Jeremy Lin is now a member of the Rockets, but admitted that he would have preferred to remain with the Knicks.

"Honestly, I preferred New York," Lin says. "But my main goal in free agency was to go to a team that had plans for me and wanted me. I wanted to have fun playing basketball. ... Now I'm definitely relieved."

Lin received a call from Glen Grunwald at 11 PM EST to inform him that the Knicks wouldn't match his offer sheet with Houston.

"We wanted to keep you, but it couldn't work out," said Grunwald. "Tell your family I say hello, and good luck the rest of the way."