JEREMY LIN: Why the Knicks should have kept him.wmv

Stephen A. Smith is taken to task by ESPN Analysts Max Kellerman, Marcellus Wiley & Skip Bayless for endorsing Knicks owner James Dolan's decision to let Jeremy Lin walk.

[@ABock4]

Two different First Take worlds collide as Max and Skip are across from one another. Kind of crazy to watch this today.

[@martinmackye9865]

and of course what did Skip do. never wanting toshy away from the moment, he immediately challenged Max to a fight....lol

[@troofball4]

Absolutely

[@IWantToMature85]

And the episode where Shannon was on First Take with Skip and Shannon.

[@Kospanic]

@@IWantToMature85where can I find this

[@nebras__]

When max was a rookie 😂

[@mdm767]

He still a rookie lmao

[@maxdyer6727]

Never thought I’d see the day skip bay less and Stephen a smith would be together.

[@stopplzs]

@@maxdyer6727 they were together for years!

[@noglou99]

He learned from the bests

[@markozbunjol625]

@Truth Teller what is name of this show?

[@jordan0183]

Seeing this in 2019 is crazy lmaooo

[@KDD8]

Jeremy lin is such a wonderful player. I hope he wins a championship one day

[@zhizian]

@@KDD8 He just did... as a bench player though.

[@KDD8]

@@bx3054 It's a joke BX

[@sideswipebasura7503]

B X are you?

[@WarriorsFanSince-ur3zu]

I know. Damn Max is there before he became Max

[@limpbizkittian]

It's funny that not a lot of people follow Lin's career as a player. He led his middle school to a state championship. He led his high school to a state championship. He lead Harvard beating out teams like BC and Connecticut. Physically, he may not be gifted, but mentally he is a leader. He can lead a team. He doesn't need superstars, all he needs is players who can complement him to win. Young, unproven, no superstars the rox may be, but lin just got himself in the best position possible.

[@forzaacmilan36]

…..Ehmmm…..

[@cmox1830]

This didn’t age well at all

[@cleveycleve4501]

​@@cmox1830he's an NBA champion 😳

[@劉子辰Chen]

he made the whole team better, like players like Novak, Jeffrey, Laundry were all playing great and contributing because of Lin

[@mrkilmister365]

Never knew Max Kellerman was on first take before he became a full timer.

[@HenryIrbis]

17 points and 9 assists and this dude is calling him an "average point guard" that season? are you kidding me?

[@khmerstylez]

once melo came back the team sucked..

[@williambuckman8359]

4 years later bombed in okc and Houston

[@ThanhVu27696]

agree

[@Vick615]

Its trying to fine a team now and lin will sign with Toronto

[@phillip6919851]

I wish I could triple thumbs up on that because wherever Melo goes, he brings the team down because he only thinks for himself. Selfish player does not win and he proves it.

[@Phoenix-od1pe]

@@phillip6919851 yea you are dumb

[@lifewithgthemac161]

If NY would have resign Jeremy Lin I believe Lin would have became a all star player they should have released or traded Melo in 2012

[@jUAN.T]

Melo to Wolves in 2012 would prefect Love + Melo lit

[@edwinbetancourt3958]

They would've needed D'ANTONI honestly. D'ANTONI system was a tailor made system for Lin to run it.

[@JasperDc90]

Melo is a cancer to the knicks and D'Antoni. they are by far performs so much better without melo vs with melo. The guy wants Iso all the time but he cant produce results. Maybe the knicks shouldve realized that Melo needs to tone it down and become a role player.

[@CustomFitted]

Lmaaaao what??

[@matthewdugger9128]

@@CustomFitted right😂😂😂

[@DavidYangMusic]

stephen a smith aint saying nothing about lin now but apologizing to lin because of the state new york is in today LOL.

[@Brwmiagoon305mia]

David Yang wtf is Jeremy Lin doing? 😂😂😂😂🤦🏽‍♂️ he ain’t do shit after he got traded I think he got worse

[@Brwmiagoon305mia]

IG: confused_melo to see proof he is garbage #Ginga didn’t even play in the finals for 5 minutes idc if he won

[@Brwmiagoon305mia]

IG: confused_melo to see proof he is garbage #Ginga why do you keep bringing up Melo? I’ve never even brought his name up.. don’t involve your sad personal problems with me Lin is trash

[@Brwmiagoon305mia]

Inster plus you’re not following basketball too well... if you go from a upcoming superstar to role player idgaf what some dumb ass on KZbin says he fell off, but aye he won a championship so now he knows how James Jones feels getting carried to a championship 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Brwmiagoon305mia]

Inster scratch that he reminds me of a dahntay Jones because at least he got some minutes in

[@robwebnoid5763]

Here in 2021. NY should have kept Lin. Despite the knee injury & because he was still a rookie, the gigantic growing hype & fandom of Linsanity, not to mention the bball skills of Jeremy ... all that would have easily compensated for the luxury taxes with incoming profits because of the hype. Jeremy wanted to stay. He even called his agent to contact Houston to see if Houston could lower their offer so that NY could try to make an offer, but his agent wouldn't have none of it. I'm sure his agent gets (or got) a percentage of that Houston offer. However, once Lin left NY, somewhat amicably, he Tweeted his goodbyes. However, a lot of New Yorkers got angry at him for leaving, posting racist & discriminatory comments. What these people did not know at the time was that he left because NY did not give him an offer in the first place. What are you going to do? Basically only Houston gave him an offer, a huge offer that he could not refuse & an offer that no other NBA team could match. Oh well. Now Lin is back where he started from, the Warriors, although right now only in G-League minors. Perhaps he has come full circle. I hope he makes it back to the majors playing alongside his old pal Steph Curry from the 2010 Warriors days & creating a new dynasty with him.

[@RubbinRobbin]

I don't think Harden likes playing with Lin because they bang heads with who controls the ball. They both think differently. I think this will ultimately be the downfall of the Rockets. The Knicks however played so well with JLin, the chemistry was almost hard to believe until you saw it. It's almost like people were hoping Melo would stay injured, lol.

[@YXiao]

i give Lin a lot of credit on that regard.. he really adjusted a lot of his game in accordance to Harden's. ... e.g. for some reason Harden has this very bad habit of throwing last second passes to nearby teammates, and those rushed shots normally ended up bricking... but for this season, Lin managed to score on many of those passes, and you can tell his effort made in the off-season on shooting.

[@bobbybush4408]

🤣

[@ryuken193]

8 years ago, and even to this day...Harden can't play well with anyone, and it's showing, and now that is physical capabilities are going down instead of up, this will show even more so. Some people just want to BE THE GUY and not allow anyone there, which is sad.

[@MelvinLew-q4q]

Melo couldn't handle Lin's success. Too bad. Might have been an interesting combo...and Lin doesn't have CA's self destructive ego.

[@kastuul]

I am OK with the Knicks didn't match Lin contract. But they should at least offer Lin a contract (about 5-6M per year) first. Instead, they chased Nash and told Lin to test the market. They had no respect to him in signing process.

[@劉子辰Chen]

thats why that franchise staying ringless lol

[@shamus248]

Oh shit skip and max in the same room

[@Boiblu1914]

Here's my problem with SAS: he doesn't like Jeremy Lin NOT because he's Asain; he doesn't like him because he's an outsider. Lin didn't take the same route of NBA players. He often represents the unspoken voice of many players in this league - which is why he hardly calls out the big names if they underperform (but he will call lesser known guys scrubs and bums). And many of those players have secretly and publicly voiced their displeasure about his popularity and coverage. He also allows the LINSANITY hype to cloud his judgement. A year and a half later does he feel the same way about Felton and whether or not the Knicks should've chosen him over Lin? He'll probably say yes, but if he's honest he'd acknowledge the Knicks should've kept him AND brought in Felton as an insurance policy.

[@norahsmith2303]

in the end stephen a did say that the knicks sd have kept lin but too little too late - lin was on the same summer league as john wall -both put up roughly the same speed and stats but funnily enough john wall got a contract while lin only got a short term one with golden state. Now i wonder why that was? 2 guys with the same talent and only 1 gets all the praise and a guaranteed contract? and stephen a spent so much time dissing lin on all his faults as well -

[@TheKingofKings2272]

Zaviay Taylor that’s fucking stupid. You put way to much. Thought into something that makes absolutely no sense

[@juliusMASS3]

Basketball is about thinking 1st & then Athletic ability, that is what J. LIN. is all about . He was hated on for his basketball I.Q..a damn shame for heads that’s say they love the game.

[@YXiao]

Stephen A. just wasn't willing to give Lin enough credit even when Linsanity was the main reason that the Knicks "survived" that roller-coaster season and managed to make it to the playoff.. He often shot far-fetched critics at Lin as if Lin were a veteran or something (like he "can't go to the left")...i mean come on, that was literally Lin's first year playing... just ignore the 2 seasons he spent looking after the towels and the gatorade cups.

[@lifeofapotato4595]

Shit why tf i found you here Xiao, i thought you only live in DBFZ training room lmao

[@YXiao]

@@lifeofapotato4595 Oh I wasn't playing any fighting game 6 years ago :D

[@MelvinLew-q4q]

SAS racist, race-baiting pontificator. Panders to his ilk.

[@derekchen9343]

Can't believe Stephen A. Smith thinks Raymond Felton is better than Jeremy Lin...

[@SneakyBrownGuy]

I can't believe anyone thinks Raymond Felton is good.

[@jUAN.T]

Look Jarrett Jack career for example

[@josephharden5592]

He was aligning himself with the players who hated on lin behind the scenes...

[@briarbradshaw9417]

Stephen A was flat out wrong here

[@gsentinel4821]

He usually is, he's all noise.

[@rebeccajohnson4156]

@@danny2rawcomedy he won a championship last year 😐

[@alonzotanner1226]

Agreed. This nigga has no respect for any opinion than his own. Tries to take control of every damn discussion like the wannabe alpha he is. This was what made me really hate him more than Skip Bayless and this is what gave me a little hope for Skip Bayless he actually believed in Lin the whole way.

[@kingmike1871]

Not really

[@stalkerstomper3304]

​@@rebeccajohnson4156 Stephen A. won a championship? In what? Breaking the loudness record? 😂

[@edon8531]

lmao skip wanted to catch a fade with Max in the beginning

[@BobLoblaw23]

He knew he was trying to take his job.

[@slittlejohnjr]

Believe it or not, #1 Lin hater Stephen A. Smith is now saying the Knicks should have kept Jeremy Lin because of the way Felton is playing. Amazing...lol.

[@fortyseven1476]

King The Great. Salavan ikr! SAS is racist against Hispanics and Asians

[@danielallen4450]

Honestly I saw the clip, and it feels like with how he was carrying on and the tone of voice, he's joking about wanting him back

[@NOTW7771]

If First Take had all four of these guys oh man it'd be a riot!! Hahahaa

[@sixfiftychris]

Molly is fine and all but I kinda prefer this set up for First Take

[@Nile15rush_fj]

+ChrisC11 yeah man..this is great debate..Molly just acts like a mediator and breaks up debates..this is no holds barred lol..great debate

[@foghornfoggyface]

First Take was at its best when Jay was the moderator. He actually had funny lines occasionally.

[@manlikezach]

this comment did NOT age well

[@WarriorsFanSince-ur3zu]

@@manlikezach Lmao 😂

[@averagedayhippy5473]

@@manlikezach haha no one likes Molly

[@mjgotcha29]

Knicks downfall started by letting Jeremy Lin go.

[@obhgooniegang3012]

Agreed

[@HughJazz13]

Started when D'Antoni was forced out.

[@mistanderson]

Stop it

[@Loganbub]

Started 20 years ago lmao they never reach a high enough point for a downfall

[@vinniea2357]

Went 54-28 the next year

[@rajivparimi7966]

Lol max, Stephen a, and skip together

[@DivineDarkness91]

This aged well. My boy Lin is a champion on my Raptors

[@broadstreet21]

He says he didn't really earn that championship, because he was a bench player, saw so few minutes, it would have made no difference if he weren't on the roster - they'd win without him.

[@TheKingofKings2272]

Garbage take. He barley even played for Toronto. Stephen A was always right about Lin

[@toughquestionss]

Im a knicks fan, but we will forever be cursed for not Keeping LIN... smh.. Steven A is wrong on this.. The biggest prob I had is bring in J. Kidd and Felton...They did well for that one yr, but I saw all that coming.. Not the mention that Lin will continue to come to the Garden and kick our asses each time for the rest of his career. See he did it two yrs in a row where he outplayed ALL our Guards.

[@obhgooniegang3012]

Fast forward to now and the Knicks still cursed lol

[@thesun5924]

Man, this is like an All-Star game

[@jasonk2260]

If lin would've resigned with the knicks this team would've been so much better. Now they suck. Dantoni would've kept his job probably and never has Woodson coaching. Lin would thrive off Dantoni just like he coached Nash. Lin Amari Chandler and Melo wow. Imagine they played in 14-15 season. Definitely play the heat in the semi finals.

[@edwinbetancourt3958]

In that scenario, they absolutely would've had to trade Melo man. It wasn't going to work with him around... that's why he pushed for all the other key ingredients you've mentioned to be gone, 1) the coach and his system 2) Lin. Did you notice the difference when Woodson changed the offense...it became more like the Knicks style with Ewing...Feed Melo all game, and sometimes create other opportunities when the feed Melo system wasn't working.

[@hopefulbrownsfan1470]

I’d give a years salary to see all 4 of these guys to be the main cast of First Take now

[@icesnoop]

Jeremy Lin bumps up ticket prices and sales by 2 folds, that alone makes him worth keeping. He brings more money than he takes.

[@justinepaul5473]

Jeez what is this a crossover movie or something? 🤷‍♂️😂😂 - 2021

[@michaelappleseed5569]

Lin is an awesome Asian American Derrick Rose. He has great court vision and an incredible drive to the basket. His overall game is great, but coaches need to start him for goodness sake! He should absolutely not be a bench player, its ridiculous! I predict he will improve his consistence, eventually becoming an elite NBA guard but later in his career he's gonna succumb to injuries like D. Rose. I really hope that doesn't happen but a player with that much drive and movement on the court is injury prone IMO. What do you guys think?

[@DrOmg99]

woah, saying hes close to d rose is going overboard.

[@michaelappleseed5569]

Well, I think he has the potential to be that great. As of right now he's not on that level but I believe he could potentially get there given his immense heart and drive to get better. He really needs to work on his defense though.

[@HandSeals]

If anything he's the next Steve Nash, because he has nowhere near Rose's pure athleticism (Lin is not getting chasedown blocks, jumping out out the building, or throwing down cockbacks like Rose) I think his game resembles Nash in Nash's infancy stage, and if Lin continues to improve he can reach Nash's insane fundamental skills (don't forget Nash had 2 consecutive league MVPs)

[@sedcdf]

Nash is a far better shooter, passer and dribbler than Lin ever was.

[@obhgooniegang3012]

The only thing you got right is that Lin would succumb to his injuries 😂😂😂😂

[@anklesthedragon]

Watching SAS and Max’s 1st time together, as Max is leaving First Take. Really sad day

[@richfairclough123]

This is a big time panel

[@dvsd01]

Stephen A knucklhead....Felton suspended 4 games for gun charges 9/7/2014

[@Spartaprimez]

I think Lin would of progressed better in NY... not everyone has that Magic he has in the Garden. To his credit SAS admitted he was wrong about Mr Lin. Can't believe we chose Felton over Lin... I have enjoyed watching the Knicks Since Lin left ... Until Porzingis came home... I was SAS jr when we drafted Porzingis lol...

[@utuberzanz]

damn this panel is lit

[@jzizzles7799]

Hate Lin all you want but guess what, he's better than that overweight Felton guy. Now, if Lin is "overrated", then Felton sorry ass must be way overrated. HAHAHA

[@jamirimaj6880]

Replace Marcellus Wiley with Shannon and we will have the biggest merger since ABA/NBA

[@freshfade28]

Lol that's funny

[@Anonymous-tr6pc]

He’s been on first take a bunch, all fs1 employees came thru these shows lol

[@KamikOzzy_]

Jamirimaj 😂😂😂

[@GRIMxREAFER]

He played the with Raptors, they won the NBA Finals 👍. That's Linsane!!

[@truknayr23]

Stephen A. Smith talking about Felton like he was gonna be the best piece for the NYK. And now what?

[@BrianCheng24]

Lol this is soo back and fourth. This video came out 2 years ago. Everyone last year was siding with Stephen A. Smith because of the season the Knicks had last season. This season when they suck, everyone is saying Stephen A doesn't know what he's talking about. I'm on neither side, but I just find this funny.

[@KingMelo007]

why does dolan do this shit to knicks fans? why does he pursue a point gaurd who never worked out the first time over a guy who was getting it done? why does he let up and coming chris copeland go? why does he trade a great 3 point shooter (who came in handy last year) for the worst #1 draft pick so far (sidenote, anyone slse notice the knicks are winning with bargnani out?) why sign a guy who A doesn't want to play here and B you will never play? why have rookie talent (mury, tyler, hardaway) and give 2 of those guys barely any minutes? regardless, GO KNICKS!

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug9353]

Because it would be stupid to give Lin 25mil dude hes worth 15 3yrs.

[@KingMelo007]

thats true. but still he didnt have to let copeland leave, trade Novak, reaquire felton and sign beno udrih

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug9353]

He doesn't have a choice, Felton was effective last year as a bakup to Kidd. Novak to Bargs is a good deal look at Novak now he cant even hit 3's anymore atleast they're getting something on bargs. Now I don't know why the hell they gave up a promising rookie.

[@wessee427]

mistake#1 trade for melo when he cannot play with amare #2 don't resign jeremy lin #3 get bargnani ....so far the only good decision they made is tyson chandler....

[@jonathanmubalamata9066]

When Deron Williams was actually nice lol

[@hmhm856]

Sadly, ever since he got traded from Jazz, he just disappeared.

[@jakejp74]

Wow Max Kellerman and skip Bayless at the same debate desk. This video is priceless. Money in the bank

[@SamuelJ888]

Wow crazy to see Max and Skip at the same table. We need Shannon here

[@akilbrazier1421]

Lets be real. When Lin was with New York he was slightly overrated. Then when he was with the Rockets he actually proved himself to be a pretty good player. His story is amazing and Im happy for him! And I still think he shouldve started over Patrick Beverly cause Beverly is shitty compared to Lin lol

[@chatify68]

Kinicks now at 3-13. I wonder what SAS is preaching now? lol...

[@benana87]

How crazy how skip and marcellus went to fox and sas axed max now..sas seems like he always was a hater 😂

[@baka825]

"..window opportunity with Melo".. and then 4 years have passed since then. "Did you see that kid, couldn't drive left, couldn't defend you, you, or you, and he's sitting up there talking about 85% bla bla bla" He drives to his left more than his right now, defended Wade in the playoff, defensive specialist coach Clifford says that his D is underrated, and he's been balling out, helping his team win.. oh, how things have changed.. Dude wasn't even "chasing money", Rockets were the only organization that offered him anything at all, what's he supposed to do? Beg the Knicks to keep him?

[@howardau2321]

Aaron Koh Stephen knows nothing!

[@nicolasgraves9370]

Stephen A was wrong wrong wrong and he is a hater sometimes.

[@SunDevil527]

Stephen A apologized after watching Raymond Felton played! And the Knicks continued to lose until now (even losing the lottery of Zion Williamson). Meanwhile Jeremy got his ring with the Raptors and Melo has no ring and no team!

[@Braselton21]

I miss the days of Linsanity and Tebowmania

[@MrJumpmanjon23]

look at the knicks now

[@WarriorsFanSince-ur3zu]

Lmao yeah look at the knicks now

[@1ZosoLZ]

Stilll trash 6 years later

[@elijahb1117]

@@1ZosoLZ look at the knicks now

[@JasonDeangeloReaction]

That’s crazy they all have their own show now

[@TheSpecOpsMarine]

My god max kellerman just made stephen A look amateur-ish. Max is an einstein in sports management. He brings a team managers perspective on things and the x's and o's. the economics of things. Then you have stephen a smith who i dont thibk highly of. Stephen A. Can talk you about how good a player is, how good a team is, but max and skip are more in depth and numbers based. More methodical, whereas stephen is more on the hype.

[@puesbien]

SAS entertaining bruh

[@thomaskressig3829]

Skip vs max in a boxing ring? I’d pay so much money to see that shit in 2020 lol..

[@arlieferguson3990]

This was peak Kellerman

[@Datruth330]

....and the Knicks NEVER recovered.

[@stanleysanchez162]

Must’ve not watch last season

[@supremegoesviral9922]

@@stanleysanchez162 you call losing in embarrassing fashion in 5 games “recovering” ?

[@QLivin]

What was that?

[@fau2an100]

skip: what knowledge did i drop on you! LOL HAHA

[@JonahGhost]

not only should have they kept him they should also have kept landry, jeffries and novak.. those guys just had such good karma together GOOD KARMA = TEAM CHEMISTRY = CHAMPIONSHIP.. the knicks lack soooo much drive and chemistry right now.

[@ju_p9011]

this is what i was going to say. many teams think they can get just big profiled dudes but what matters most is team chemistry and i personally (many times mentioned this repeatedly) believe that lin and fields had perfect chemistry with each other. look at brooklyn nets and ny knicks. look at indiana - all those non top 10-20 draft picks. whos winning? it's all chemistry

[@JonahGhost]

Justin Park i agree with you a 110%. perfect example of what we're talking about can be seen in the blazers. look at what they're doing in the west right now

[@natzky21]

and then melo complain about the team having no fighting spirit... its hard to build the team chemistry. if lin and novak were still there, they should be on the top 5 in the league by now. maybe that's an overstatement but we never knew.

[@carefulapathy18]

yuuuuuuup!!! thats when they started sucking.

[@JonahGhost]

i think the knicks have the worst management in all of NBA

[@MosMoney187]

Since than The Knicks haven't got a point guard like Jeremy Lin. I don't think people remember what happened. The Knicks were not even in the playoffs until Lin came in and we started winning. Not to mention Melo wasn't even playing because he was injured. If you ask me I think Lin left because Melo told them not to sign him. Knicks had D.Rose last year but he didn't do it like Lin did it nor did they make the playoffs

[@shogunvirgil6208]

They should have made Lin their Franchise player he just pushes the momentum for the entire team and the team loves n trusts him unlike ball hog no ring melo xd

[@superfastwierdo]

seeing this in 2020 is crazy 😭😭😭

[@wstuffii2009]

Rox can take out any team any given night! Knicks Tyson Chandler, Amare need Lin PG like DHoward, Terrence Jones, Parson need Lin. No coincidence Rox streaking 7 wins, Lin & DHoward are playing particularly well.

[@xerolimitation3156]

Knicks gonna sign KD and Kyrie, 10 years from now when they about to retire.

[@obhgooniegang3012]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@KamikOzzy_]

Xerolimitation 🤣🤣😂

[@soprano94]

😂😂😂😂

[@igoy1232003]

Hey Stephen A, Jeremy now has a ring!

[@KVJ-w7h]

And hes a free agent lol

[@Cattildo]

Melo still gettin bread. Wheres your bum ass lin? Oh wait...hes not even in the league🤣

[@Okdude445]

@@Cattildo where's melos ring? Oh wait it'll never happen. Lol go cry

[@DjTIMEJD]

Asian Adam Morrison

[@Moneygetjealous]

No doubt Lin is a decent NBA player. He has the skills and talent to give any team 14-16 points a night along with 4-6 assist. But Jeremy Lin has too many flaws in his game. He struggles against more athletic powerful PG and a liability defensively. Jeremy Lin isn't an all star caliber player, he's a role player mostly. If Lin is placed on a team that can utilize his skills and mask his weaknesses, he can be a serviceable starting PG. But again, the NBA has so many elite PG that he will have to defend every night. Imo, he is at his best playing the backup Pg and giving the bench an offensive spark.

[@w4tch0rb3w4tch3d]

+Moneygetjealous Lol

[@hajime3570]

+Ferronous He's right. just look at his last three games averaging 23 pts a game and was clutch against he spurs and nets

[@jrthegoatsmith712]

Moneygetjealous You called it! That’s what Charlotte did in 2016, but Jeremy Lin wants to start.

[@baltasarwiklund9500]

Before max snaked us

[@foehammer1215]

Max skip Stephen a on the same show that’s wild

[@1toast]

Who would have guessed that Max would later on replace Skip on that same sports show.

[@FranklinNJ]

Only the Knicks ALLOWED LIN to run a team and quarterback the whole game, and what happened? He made a mediocre team played like everyone was an MVP, team ball even Chandler and Jeffries were offensive threats. Every other team he was not given the opportunity to LEAD A TEAM. LIN'S genius is his high IQ ON THE FLOOR, deciphering and calculating ways to beat you while making everyone around him play better. He was smart enough to make adjustments and even without real playing time experience he proved he could win. Carmelo and most Blacks hated him, were jealous he got all that attention and discriminated him except his teammates and Knicks fans. Shame on you.

[@GeorgiaBoy-o8j]

25 mil for 3 years in 2012 sounds real cheap today shit melo 5 years 124 mil sounds cheap for a superstar in 2014.

[@RubbinRobbin]

Imagine how well Lin would have played with Barnani. Right now Barnani is prob the best and most consistent knick on the court. All the knicks needed was Barnani, Chandler, and Lin and traded JR and Carmelo for solid shooters.

[@fupalover]

This definitely didn't age well.

[@504gucci4]

Is this FX sports or espn ?lmao

[@nickz8583]

SKIP SAID HE WANTED TO FIGHT HIN THEN MAX TOOK HIS JOB💀💀

[@BobLoblaw23]

That’s why he wanted to fight him. He was making moves on skip like he did on Larry.

[@steverose3157]

With all of the awful Knicks contracts over the years and in the time period they couldn't pay Lin less to stay in NY? Oy!

[@marklemus3317]

and yesterday Jeremey beat Melo with his own team the Brooklyn Nets....the come back kid

[@finalfantasyopus1lightning605]

seeing this in 2024 is crazy lmaooo

[@ljdewar8186]

What's with the love fest for Jeremy Lin like he's a star. dude is a role player at best.

[@disappointedknicksfan5042]

He's Asian. Asian players always get more hype because they're rare in the NBA. Lin can play, but he's overrated. People try to act like he could be a star in this league when he's at best an above average backup.

[@ljdewar8186]

Finally someone with some sense

[@norahsmith2303]

yeah he is asian - american you mean - born in torrance which is still part of the usa. if he is so ' over rated" then why is he still playing? he has every right to be there and play basketball - he has been at a very high standard from his high school onwards till college etc

[@ljdewar8186]

norah smith we're not saying he doesn't have the right to play in the NBA. We're saying he sometimes gets treated like a star when he's actually just an average player in this league.

[@disappointedknicksfan5042]

No one said he couldn't play. I specifically said he could, but what if Raymond Felton did what Lin did? It'd be no big deal and he definitely wouldn't be on the cover of SI.

[@shender78]

The Knicks should call J Lin apologize and sign him for the rebuild... the Fans would get behind this.

[@DjTIMEJD]

Why would apologize to an average NBA player?

[@joeyboxer91]

The funny thing is the Steven A was right all along. Lin got exposed when he went to Houston and LA

[@aguamenti8425]

This is a classic

[@PmPbreeze]

"Mama's cooking "

[@edmundcasey7765]

COMMENTATORS ARE RIGHT!!! KNICKS SCREWED UP !!! KNICKS NO MAJOR WIN SINCE LIN??? WHY. . .

[@Aj6711]

So called experts Wrong again lol this dudes keep talking bout players been clutch when are these experts are gonna be rite when they gonna make clutch picks rite smh

[@mromneyobama]

I gave Smith benefit of doubt on his POV that time. After a year or more and how things played out, now, we can go back and see how stupid he was during those times over his downplay of Lin's value.

[@slittlejohnjr]

MOST of the money James Dolan made off Jeremy Lin is shared by the other teams in the NBA. It doesn't all go into Dolan's pocket. If it did then he would have probably matched the Rockets' offer. Dolan got what he wanted out of Lin. If he REALLY wanted to keep Lin, he would have offered Lin a contract that would have avoided that luxury (stupid) tax. He didn't. As long as the Knicks keep selling out the Garden the owner is happy. Again, James Dolan doesn't care about Championships!

[@applehead6861]

Max and Marcellus were so good together same with Stephen a and skip

[@An_Enraged_Pig]

Lin had more scoring points then Lebron, Durant, and other stars in one season and he still got traded.... you can never win in this League unless you bring the elite more $$$

[@SpaceWorld-cc7ed]

My boy Lin really made something out of nothing And Ray wasn’t as bad as I used to say 💯

[@apexoftheworld6927]

if you had told me that max and stephen a would take over the show i would have not believed you

[@EmpireRamzes]

now all we need is to swap out Marcellus for Shannon and we got a dream team

[@AJVersatility19]

An ACL injury is NOT caused by playing exessive games, nor is it caused by wearing out of a ligament, that's what you call Tendonitis. An ACL tear is what it sounds like, tearing a ligmament, which is caused by sudden impact with a force that your ACL cannot sustain, thus tearing it. Same with a torn meniscus BTW. Which is the injury Lin sustained.

[@InstantNoddleStudios]

NY didn't lose any or gain any.... Lin a pass first guy if he really wanted to score he can... But I agree this season he kinda sucks

[@axelgonz.8170]

The 4 kingpins 😂😂😂😂

[@tylerstroynynetwork]

Young Max 🤩

[@RubbinRobbin]

Jason Kidd, a point guard almost single handedly won a championship. Analysts were comparing Lin with Kidd among other passing guards who could shoot and spread the court.

[@cixxnetworkcinemas2359]

when did Jason Kidd almost single handedly win a Championship?

[@FixerEmulation]

@@cixxnetworkcinemas2359 he was probably talking about 2002 or 2003 when he made the finals with straight garbage teams but I'm pretty sure he got 4-0d or 4-1d in those finals

[@robwebnoid5763]

Had NY kept Lin, the hype of Linsanity could have easily paid back those luxury taxes because of, not only the hype, but because of Lin basketball skills. Was it perfect skills? No, but those 2 months of the Knicks with Lin as starting PG proved he had skills, skills that brought them back to 0.500, not just during the 7-game winning streak but all the wins they had weeks after that before his injury. Were there losing streaks? Yes, they had those too. But Jeremy proved he could play & could have stayed for next season. However, one variable that made Jeremy decide not to stay was D'Antoni leaving. Did Melo have anything to do with coach? I think so. The rumors were strong. The fact that Lin also had some teammates that became envious of him was also a factor in his decision. Look where Melo is now ... on a team (Portland) that is struggling & below 8th place in the West standings right before the pandemic quarantine hit. I can't believe Lillard even asked for him. In a perfect scenario, Lin should have stayed with NY for 2012-2013, with D'Antoni still there, and Melo either benched while Lin is on court, or Melo leaves NY altogether during the summer.

[@anitelufalemei4200]

I agree with everything you said. I mean it just comes down to belief. No one believed in Jeremy Lin and it’s just sad what happened because there was tremendous potential in New York. It was the perfect system for Lin. Even in Houston Jeremy Lin was never the MAIN option. In New York he was. Look where melo is now. Still doesn’t have a ring and never will now with lebron and kd potentially in their primes. In a perfect world. They should’ve found a way to pay Lin to stay in New York. Period. It’s all speculation but melos jealousy was probably the reason d Antonio left. Hence there’s no way Lin’s staying if he’s gone.

[@robwebnoid5763]

​@@anitelufalemei4200 ... New York was struggling at the beginning of that short season (lockout) where the 3 bigs (Anthony, Chandler, Stoudemire) that the Knicks put their big money on weren't gelling so well for the first couple of months maybe. I suppose that struggle alone set up what became LInsanity, as an almost-unknown named Lin stepped in, while the 3 bigs were pushed to the background, making what came next become one of the biggest news, though short-lived, in NBA history. Linsanity became a word in the English dictionary, as well as globally, 2 back to back covers on Sports Illustrated, etc. We all know the main reason Lin played so hard was because he was trying to prove himself before a deadline where he might get cut from the team. He was really the last guy on the bench & it was fate that gave him the chance. We can thank D'Antoni for giving him that chance on February 4, 2012, but at the same time, coach had no other options, so it's not like I'm going to fully thank him. Anyway, afaik, Lin has returned to the NBA, coming full circle back to GSW where he started. He turned down millions of dollars re-signing with Beijing just to get back to the NBA. Unfortunately, once again, no one still has enough "belief" in him, the word you mentioned, as he has been dumped to the G-League, at least I hope for now. Someone said that he's there to warm up & I hope that would be the case. I also hope he doesn't get injured again though. He never got injured last season in China, so maybe that's saying something, who knows. He's already known for being injury-riddle & it would be sad that he will be remembered for that in history, most especially the debacle that happened when he couldn't play during round 1 playoffs in the Knicks 2011-2012 season & even the fans were hard on him. So, I say good luck, I have some patience... for now, lol.

[@BlackStunna818]

The reason why Dolan was stuck in the stupid tax in the first place was because he gave Amare Stoudamire that outrageous contract. The number 1 thing now that Amare is known for is punching the glass case of a fire extinguisher.

[@JAYBOXPOWER1987]

"Preach it Marcellus, preach! He just dropped some knowledge on you, Mr. NBA!" You got to love Skip Bayless.