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Marbury: 'I got shot in head by my own guys in my foxhole'

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  1. DcProWLer277

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    NEW YORK -- With his career in New York seemingly finished, Knicks guard Stephon Marbury lashed out at teammates and coach Mike D'Antoni a day before he was to meet with team president Donnie Walsh about a possible buyout, the New York Post reported in Monday's edition.

    Walsh suspended Marbury for Saturday's game against Golden State because the Knicks said Marbury refused to play Wednesday night in a loss at Detroit. The Knicks also docked his pay from that night, with the penalties costing Marbury nearly $400,000.

    "I sat there for three weeks and didn't say one word," Marbury told the Post. "I didn't hear one of my teammates say, 'Why isn't Stephon Marbury playing? This is a good system for him, even to play with the second unit and bring more firepower.'

    "When things got bad and then worse, guys like Quentin Richardson say, 'I don't consider him a teammate. He let his teammates out to dry.' He didn't care I was his teammate when I was banished. They left me out for dead. It's like we're in a foxhole and I'm facing the other way. If I got shot in the head, at least you want to get shot by the enemy. I got shot in the head by my own guys in my foxhole. And they didn't even give me an honorable death."

    Marbury isn't part of D'Antoni's plans and has been on the inactive list most of the season. However, D'Antoni twice asked Marbury if he would play when the Knicks were undermanned.

    "Mike had no intentions of me playing basketball here," Marbury said. "He gave me straight disrespect. It was beyond disrespect. He put in [Danilo] Gallinari, whose back is messed up and [who] didn't participate at all in training camp ahead of me [in the season opener]. ... That's saying, 'I'm letting you have it right now.' He was sticking it to me."

    Walsh has said he's opposed to buyouts and agreed that it's difficult to trade Marbury because of his salary of approximately $21 million.

    "He [D'Antoni] knew I was in my contract year and did everything they asked me to do. He's not trying to help me. He's trying to hurt me," Marbury said.

    Marbury agreed to suit up last Friday night in Milwaukee so the Knicks would have the league-mandated eight players in uniform, but declined D'Antoni's offer before the game to take some available minutes.

    D'Antoni and Walsh didn't feel that was insubordination, but Walsh believed he had to act this time, when Marbury turned D'Antoni down after guards Nate Robinson and Cuttino Mobley were unavailable in the second game of a back-to-back.

    "He suspended me without hearing both sides," Marbury said. "That wasn't fair. He took it upon himself to fine me without even speaking to me."

    The players' association plans to file a grievance because Marbury insists he never refused to play.

    "Mike gave the option to play," he said. "He couldn't come to me man to man and say, 'You have to play.' It was an option."

    Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press
    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3736322


    What a character that Marbury is...thank God Morey isn't stupid enough to sign this guy.
     
    #1 DcProWLer277, Dec 1, 2008
  2. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    Marbury is right here.

    DD
     
    #2 DaDakota, Dec 1, 2008
  3. shawn786

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    I'm tired of hearing about Marbury every time I log on to any NBA sports page.

    Just cut the guy already so we can go on w/ our lives.
     
    #3 shawn786, Dec 1, 2008
  4. DaDakota

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    He gets cut, and I want him in a Rockets uni...stat !

    DD
     
    #4 DaDakota, Dec 1, 2008
  5. shawn786

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    As much as I HATE Marbury, I'd probably reluctantly say yes. We need to be in a win now state. Our players might not be able to hold up to much longer...
     
    #5 shawn786, Dec 1, 2008
  6. DcProWLer277

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    Maybe so but just looking at his past history you know what kind of guy he is...he's a nutcase.

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  7. pmac

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    This was my point in the other thread. It was an option.

    If Dantoni wanted to force him to play then he could have done it publicly (i.e. on the court, during the game) and there would have been evidence for everyone to see.

    I think the Knicks' organization are trying as hard as they can to not pay Marbury. He should try to get as much money as he can from them. I'm glad we never hired that slimy snake Dantoni.
     
    #7 pmac, Dec 1, 2008
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    And don't forget how he and Francis got along, put them together with Artest and Rafer and I see a ticking time bomb.
     
    #8 DcProWLer277, Dec 1, 2008
  9. shawn786

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    He might be a "slimy snake" but the man gets results. He's getting this Knicks team to perform better than Isaiah Thomas or Larry Brown ever did.
     
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  10. Tom Bombadillo

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    Yes, I totally agree......
     
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  11. across110thstreet

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    what part of "new direction" to Staph and his minions not understand? he was told from the beginning he wasn't being used.

    and now he comes out trying to use the media as his mouthpiece for his vitriol?

    what a shame, what an embarassment.

    by the way, what locker room has he not left in shambles after leaving?

    he failed in Minnesota, wanted to be his own star, the team advances to Conference Finals without him. he failed in New Jersey, the team went to the Finals, twice. he failed in Phoenix, they have been a top Conference performer ever since.

    and who is going to sign this guy now? he represents himself and doesn't have an agent.

    try going into negotiations with this guy and see how far you get. :rolleyes:
     
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  12. Tom Bombadillo

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    Wait, What is wrong with that video? He seemed pretty cool to me...... Outgoing, and fun.......
     
    #12 Tom Bombadillo, Dec 1, 2008
  13. WhoMikeJames

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    Marbury >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Rafer.

    But... Why would he want to come here. Do we have enough money?

    We could have a lineup with 4 Potential all stars...

    Marbury
    Tmac
    Artest
    Scola
    Yao
     
    #13 WhoMikeJames, Dec 1, 2008
  14. Tom Bombadillo

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    5 potential all-stars:)
     
    #14 Tom Bombadillo, Dec 1, 2008
  15. JuanValdez

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    I agree, but still wouldn't want him near the Rockets. He's a good player, but wouldn't make the Rockets better, even in the short-term.
     
    #15 JuanValdez, Dec 1, 2008
  16. across110thstreet

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    he seemed very clear headed to me as well. His sycophantic "Yes Men" would agree with you.

    here's one where he describes kissing his sister and feeling her soul, before taking a call on the set, before challenging the host to put up his dukes...

    totally clear headed throughout the whole thing.

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  17. Tom Bombadillo

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    Hahaha, That's what happens when you are high..........lol
    That was great......
    "I am gonna average like 12 or 13 dimes, and like 2-3 assists"
    LOLOLOL
    One hell of a drug.....
     
    #17 Tom Bombadillo, Dec 1, 2008
  18. T_Man

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    Called REVENGE.... :mad:
     
    #18 T_Man, Dec 1, 2008
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    "we got a younger YOUTHIER player..." lmao
    and the weird gestures he makes near the end of the 2nd video makes me laugh
     
    #19 Rewrite24, Dec 1, 2008
  20. conquistador#11

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    :rolleyes: This guy watches way toooooo many warm films.

    umm.. ummm...
     
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