LINSANITY?

The Houston Rockets have signed Jeremy Lin to a contract, snatching him away form the New York Knicks. Prior to the signing, the Knicks signed Jason Kidd to a contract, and what makes sense here?

To make this even more interesting, the Rockets had let go of Lin and the Knicks under D’Antonio took him on, and used him when the Knicks suffered injuries to their point guard, and Lin ran with the ball.

His new team mates, who are really his old teammates, don’t remember Lin at training camp, his old teammates, now his ex-teammates can’t forget him and will miss him at this year’s training camp. The headline writer’s for the tabloids in NY will certainly miss him except for the few games played with New York, and Brooklyn.

The Knicks didn’t think that Lin was worth $24 million, so they let him go. I have to wonder how that will translate with all those missing Asian fans who took great pride that Lin was on the hardwood? The 1.135 million Asian population in New York has a potential for ticket sales at the Garden, and in the sports stores. The electric energy he generated on the floor, in the stands and on the media range is and will be missed in the NY area.

But did the Knicks really think he wasn’t worth matching the Rockets offer, or did Carmelo Anthony have something to do with it all? Was coach Woodson feeling pressure about using Lin in his lineup, fitting him into his game plans as a shooting guard? Did Lin really fit in New York after Woodson took over?

There are few players that make or break a team. Maybe LeBron James, or Michael Jordan, but few, and Lin is not one of them.

That’s all I wrote, folks!