Posted by fishmike:

its hard to say. You watch him when Shaq isnt on the floor and he's just as dominating. No doubt about one thing... he's simply awesome

Originally posted by Shaq:
As for the current edition of the Knicks, O'Neal praised team president Isiah Thomas for improving their talent, especially by adding point guard Stephon Marbury.

"'Starbury's' a great player," O'Neal said. "On any given night, he can be the best player in this league, and you have to respect that. He's having a good year."

Told that Marbury received some criticism when he called himself the "best point guard in the NBA," O'Neal said Marbury can't be viewed as a traditional distributor.

"I would say he's the best scoring point guard," O'Neal said. "The best true definition of a point guard, I would have to give that to [Phoenix's Steve] Nash because he gets everybody involved first. Then he looks for his. Strongest point guard? I'd have to give it to Marbury. Fastest? I'd have to give it to Marbury. So out of a lot of categories of point guard, you've got to talk about him, [Allen] Iverson and Nash. So I would say he's one of the best."

Posted by Pike:

... right now, with JC out and Sweets gimpy... and the little help he's getting from KT, Nazr and JYD... whatever Stephon Marbury is doing, he's doing practically on his own.

Look who Nash is playing with.