Jeremy Lin is the newest member of the Houston Rockets as the New York Knicks elected not to match an offer sheet. [FULL STORY HERE.] The social media world reacted accordingly, and we've culled some of the best reactions for you, broken down by category:
The man himself (@JLin7)
- "Extremely excited and honored to be a Houston Rocket again!! ‪#RedNation‬"
- "Much love and thankfulness to the Knicks and New York for your support this past year...easily the best year of my life ‪#ForeverGrateful‬"
His new Rockets teammates and bosses
- Forward Chandler Parsons: "Everybody welcome my dude @JLin7 back to the @HoustonRockets. LINSANITY"
- General manager Daryl Morey: "Welcome to Houston @JLin7! We plan to hang on this time. You will love ‪#RedNation‬"
- Retired guard Steve Francis: "@JLin7 Houston is a wonderful city embrace it and try and get some W's. Franchise"
- Forward Patrick Patterson: "i'm a mirage.. shawty you're mine.. open your eyes, your blind" (OK, we're pretty sure those are Chris Brown lyrics and don't have anything to do with Jeremy Lin.)
His former Knicks teammates
- Guard Landry Fields: "HUGE Congrats to @JLin7! So excited for you and all the great things to come.. Houston, you got yourself a good one!"
- Forward Steve Novak: "@JLin7 U will be missed my friend. As great a teammate as I've had. Wish u all the best in H-town!"
NBA media members
- Hardwood Paroxysm's Matt Moore: "I think the big thing with Houston is they've whiffed on SO MANY STARS. Lin MIGHT be one and was one they cold get. Gotta find it somewhere."
- The Basketball Jones' Tas Melas: "The best part about the Jeremy Lin saga is that all anyone can talk about on court, is how a 23-year-old will get WORSE."
- (Toronto) National Post's Bruce Arthur: "Knicks confirm Jeremy Lin will walk. James Dolan, to mark the occasion, moons the photocopier that produces everyone's Cablevision bill."
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