这个不是问题。完全没有必要在这个环节上为小林辩护。用不着这么做。
我们要承认这么一个事实：lin quit Knicks as much as Knicks quit him。但这不能怪小林。首先，KNICKS不给小林OFFER，将他PUT到MARKET上，就是对他不够看重；其次，KNICKS不顾一切猛扑NASH，更是明白无误地说明他们本来只是想将小林用做BACKUP。作为弱势、被动的一方，小林在规则范围内接受火箭给他的大合同，半点错都没有。
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... ... In the next few days, the Rockets reworked the offer to $25.1 million over three years, all guaranteed. Heavily back-loaded, it would force the Knicks to pay $14.9 million in the third season of the contract, the first season of the more punitive luxury tax. For the Rockets, each season will count roughly $8.4 million toward the salary cap and luxury tax.
“We talked about it internally for a while,” Morey said. “We brought it up to his agents, asking if they would be OK with more money, and shockingly, they were open to it.”
More than a week later, on July 13, Lin flew to Las Vegas to meet with Morey and McHale for four hours in a suite at the Golden Nugget and sign the offer sheet.
