Knicks must match Jeremy Lin offer 尼克必须跟进林书豪的合约 In the early hours of his NBA career, one scheduled to be painfully brief, the undrafted and unwanted Jeremy Lin predicted he would be an All-Star within three years. He had spent a little time competing against the pros in practices and summer games, and came away believing he belonged in a big way. "All I need is an opportunity," he told those around him, and the perpetually desperate New York Knicks finally gave him one. On the verge of firing Lin just like the Dallas Mavericks andGolden State Warriors and Houston Rockets had done before, the Knicks threw him out there and watched one of the most improbable basketball stories ever told unfold on their watch. 未经选秀，也曾被各支球队挥弃的林书豪被预测将在未来三年内成为全明星。 他对周遭的人说"我需要的就是一个机会"，绝望的尼克就给了他一个，在即将被挥弃时， 尼克见到了一个难以置信的故事在他们眼前展开。 And now they're prepared to give Lin away for nothing. Forget for a moment the global marketing phenomenon that Lin represented, and what he meant to Madison Square Garden stock in February and what he's likely to be worth in merchandising, sponsorships, and ratings and rights deals to the team that employs him. This is a 23-year-old point guard with a chance, a legitimate one, to become something of a star, and the Knicks are about to let him return to Houston without even getting a second-round pick in return. Any successful business needs to protect its prime assets, and the Knicks aren't protecting one of their own. One of the smartest NBA fans I know emailed me the box score from Knicks-Lakers at the Garden, the one showing Lin with 38 points, 7 assists, 13 field goals in 23 attempts, and 10 free throws in 13 attempts. "You can't fake this box," the fan wrote. 然後尼克现在准备什麽都不给林，叫他离开。忘记了林书豪代表的全球市场及二月时麦迪逊 花园广场狂飙的股价等雇用他即将带来的巨大商业利益。这个二十三岁的控球後卫非常可能 成为一个明星，尼克却不为了留住他而试图去和火箭队交易些什麽，甚至是一个二轮签都没 有。 任何一个优秀的企业都会试图去保护他们的主要资产，尼克却未这样做。一位NBA球迷寄给 我林书豪对战湖人的BOX，38分，7助攻，23投13中，13罚10进。 他说:"不可能有人可以伪造出这种数据(林书豪是真材实料的)。" Jeremy Lin didn't fake anything in his 15 minutes as a Knick. He tore through the league before he tore up his knee, and in between ran into a Miami Heat team hell-bent on stamping out the raging fires of Linsanity. LeBron James and Dwyane Wade went at Lin the way Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen went at Toni Kukoc in the '92 Olympics, and hard lessons were taught and learned. People who believe Lin to be a fluke, a figment of Mike D'Antoni's imagination, forever default back to that game in Miami before the All-Star break, when an exhausted Lin looked hopelessly lost. But that night was merely a case of a rookie quarterback running up against a fiercely determined defense. Lin is bound to become a better quarterback for that experience, not a weaker one. 林书豪在他短暂的尼克生涯中并没有去伪造什麽。他在半月板撕裂前，先掀翻整个联盟， 在这期间，他努力对抗试图扑灭林来疯的热火队。LeBron和Wade像Jordan和Pippen在1992 奥运中对位ToniKukoc(同为公牛队队友，三个总冠军得主)的方式一般扑向林书豪，然後 林书豪也从中学习到了艰难的一课。 有些人认为林书豪只是昙花一现，只能存活在D'Antoni体系下的伪造品，因为精疲力尽的他 在全明星赛前几近绝望的输给了热火队(这句不确定)。但那晚仅仅是一个新秀试图去对抗联 盟中最具破坏力的防守的案例。林书豪将会从中成为更强的指挥者。 The injury robbed him of a second crack at the Heat in the playoffs, and maybe another crack at enhancing his stock in free agency. The Knicks could've signed him out of the gate for four years and about $24 million, and instead they gambled that Lin wouldn't find a better offer elsewhere. They lost that gamble. Lin signed a Rockets offer sheet worth $25.1 million over three years, including a $14.8 million wage in the final season designed to luxury tax the Knicks into oblivion if they match. This all happened after Lin beat his old team with the kind of head fake he used on Kobe and the rest in February, verbally agreeing to a $19 million guarantee and a more palatable $9.3 million wage in Year 3 and inspiring Mike Woodson to promise that the Knicks would match and that Lin would start. Those turned out to be Rex Ryan guarantees. 膝伤使他无法出席季後赛是第二个令人不满之处，或许他不出席也增加了他在自由球员市场 的价值。尼克本来可以四年24m签下他，但尼克却决定赌一把，他们赌林书豪找不到比24m更 好的合约。(译注：这样尼克就可以以低於24m签下林) 尼克输了这场赌博。 林书豪和火箭队三年的合约价值25.1m，第三年更高达14.8m，尼克一旦匹配，就将被高昂的 奢侈税淹没。林书豪以对战Kobe时那样自我嘉许的点头动作给了他的旧东家(尼克)一击。 原本口头约定的19m合约和对尼克而言不值一提的第三年9.3m让Woodson承诺尼克将会匹配林 的合约，而且林将会先发。 这些承诺都即将变成Rex Ryan的承诺了。 (译注:NFL的喷射机总教练Rex Ryan在赛季前夸下海口说今年喷射机将会一路到底，而整季 打下来之後，喷射机是进了季後赛，但距离超级盃还很远) Enraged that Lin took those assurances back to the negotiating table in Houston -- ESPNNewYork.com reported last week that Lin was pushing for more cash from Houston -- the Knicks responded by bringing back a cheaper alternative, Raymond Felton, and by telling Lin to get lost. According to a source close to the situation, Jim Dolan, a notorious grudge-holder, feels betrayed that the Harvard kid took him to school after the Knicks gave him his big shot. Never mind that the Knicks were ready to waive Lin before he went off on Deron Williamsand the Nets. Never mind that the Knicks got rid of Felton when it suited their needs last year despite his loyal service under D'Antoni. Never mind that business is business in the NBA, where it's understood that management and players always cut the best deals they can cut. The Knicks are making this personal, and letting their emotions shape a decision that should be made at room temperature. There's no good reason to believe that Lin, a better player than Felton last year, won't be a better player than Felton next year and beyond. 真的令人愤怒的地方在於，林书豪带着这些尼克给他的承诺去和火箭对谈判，并且要求更高 的薪资--尼克却选择用更便宜的替代品--Felton，藉此告诉林书豪，你可以走开了。根据 靠近Felton的人说，Dolan觉得在给林书豪这麽多机会後，却被这个哈佛小子耍了。 这好像是要叫我们别想起尼克在对篮网那战前已经决定要挥弃林，也别在意即使Felton去年 对D'Antoni忠诚的结果是被尼克放弃了。也别想起NBA本来就是一个商业利益的世界，管理 层和球员都在寻找彼此的最佳利益。 尼克让私人情感牵涉其中，然後做出决定。但这并不是一个好理由去相信一个去年表现比 Felton优秀的林书豪，将不会成为比Felton更好的球员。 Lin is four years younger, with a greater upside. As for the Knicks' pressing concern that Lin's third-year salary will saddle them with four players (including Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler) eating up $75 million, leaving them with a luxury tax bill in the tens of millions, what happened to the one positive Dolan forever brought to the table -- his willingness to spend, spend, spend? Does he no longer share Mikhail Prokhorov's hunger for the no-budget kill? And shouldn't the Knicks be confident they can move one of those expiring contracts in the summer of 2014 -- say, Stoudemire's $23 million -- to a team that is under the salary cap and looking for another big deal to dump from its books in 2015? 林书豪比Felton年轻四岁，往好处想。关於尼克认为林书豪第三年的薪资将会拖垮他们 (加上Melo,Amare,Tyson)，因为尼克必须付出75m，及高额的奢侈税，但什麽是Dolan从 不怕摊在谈判桌上的筹码?---他愿意花钱,花很多的钱。 Dolan难道没想过尼克可以在2014年移除一个合约---像是Amare的23m---如此一来球队就可 以有更多薪资空间，并预定他们美好的2015年。 The Knicks keep saying they're in a win-now mode, and yet there's no way Felton over Lin is a win-now proposition. Put the Miami Heat on truth serum and ask them if they'd prefer the Knicks with Felton, who's already maxed out, or with Lin, who could flower into the real thing. Or ask these three Hall of Famers I polled about Lin during the season. Willis Reed: "Jeremy Lin reminds me so much of Walt Frazier. It's how Jeremy controls the game, gets the ball to the right people for easy baskets, the lobs he's throwing to Tyson Chandler -- it all reminds me of Clyde." Bob Cousy: "He's got the physical skills to reach a good, very good, or great level in this league. He's exactly what the Knicks needed, a leader and someone to distribute the ball as opposed to a bunch of guys just letting it fly." Pete Carril: "Jeremy's innocent, he's young, he has no agenda, he throws the ball to the right guy. He's awfully fast, he can shoot, he can dribble and it doesn't look like he cares about playing for stats or money." As it turned out, Lin does care about playing for money. He had every right to go for the big bucks, especially after half the NBA told him he wasn't good enough to remain employed, and the most recent franchise to cut him, Houston, decided to make him rich. 尼克不停的说他们正处於"现在就要赢"的状态，但是却让Felton取代林的位置。如果你 让热火队吃了吐真剂，并问他们比较喜欢对抗尼克的Felton还是林，他们会说出实情。 或是你询问几个名列名人堂里的球员： Willis Reed:"当林掌控比赛，分配球给正确的人，他丢给Tyson Chandler时那种对高球 的掌控--都让我想起Walt Frazier" Bob Cousy:"他有那种体能条件去成为一个非常卓越的选手，他正是尼克想要的，一个领 导者，正确的分配球，与板凳球员打球并让他们打的十分出色。" Peter Carril:"林书豪很天真，他很年轻，他没有计画表，他就只选择把球丢给正确的人 去投。他非常快速，他可以投篮，他可以运球，而且看他打球时，你会觉得他在乎的不是 数据或是钱。" 从这些结果来看，林书豪并不像是一个为钱打球的球员，但他有权去寻找自己的高薪，特别 是在整个NBA都告诉他"你没有好到我们不裁你"的情况下，然後最近裁掉他的火箭队，决定 给他高薪。 Anthony said he wanted Lin back, but called the $25.1 million contract "ridiculous." You know what's really ridiculous? Ditching a 23-year-old player who saved the season and getting nothing in return. Melo说他想要林书豪回尼克，但同时说25.1m的合约很"荒谬"。 但你知道什麽是真的荒谬吗? 直到最後，一位拯救了尼克这个赛季的23岁球员，他的母队什麽都没给他。 source: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/story/_/id/8168735/ian-oconnor-new-york-knicks -match-houston-rockets-offer-jeremy-lin --

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