http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/ny-spknix235854514sep23,0,276067.story It has been believed since Donnie Walsh took over the Knicks in April that Stephon Marbury's tumultuous days as a Knick were numbered. Now the matter is days from being official, Newsday has learned. Several persons with knowledge of the situation have indicated that the Knicks are planning to part ways with Marbury by the end of the week. One caveat is the approval of Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan, who must sign off on yet another multimillion-dollar payoff for his NBA team. Marbury is in the final year of his contract, which is to pay him $21.9 million. The Knicks will likely place Marbury on waivers and, once he clears, begin negotiating a buyout. Marbury will then be free to sign with another team; the Miami Heat have a desperate need at point guard. Though removing the controversial Marbury from the locker room is believed to have been a foregone conclusion for some time - the old addition-by-subtraction theory - it is also well known within the walls of 2 Penn Plaza that Walsh is having trouble getting comfortable with the idea of handing someone nearly $20 million to go play for another team. Especially when that player might be in the best shape of his career and focused - yes, rarely a word attributed to Marbury - to prove a great deal of critics wrong. Make no mistake; all indications from those who have seen him are that Marbury is physically more ready for this season than the previous two. The left ankle is healed after surgery last January to remove bone spurs. His weight is reportedly down to 200 pounds after he spent the summer training in Southern California - "Running the Hollywood Hills," as has been repeatedly said from those in his camp. He has refreshingly been mostly under the radar throughout the summer, with nary a bizarre interview to be seen on YouTube (OK, he did have his "Starbury" logo tattooed on his skull). Marbury, who created a huge divide between himself and teammates after he went AWOL in Phoenix last November, stayed to himself with his workouts at the MSG Training Center this offseason until yesterday, when he joined the other Knicks veterans in pickup games. One observer from yesterday's workout noted the uneasy atmosphere among the other players. "You could just feel the hate," the person said.
I would rate Marbury as a high risk. Maybe he would come cheap, and the Rockets do need to look at PGs, but the guy is a cancer. As they say, you can have one crazy on the team, but once you have a couple they'll start multiplying until the chemistry is totally shot.
sign marbury to do play by play with clyde imagine the stuff they would say. but i would not like to see him in a rockets jersey. cant stand him
Hate him as a person and as a player. I hate this thread. abc2007, I hate your thread more than I hate Marbury. May God have mercy on your soul.
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I thought we were done signing ex-Knick point guards when Van Gundy left. I'm a believer in not having more than one crazy player at a time, and Ron Artest already fills our quota.
If we can sign him for the vet minimum, then I would do it, and if he is a cancer you cut him. The guy is still better than any PG we have on our roster.....and I believe that if he were on a team with established leaders that was WINNING he might fall in line. If not......you jettison him.....pronto.... But, I am always up for taking a free look at potential assets...and hey...you JVG supporters should know that JVG thinks he can still play at a high level. I agree with him. DD
