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发帖数: 266 | 1 某纽约球迷对现况的深入分析，貌似不管怎么样，melo is screwed and lin will be loved.
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I think folks are not factoring in David Stern here.
Jeremy Lin is appealing and marketable to an entire segment of potential
fans that do not normally follow basketball. The President is talking about
Jeremy Lin. The women on The View are talking about Jeremy Lin. People in
college who don't follow the pro game are following Jeremy Lin. Having a
young black wannabe rapper thug life self promoting entitled diva chucker is
a dime a dozen in the NBA. That draws the youth crowd and the urban crowd.
Both of which are not the high dollar in their prime earning year
demographic like Lin can draw. And Lin draws female viewers, which Stern has
always coveted. Not because he's handsome like Tom Brady, but because he
makes the game wholesome and accessible as a role model as a try hard very
religious grinder who is the perpetual underdog. Finally soccer moms have an
NBA star that they can see as a role model for their kids that won't make
them think their kids are going to stab some other kid for their sneakers
because of some rap song by some ball stopping chucker.
It's not just about Dolan, it's also about Time Warner and David Stern and
ESPN and all the corporate sponsors and advertisers who want that massive
Asian market and viewership. Woodson benching Lin will look like a pure
hatchet job from a coach killing Melo. And if the Knicks lose, which they
will with a Melo/STAT centric team ( because they were losing with those
dudes WITHOUT Lin), then the PR storm will destroy them all. Melo and
Woodson will be seen as jilted bullies and jealous and short sighted.
David Stern cannot make Team X play certain Player Y. David Stern can
instruct his refs to NEVER give Team X a call again unless Player Y is on
the court. Melo is a lethal scorer. He's not so lethal when the word gets
out to other teams that when Lin is not on the floor, you can elbow Melo in
the face with no call. Also when Lin isn't on the floor, the other team
shoots 40 more free throws. There's a reason Latrell Sprewell got
blackballed out of the league. He still had a little bit of juice left in
him. But Stern hated him. Hated him for promoting the press that NBA players
were nothing but violent arrogant selfish out of control thugs ( him
choking his own coach) No team that would sign Spree would ever get a call
again. This is part of the reason why Iverson and Marbury also have a hard
time finding even a 12th man role on a team, even with their sharp decline
and team cancer concerns. Stern hates them as well, and those players no
longer offer the marketing offset to put up with their crap. Woodson benches
Lin, that's costing a lot of people a lot of money. Every regular foul
against Melo then is not called. Every flagrant 1 is now a regular foul.
Half of every flagrant 2s are not called, the other 25 percent are called
flagrant 1s, the rest are called normal fouls. Melo wants to push Lin out,
he better be prepared for the beating of his life.
This doesn't even factor in the press. Where the NY press and international
press will destroy Woodson and Melo. Melo as a brand will be worth the spit
from your mouth. Every negative thing about the American black culture felt
by other races and cultures will be held full bear against him. Where
Woodson and Melo might get this wrong is thinking playing Lin and having him
do poorly will justify benching him, except thats not how the media will
take it. The media was jumping on Melo when the TEAM WAS WINNING. What do
you think will happen if Lin is benched and the team is losing? It will look
like Woodson is bending to Melo's will to hatchet job Lin to protect Melo's
status as Alpha Dog in the press. It will look like two black selfish
arrogant bullies who don't give lick about winning taking a dump on the hard
working honest humble underdog Asian kid who did nothing but say praise for
his team mates and God.
The only way this hatchet job works is if the Knicks start winning with Melo
doing the heavy lifting in isolation with STAT as a big part of the process
. Except they CAN'T WIN like that. Melo has poor shot selection. He has some
poor BB IQ that impacts his offense and defense. He's not a good defensive
player. STAT is in sharp decline. Both are chewing up cap space to be a top
heavy team, that means in the future, after Melo drives out Lin, it will be
two aging no defense chuckers along with a bunch of minimum salary guys or
vets who are on their last legs that contenders didn't want with no draft
picks, young assets or cap space to reload or rearm.
Nothing Melo can do will stop Lin's real power. The love of the fans and the
love of the people. You win the crowd, you win your freedom. People love an
underdog. There is genuine positive sentiment about Asians in this country
from other races and cultures. There are negative stereotypes sure, but
there is also the pull yourself up by your bootstraps, no conflict,
hardworking stereotypes as well. If Lin plays well, it's because he's
overcome even Melo's hatchet job. If he doesn't, it's because Melo's jealous
and Melo's fist is so far up Woodson's backside that Atlanta Mike is now a
finger puppet and both are looking to job him.
Lin might be a Christian, but do you think he will want to stay in this
dysfunction? He will bide his two years, where he can develop his overall
game. Then go to a team that appreciates him and his leadership and his
talent and the literal printing press of cash that comes with him. Then even
Knicks fans will still root for Lin, even on another team, because they'll
remember that one moment when the Knicks played team ball and won, all
because of an underdog kid who just would not back down. Lin will be loved
because even if he's not a Knick, he's still all New York in his heart.
There is no way out for Melo here. He is completely screwed. |
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