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北車 英語 | 林書豪改當火箭人 官網標題：He's Back

New York Knicks chairman James Dolan would not match the Houston Rockets' offer sheet for Jeremy Lin because he felt betrayed when the point guard returned to Houston to rework the contract, the New York Daily News reported on July 17.

The newspaper said the Knicks' decision not to retain Lin was both financial and emotional because Dolan was upset by Lin restructuring his three-year deal with the Rockets to include a third-year salary of US$14.9 million.

The breakout star of the season had made no secret that he would have preferred to remain in New York had the team made him an offer and said on Twitter, "Much love and thankfulness to the Knicks and New York for your support this past year. Easily the best year of my life. Forever grateful."

Lin's original offer sheet from the Rockets — who admitted their mistake in cutting him earlier — assured that he would receive US$9.8 million in the third year of his contract. Lin, however, went back to Houston with his representatives to negotiate a better deal.

To match the revised third-year balloon payment of US$14.9 million could have cost the Knicks another US$35 million or more in luxury tax penalties. Dolan decided he was not prepared to match this despite having a history of overpaying underperforming players and having never shied away from the luxury tax before.

Debate has been flying back and forth on the internet, with many pointing out in Lin's defense that it was the Knicks who declined to make him an offer and instead chose to allow the market to dictate his value, in the end leaving the player with only one offer on the table. Lin has also said that he had little to no contact with the Knicks' management team in the off-season and only found out online that the team had moved to sign other point guards.

In New York, the share price for Madison Square Garden, which owns the Knicks, lost close to US$50 million in market value.

Meanwhile, in Lin's new home of Houston, the Rockets launched 12 new items of Lin-related merchandise which sold out within 24 hours as the Linsanity phenomenon headed south.

台裔NBA球星林書豪下季確定改穿休士頓火箭隊戰袍！火箭為挖角林書豪，開出3年2510萬美元（約7.5億元台幣）高價，紐約尼克隊在限期的一小時半前放棄林書豪，終結林來瘋。尼克發言人台灣時間昨上午10時30分以電郵通知媒體：「我確認我們不會跟進價碼。」正式放走林書豪。

林書豪離開尼克加盟火箭的消息，立刻佔據全美各大運動網站及NBA官網首頁頭條，林書豪今天將前往休士頓。他昨也在臉書（facebook）上留言：「非常興奮和榮耀能夠重回火箭！並感謝尼克和紐約上季的支持，讓我擁有人生最棒的1年，我永遠感謝！」ESPN.com昨也引述林書豪友人說法，指林書豪會把尼克不跟進價碼的決定，當成未來奮鬥的動力。

台灣球迷原本視尼克為「NBA中華隊」，隨著林書豪轉戰火箭，球迷也不再對尼克死忠，網友AceGuard就說：「我的最愛正式移除尼克。」maxisam則認為，尼克就是老大心態，「去火箭當老大，比在紐約當孫子好。」

《紐約郵報》分析，根據火箭合約，林書豪第3年薪水高達1490萬美元（約4.5億元台幣），將讓尼克團隊薪資爆表；另須繳付超過4300萬美元（約12.9億元台幣）豪華稅，是尼克不跟進主因。ESPN.com專欄作家歐康納（Ian O’Connor）昨撰文，指尼克老闆放林書豪離隊是這輩子最愚蠢決定！而《紐約客》雜誌也再創造新字「Finsanity」（finish+insanity，林來瘋劃下句點），歡送林書豪離開紐約。

林書豪上季初曾加盟火箭，但只在季前訓練營待12天就被釋出，如今風光拿高薪「鳳還巢」，據《休士頓紀事報》網路民調，有87%球迷樂見火箭簽下林書豪，《休士頓紀事報》更把林書豪排進火箭隊史45年來第5大補強成果。 

火箭老闆亞歷山大（Leslie Alexander）昨說：「很高興林書豪重回火箭，他是個贏家，有助我們奪冠大業。」

外國媒體摘要整理

★美聯社：
．林書豪將離開紐約，並把「林來瘋」帶到休士頓火箭。
．Jeremy Lin is leaving New York and heading to the Houston Rockets.

★《今日美國》：
．「林來瘋」會在休士頓延續嗎？林書豪正式成為火箭一員。現在起我們要檢視「林來瘋」能否在德州高溫下存活。
．Will 'Linsanity' continue in Houston？Jeremy Lins officially a Houston Rocket. Now, we find out whether "Linsanity" can survive Texas heat.

★ESPN：
．尼克瘋到向「林來瘋」告別╱讓球季救世主離開。
．Knicks say goodbye to Linsanity╱Letting season savior leave.

★CBS運動網：
．靠著專做令人啞口無言操作的拿手本事，尼克蠢到讓林走。
．With knack for making dumb moves, Knicks really dumb to let Lin go.

★《紐約時報》：
．尼克正式決定，林成過去式。
．Knicks Make It Official: Lin Is Gone.

★《紐約郵報》：
．運動史上最令人神魂顛倒的暴紅故事之一，林書豪崛起，要翻頁到下個章節。但將不會在紐約。
．One of sports?most all-time captivating rags to riches stories, the rise of Jeremy Lin, is turning the page to its next chapter. But it won be set in New York.

★《休士頓紀事報》：
．如果你可以在那裡做到，你可以在任何地方做到。這些《紐約，紐約》裡的歌詞將由林書豪來驗證。
．If you can make there, you can make it anywhere. Those lyrics from ew York, New York? are about to be tested by Jeremy Lin.

參考資料：
http://www.appledaily.com.tw/appledaily/article/headline/20120719/34378883/
http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/rockets-sign-jeremy-lin

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