He was a favorite of Lacob, but the Warriors were freeing up salary cap space to make an offer to restricted free agent center DeAndre Jordan; Lin was due to make almost $800,000 that would have become fully guaranteed on February 10, 2012.
Ia adalah pemain favorit Lacob, tetapi Warriors perlu mengurangi gaji keseluruhan pemain supaya dapat memberi penawaran untuk "center" DeAndre Jordan; Lin sebenarnya akan memperoleh gaji hampir $800,000 yang akan dijamin sepenuhnya tanggal 10 Februari 2012.