NYT: Marbury 'Expected to Be Waived'

Easy · Sep 23, 2008

I'd take Rafer over Marbury everyday. In fact, I'd take NOTHING over Marbury everyday. He is worse than nothing. He is a negative. I wouldn't sign him if he PAYS to play for the Rockets.

shawn786 · Sep 23, 2008

Marbury is a cancer.

Last time I checked cancer kills people...

No Thanks!

jshabang · Sep 23, 2008

Rockets2K said:

Don't fret, you aren't alone.

You dont have to have all-stars at every position, Rafer will be fine as long as everyone else does their jobs. One should never discount the effect a calm and composed floor general can make, and that isn't one of his weaknesses.

btw......I thought it was established by now that Starbury was a team-killer in every sense of the phrase, I don't want him anywhere near my team....I dont care how much he is getting. I have tons more faith in Francis making an impact than I do of Starbury bringing ANYTHING positive to the Rockets.
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exactly right R2K.....this has been established months ago in countless threads........

no
we need a starter hes not one...so whats the point??????

for him to come here and get 15 min off the bench????? With all that talent??? pointless

we have tried this experiment people and his name was stevie franchise/mike james.......IT DIDNT WORK

hell franchise is still here last i checked and he has erie similiaritys and skill sets to this marbury guy which would make gettin him very redundant...and pointless to no end

tell u one thing we would lead the league in former all star point guards with
DNP'S NEXT SEASON...thats for sure

hell i would much rather give those minutes to that blur of a young guard we have then marbury anyday and twice on sunday

Showtizzle2642 · Sep 23, 2008

DcProWLer277 said:

Hmm...Marbury with Artest in the locker room?? We might as well sign Bonzi too.
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might as well trade for sheed and sign stodamire(damon) is derek anderson still availablemaybe hes down for a second go round.... i joke i keed

IROC it · Sep 24, 2008

Marbury? Please no.

TMac640 · Sep 24, 2008

shawn786 said:

Marbury is a cancer.

Last time I checked cancer kills people...

No Thanks!
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Not if you can never die.

Apollo Creed · Sep 24, 2008

TMac640 said:

Not if you can never die.
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Promise me that you will never die.

Jeff Who · Sep 24, 2008

Looks like Marbury is staying in New York...

Layupdrill · Sep 26, 2008

Jeff Who said:

Looks like Marbury is staying in New York...
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New York Times --

“He’s under contract and the intention is to come to training camp,” Walsh said Tuesday afternoon.

In a later interview with ESPN.com, Walsh used stronger phrasing, declaring, “He’s coming to camp.” Walsh repeated the statement through a team spokesman Tuesday night.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/sports/basketball/24knicks.html?_r=1&ref=basketball&oref=slogin

Angkor Wat · Sep 26, 2008

They should just keep him anyway. He is still their best PG and with a new coach, maybe things change.

iRonRon · Sep 26, 2008

I know this is unrelated but could someone make a thread about jason williams retiring

Layupdrill · Sep 26, 2008

iRonRon said:

I know this is unrelated but could someone make a thread about jason williams retiring
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http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=154548

Tom Bombadillo · Sep 27, 2008

Chief Rocka said:

I disagree, Garnets passion and defense lead by example. If you have ever seen the guy play live, there would be no doubt in your mind that he's a leader.......
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Yup, KG is one of the greatest team leaders I have ever seen live. In fact, I thought he did a better job getting the team and crowd behind him than the likes of Kobe...........

across110thstreet · Sep 29, 2008

typical Marbury.

very creepy...

Starbury causes friction for new Knicks regime
By Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports

GREENBURGH, N.Y. – They were sitting at tables scattered throughout the practice facility, the Knicks players trapped in a “Twilight Zone” episode. Together, they watched reporters and cameras listening to the narcissistic and irrational ramblings of Stephon Marbury. Somehow, the worst nightmare of Donnie Walsh and Mike D’Antoni played out on the eve of training camp.

Once more, Marbury was draining the spirit of hope and change out of the room, reducing a roster to re-channeling that old self-destructive and self-fulfilling Knicks vibe.

Here we go again, they had to think.

Nothing has changed.

Most of all, the new Knicks president and coach had discovered the hard truth of life with the New York Knicks: Narcissistic and irrational starts at the top with owner Jim Dolan. For all the millions of dollars he’s paid a long list of failed executives, coaches and players to go away, a league source says Dolan refuses to do it with the nearly $22 million owed to Marbury in the final year of his contract.

The last stand of Starbury promises to undermine everything that D’Antoni wants to instill in this training camp.

“They are not going to waive (Marbury),” a league source familiar with the situation said Monday. “That’s off the table right now. Dolan is still the rock star contrarian. Everyone is telling him this is the one he has to get rid of, the contract he has to dump, and he won’t do it. He’s still the rebel without a cause.

“Donnie didn’t want him at camp. Mike didn’t want him there. But he’s there.”

So, Walsh and D’Antoni would have to hear that Marbury promises there will be no negotiation of a buyout. He won’t take less money to leave. And truth be told: Why would he? On his way to Saratoga Springs for the start of training camp Tuesday, it had to make D’Antoni sick to hear Marbury talk with such a distorted, twisted view of the coach’s offensive system. Marbury sees the game through the lenses of a serial loser, a cynical and selfish destroyer of good moods and good chemistry.

“From what I’ve seen, he allowed Steve Nash to dribble the ball for 22 seconds,” Marbury said. “He allows guys to shoot coming down on the break, one-on-three. For me, I like that style of basketball.”

Marbury has never been so defiant. He’s bragging about losing 25 pounds – honoring Walsh’s instruction to get into the best shape of his life – but it’s clear he’s as erratic as ever. In his annual YouTube summer moment with Bruce Beck recently, Marbury’s goofball performance left little doubt with NBA executives that he’s as unstable as ever. When he returned to talk again Monday, he declared that, “Stephon Marbury TV.net is coming soon, where you can view all highlights, clips and in-depth interviews.”

Just what the world had been waiting on: Starbury on an endless loop. Eventually, he was in constant contradiction with reality and himself. One moment, he insisted that he no longer cared what anyone said about him, that his spiritual awakening – an annual epiphany – made him “pray” for those belittling his greatness. He cared so little, he called out one New York basketball writer, Newsday’s Ken Berger, for aptly describing Marbury as “toxic” in the paper this summer.

At the end of his session, Marbury climbed to his feet and wrapped a creeped-out Berger in the most inappropriate Knicks hug since Isiah and Anucha. Marbury kept saying, “I’m going to pray for you,” in this strange, suffocating clench. And then, he left his teammates behind in the gym and walked toward a curtain patrician leaping into the air and pumping his fists to no one but himself. Once more, Marbury disappeared into his own world...
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