Lin Knicks Exit Would Leave Retailers With Worthless Merchandise

If the New York Knicks don’t match Houston’s contract offer to point guard Jeremy Lin, perhaps nobody would be more disappointed than Mitchell Modell, whose namesake sporting-goods retailer will have to sharply discount its 40,000 Lin team-related items in stock.

“We’re going to have crazy, crazy prices -- like $5,” Modell said in a telephone interview. T-shirts list for $24.99 on Modell’s website, with jerseys going for as much as $89.99.