How much of Lin's popularity & contract does he owe to being Asian?

[Connor B]

$14,898,938

That is how much money Jeremy Lin is going to make next year.

And tonight he just blew the series against Houston.

In a league where race has historically been a very sensitive subject, it is a shame to see Lin get overhyped and overpaid just because of the color of his skin. White or black or hispanic, and this kid isn't making 15 million next year.

I understand he is the first Asian-American player to make it big in the NBA, and maybe at the time he was good enough to give a decent contract. But 15 million next year?

Absurd. One of the worst contracts in the NBA. This Houston team is broken, and he is part of the problem. Racial sensitivity shouldn't translate to atrocious contacts.

[oarabbus]

Morey's poison pill coming back to bite him in the ass

Seriously though if Lin brings in 15mil revenue then it's worth it. The NBA and each of it's teams are a business, not a nonprofit (like the NFL )

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

95% due to being Asian
5% due to Melo and Dantoni

[BrooklynZoo]

its funny how people look at Lin's final year being $15 mill like he made $15 mill every year. If you sign a contract and backload it to where u make $1 the first 3 years and then $20 million on the fourth does that mean u should be seen as a $20 million/year player?

[oarabbus]

its funny how people look at Lin's final year being $15 mill like he made $15 mill every year. If you sign a contract and backload it to where u make $1 the first 3 years and then $20 million on the fourth does that mean u should be seen as a $20 million/year player?

Exactly. People can't do math. (5+5+15)/3 is about $8.3m per year.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

8,3 million a year is not enough. he should get 10 a year.
nikkas like stuckey get 8,3

[GimmeThat]

its funny how people look at Lin's final year being $15 mill like he made $15 mill every year. If you sign a contract and backload it to where u make $1 the first 3 years and then $20 million on the fourth does that mean u should be seen as a $20 million/year player?

which means the Rockets were counting the current roster to win them a championship. If not they wouldn't have created such "innovated" contract negotiation path.

Because clearly, they butchered the plan of adding other meaningful pieces, which can also be viewed as the real cost of this plan.

[J Shuttlesworth]

How much of NBA athletes athleticism do they owe to being black?

[BrooklynZoo]

which means the Rockets were counting the current roster to win them a championship. If not they wouldn't have created such "innovated" contract negotiation path.

Because clearly, they butchered the plan of adding other meaningful pieces, which can also be viewed as the real cost of this plan.

I believe they said it would only count as 8 or so mill against the cap (not definite), but no the reason they created such an "innovated contract negotiation path" was so the knicks couldnt match not because next year is the year theyre going to go for a chip

[Threethrows]

Anyone who thinks Lin is on the Rockets for any reason other than being Asian and trying to fill the void left by Yao is kidding themselves and too afraid of sounding racist. That said, it was Linsanity that got him the contract, not being Asian.

Although one could argue Linsanity being as big of a deal as it was, was because he was Asian. He wasn't the first no name player to blow up for a little while, and although it was a great streak most no name players would not have received that kind of attention.

I'm not a Lin hater though, I feel like he gets shit on and blamed for way too much for pretty much the same reason as the above.

[SwishSquared]

It was another calculated gamble by Morey. It hasn't panned out and part of that may be due to the fact Harden and Lin aren't the most complementary of pieces (didn't the Harden trade go down after the Lin signing?). The Asik move was pretty slick, especially if they couldn't land Dwight. It's hard to move poison-pill contracts though, so not sure what will happen this summer, especially since it looks like they'll lose this series

As a general question though- how many poison pill type contracts can a team exactly offer? Is there an exact limit on what the annual average for any of these deals can be?

[Hamtaro CP3KDKG]

8,3 million a year is not enough. he should get 10 a year.
nikkas like stuckey get 8,3

Stuckey is better than Lin

[oarabbus]

It was another calculated gamble by Morey. It hasn't panned out and part of that may be due to the fact Harden and Lin aren't the most complementary of pieces (didn't the Harden trade go down after the Lin signing?). The Asik move was pretty slick, especially if they couldn't land Dwight. It's hard to move poison-pill contracts though, so not sure what will happen this summer, especially since it looks like they'll lose this series

As a general question though- how many poison pill type contracts can a team exactly offer? Is there an exact limit on what the annual average for any of these deals can be?

You can create a poison pill pharmacy as long as you stay under the salary cap. Or, as long as you pay the luxury tax if you go past it.

Lin and Asik both count 8.3m towards the salary cap, even though their bank accounts go up by 15m. That's also why this is dumb... to the fans, Lin and Asik are 8.3m players, not 15m players.

Stuckey is better than Lin

[ThePhantomCreep]

NYC media hype got him that contract.

[BlazerRed]

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