Was signing Jeremy Lin the dumbest free agent signing of all time?

[SteveNash]

considering he makes the Rockets tons of money, no

Source? Attendance is about the same. Can't find any other measures of revenue.

Some people seem to be confused and keep bringing up that it's only been 16 games. Most of these people don't seem to realize the problem with small sample sizes. Yes, numbers can look bad, but it goes beyond numbers. If Lin was playing great, getting tons of great shots and is just off it would be one thing.

It isn't, Lin has been terrible in pretty much every area of the game. He's not able to create for himself, he has been exposed. Scouting reports start to come in and Lin is in trouble. He contributes virtually nothing to the team. It wasn't like Lin was the only option and they had to stick with him.

They had two superior players, playing the same position, available for less money per year. What is Lin's purpose, to be a slightly better rebounder at the PG position?

I could name way more than three. Probably 100.

Gilbert Arenas. That contract crippled the teams he was on FAR more than Lin's tiny contract in comparison will.
Greg Oden
Grant Hill (Magic)
Larry Hughes (Cavs)
Ben Wallace (Cavs)
Eddy Curry (4 years 60 million w/ Chicago)


Come on. He didn't deserve it, but his contract isn't that awful. He's making 5 million this year and next...and then in his final year he could have trade value as a HUGE expiring contract. You know how many crappy players make 5+ million a year? A **** ton.

Teams had legitimate reasons for those signings though. I'll give you an example. Say the Washington Wizards had Chris Paul and Deron Williams. They let those two guys so they can pay more money for Gilbert Arenas. That's what Houston did.

[BKLYNpigeon]

It would be a bad signing if Lin were on the Lakers, Knicks, or Heat where salary cap is essential. Lin is playing on the Rockets, they have cap room and flexibility. its only for 3 years.

some past contracts that were worse.


Washington - Gilbert Arenas, six-year $111 million

Philly - Elton Brand, five-year $80 million

Hornets - Peja Stojakovich, five-year, $64 million

Knicks - Eddy Curry, six-year, $60 million deal

Dallas - Raef Lafrentz, seven-year, $70 million deal

Indiana - Jermaine O'Neil - seven-year, $70 million deal

Portland - Brian Grant, seven-year, $86 million deal.

Milwalkee - Vin Baker seven-year, $86 million deal.

Denver - Kenyon Martin, seven-year max deal

Indiana - Austin Croshere, seven-year 51 million deal.

[Avenged24]

Doesn't matter how many games there's been. Lin has never been that good. He had a hot stretch, it happens.

[mightybosstone]

The dude's making an average of $8 million a year for three years and his numbers aren't nearly as bad as everyone is making them sound. Not only is this not the worst contract of all-time, it's not even the worse contract signed this year. This thread is awful and anyone who tries to jump on board that train is a complete moron.

[nycericanguy]

I could name way more than three. Probably 100.

Gilbert Arenas. That contract crippled the teams he was on FAR more than Lin's tiny contract in comparison will.
Greg Oden
Grant Hill (Magic)
Larry Hughes (Cavs)
Ben Wallace (Cavs)
Eddy Curry (4 years 60 million w/ Chicago)


Come on. He didn't deserve it, but his contract isn't that awful. He's making 5 million this year and next...and then in his final year he could have trade value as a HUGE expiring contract. You know how many crappy players make 5+ million a year? A **** ton.

no his contract with HOU will count as 8.4m x 3 years.

[HouRealCoach]

Charlie V, Landry Fields, Travis Outlaw, etc.

It was much more but it was a terrible signing but aren't all restricted FA's signings terrible? NBA needs to get rid of that

[mightybosstone]

no his contract with HOU will count as 8.4m x 3 years.

That's how much it actually costs. But that's not what the number is against the cap. It's something like 5, 5, 15 against the cap, as is Asik's contract.

[heyman321]

He's actually playing very well aside from his FG%. 11/4/6 from a third-fourth option on a team? That's good.

People making these threads are just closet racists that can't still can't believe that stretch in NY happened, and the people backing up these threads are angry Knicks fans who feel betrayed by him "leaving" (when he wasn't the one who decided to leave) but feel redeemed and justified because Felton is playing great.

[JOhnnyTHaJet]

Worse Contract: Johan Petro 3 years 10 Million. The fact that he earned a dollar in the NBA is absurd.

[smith&wesson]

yes! Lin was extreamly over rated last season.

imagine houston with harden and lowry

[nycericanguy]

That's how much it actually costs. But that's not what the number is against the cap. It's something like 5, 5, 15 against the cap, as is Asik's contract.

No, his cap hit is averaged out over 3 years, so yes it's an 8.4m cap hit.

it would only be 5/5/15 had ny matched

http://www.spotrac.com/nba/houston-rockets/jeremy-lin/

[ManRamForPrez24]

no his contract with HOU will count as 8.4m x 3 years.

Yeah. The cap hit is 8 a year. Forgot about the poison pill thing.


It's not good. But again, it's far from one of the worst ever.

[nycericanguy]

Yeah. The cap hit is 8 a year. Forgot about the poison pill thing.


It's not good. But again, it's far from one of the worst ever.

that actually prob works out better for HOU, otherwise they'd had close to $50m tied up in Lin/asik/Harden come 2015

[spreadeagle]

It would be a bad signing if Lin were on the Lakers, Knicks, or Heat where salary cap is essential. Lin is playing on the Rockets, they have cap room and flexibility. its only for 3 years.

some past contracts that were worse.


Washington - Gilbert Arenas, six-year $111 million

Philly - Elton Brand, five-year $80 million

Hornets - Peja Stojakovich, five-year, $64 million

Knicks - Eddy Curry, six-year, $60 million deal

Dallas - Raef Lafrentz, seven-year, $70 million deal

Indiana - Jermaine O'Neil - seven-year, $70 million deal

Portland - Brian Grant, seven-year, $86 million deal.

Milwalkee - Vin Baker seven-year, $86 million deal.

Denver - Kenyon Martin, seven-year max deal

Indiana - Austin Croshere, seven-year 51 million deal.

correct, also Hedo 5 years 50 million..its crazy to see all those 6-7 year deals, thank god teams are doin 3-4 year deals now

[SteveNash]

Charlie V, Landry Fields, Travis Outlaw, etc.

It was much more but it was a terrible signing but aren't all restricted FA's signings terrible? NBA needs to get rid of that

What do all three of those signings have in common? Teams that had money and were willing to spend. When you have money to spend, money you need to spend if you want to accomplish goals you want to accomplish, you're going to get some bad contracts.

This signing is dumb because it's not about the money. Lin brings NOTHING over Dragic/Lowry. You don't get better with Lin, you don't get much younger with Lin, you don't save cap space with Lin.