New York Knicks Confirm They Will Not Match Rockets’ Offer Sheet for Jeremy Lin

July 17th, 2012 by Sam R. Quinn Leave a reply »
The New York Knicks have finally made the decision to let Jeremy Lin leave the bright lights of Broadway for the Houston Rockets.

According to Yahoo! Sports' Marc J. Spears, the Knicks will not match the Rockets' offer sheet:

Knicks spokesman confirms that Jeremy Lin's offer sheet will not be matched. @JLin7 is now officially a Rocket.

— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) July 18, 2012  

The Harvard grad is definitely a welcome addition to the Rockets organization. Houston General Manager Daryl Morey (via Twitter) made sure his newest acquisition is well aware of that:

Welcome to Houston @JLin7! We plan to hang on this time. You will love #RedNation

— Daryl Morey (@dmorey) July 18, 2012  

Morey is referring to when the Rockets waived Lin last December. That was long before anybody could have foreseen his meteoric rise to stardom coming.

The Rockets surely won't be letting him get away this time, but it comes at a very steep price.

Lin himself made it a point to let the Twitterverse know how excited he is about joining the Rockets next season and beyon ...

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