I was discussing Lin's market value with super_lintendo in this thread when I found out that Lin knows several key people in the 76ers' organization and this team in total rebuild mode may be a good environment for Lin:
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1. CEO - Scott O'Neil
The person who understood Lin's market value the best was MSG's former marketing head. He sent his team to China right after Lin broke out. He pursued Coca Cola to have its in-stadium ads partly in Chinese around MSG. He visited Asia himself to meet with Asian sponsors after 2011/2012 season. He saw Lin's popularity in Asia first hand. He was clearly on the side of keeping Lin in MSG's executive rank. He resigned after Dolan decided to let Lin go. I don't know where he is now. But I remember him giving interviews to reporters during Linsanity, citing all the exubrant sales numbers due to Lin. He clearly saw Lin's market value and was quick to try to capitalize on it.
Translation by super_lintendo:
最了解林的市场价值的，非麦迪逊花园广场的前行销领导莫属了。他在林爆发后送他的团队到中国，还说服可口可乐把部分中文广告放置在MSG的球场内。在2011/2012赛季结束后，他亲自走访亚洲和哪里的赞助商接触，亲自见证了林在亚洲的火红程度。在MSG的行政单位中，很明显他就是站在留住林书豪这一边的，当多兰决定了让林离开后，他就辞职了。我不知道他现在在哪里，但我记得他在林疯狂时接受记者访问，引用了很多林带来的各种兴旺的销售数字。他很清楚的看到林的市场价值而且想要尽快的开发它。
His name is Scott O'Neil. He's now the CEO of Philadelphia 76ers!!! And he's also the Alternate Governor of the NBA.He has an MBA from Harvard. He used to be the SVP of the NBA before working as the president of MSG Sports.
www.nba.com/sixers/news/oneil-hired-ceo
这名前尼克斯行销单位领导是Scott O'nell.他现在是费城76人队的高层行政主管！！！同时还是NBA的储备干事。他有哈佛商业管理硕士学位，在担任花园广场的体育总监之前，他曾经是NBA的高级副总裁！所以，林在76人的管理层是有人脉的，而且还是哈佛校友！
2. GM - Sam Hinkie
76ers' GM Sam Hinkie was Morey's assistant GM at Houston before this season.
sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/charles-barkley-76ers-gm-sam-hinkie-know-don-180915063.html
3. Coaches - Brett Brown
Its new head coach Brett Brown was Spur's assistant coach. He hired assistant coaches to focus on player development. That sounds excellent! One of Brett Brown's assistant coach comes from Denver Nuggets. He's most likely the offensive coorinator. Another assistant coach Lloyd Pierce, who may be the defensive coordinator, was an assistant coach at Warriors in 2010-2011 season. That means Jeremy must know him.
www.libertyballers.com/2013/11/5/5059076/brett-brown-sixers-assistant-coach-chad-iske-lloyd-pierce-greg-foster
What are the odds? Lin knows the CEO, the GM and one of the assistant coaches. The team is in a total rebuild mode. Some people think the team is trying to tank this season. Yet, it has a better record than Brooklyn Nets and NY Knicks. Its PG is a rookie, Michael Carter-Williams. Carter-Williams, picked 11th overall out of Syracuse in the 2013 NBA draft, is a front runner for rookie-of-the-year. He suffered a knee injury similar to Lin's recently.
No one knows whether Hinkie values Lin. Williams has nice stats, but that's becaue he plays 36.7 minutes per game. Lin beats him in FG% and 3pt%. We don't know whether he'll work out. If he doesn't, 76ers could be a friedly environment for Jeremy.