Question; How long before someone breaks a leg in Phoenix? ". . .Stephon Marbury is the DEVIL!" - Mamma Boucher from the Waterboy Rocket River ------------------
The Suns needed a go to guy..... The Nets, they needed shock therapy. Maybe this is good for both. ------------------ My doctor says I am bipolar. I am going to get a second opinion. I have never had intimate desires for polar bears.
Pretty even trade in my opinion. But one local caller made a good point. He said "If I name you the top 10 players in the league, Marbury is arguably on the list. Kidd is not." Good point. And Marbury is 4 years younger too. ------------------ Eddie...at the buzzer...YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!...OH MOTHER!!!! ---2002 NBA Western Conference Finals vs LA Lakers
This trade makes no sense to me. Marbury may be one of the most talented guys in the league if you look only at stats, but Kidd, I think, is the better basketball player by far. If you polled NBA players I bet 99% of them would rather play with Kidd. I don't see how this helps the Suns in the West and I suspect dissension will be visiting there quite soon.
I expect Stephon's scoring to drop a bit in Phoenix. They have more scorers then NJ. ------------------ "norm, would you like to buy an indian scalp ? This deal isn't gonna make or break me Norm, so don't jerk me around." Harry Carey "Norm, if I had a mohawk scalp, I wouldn't be sitting here talking to you."
"If I name you the top 10 players in the league, Marbury is arguably on the list. Kidd is not." You really believe that, Almu? Here are my top 10 players: (1) Shaq (2) Kobe (3) Duncan (4) Iverson (5) Garnett (6) Webber (7) Payton (8) McGrady (9) Kidd (10) Carter I don't see Marbury anywhere on that list. When is "he is young" going to stop excusing his teams' lack of success? ------------------ I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip that I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis. [This message has been edited by SamCassell (edited June 29, 2001).]
Sammy, How do you add Payton, but don't add Malone? How do you put Kidd, but not Antoine Walker? What about Rasheed Wallace? Can Kidd hit a big shot in the clutch? You seen him do that? I seen Marbury hit MANY. Kidd does make people around him BETTER. But because Kobe doesn't do that, should we put Kidd ahead of him? You talk about his teams lack of success. Yet, you have McGrady on the list and he has done...? And has Garnett advanced more than Marbury? Don't think so. Yet he is on your list also. Personally, I like Kidd more because I don't like Marbury's attitude. I see him ALL THE TIME and I can tell you with no hesitation that he is an idiot. But I can also tell you with no hesitation that Marbury is a better player who has hit big shots in clutch situations. AND, he is only 24. Wouldn't you like to see him play when he is 28? ------------------ Eddie...at the buzzer...YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!...OH MOTHER!!!! ---2002 NBA Western Conference Finals vs LA Lakers
Almu, I've seen Kidd hit many big shots, some against the Rockets, and have also seen him make his teammates better. Malone was left off my list because he is a member of the hated Utah Jazz. And he's a few years older than Payton, who I think is (for the next season or 2) still in his prime. McGrady led his team to the playoffs this(and was spectacular in them) and his surrounding cast was no better than what Marbury has to work with. 26 wins is pathetic, especially in the East. Oh, and Tracy is 2 years younger than Stephon. Did you know: Terry Catledge averaged 19 points and 8 rebounds for the 1989/90 Orlando Magic? ------------------ I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip that I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis.
On paper, the Suns look real good right now. However, they screwed big time on this one. Next season, we will see the career's of Van Horn, Kenyon Martin and Kerry Kittles rise substantially with Kidd's arrival. Conversely, Marion, Rogers and Penny's play will suffer when placed together with Marbury and 'me-first' attitude. This is a guy who turned down the chance to play with KG for the next decade and quite possibly form a duo of historic proportions. The guy then flees to Jersey, where he does nothing for them. Now, he takes his game to Phoenix, proclaiming "It will make my career go through the roof." A Penny-Marbury backcourt? Talk about your internal problems. Azim da Dream ------------------ "Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." - Geroge W. Bush, commenting on the troubled continent, to reporters in Sweden
oh yeah...we get to see francis and marbury go head to head 4 times now....francis vs kidd was okay..but marbury is a better match as far as atheletism... now if only iverson could move into the west... ------------------
Don't you think there is potential for major Starbury vs Penny flare-ups, fights etc. ? ------------------ www.expage.com/saveourunis
The Nets got the best of this deal. Kidd was actually showing signs of greatness last year at the end ie: finding the perfect combination of passing and scoring, and it was beautiful to watch, except when he kicked the Rocket's ass With Marbury you have a talented player, but unlike other star players in the league, he can't score and pass at the same time. His assist numbers are misleading, he has to concentrate on one aspect of his game, like scoring, to be successful at it, and he's not even in the same class as Kidd when it comes to making his teammates better. When I think of Stephon Marbury I think of Baron Davis with an offensive game. The real thing I see in both of them is the inability to take over games at both ends of the court at the same time. Don't underestimate how much of Marion's success was due to Kidd. You could even make a case that their whole team looked better than they really were due to Kidd. ------------------ The Smurfs were Communists
