NBA players are upset an Asian 2nd year player received a big contract

[28renyoy]

This is all it comes down too. Were they complaining when rookie Wesley Matthews received a 5 year 33.4 million dollar contract despite having nowhere near the type of season Lin had? Absolutely not. Also Lin will be well worth the risk as he will bring in the entire Asian market leading to millions in revenue.

[RazorBaLade]

How much does melo make per year?

or rather

lebron makes 18 mil a year or so
wade 16 mil?

Lin would make 15 mil.

its kind of crazy from a pure basketball standpoint.

[LebronsHeadband]

I really doubt that they give a shit that he's asian. If anything, I think most players just don't like the "press" and attention he is getting.

[Real Men Wear Green]

We've only heard one player that was truly upset with Lin (Smith). Melo only said the way it was backloaded was ridiculous. And it kind of is (that's what Houston had to do to keep him).

[28renyoy]

How much does melo make per year?

or rather

lebron makes 18 mil a year or so
wade 16 mil?

Lin would make 15 mil.

its kind of crazy from a pure basketball standpoint.

He's making 15 million for 1 season and 5 million for the other 2. Nothing about that is ridiculous if he can continue to average 14/5 with the type of buzz/attention he brings to the team

[AK47DR91]

How much does melo make per year?

or rather

lebron makes 18 mil a year or so
wade 16 mil?

Lin would make 15 mil.

its kind of crazy from a pure basketball standpoint.

Melo makes $20, 22 and 24 for each of the next three seasons. Way overpaid!

Lin would be making $5M, $5.23M, $14.8M and about $4M in four years. Not that ridiculous if he's still a tradeable asset on the 3rd year. I don't doubt that would be teams who are willing to trade for him, even to take on that $14.8M, on his market value alone.

[PejaNowitzki]

This is all it comes down too. Were they complaining when rookie Wesley Matthews received a 5 year 33.4 million dollar contract despite having nowhere near the type of season Lin had? Absolutely not. Also Lin will be well worth the risk as he will bring in the entire Asian market leading to millions in revenue.

It's all about drawing power, Lin would be worth 20 mil a year if you're looking at it from strictly a financial point of view, he engages the Asian demographic moreso than anyone else, your performance on the floor is one thing but if you have the ability to simply draw people, which Lin does, you can make your franchise A LOT of money that way and ultimately that is what it comes down to, JR Smith is madder than a mother****er because he couldn't even draw flies if he was a 6 day old corpse.


Nobody is dropping $200 to go see JR Smith or tuning in to the Knicks game to see what kind of numbers his sorry ass is putting up, he mad as **** yo.

[spiegel]

This is all it comes down too. Were they complaining when rookie Wesley Matthews received a 5 year 33.4 million dollar contract despite having nowhere near the type of season Lin had? Absolutely not. Also Lin will be well worth the risk as he will bring in the entire Asian market leading to millions in revenue.

LOL OK RG

[lakersfan2046]

This is all it comes down too. Were they complaining when rookie Wesley Matthews received a 5 year 33.4 million dollar contract despite having nowhere near the type of season Lin had? Absolutely not. Also Lin will be well worth the risk as he will bring in the entire Asian market leading to millions in revenue.

Sure. The old racism card! Never fails.

Lin is overrated. Kid had a nice story but next year it will be all about basketball. He is a pg averaging 5 turnovers a night. Sucks. I don't care what color he is, the kid is average. You think Asians will care about him when he plays in god forsaken Houston and averages 5 turnovers? Doubt it. They will be too busy discussing Lebron vs. Kobe just like the rest of us

[martycrane]

This is all it comes down too. Were they complaining when rookie Wesley Matthews received a 5 year 33.4 million dollar contract despite having nowhere near the type of season Lin had? Absolutely not. Also Lin will be well worth the risk as he will bring in the entire Asian market leading to millions in revenue.

i think its more bout the fact he gets so much attention, largely bc hes an azn player in a league wit so few historically, then add the lil streak they went on and that its new york, media obv made a huge deal bout it. truth is if it was a black player who came from obscurity n did the exact same thing against bad teams with the same stats for a few games, thered be no insanity or nothin. itd be mentioned but def no phenomenon.

plus im sure carmelo n jr smif in paticulor dont wanna play wit lin. hes gonna spread the ball all around but those two just wanna shoot. so combine two low iq black players with a guy gettin a ton of love for bein azn (cuz he really aint that good) and yeah, not a good mix

[RazorBaLade]

I dont think anyones saying the 5 or 8 mil in one year is crazy!

Its just the fact that there will be a season in the future on a total gamble that hes making lebron, melo, cp3 type money for a full year

[Sarcastic]

We've only heard one player that was truly upset with Lin (Smith). Melo only said the way it was backloaded was ridiculous. And it kind of is (that's what Houston had to do to keep him).

I am sure only JR Smith and Carmelo Anthony are the only players that have opinions on the subject.

More like they are the only ones that were asked since they were on the same team.

[50inchvertical]

He didn't have a great "season," he had a great 20 game stretch. A guy getting that type of deal like that IS ridiculous.

It is also questionable whether or not he will fit in the new coach's system (and allegedly Woods doesn't like his game) as successfully.

In terms of the earning power he provides, I would make that deal in a second but it's a terrible basketball move.

He can't go left, turns the ball over at a record pace, and guys on other teams will be gunning for him because of the hype.

[TheBigVeto]

I really doubt that they give a shit that he's asian. If anything, I think most players just don't like the "press" and attention he is getting.

Oh they do, it's racism at its finest.

[Reverend Hoops]

Since you bring race into it, out of nowhere black players with a phenomenal 10 game run has been done before in the NBA. Not one got near the contract Lin got.