The Houston Rockets left Jeremy Lin feeling "disrespected" after a presentation to free agent Carmelo Anthony on Wednesday - the pitch included pictures of Anthony wearing a #7 Rockets jersey...a jersey that still belongs to Lin.
Now, Rockets GM Daryl Morey has tried his best to explain the situation (tweets via Fox Houston Sports Director Mark Berman):
Rockets GM Daryl Morey on Toyota Center marquee w/ pictures of Carmelo Anthony wearing #7(Jeremy Lin's #): "It's always a challenging(more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 2, 2014
More Daryl Morey: "situation during free agency.You are always having to recruit players & there might be current players at current(more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 2, 2014
More Daryl Morey: "..positions, might be people with the current numbers. It's unfortunate that it's often hard to handle. Reality is(more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 2, 2014
More Daryl Morey: ".. it's standard practice.When we went after Chris Bosh a few years ago,we had him N Luis)Scola's number. When we(more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 2, 2014
More Daryl Morey: ".. went after Dwight Howard he had (Pat) Beverley's number. I get the sensitivity & I hate that it creates(more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 2, 2014
More Daryl Morey: "..some hurt feelings.I don't like that,but that's obviously Carmelo Anthony's number, that's the number he wants.(more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 2, 2014
More Daryl Morey: "..He told us that. Bottomline, if Carmelo comes Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin have to be traded. It's just math.(more)
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 2, 2014
More Daryl Morey: "..It's not personal. My job is every day figure out how to win. Sometimes it creates challenging situations."
— Mark Berman (@MarkBermanFox26) July 2, 2014
Houston is one of four teams meeting with Anthony this week - in addition to Tuesday's visit with the Chicago Bulls and Wednesday's visits with the Rockets and Dallas Mavericks, Anthony will meet with LA Lakers management in Los Angeles on Thursday. Anthony has also met with the New York Knicks, who are trying hard to retain him despite the crowded market for his services.
