AlmostFanatic: I thought it was pretty much common knowledge that the Knicks were going to match whatever Lin was offered, atleast thats the impression I was under, I wasn’t aware that it was a secret. As far as the underhandedness of changing the offer, had the Knicks made him an offer to begin with, they could have avoided this drama. I’m definitely not one of the people mad about it at all. There are two sides to every story and often times 3,4 and 5. I can see it from both sides as I am on the WAY outside looking in. I just think this is a very interesting situation. Maybe so many people, especially the media are focusing even more on this, in order to pay attention to something other than the Dwightmare in Orlando. No?

Caleb: Obviously I don’t know first-hand but based on reports this is exactly what happened – rockets and lin struck a deal, then reneged. In this case it was a team and not a player doing the double-cross, but I don’t see why its any better.

For an example of a clean, honest fake-out, look how orlando got brandon bass away from dallas … Without backing out of an agreed-deal.

No, you’re not understanding me. There is no double-cross. The agreement is between the Rockets and Jeremy Lin. The Rockets did not double cross Lin, and Lin is the only person they can double cross. He is THE ONLY person with whom they had an agreement. They reached an agreement with him and then mutually agreed to set aside that (verbal) contract and negotiate a new one. You can only double-cross (to use your terminology) someone with whom you have an arrangement in the first place. There is no deal between the Rockets and the Knicks to renege on. A double-cross would be if Toronto went to Fields (with whom they had a deal) and reneged on that deal without Fields’ consent. In this case Houston improved the deal, making both themselves and Lin better off. Both parties are happy. How the Knicks feel is completely irrelevant to the issue of whether Houston acted ethically.

If both parties agree to dissolve a (verbal) contract before its completion there is nothing unethical about that. It is actually extremely standard.

johnno:
I am STUNNED that people are pissed at the Knicks and not at Lin.Let’s look at what happened — he made a deal with the Rockets and the terms were made public.Woodson then immediately told Lin that the Knicks would match and announced that Lin would be his starting point guard.Lin then sneaked behind the Knicks’ back and squeezed more money from the Rockets, apparently because he was so sure that the Knicks would match it and essentially made Woodson look like an idiot.Can you imagine how pissed Woodson is?The bottom line is that, if he really wants to play for the Rockets, he played things perfectly and will get his way.If he really wanted to play for the Knicks, then he is a world class jerk.By the way, all of you guys who are trashing Felton — aren’t you the same ones who were screaming when they traded him away?

I thought it was pretty much common knowledge that the Knicks were going to match whatever Lin was offered, atleast thats the impression I was under, I wasn’t aware that it was a secret. As far as the underhandedness of changing the offer, had the Knicks made him an offer to begin with, they could have avoided this drama. I’m definitely not one of the people mad about it at all. There are two sides to every story and often times 3,4 and 5. I can see it from both sides as I am on the WAY outside looking in. I just think this is a very interesting situation. Maybe so many people, especially the media are focusing even more on this, in order to pay attention to something other than the Dwightmare in Orlando. No?

By the way, all of you guys who are trashing Felton — aren’t you the same ones who were screaming when they traded him away?

I didn’t like throwing Felton in when the Knicks “needed” him for a future deal for Paul. But once that dream was gone, I had no problem dealing him for Billups, as Billups was a lot better than Felton. In fact, I just looked back at my posts from the trade and that was pretty much exactly what I said at the time.

Paul’s a longshot, but at least if Paul wanted to leave LA next season, you might be able to convince the notoriously cheap Sterling to accept Lin for him based on all the international interest and money he’d generate for his franchise.

I mean that’s awful too, but it’s better than what they’re talking about doing (which is turning the luckiest thing the Knicks have had in years into a massive sore spot among fans)