Makes some sense. But when the "perfect storm'' arrived and all the guards disappeared, Marbury had already moved on to another place mentally when D'Antoni asked him to be the starting shooting guard the rest of the season in Detroit on Thanksgiving Eve. (Note, that role wouldn't have effected Duhon's spot, only enhanced ).

Posted by crzymdups:

here's my favorite marbury tidbit from the day... berman wrote it, but it's so clearly directly from the mouth of marbs...

Makes some sense. But when the "perfect storm'' arrived and all the guards disappeared, Marbury had already moved on to another place mentally when D'Antoni asked him to be the starting shooting guard the rest of the season in Detroit on Thanksgiving Eve. (Note, that role wouldn't have effected Duhon's spot, only enhanced ).

move on to another place mentally? yes, we call that place FUNKY TOWN.

http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/knicks/archives/2008/12/duhon_doin_it.html


[Edited by - crzymdups on 09-12-2008 11:39 AM]

Posted by K22:

Am I alone in thinking he may possibly wind up flat broke when his playing career ends?

Old saying: He who represents himself has a fool for a client.

[Edited by - K22 on 2008-12-09 12:02 PM]

Posted by BigC:

Posted by Bippity10:

Besides saving a couple bucks, what are the benefits of not having an agent?

One less person that hates your butt if you're Marbury.

I think A. Walker went a long time without an agent also. To be honest Marbury up until this point has done well without an agent. He needs to just deal with not playing and tryout for a team in the offseason.

Nope, he won the negotiation and did not realize it because he's a MORON!!!

Walsh wanted 15M - that's a 7M paycut - that's unfair honestly.
Marbury said 20.9M - that's a 1M paycut - somewhat fair given he does have a guaranteed contract.
Walsh countered with 3M which would be 18.9M dollars! - That's a major compromise in HoaxBury's favor.

Someone gives you that you can put it in the bank, sign a vet minimum elsewhere, and make up the lousy 1.8M or whatever in interest!


Yet, FoxHoleBury didn't realize that he actually won! AND the Knicks were to waive the 400K fine too!

....so now it's really stupid.

What's going to happen if a deal is not reached is come March 2nd, when a released Marbury can't be on any playoff roster, the Knicks will pay him his remaining, what 2M dollars by then to go away after earning everything else sitting on the bench and screwing around with us.

I still say both sides blink and it comes to terms in the next week or so. Walsh was willing to go as far as 3M? So what if he comes back with 2.5M... someone ought to kick RealMadridBury in the nuts and tell him to take it. That might just happen.

Posted by BigC:

Posted by Bippity10:

Besides saving a couple bucks, what are the benefits of not having an agent?

One less person that hates your butt if you're Marbury.

I think A. Walker went a long time without an agent also. To be honest Marbury up until this point has done well without an agent. He needs to just deal with not playing and tryout for a team in the offseason.

To me it doesn't make sense. And agent's job is to hit the phones and find opportunities for you. They are also trained to do this. Why would you want to take it on?

Posted by Bippity10:

Posted by BigC:

Posted by Bippity10:

Besides saving a couple bucks, what are the benefits of not having an agent?

One less person that hates your butt if you're Marbury.

I think A. Walker went a long time without an agent also. To be honest Marbury up until this point has done well without an agent. He needs to just deal with not playing and tryout for a team in the offseason.

To me it doesn't make sense. And agent's job is to hit the phones and find opportunities for you. They are also trained to do this. Why would you want to take it on?

They do take a pretty large cut for really not doing much of anything. But overall, you're correct.