Houston, you can have him.

That was the message the Knicks sent on Tuesday when they decided not to match Jeremy Lin's three-year, $25.1 million offer sheet from the Rockets.

The team announced its decision on Tuesday night, confirming several reports that surfaced over the weekend stating the Knicks would not match Lin's offer.

"Much love and thankfulness to the Knicks and New York for your support this past year...easily the best year of my life#ForeverGrateful," Lin tweeted Tuesday night.

"Extremely excited and honored to be a Houston Rocket again!!#RedNation," Lin added in another tweet.

A source close to Lin said that, despite the diplomatic tweets, he will use the Knicks' decision as motivation in his next stop.

"Any slight or disrespect he will milk for all it's worth," the source told ESPNNewYork.com. "He's going to be motivated."

Before reports surfaced that the Knicks would not match the Rockets' offer to Lin, he "never considered" that he wouldn't be back in New York, according the source.

The Knicks also stated publicly after the season that they had every intention of bringing Lin back.

But New York's thinking changed when Lin signed his offer sheet with Houston.