Jeremy Lin Isn't A Star, According To Houston Rockets GM Daryl M

Jeremy Lin is making $25 million over three years. With an average of 8.4 million per year, he is the eighth highest paid point guard in the league. The seven who are making more money have either won MVPs (Derrick Rose, Steve Nash), perennial all-stars (Chris Paul, Russell Westbrook, Deron Williams) or guys who have been a starter on a championship team (Rajon Rondo, Tony Parker).
Lin is being paid like a star, but apparently, the man who gave him that contract doesn't consider him to be one.
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Grantland's Zach Lowe wrote a wonderful piece today breaking down the Rocket's future, and more than once, he mentioned the Rockets -- although in a good spot -- needs a second star along side James Harden for the future. Morey actually agrees. Heck, he provides the quote.
Here's Morey to Lowe:
"We haven't done anything yet," Morey told Grandland. "We are still on pace to be a no. 6-no. 10 seed. We still have a long way to go, but we definitely like our position better. We probably got the hardest part done, but now we have to get a second star to go with James."
So this begs the question, if Morey himself doesn't consider Lin a star -- and we're not even talking the alpha dog superstar, but the secondary star -- why did he offer Lin that contract?
Did Morey overvalued Lin and has since realized his mistake? Or did Morey pay Lin that amount because it would be a good business and marketing opportunity?
Lin himself would admit he's not a star right now. And no educated basketball fan would consider Lin to be anywhere close to a superstar but to hear it from the man who offered him the money is, well, strange.

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夏天要在来一个顶薪,最尴尬的要在2014-15,给不给帅哥大合同,加上小林/啊西的30M -jiangwen999- 给 jiangwen999 发送悄悄话 (33 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:06:02

所以木垒都找一些合同年的小年轻 -jiangwen999- 给 jiangwen999 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:11:37

现在也就两个顶薪可签,CP3 and DH12 -ctgolfer- 给 ctgolfer 发送悄悄话 ctgolfer 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:22:55

CP3如果去火箭,哈登也没活干了。火箭会要内线大牌,不是后场。 -万绿丛中- 给 万绿丛中 发送悄悄话 万绿丛中 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:48:15

阿西克怎么没用?数据还是不错的。莫雷若能搞个 -万绿丛中- 给 万绿丛中 发送悄悄话 万绿丛中 的博客首页 (57 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:59:42

不是说到期的大合同很有交易价值吗? -万绿丛中- 给 万绿丛中 发送悄悄话 万绿丛中 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 20:05:11

好像是expiring contract 球队喜欢要,可以帮助球队下一年的薪金空间。 -万绿丛中- 给 万绿丛中 发送悄悄话 万绿丛中 的博客首页 (63 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 20:13:08

你说的有道理,但交易不出去就烂手里了。 -ctgolfer- 给 ctgolfer 发送悄悄话 ctgolfer 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 20:16:37

別人要你的 expiring contract 帮助球队下一年的薪金空间有一个前提 -张美灵- 给 张美灵 发送悄悄话 (109 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 21:36:49

不是你的解释。好像是下一年的薪金空间是按上一年来 -万绿丛中- 给 万绿丛中 发送悄悄话 万绿丛中 的博客首页 (172 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 21:51:36

合同只能用来互相交换,对等年薪计 -张美灵- 给 张美灵 发送悄悄话 (438 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 22:18:49

交易的时候算800万的薪资空间。 -苹果树下2012- 给 苹果树下2012 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 20:30:46

回复:交易的时候算800万的薪资空间。 -张美灵- 给 张美灵 发送悄悄话 (58 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 22:27:05

不过邓呆呆真是好人,球好人也好,俺饭的球星,应该高薪。 -万绿丛中- 给 万绿丛中 发送悄悄话 万绿丛中 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 20:06:35

我认为主要是年事已高,不差钱了。 -ctgolfer- 给 ctgolfer 发送悄悄话 ctgolfer 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 20:13:29

这位可真不开眼,8百万是首发控卫的平均工资罢了 -toosad- 给 toosad 发送悄悄话 (226 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:02:05

你看看nash/隆多那年才拿到1千万。在dallas的表现比小林现在强多了,cuban都认为1千万太多 -jiangwen999- 给 jiangwen999 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:10:12

哪年啊?通货膨胀也要考虑啊。 -wxc8e- 给 wxc8e 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/27/2013 postreply 09:51:05

转发一下事实,没事吧。 -ctgolfer- 给 ctgolfer 发送悄悄话 ctgolfer 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:19:32

转发一个看看 Lin 8.4 million a year, fit in? -plateau- 给 plateau 发送悄悄话 plateau 的博客首页 (4050 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:26:51

别的不知,Dragic 30mil/4year = 7.5mil ? -ctgolfer- 给 ctgolfer 发送悄悄话 ctgolfer 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:30:38

林实际上是顶薪,要是真签了4年32M,压力要小好多 -jiangwen999- 给 jiangwen999 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:38:06

我觉得对球员来说,只要球队给,就签 -ctgolfer- 给 ctgolfer 发送悄悄话 ctgolfer 的博客首页 (81 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:43:47

火箭想要林,只能开这样的合同,用奢侈税阻击纽约,让纽约无法匹配。其他合同形式没有用。 -苹果树下2012- 给 苹果树下2012 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 20:28:40

林根本不是顶薪。林这种受限制自由球员能拿到的顶薪是4年4000万。 -苹果树下2012- 给 苹果树下2012 发送悄悄话 (59 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 23:53:27

Dragic 32mil/4year,莫雷不肯给抓鸡第四年,所以 -万绿丛中- 给 万绿丛中 发送悄悄话 万绿丛中 的博客首页 (198 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 19:54:04

有病,莫雷说的是和哈登平级的球员,是另一个顶薪球员,林的工资是哈登的一半,大号中产罢了。 -苹果树下2012- 给 苹果树下2012 发送悄悄话 (211 bytes) () 02/26/2013 postreply 20:09:03

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