Can Stephon Marbury help our team more than Rafer Alston does?

Heck no.

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I say 'yes'!

Clearly, with Rafer, the current rockets are not a contender! This is probably the last season for Tmac and Yao here. Since we are nowhere to go, why don't take a risk? If it works out, we could win the title. If not, at most, another 1st round out. Why not?!

 

I would risk it for the minimum. He cant be much worse than rafer

 

I say "YES'. Stephon can hit an open jumper and create his own shot and penetrate and kick out.

 

clearly, every team that Marbury played on was not a contender either. switching teams after being cast away from yet another franchise won't fix anything.

and everyone is so high on his basketball skills? what's the big deal? people always say he'll get his 20 and 8, well he certainly struggled in his new role as Knicks savior. he'll get you about 14points, 4 or 5 assists and about 3 turnovers per night.

 

Locker Room Cancer. Hell no!

 

You think he will come here for the min.? NO...

 

Talent-wise, this is a no-brainer, BUT that isn't really the issue is it? I say no.

 

I say yes.

at least Marbury got skills.

Rafer has no skills as a PG.

 

Hell he can't hurt us any more than we already are hurting.

 

Yeah, sure, Marbury can make us better by going to the Lakers.

 

I can, easily.

Rafer is a better teammate than Staph.

 

lord not again

Edit ^^ yes that is a prayer

 

Where is the neither option because both are garbage, but Rafer is "less garbage."

 

Stephon Marbury...not about his ability, its about his personality.

 

Wasn't Mike James, plainly, obviously, going to nail Rafer to the bench?

The Mike James numbers that everyone loved to point to:
Tor: 20 and 6, 47% shooting and 44% 3s
Stephon Marbury hasn't posted numbers close to that since '04-'05, and he very definitely brings along all the baggage that James did. Amazing how quickly this BBS forgets how repeatedly this franchise has been burned when they've gone after headcases (Swift, Bonzi, James) the past few years.

This isn't NBA Live. It's NBA Reality. Rafer is obviously an unreliable and very inefficient scorer...but he does bring things to the table. He plays hard almost every night, he fully buys into the team approach, he's strong at protecting the rock, and his team defense is underappreciated.

Marbury is a self-absorbed guy that puts himself above the team. He doesn't care a lick about defense. His own teammates tend to dislike and distrust him. He doesn't lead winning teams. He hides behind decent looking numbers, but I doubt you'd see many NBA players say they want him on their team if you ran a poll.

All that said, there is a possible scenario that if he were cut loose, he'd put on an "ideal teammate" act to try and prove himself and show up his critics (and earn a 2009 contract). That's what we're hoping to get with Ron (and failed at with Bonzi). That's a short-term scenario I could live with.

Evan

 

lol, we would end up with the Knicks former backcourt, Francis and Marbury. Honestly, I rather take a chance on Steve than to pick up Starbury. They have similar games. And so far, we know Steve gets along with the team and is not going to be a diva or distraction.