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	<title>Comments on: J.R. Smith suggests Lin contract would not go over well in Knicks locker room</title>
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		<title>By: phaden27</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#039;re implying a five time champion doesn&#039;t care about winning more than handling the ball? Sorry I&#039;m a Celtic fan and I know that&#039;s BS, ala the artist formerly known as Ron Artest. Try again.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re implying a five time champion doesn&#8217;t care about winning more than handling the ball? Sorry I&#8217;m a Celtic fan and I know that&#8217;s BS, ala the artist formerly known as Ron Artest. Try again.</p>
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		<title>By: The Prophet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Prophet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lin has since clarified his 85% comment as being 85% to being able to play at all, not 15% shy of being at full power and ability.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lin has since clarified his 85% comment as being 85% to being able to play at all, not 15% shy of being at full power and ability.</p>
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		<title>By: The Prophet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Prophet]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hearing this from JR, plus the Carmelo &quot;ridiculous&quot; comments, makes me very happy for Lin that he&#039;s with a new team.  The attitude that Melo, JR and possibly other Knicks have is why they are consistent losers.  Good luck Jeremy ...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hearing this from JR, plus the Carmelo &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; comments, makes me very happy for Lin that he&#8217;s with a new team.  The attitude that Melo, JR and possibly other Knicks have is why they are consistent losers.  Good luck Jeremy &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Flashmob 215</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Flashmob 215]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think about how much money will come from the Linsanity hype alone (jerseys &amp; bobble heads  n stuff), i guess he&#039;s worth it. Rockets want that Yao money back]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you think about how much money will come from the Linsanity hype alone (jerseys &amp; bobble heads  n stuff), i guess he&#8217;s worth it. Rockets want that Yao money back</p>
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		<title>By: omniusprime</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[omniusprime]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Knicks have chemistry?  Now that&#039;s the joke of the century, the Knicks have chemistry.  What planet do you live on Kurt Helin?  Only an idiot would think that the Knicks should have wasted any money on Linept  Sorry but Linept has always been a mediocre player at best except for a few games last year because no team that Linept played well against took him seriously enough to bother guarding him.  Let&#039;s face it the Knicks will be the same natural born losers who won&#039;t win a title they have been for so many decades.  No Willis Reeds or Walt Frasiers in this current crop of losers.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Knicks have chemistry?  Now that&#8217;s the joke of the century, the Knicks have chemistry.  What planet do you live on Kurt Helin?  Only an idiot would think that the Knicks should have wasted any money on Linept  Sorry but Linept has always been a mediocre player at best except for a few games last year because no team that Linept played well against took him seriously enough to bother guarding him.  Let&#8217;s face it the Knicks will be the same natural born losers who won&#8217;t win a title they have been for so many decades.  No Willis Reeds or Walt Frasiers in this current crop of losers.</p>
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		<title>By: teambringitstrong</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[teambringitstrong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s because we are still saturated with ignorance; on ALL sides.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s because we are still saturated with ignorance; on ALL sides.</p>
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		<title>By: jimeejohnson</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jimeejohnson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Same Melo who put the Knicks out of the playoffs with his one dimensional, no defense, ball hogging.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Same Melo who put the Knicks out of the playoffs with his one dimensional, no defense, ball hogging.</p>
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		<title>By: jimeejohnson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classy comment from a guy who doesn&#039;t have a chip on his shoulder.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Classy comment from a guy who doesn&#8217;t have a chip on his shoulder.</p>
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		<title>By: moneybags711</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[moneybags711]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you say the name....  Tyrone Lue ??? Really :)]]></description>
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		<title>By: jkaflagg</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jkaflagg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One consideration that I haven&#039;t seen anyone discuss yet - now that Mike D&#039;Antoni is gone, perhaps an intelligent guy like Lin realizes that a team full of me-first knuckleheads like Melo, Amare &amp; JR Smith is not the best place to pursue a career as a winning basketball player....He&#039;ll lose some marketing exposure for sure, but I &#039;m pretty sure that  he&#039;ll do just fine with the new contract, as he doesn&#039;t seem like the type of guy to blow it all on bling and entourages.

Now we can go back to those laughable Knicks we all know and love.....please explain to me again how Ray Felton, a point guard who is continuously traded by teams desperately needing point guards, is going to become the next Frazier.....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One consideration that I haven&#8217;t seen anyone discuss yet &#8211; now that Mike D&#8217;Antoni is gone, perhaps an intelligent guy like Lin realizes that a team full of me-first knuckleheads like Melo, Amare &amp; JR Smith is not the best place to pursue a career as a winning basketball player&#8230;.He&#8217;ll lose some marketing exposure for sure, but I &#8216;m pretty sure that  he&#8217;ll do just fine with the new contract, as he doesn&#8217;t seem like the type of guy to blow it all on bling and entourages.</p>
<p>Now we can go back to those laughable Knicks we all know and love&#8230;..please explain to me again how Ray Felton, a point guard who is continuously traded by teams desperately needing point guards, is going to become the next Frazier&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: cholos909</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cholos909]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[why dont they do a &quot;allstar clause&quot; i kno they did that on another contract i wanaa say clips did it to blakes contract....... def dont think lin is worth all that money to play he does bring in alot of revinue tho regaurding ticket sales endorsments apparell.....]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>why dont they do a &#8220;allstar clause&#8221; i kno they did that on another contract i wanaa say clips did it to blakes contract&#8230;&#8230;. def dont think lin is worth all that money to play he does bring in alot of revinue tho regaurding ticket sales endorsments apparell&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: reupjosh</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[reupjosh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How will he get amnestied??? Houston already used theirs on Scola and Knicks with Billups.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How will he get amnestied??? Houston already used theirs on Scola and Knicks with Billups.</p>
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		<title>By: papichulo55</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[papichulo55]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:42:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Granted JR is who he is. I wouldnt be happy having him date my daughter, OK? But he gave his all to his team during the playoffs. Mr. Lin decided that he couldnt play because he was only, in his words, 85%. WTF?! How many players played during the playoffs with various injuries. Look at the champs. They had TWO players who had injuries equal to or greater than Mr Lins. 

Cant you understand the resentment of a guy who chose to put his contract issues ahead of the team, DURING THE PLAYOFFS?!!  He went Hollywood on his team mates at the wrong time. 

JR is the crazy one: not too much sponsorship money to lose. But you can be sure that there are several players on that team that feel the same way.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Granted JR is who he is. I wouldnt be happy having him date my daughter, OK? But he gave his all to his team during the playoffs. Mr. Lin decided that he couldnt play because he was only, in his words, 85%. WTF?! How many players played during the playoffs with various injuries. Look at the champs. They had TWO players who had injuries equal to or greater than Mr Lins. </p>
<p>Cant you understand the resentment of a guy who chose to put his contract issues ahead of the team, DURING THE PLAYOFFS?!!  He went Hollywood on his team mates at the wrong time. </p>
<p>JR is the crazy one: not too much sponsorship money to lose. But you can be sure that there are several players on that team that feel the same way.</p>
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		<title>By: knightrider1755</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JR Smith is a shameless jackal.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>JR Smith is a shameless jackal.</p>
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		<title>By: savvybynature</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[savvybynature]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get your point, but regardless if its right or not it isn&#039;t Lin&#039;s fault that his race/family history make him a compelling story for a large segment of the planet.

If JR Smith wants to make things better and help create a post-racial world, maybe he should have shown up for more practices on the Chinese team he agreed to play on, instead of going on shopping trips. Maybe he could have respected the culture more and reached out to fans to foster cross culture support. Or, you know, he could do none of those things and then blame the Asian guy for accepting a contract that he would have signed in a second. I mean, going back to your point, how does JR Smith&#039;s conduct or comments help address this perceived problem?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I get your point, but regardless if its right or not it isn&#8217;t Lin&#8217;s fault that his race/family history make him a compelling story for a large segment of the planet.</p>
<p>If JR Smith wants to make things better and help create a post-racial world, maybe he should have shown up for more practices on the Chinese team he agreed to play on, instead of going on shopping trips. Maybe he could have respected the culture more and reached out to fans to foster cross culture support. Or, you know, he could do none of those things and then blame the Asian guy for accepting a contract that he would have signed in a second. I mean, going back to your point, how does JR Smith&#8217;s conduct or comments help address this perceived problem?</p>
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		<title>By: jetstizzi85</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jetstizzi85]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAHA great name BTW....talking about bad knees in reference to Kidd and your name is Baron - a player who destroyed his right knee in the playoffs CLASSIC]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HAHA great name BTW&#8230;.talking about bad knees in reference to Kidd and your name is Baron &#8211; a player who destroyed his right knee in the playoffs CLASSIC</p>
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		<title>By: jetstizzi85</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jetstizzi85]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny, was it not Melo who put the Knicks on his back at the end of the season and got them into the Playoffs when Lin was OUT?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funny, was it not Melo who put the Knicks on his back at the end of the season and got them into the Playoffs when Lin was OUT?</p>
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		<title>By: jetstizzi85</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jetstizzi85]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:25:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You do understand that neither said they would be mad right? Trust me, if anyone understands the business side of the NBA it is Melo who pretty much traded himself to NY. 

What they both said is 100% accurate. Most players would be upset that Lin gets a huge deal after 35 games ONLY and it is a ridiculous contract to offer him $14M in year 3 (especially since the tax and contract in that 3rd year would have the Knicks pay close to $30M). 

Do you not see the problem with that?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You do understand that neither said they would be mad right? Trust me, if anyone understands the business side of the NBA it is Melo who pretty much traded himself to NY. </p>
<p>What they both said is 100% accurate. Most players would be upset that Lin gets a huge deal after 35 games ONLY and it is a ridiculous contract to offer him $14M in year 3 (especially since the tax and contract in that 3rd year would have the Knicks pay close to $30M). </p>
<p>Do you not see the problem with that?</p>
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		<title>By: jetstizzi85</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jetstizzi85]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[freaking out!?!? Really LOL...who is freaking out? This is the business side of basketball and most REAL fans understand that. Would I have liked to have had Lin back? Absolutely but for what the Rockets are giving him it is not worth the risk. Felton and Kidd are more seasoned vets and more capable of handling the PG role for the Knicks. 

The problem with people like you is that you just like to instagate crap online. Which to me is funny in itself. You spend more time &quot;trash&#039; talking on here then anything else which I guess at your age is the &quot;cool&quot; thing to do.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>freaking out!?!? Really LOL&#8230;who is freaking out? This is the business side of basketball and most REAL fans understand that. Would I have liked to have had Lin back? Absolutely but for what the Rockets are giving him it is not worth the risk. Felton and Kidd are more seasoned vets and more capable of handling the PG role for the Knicks. </p>
<p>The problem with people like you is that you just like to instagate crap online. Which to me is funny in itself. You spend more time &#8220;trash&#8217; talking on here then anything else which I guess at your age is the &#8220;cool&#8221; thing to do.</p>
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		<title>By: davemmm</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A better comparison is to use the salaries of guys THREE years from now since he will make 5 million next year.  Inflation.  Childish jealousy.  Timing was good for him.  

Houston has to make a huge offer to force the Knicks to hesitate keeping him.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A better comparison is to use the salaries of guys THREE years from now since he will make 5 million next year.  Inflation.  Childish jealousy.  Timing was good for him.  </p>
<p>Houston has to make a huge offer to force the Knicks to hesitate keeping him.</p>
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		<title>By: papichulo55</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[papichulo55]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So exactly where does the racism start? Is it right that league needs a Chinese face to help market their product in Asia? Kevin Durant is a nice, well spoken, young man who loves his mama, and has CRAZY basketball skills. Why is he, and others like him, not good enough? Why cant people just see Kevin Durant as a basketball player, not a black basketball player?

When you can answer that, then you might have a better insight as to why there is resentment.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So exactly where does the racism start? Is it right that league needs a Chinese face to help market their product in Asia? Kevin Durant is a nice, well spoken, young man who loves his mama, and has CRAZY basketball skills. Why is he, and others like him, not good enough? Why cant people just see Kevin Durant as a basketball player, not a black basketball player?</p>
<p>When you can answer that, then you might have a better insight as to why there is resentment.</p>
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		<title>By: swingondeesenuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is racism pure and simple. These guys have no problem with a balck player gets a bad contract but when an Asian guy is offered the same thing, it&#039;s &quot;ridiculous and bad for the locker room&quot;?

Please! Stop hating on the man already.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is racism pure and simple. These guys have no problem with a balck player gets a bad contract but when an Asian guy is offered the same thing, it&#8217;s &#8220;ridiculous and bad for the locker room&#8221;?</p>
<p>Please! Stop hating on the man already.</p>
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		<title>By: klownboy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[klownboy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Knicks shouldn&#039;t match.  It&#039;s not smart basketball-wise to do so.
http://wp.me/p1gCK6-qG]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Knicks shouldn&#8217;t match.  It&#8217;s not smart basketball-wise to do so.<br />
<a href="http://wp.me/p1gCK6-qG" rel="nofollow">http://wp.me/p1gCK6-qG</a></p>
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		<title>By: sigshane</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sigshane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The truth is, Jeremy Lin is only gonna see the first two years of that contract come to fruition.

He will almost certainly be an amnesty casualty after that second year.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The truth is, Jeremy Lin is only gonna see the first two years of that contract come to fruition.</p>
<p>He will almost certainly be an amnesty casualty after that second year.</p>
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		<title>By: zmarchbank</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[zmarchbank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And then promptly faded to nowhere later in the season. you don&#039;t pay a guy 25 million dollars to be a potential 3rd string spark.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And then promptly faded to nowhere later in the season. you don&#8217;t pay a guy 25 million dollars to be a potential 3rd string spark.</p>
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		<title>By: savvybynature</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[savvybynature]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can only assume you&#039;ve either never heard of Andray Blatche or you were being sarcastic.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can only assume you&#8217;ve either never heard of Andray Blatche or you were being sarcastic.</p>
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		<title>By: zmarchbank</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[zmarchbank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read before you speak. Just because his contract averages out to about 8 million a year doesn&#039;t mean anything.

His contract is back-loaded which means regardless of what he makes in the first two years, he&#039;s going to make almost 15 million in the third year which is a ridiculous amount for a turnover machine like Lin. That&#039;s in addition to Carmelo and Amare&#039;s contract really getting bad by then too.

If you were starting a team anyone who would consider paying Lin 15 million a year any given year at this point in his career is crazy. Not to mention when you have Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd on the roster.

How bout you do some reading instead of just trying to troll on the internet.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Read before you speak. Just because his contract averages out to about 8 million a year doesn&#8217;t mean anything.</p>
<p>His contract is back-loaded which means regardless of what he makes in the first two years, he&#8217;s going to make almost 15 million in the third year which is a ridiculous amount for a turnover machine like Lin. That&#8217;s in addition to Carmelo and Amare&#8217;s contract really getting bad by then too.</p>
<p>If you were starting a team anyone who would consider paying Lin 15 million a year any given year at this point in his career is crazy. Not to mention when you have Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd on the roster.</p>
<p>How bout you do some reading instead of just trying to troll on the internet.</p>
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		<title>By: cornbreadbbqred</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cornbreadbbqred]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consider the source.  Mr. Saturday Morning Cartoons Tattoo poster boy.  J.R. is just hating because his sister&#039;s got the Bruce Lee put on them girl style in the stands when he found a job (where?), oh, in China! Quit hating J.R., and earn you a decent contract, as if you could put together 2 weeks of consistent play in a season.  Do recall as well that young Jeremy stayed in school.  Houston knows his marketing potential better than any other team in the league having selected Yao Ming previously.  Quit Hating!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Consider the source.  Mr. Saturday Morning Cartoons Tattoo poster boy.  J.R. is just hating because his sister&#8217;s got the Bruce Lee put on them girl style in the stands when he found a job (where?), oh, in China! Quit hating J.R., and earn you a decent contract, as if you could put together 2 weeks of consistent play in a season.  Do recall as well that young Jeremy stayed in school.  Houston knows his marketing potential better than any other team in the league having selected Yao Ming previously.  Quit Hating!</p>
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		<title>By: imforbigblue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who cares what melo or that punk thug smith says those two fools are both over paid. Wasn&#039;t it Lin who kept the Knicks winning when melo was out for the 900th time last year? Aslong as melo is a knicks they will never win anything. Dude is a black hole and waaaay over rated]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who cares what melo or that punk thug smith says those two fools are both over paid. Wasn&#8217;t it Lin who kept the Knicks winning when melo was out for the 900th time last year? Aslong as melo is a knicks they will never win anything. Dude is a black hole and waaaay over rated</p>
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		<title>By: cantonbound13</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cantonbound13]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You should go out of town more often.  Many people would appreciate it.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You should go out of town more often.  Many people would appreciate it.</p>
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