Are Rockets disrespecting Jeremy Lin with Carmelo billboard?

Jeremy Lin loaned out his No. 7 on Wednesday. He just didn’t know he did. And he was not happy about it.

When Carmelo Anthony arrived at Toyota Center for his meeting with the Rockets, the Rockets had the building adorned in large photo-shopped pictures of Anthony wearing Rockets uniforms with the No. 7, Lin’s number with the Rockets.

Anthony wore No. 7 with the Knicks, the number Lin took when he moved to the Rockets.

Lin likely would be traded to create the cap room needed to sign Anthony if the Rockets get that chance, but for now, the No. 7 belongs to Lin. When the shots of Anthony in Lin’s number made their way around Twitter and assorted blog posts, Lin acknowledged he felt “disrespected.”

Lin initially Tweeted a bible verse:  “Luke 6:29 – If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them”

 

When a follower on Twitter said that Lin had a right to feel slighted, Lin responded that he felt “disrespected.”

Lin tweeted: “im entitled to standup for myself/say i felt disrespected as i did thru tweet but point is love unconditionally/as jesus loved me”

The Rockets might have been able to avoid the issue by having Anthony pictured in No. 15, his number with the Nuggets and at Syracuse. He could not take No. 15 when he was traded to New York because it had been retired to honor Earl Monroe and Dick McGuire, but would be available with the Rockets.

Lin and Anthony, teammates with the Knicks, are unlikely to be teammates again, even if Anthony chooses the Rockets. Anthony was injured during much of Linsanity with the Knicks, forcing the Knicks to turn to Lin days before he was cut. Though it was clear that Lin would likely be an odd man out in the Rockets salary cap maneuvers this summer, as Anthony toured Toyota Center, Lin was clearly not happy with the Melo-drama.

via Are Rockets disrespecting Jeremy Lin with Carmelo billboard? – Ultimate Rockets.