Knicks Now Seem Set on Letting Lin Go http://ppt.cc/6aEd Linsanity is just about over in New York. The Knicks plan to cut ties with Jeremy Lin on Tuesday night, according to a person briefed on the decision, ending a brief, spectacular and now bittersweet love affair between the 23-year-old point guard and his adoring fan base. Lin will play next season for the Houston Rockets, who signed him to a three-year, $25.1 million offer sheet that the Knicks have elected not to match. 尼克在周二晚上决定， 与23岁的控球後卫-林书豪，结束这段短暂奇特而苦乐参半的恋情。 林将在下个赛季加入休斯顿火箭队，他签署一项为期三年，2510万美元的报价单， 尼克选择不匹配。 The Knicks are not expected to announce their decision until this evening, and there is still a chance — albeit incredibly small — that it could be reversed. But as of 4 p.m. the decision had been made and was considered final by those with knowledge of the deliberations. Indeed, the deliberations were said to be over. 尼克预计将宣布他们的决定，直到美国时间今天晚上， 仍然有一个机会 - 尽管机会小到令人难以置信 - 它还是可以逆转。 但下午4时，基本上已完成审议。 The Knicks have first-refusal rights on Lin and by rule have until Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time to either match the offer or let him walk. 尼克有林的优先拒绝报价权到东部时间晚上11:59，直到周二匹配报价， 决定跟，还是不跟。 The decision was ultimately financial, not emotional. The contract with Houston includes a third-year balloon payment of $14.9 million, which would have cost the Knicks another $35 million or more in luxury-tax penalties had they matched the deal. The so-called poison pill was designed to dissuade the Knicks. 这个决定终究是基於财务方面，不能感情用事。 与火箭的合同，包括第三年1490万美元，这将要花费尼克奢侈税3500万美元以上。 所谓的毒药合约的目的是要阻止尼克跟进。 The decision ends two weeks of suspense and speculation, which began when Lin became a restricted free agent on July 1. Now will come the inevitable backlash. 这一决定，结束了两个星期以来的猜测，从林7月1日成为受限制自由球员开始。 现在必然面临反弹。 Lin saved the Knicks’ season in February and instantly became their most popular player in a decade, as well as a global phenomenon. Fans started at least two online petitions to keep him last weekend when it became apparent the Knicks were leaning toward letting him go. Twitter, blogs and fan forums have been filled with anguished comments for days. 林在二月尼克赛季，瞬间就成了他们这十年内最喜爱的球员， 并且成为一个全球性的现象。 在最後一个周末当尼克倾向放弃林，球迷至少有两组在线请愿书，希望他留在尼克。 Twitter，部落格和球迷论坛已经充满了痛苦意见好几天。 The Knicks wanted to keep Lin, but his situation was complicated. Because he was a restricted free agent, the Knicks had the right to match any offer. Yet under N.B.A. cap rules, they could offer him no more than $16.13 million in a three-year deal, and a maximum of $28.75 million over five years. Only a rival team was allowed to include the third-year balloon payment. 尼克要保有林，但他的情况很复杂。 因为他是一个受限制自由球员，尼克队有权利匹配任何报价。 然而，根据N.B.A.薪资帽规则，他们可以提供他在为期三年的合同， 不超过$1613万美元，最大五年2875万美元。并只允许一个对手球队提出三年报价。 So it was up to Lin to set his own market value, by getting an outside offer. He initially agreed with Houston on a three-year, $19.5 million deal, including a $9.3 million balloon payment in the third year. That deal was agreed to in principle but never signed. 所以这取决於林为自己创造外部市场价值。 他最初同意与休斯顿一项为期三年1950万美元的交易，包括第三年930万美元。 但没有签署。 When it became apparent that the Knicks would match, the Rockets increased the third-year salary to $14.9 million, close to the maximum allowed. The Knicks are already expected to be over the luxury-tax threshold, so Lin’s salary would have cost them tens of millions more under the league’s more punitive new system. 当尼克表明将匹配，火箭增加了第三年至$ 1490万美元。 尼克已经超过奢侈税起徵点，将面临惩罚性的新制。 In recent days, two people briefed on the Knicks’ deliberations said it was unlikely the team would keep Lin. Yet both cautioned that the decision was not final and would ultimately be made by one person: James L. Dolan, the Madison Square Garden chairman. 在最近几天，尼克经过审议，球队不太可能保有林。 然而，同时告诫说，这个决定不是最後的， 最终会由一人决定：麦迪逊广场花园主席詹姆斯‧杜兰。 --------------- 可是杜兰.... 我们回不去了.... --

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