The brass of the New York Knicks have to decide whether they want to open the checkbook for Jeremy Lin.
Last year's most popular player has a $29 million offer from Houston. The Knicks have a right to match that offer.
When we asked readers if they would match the funds, 57% said yes.
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Larry Brown, the former coach of the Knicks and now with SMU, visited The Mike Lupica Show Thursday and talked about the Knicks keeping their hands in their pockets.
"I think the kid was the great. The system helped him be really great," Brown said of Lin. "It's a wonderful story. But I look at him as a terrific backup in the NBA. I may be wrong, I really want him to be successful but I think if you overpay him for the interest that he created that's not the best thing.
"I think you overpay him if you think he's going to make you better, going to make Stoudemire better, going to make Carmelo better, going to make Tyson better….then pay him as much as you can."
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Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
Michael Hiestand has covered sports media and marketing for USA TODAY, tackling the sports biz ranging from what's behind mega-events such as the Olympics and Super Bowl to the sometimes-hidden numbers behind the sports world's bottom line.
