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I don't think you can call MLSE cheap after the contract they handed out to an average player like Landry Fields. I'd more call that stupidity than cheapness. The thing is, no above average player who can be over-paid to play somewhere else is going to choose Toronto over somewhere like LA, Boston, Miami, Chicago, etc.

All it took was simba starting a thread asking what they were doing. Lol.

Lin struggling against the Heat like he did is a big red flag, but he shouldn't be crucified for it. The Heat made kinda made Rose look like a scrub in the 2011 ECF, the MVP, so to expect a guy in his 10th start or so to put up a strong performance against them is asking a little much. However, what hurts Lin is the fact that he only had a sensational 10-15 games, and maybe another 5 solid performances. How much should that weigh over the fact that he didn't impress scouts enough in college to be drafted, and he was a bench warmer for the majority of his NBA career? Mix in the fact that he succeeded in as PG-friendly system that you'll find with D'Antoni, and turned the ball over at an incredible rate and doesn't have exceptional physical attributes...he is still a HUGE question mark. From a basketball standpoint, the overall scope of his career doesn't warrant the contract he is getting, especially since the 3rd year of his contract is so ridiculous and would destroy the Knicks' financially. He might be worth that risk, but if you put the "Linsanity" stretch of games aside, which was overblown since it happened in NY and at a time where NY looked like they were gonna miss the playoffs, it doesn't look like he will be.