Situation changes. At time they signed both,

they wouldn't have possibly known that both Harden and DH12 would head their way. Especially for Lin, if they knew they would get ball-dominant James Harden, they probably wouldn't have signed Lin, at least not with that money. As for Asik, he served Rockets more than anyone would have expected last year. He's a very valuable trade bait if they don't want to leave 8 million on the bench.