Better overall player right now: Jeremy Lin or Raymond Felton?

[hawkfan]

Who's better right now: Lin or Felton?

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8168386/

Meanwhile, the Knicks are paying Andrea Bargnani 11 million and next year 12 million.

[RoundMoundOfReb]

Lin. No question. I used to think Lin was nothing more than a solid rotation player but he's impressed me so far this season. Felton is terrible on defense and average on offense at best.

[miggyme1]

The one who eats sweet snd sour chicken

[hawkfan]

Lin needs to work on his defense more.
And I hate it when he jumps in the air with nowhere to go and throws the ball away.
That said, he is in the perfect situation as a third option with the Rockets.

[outbreak]

The one who eats sweet snd sour chicken

which one do you mean? Fatty Felton is a dumpster he shovels down all kinds of food

[SHABBA]

I genuinely think Felton is a franchise player.

[KungFuJoe]

Lin needs to work on his defense more.
And I hate it when he jumps in the air with nowhere to go and throws the ball away.
That said, he is in the perfect situation as a third option with the Rockets.

His defense is fine...he's guarding the quickest guys in the game...no one can stay in front of an NBA caliber PG...well...unless you're guarding Felton.

Not saying his defense is stellar, but I would put him around the middle of the pack.

But his decision making and ball control, while seemingly improved from last year, does need a lot of work. He does jump too much without knowing what he's going to do with the ball and every once in a while he just coughs up the ball for no apparent reason.

If he could just somehow correct those unforced mistakes...he could burst into the top 15...maybe even top 10 of PGs.

[outbreak]

I genuinely think Felton is a franchise player.

He's a solid player and likely underrated, but franchise player
Maybe if the team gets sponsored by Mcdonalds

[Eric Cartman]

I genuinely think Felton is a franchise player.

If it's a hot dog eating contest

[SpurrDurr]

The one who isn't a fat ass

[Spaulding]

I genuinely think Felton is a franchise player.

0/10

[SHABBA]

He's a solid player and likely underrated, but franchise player
Maybe if the team gets sponsored by Mcdonalds

He played at an MVP level for the first 2-3 months of last season, no reason he could continue that for the rest of the year.

[niko]

Lin. He's not a $46M upgrade though. He'd have cost that, $46M more than Felton.

[KungFuJoe]

Lin. He's not a $46M upgrade though. He'd have cost that, $46M more than Felton.

$46M? More than Felton?

where are you getting that number from? I'm actually genuinely curious.

[niko]

$46M? More than Felton?

where are you getting that number from? I'm actually genuinely curious.

It's not exact but it's a shitload. Lin would cost us $15M (due to the contract structure) and then the repeater tax hits him up double on our books. If Lin was just the $8M he'd probably be a Knick.

Essentially everyone always kills the Knicks on being irresponsible but losing him was a practical decision, which we also get killed for.

Lin is a better player, i'm not arguing. But his strengths don't address our weaknesses, we need a guy who doesn't need the ball all the time to be succesful, and his a hard nose defender, and steps up in the playoffs.

I hate to break it to people but Lin didn't like NY. He doesn't want to be called out when things are wrong by the media, doesn't want the spotlight. Some people can't handle that. We were supposed to force him to stay?