sgreenwell
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Bodie_Broadus said:So glad they declined to match the offer. Lin never wanted to stay here.
Why overpay for him? He isn't worth what the Rockets gave him.
I'd make the case that overpaying him is probably balanced by two factors:
1) He's one of the few guys on that roster with any upside. Unless something radical happened, like giving the whole team the "Kobe in Germany" knee treatment or hiring Phil Jackson, I can't see Stoudamire or Carmelo or Chandler or the rest of that roster getting better, since it's mostly guys at or near their peak.
2) He probably opens a whole new market of jersey sales for the team that acquires him. The Knicks are the Knicks in New York, and probably have no problems selling out every game. But outside of Carmelo, I imagine they probably don't have a huge footprint for jersey sales overseas. Kind of like Ichiro in Seattle or Yao Ming in Houston, they've both shown that having a guy with Asian heritage on your team can unlock a lot more revenue, probably more than enough to offset the luxury tax you have to pay.