http://www.blazersedge.com/2012/7/14/3160215/raymond-felton-appreciation-thread-sponsered-by-taco-bell

The cat meme in the comments especially gets me.

A lot of people in and out of the Knicks locker room questioned his desire, heart and toughness, after he went AWOL in the playoffs despite, by his own admission, being 85% ready. Just look at how elite players in those wonderful playoffs last year sucked it up and played through serious injuries, and you get the point. Lin’s pain threshold seem to be very low. Not a good sign! Contrast that to D. Wade, Ray Allen & others in the playoffs and he becomes laughable to many. If Baron Davis returns to health, he will be the hybrid 1 & 2 guard in the Knicks roatation. Shumpert is already a budding star as the 2 Guard. Basically Linsanity is squeezed out in NY. They need 1-2 more swing guys between 2 & 3 to make a run at the Heat. Camby was a huge pickup at 5!

But more than anything, I think Felton will be a stud in that system. He will distribute the ball to the scorers & dunkers in situations that favor them. And he is a shut down defender. Shumpert, and JR Smith will be much better playing with him and Kidd. Between the 2 they will give NY 21 pts and 15 assists every night. The addition of Felton and Camby along with a full off season of training camp & healing will make the Knicks dangerous this season. So cheer up NY. Your Linsanity last year was terrific fun, when you thought your season was in the toilet. But alas, it is now Houston’s insanity.

At then end of the day – he will get a large amount of money. So give credit for that.

I do hope like Irish2u2 says that they figure away to create a new sign and trade deal work.

A most erroneous statement: Wal-Mart alone proves you wrong, let alone all the other cheap crap Americans scarf up like there’s no tomorrow. Fast food, American Idol, George Bush Jr., Jerry Springer, Hyundai and Kia, and many other shitty products are more popular than ever, thanks to the dumbing down of America, courtesy of pawns for the rich.

I don’t know why everyone seems to say that John Wall and all the other rookie point guards have such up swings and will be a great player, but not say the same about Lin. He’s pretty much a rookie himself and everyone seems to thinks that those 2 weeks are going to be the best his career will ever produce. Seems like most of you don’t think that he could mature a little more by cutting down on his turnovers and work on his footwork a little more? You can teach a person to do all those fundamental things, but you can’t teach John Wall and the other rookies the intelligence that Lin has. Such a double standard around here.

I give him credit that Felton is a decent defender, however Jeremy Lin isn’t a terrible defender himself, though offers way, way more on the O end. The downside on Lin is that his turnover rate last year was one of the worst in NBA history. Nevertheless, Lin’s upside substantially outweighs his downside, and he still balances out to be a very good asset.

And Irish is right, why do the Knicks care about paying the luxury tax all of a sudden, when they’ve been paying the far highest the last I don’t know how many years! But for he’s a marketing cash cow, this is one of the rare instances where they’d still make a huge $$$ gain by having him. Thus the luxury tax practically means nothing. Makes zero sense to me.