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Originally Posted by dnh83
noob question but could the Knicks have offered Lin that much money? Once Lin knew he could get 3/25 from Houston, could he go back to the Knicks and have them offer it without the big 3rd year part if he wanted to stay? Or could the Knicks only technically offer a certain amount, while other teams could offer more?
No, they could only match. The most they could offer was something like 24/4.
It basically went like this.
Houston offers 28/4... and everyone knows it.
Knicks lol "we'll match" before the papers are signed.
Houston "wait, we're really offering 25/3"
Knicks "FU"
What the Knicks/Dolan did here is the equivalent of spite calling in NLHE knowing you got the worst hand. "Can't let the fish push me around."