re: Carmelo Anthony calls Jeremy Lin's contract "ridiculous" (J.R. Smith chimes in)

The rockets were willing to pay Yao 15mm to sit on the bench in a suit to continue marketing him in Asia but Yao retired

I find it laughable that linn had to tell Morey inside info that the Knicks would match any offer. Everybody knew that and Morey put the poison pill offer on the table to screw the Knicks and get the player he wants

msg's market cap has gone up 600mm since linsanity started in NYC

Melo is correct

if JR wasn't black his comments would sound racist

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Everybody knew that and Morey put the poison pill offer on the table to screw the Knicks and get the player he wants

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And the poison pill is what Anthony is talking about when he calls the contract "ridiculous"...

mello's jelly

let's see...Lin playing and Melo out and the Knicks WIN ALOT

Melo playin and Lin hurt, the Knicks SUCK and LOSE!

Was Melo still holding the ball out on the wing when he said this?

[quote]Against some of the worst teams the league has to offer. And then when Melo came back, the Knicks got pulled down to mediocre with his holding the ball (and team) hostage.
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FIFY

How is Melo even catching any flack for this? He didn't say anything untrue. I don't know many people (if any) that think Lin is currently worth the $15 million he will be paid in the 3rd year of that contract. Could he be worth that amount in two years? Sure. Is he worth that currently? No.

And when I say "worth", I'm referring to his on the court performance.

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Ah, so you just hate Carmelo and want to keep reiterating that point and completely ignore the point of the thread. Gotcha.

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The point of the thread is Melo opening his mouth about another players deal. Everyone knows its not his business or anyone elses.

Hate Melo? Nope Do I think he cares about the team? Nope

DO I think that Lin should be paid whatever someone wants to offer? Yes

ANd say what you like, the Knicks were playing better as a team when Melo was out. THe chemistry was crap when he came back and started holding the ball again. I never said he couldn't score, but that's the end of his overpaid abilities.

SO, my question to Melo is why aren't they contenders without Lin doing what he did for them?

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How is Melo even catching any flack for this? He didn't say anything untrue. I don't know many people (if any) that think Lin is currently worth the $15 million he will be paid in the 3rd year of that contract. Could he be worth that amount in two years? Sure. Is he worth that currently? No.

And when I say "worth", I'm referring to his on the court performance.

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He's calling it ridiculous because of the "poison pill". The purpose of a "poison pill" in a contract is to deter the primary competition from signing the guy they want. A famous example was in the NFL, when Minnesota included a "poison pill" in Steve Hutchinson's contract in order to get him away from Seattle. The specific clause made it all but impossible for Seattle to re-sign him (if they had re-signed him, they would have been up shite's creek, because they would either have to pay his contract in full or cut Walter Jones...).

While Lin's deal is no where near as nefarious, it still has major implications for New York, primarily because of the inclusion of that $15 million third year, which would debilitate the Knicks unless they cut or restructure some of their other top players.

So Anthony is completely justified in calling the contract ridiculous, not because he's "jealous" or anything silly like that, but because it would be ridiculous for the Knicks to agree to a contract that would hurt them in the long run.

There is absolutely no reason that he should be getting flack for this.