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A team source tells ESPNNewYork.com's Ian Begley that the third year of the Rockets' offer -- worth $14.8 million -- makes it unlikely the Knicks would match. If the Knicks were to match the offer, they would also be subject to a luxury tax in the third year, bringing their total out-of-pocket cost for Lin to approximately $30 million in 2014-2015.
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ESPN上看到的, 這樣的代價尼克很難跟進~~
有人提到商業利益多大多大, 但這先決條件必須是Lin的表現一直能打敗大家預期... 而預期跟身價當然有絕對相關; 現在大家期待很高, 花大錢簽下來擔的風險就很驚人