsanity in Houston. I dont know why those mediocre faggots dont just tank and start rebuilding tbh.

Have you not been paying attention? We traded away our entire roster. If we don't get Dwight we are a tanking/rebuilding team.

[Andrew Bynum]

they just run on ABC news here in New York that "Linsanity is over" :cry

:lmao New York spurfan

The NY teams just weren't cutting it for your bandwagon ass? :lol

[HarlemHeat37]

:lmao New York spurfan

The NY teams just weren't cutting it for your bandwagon ass? :lol

:lol I wonder who this is:lmao..

[djohn2oo8]

http://i.imgur.com/FCxNB.jpg


:lmao:lmao:lmao:rollin

[Kai]

:lmao

[racm]

Boston Rocket?

Gee, is Jeremy Rondo their point guard? :lmao :rollin

[Clipper Nation]

so long CP3 as a starting AllStar

Sons, at least Lin will be benched after the first minute every year for turning the ball over and shitting it up in general....

[racm]

Sons, at least Lin will be benched after the first minute every year for turning the ball over and shitting it up in general....

Nah, more like there's only 48 point guard minutes and he has to share them with Paul/Nash/Parker/Westbrook...

[djohn2oo8]

http://i.minus.com/iMwgDXADHwS4c.jpg

[ElNono]

:lmao New York spurfan

You think all Spursfans live in San Antonio? :lmao


The NY teams just weren't cutting it for your bandwagon ass? :lol

This from Lakerfan... the most bandwagoned team in NBA history :lmao:lmao:lmao

[CavsSuperFan]

Whatever happened to NY matching Houston's offer up to a billion dollars :lol

Props to Houston …They wanted Lin & made sure NY’s matching offer would be painful for the third year…What I find interesting is NY’s decision not to match in spite of the 15 million for the third year…NY throws away money like the Federal Government & then decides to show fiscal responsibility on the most exciting player they have had in years? :lol

[Latarian Milton]

Definitely wont be as fun or as good of a story seeing Linsanity in Houston. I dont know why those mediocre faggots dont just tank and start rebuilding tbh.

and linsanity is an excellent piece to rebuild around imho

[djohn2oo8]

Vendors and Fans Begin Switch to Lin’s New Team

BEIJING — As New Yorkers slept off the news that Jeremy Lin was departing for the Houston Rockets, the race to capitalize on the next phase of Linsanity was beginning in China.

Just hours after the Knicks announced they would not match a three-year, $25.1 million offer sheet for Lin, and before the Rockets had added him to their Web site, online clothing sellers were advertising Jeremy Lin Rockets T-shirts with the No. 17.

“I saw the news that Lin was going to the Rockets, looked up his number and posted the shirt on my site,” said a vendor in coastal Jiangsu Province who would only give his surname, Chen, tacitly acknowledging his latest product likely violated copyright laws. Chen was selling Lin shirts, in red or white, for about $10 each, including shipping.

The N.B.A. is popular in China. The state broadcaster, China Central Television, shows games live, and player jerseys are common sights at markets around the country. The Rockets had a strong China connection with center Yao Ming, the country’s only N.B.A. All-Star, who played in Houston from 2002 to 2010.

Lin is the son of immigrants from Taiwan, the self-ruled island that China considers a renegade province, and many Chinese basketball fans embrace him as their own. One sign of Chinese devotion is evident in the number of followers he has on Sina Weibo, the country’s most popular microblog service. Lin has 2.8 million followers on Weibo, compared with 844,000 on Twitter.

Lin was quick to post word of his new job on Weibo, writing in Chinese that he was honored and happy to be returning to the Rockets. It is not clear if Lin himself wrote the message, given that it appeared in the middle of the night in New York.

Throughout the day Wednesday thousands of Weibo users showered him with praise. One insisted he would no longer watch the Knicks, saying that the post-Yao Rockets would once again excite the Chinese market. Another wrote that he looked forward to Lin making the Knicks regret losing him.

Chen, whose shop also sells shirts featuring cartoon characters and famous musicians, seemed ambivalent about whether Lin’s trade would boost business. Talking about Lin’s breakout season with the Knicks, he said he did well in the first month, “but there are too many people selling clothes online.”

This time, he wasted no time getting a head start.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/sp...&smid=tw-share

:lmao

[Latarian Milton]

they switching to lin's new team? sounds like they never hugged 7'6 bitch's nuts :lmao

[Kai]

they switching to lin's new team? sounds like they never hugged 7'6 bitch's nuts :lmao

Or hopped off when he retired...

[Koolaid_Man]

Bookmark this quote for future lol reference:


Leslie Alexander expects Jeremy Lin to aid in Houston’s effort to land a top free agent.
“I love it,” Alexander said of the Lin signing. “I think it’s great for the city of Houston. It’s great for the fans. I think a team needs to have that attention to attract free agents and do what we have to do to win. It helps. It always helps (the business), but the real reason is it helps to attract free agents. They’ll want to play with Jeremy, but also they want to be someplace they will be on TV, they can market themselves, all that stuff.”


Alexander believes Lin will fit nicely into the Rockets’ offense.
“I think he’s going to be a great addition for the team,” Alexander said. “I think he’s going to be a great player in the league – very good to great.


“It was very risky and very hard to do. It worked out in our favor, thank God. We changed the team completely from last year. It’s almost a whole new team. You can see in summer league how good the young guys are. I think the future is really, really good.”


Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/222478/Leslie_Alexander_Expects_Lin_To_Help_Attract_Free_ Agents#ixzz2126rlYpp

[Kai]

http://2.media.sportspickle.cvcdn.com/95/16/0bb501a0ed1fc7bfdb229b4ced921d7e.jpg

Lin's first night in Houston, someone posted this on clutchfans

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/523663_10150962268307151_36191035_n.jpg

[pass1st]

:lol Back to Rockets
:lol PG downgrade
:lol 25mil

[Jeremy]

This hilarious parody of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" is a must-watch:

t45jqsVSJWI

[Pickle]

lots of asians for you here in texas, playa. Kai with the goods, chigga is gonna be fuckin that sideways asian pussy 7 days a week.