During Carmelo Anthony's journey through the seas of free-agency, the Houston Rockets went the extra mile to make him feel at home to entice him to join their organization. The only problem with their attempts to win over Carmelo, however, was that it came at the expense of Rockets star Jeremy Lin.
Lin, who previously played with Carmelo during his time with the Knicks franchise, wears No. 7 on his jersey, which is Carmelo's current number. While creating banner images of what Carmelo would look like wearing a Rockets jersey, they gave him Lin's No. 7, instead of creating a new number for the NBA star. The Rockets hung a huge banner of Carmelo wearing the No. 7 jersey on the front of the Toyota Center, and also added the image of Carmelo holding a championship trophy along with the words, "The key to a championship formula," on the Rockets' locker room wall.
Many fans took note of this obvious shade, and shared their thoughts on the matter on Twitter. Lin appears to have seen the images as well, and posted a tweet citing a bible passage from Luke in response to the shade discussions.
Check out the many fan reactions above, along with Jeremy Lin's indirect tweet on the subject.
Source: inflexwetrust.com
