Comments on: Another mishandled situation

By: cool

cool — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:53:15 +0000

What is wrong with yall haters??? I can’t believe all yall can do is talk about the bad. The bad is bad but his good was better than his bad will ever be. 20 and 8 since coming in the league is good. Yall get hype with the media and talk trash about marbury all yall want. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter what yall have to say. Ill tell you this one thing I wouldn’t pay if the coach told me I’m not apart of his plains and he was going a different way. What does it take for yall to realize he worked his behind off to get into sometype of crazy basketball shape to help the team out. Even with his decreased role in the preseason he did what he needed to. Stop hating and give him a chance, ill follow my heart too. If you tell me you don’t think I fit in the new system then I’m not gonna play just because you become desperate. I’d look like a big fool if I did. Yall wouldn’t have wanted to play after being told those words of negativity either gimme a break and stop the madness I’m done.

By: HoopsHype.com NBA Blogs - Peter May » Take the gamble

HoopsHype.com NBA Blogs - Peter May » Take the gamble — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:11:33 +0000

[...] readers may recall a recent column I wrote on Stephon Marbury, in which I basically called out the Knicks for the way they’ve handled this rather noxious [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:18:05 +0000

Marbury is financially smart enough not to refuse to go into a game if ordered to do so. However he was “asked” hours before the game and he told the truth. His heart was not into it. D’Antoni chose to not play him after he said that. I would not have asked him in the first place. “I know I said we were going in a new direction and we still are but tonight we need you and you are paid to play” That’s it. The mistake was asking in the first place.

Psychologically it is hard for a player who played all of the preseason, was not told he would not play, sit and watch Gallinari go into the first game after not playing at all in the preseason, told you are not in the plans and then when there isn’t enough bodies asked to play. That is hard however you are paid to play and if ordered to do so he would have.

FREE MARBURY

By: D.Hall

D.Hall — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:20:39 +0000

The bottom line is this the knicks should not have singed or accepted the contract when they got him.People are always attacking the players for everything they do and saying they are bad people.they are just that people,who want to be paid for their services just like you and I.The man can still play at a high level,and the knicks are black balling him it happens all the time in sports,maybe we need to start to black ball the front office of these sport franchise to see how they like people messing with their money.the knicks need to just pay the man and move on.The city is terrible,the knicks are terrible always have been.they think they are better than everyone.The best ballers are from NewYork yea right if that the case how come none of your colleges are good.The Rockets beat the brakes off of them in the 90’s and I’ll take the university of Texas or Texas A&M over any school in NewYork.The bottom line is the city of NewYork with the Knicks,Yankees,Mets,Jets are a laughing stock and and by itself destroying sports.The only team that knows how to win in NewYork is the Giants who at the beginning of last year wanted to fire one of the best coaches in football.NewYork city and its sports franchise’s are trash!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:52:17 +0000

I will say this about the buy-outs the knicks have done over the years, why stop at Stephin Marbury? They gave a coach (larry B) 18 mill to go away, they gave Jalen Rose money to go away, Stevie Franchise money to go away. They are still paying Isiah Thomas his money and his job title is a joke, and he is the guy who put this team in the crapper. I agree that buy-outs make the league look bad, but why stop at Stephon? He is a good, healthy player who wanted to come to camp with a clean slate, sure his good behaviour would have lasted two weeks, but teams would have seen him play (like zach Randolph, the worst team mate in history of any team, way above stephon) and saw that he can play in this league and may possibly get a trade for him. I have read all the threads to this article and everyone seems to have a great handle on what should be, so why are the idiots ( Mike D and Dolan…..not Donnie Walsh) in control of the one of the biggest market teams in the NBA?

Give Steph what he wants, or shut up Mike D and Donnie and eat what you created, because you cannot do your job!

By: Brian Cooney

Brian Cooney — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:18:10 +0000

I disagree. I think the Knicks look very good in this for trying to hold the line against a significant buyout. Buyouts are poison to this league. They encourage laziness and bad attitudes, and have done much to harm the league over the last few years. Just like too-easy credit has harmed are economy. Better to make him sit and learn a lesson than to give him a free payday for doing nothing.

By: space

space — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:04:01 +0000

steph is NOT a true point guard. he is a two guard who holds the ball too long and looks for his shot more than anything else. cCANGOODs has him pegged dead-on. he has a high assist average but has been the great fortune of being on a team with a LOT of talent. ALot of talent. he isn’t a good team manager
he didn’t have stellar years of play.

quality career!?!
ignore the fact that he forced his drafting team to trade after complaining about being in minnesota. a move that set that franchise back decades. in case you forgot, the team did not take back veteran and original team leader, captain tom gugliotta [a quality nba player back in the day] to make room to sign marbury, who in about year wanted out.

ignore his involvement with the sexual harassment case with the knicks staff member and his admission for playing another member of the knicks staff as a groupie. i do not have all the facts on that one but i believe she was an intern.

ignore the attitude and consistent feuds with larry brown. whether he was wrong or right, bad-mouthing your coach in the media every few weeks is a joke.

ignore the fact that EVERY team he left eventually got out of the first round with almost the same rosters [exception being minnesota].
……….
the error came when stephon, who knew that they were moving forward without him in their plans, didn’t PLAY. he lost himself millions on that move alone for damaging ANY contract negotiations in the future. how can you battle for a max dollars contract if you refuse your coach and franchise. d’antoni is at part to blame, dolan is at part to blame and stephon is at part to blame. every single side said EXACTLY the most damaging thing possible everytime there was a mic nearby. of course i feel for marbury. of course dolan sucks.

By: Javier

Javier — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:21:03 +0000

Marbury may have done a lot of things wrong, but blaming him for not winning the gold in Athens is BULLSHIT.
In the quarterfinal game against Spain he was amazing breaking two records of USA basketball (31 points and 6 three-pointers http://www.noticias.info/archivo/2004/200408/20040827/20040827_31610.shtm).
Spain had not lost a single game, and could have won the gold had it not been for Marbury’s performance (they had already beaten Argentina in that tournament).
Marbury is a good scapegoat, but remember that Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Amare Stoudamire, Lebron James, Lamar Odom, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony, they all played in Athens. And Larry Brown was the head coach.

By: AC

AC — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:04:57 +0000

It is Marbury who refused to take any pay cut in negotiating a buyout. So he should sit on the bench and get into the game as his contract stipulates. If Marbury wants to get ALL of his money, not a penny less, then he should perform all of his duties, which include get into the game when the coach demands. Marbury can avoid this if he is willing to negotiate (i.e. give and take, compromise) a buyout. I don’t see why Knicks should avoid the “Detroit” incident.

By: PoorHouse

PoorHouse — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:03:05 +0000

Since 99.9% of us do not make a fraction of the amount of money these athletes make, would a buyout roughly $7mill less than what he’s contractually entitled really be fair? It’s easy for us to say we would accept it - but we’ll never be in the position to genuinely appreciate that amount of money. I have hated on Steph since he left Sota but I say SIT TILL THEY PAY!