[Lebron’s HairlineParticipant]

I just read a report on iamagm.com that the rockets offered Jeremy lin a 4 year deal worth somewhere between 31-40 million. Am I the only one that thinks in no way shape or form is Jeremy lin worth more than half of that? He had 15 semi good games, he turns the ball over a ton he gets stripped too easy(watch the Miami game if you don’t believe me) and he looks for his shot too much instead of distributing the ball. So does anyone think this guy is overrated like me?

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

Of course he’s overrated.

He’s a good player, but this is all based on New York hype and him being Asian.

[Professor RozayParticipant]

If Lin would like to sign with Houston the NYK should not match this offer. I’m a NYK fan and all but they can’t match this offer. He played well for 10 games. How does that get you a 30-40 million dollar deal. He going to sell tickets and make the team money for sure. But as a starting point guard I don’t see it. Lin is the missing part that a team needs form their STARTING point guard to win a championship. I don’t see that, and since when do guys that play okay for 10 games get so much money. As my dudes on countdown say "Come on Man!!!" But saying that we all know that they are going to match any offer since we lost out on Kidd and Nash.

[MoneyTeam6Participant]

But the Rockets desperately want him and are over paying him so the knicks won’t match the offer thats the name of the game when it comes to restricted free agents 

[NihochuParticipant]

 Jeremy Lin is ofcourse over rated in my opinion. But he has been rated so high that its almost impossible to live up to those expectations , i think if he is on a good team he will do a very good job because coaches will now believe in his game

[potato.headParticipant]

Jeremy Lin ruined the new York knicks around fornthat stin during the season, so he’s not all that bad. He led a team with Carmelo and amare. Played good pick and roll ball. He’s overrated just not as bad as some of your are portraying

[True_JafiParticipant]

 For that much I think they need to let Lin walk. He is a decent player but that is to much money for someone who played  great for 10 games and decent for the other 15 games he started. Let him walk and go after Raymond Felton. The knicks need a pg who can tell Amare and Melo no lets run this. Lin is not ready yet

[M-DYMESParticipant]

He is overrated from the standpoint of being an NBA player.  But one might attest some of this to the additional sales and marketability he brings to the team that he signs with.  In the eyes of a businessman, his worth extends beyond that of his value as a pure basketball player.

[sheltwon3Participant]

Knicks need to do whatever they can to match.  Lin is still getting better and he make them money.  I am actually shock when people say Lin made the Knicks worst.  How did he make them worst.  Melo and Amare playing well together was a problem not Lin.  Everyone but Melo played great playing with Lin.

[HitsterParticipant]

 The Knicks fill out MSG game after game so they don’t really need the money that Lin generates, maybe they look to match and try and do an S and T, Houston have a few nice young pieces and picks the Knicks might like.

[iguapops420Participant]

 I think Indiana put it best. Lin is an overrated NAB player, but as a member of the Asian comunity and an ambassador as such, he is by far worth the 8-10 million IMO. Not to mention he is still improving and may actually get better being mentored by Jason Kidd. I wouldn’t expect him to become the next Steve Nash as his ballhandlling simply isn’t on that level, but I do expect him to get better and at least be able to keep running that P&R with Amare nicely. realistically, the biggest improvemtn will probably come from his decision making as he is in serious need of help in that department.  His assist to turnover ratio should improve tremendously with more experience, less defensive focus, and Kidd as a mentor.

[TallmanNYCParticipant]

The offer is four years and 28.8 million. It really isn’t that much. If you count this year as his rookie year, his stats are better than Westbrook, Rose, Walls or Rondos rookie year stats. I think a lot of you are forgetting that he basically put an NBA team on his shoulders and carried it. I don’t know what people mean by over rated, but if he picks up where he left off last year he is going to be an all star. The worst part of his game was turnovers but young players always turn the ball over a lot in the beginning and eventually get it together. 

He was basically 20 and 8 last year once he got in the lineup. Why don’t you think he can improve on that with experience?

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