Posted by TMS:

i blame Dolan more than i blame Walsh or MDA for mishandling this situation... the other 2 guys' hands are tied w/o Dolan's consent to a buyout, which he refuses to sign off on at anything more than what he's already agreed to... Dolan is the one who doesn't give a rat's arse how much of a distraction Marbury's become, not Walsh or MDA... neither 1 of those guys even wanted Marbs here from the very beginning.

as for Marbs, he's an idiot, we all know this... u can't expect an idiot to act like he's got any common sense... the sooner he's gone the better off this franchise is.

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by TMS:

i blame Dolan more than i blame Walsh or MDA for mishandling this situation... the other 2 guys' hands are tied w/o Dolan's consent to a buyout, which he refuses to sign off on at anything more than what he's already agreed to... Dolan is the one who doesn't give a rat's arse how much of a distraction Marbury's become, not Walsh or MDA... neither 1 of those guys even wanted Marbs here from the very beginning.

as for Marbs, he's an idiot, we all know this... u can't expect an idiot to act like he's got any common sense... the sooner he's gone the better off this franchise is.

A buyout would be nice but it shouldn't stop Walsh and D'Antoni from handling this situation better. Stevie Franchise wasn't bought out. He was just put in exile and that's exactly what the Knicks should have done with Marbury while they worked on buying him out.

Posted by Uptown:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3731403

When will all this drama finally end and when can we get back to focusing on basketball?

Posted by newyorknewyork:


As much as were complaining about Marbury trying to stick it to the Knicks. Walsh & D'Antoni need to also stop trying to stick it to Marbury, just cut ties with him. This is the last yr of his contract, whats the problem.

Posted by Swishfm3:

Posted by Solace:

Well deserved suspension. Does Marbury actually expect us to believe that the coach is lying to everyone? Who has more credibility here? Please.

When have you known Marbury to lie about anything?

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by toodarkmark:

I am sick and freaking tired of hearing about Walsh and D'Antoni not handling this right.

Marbury has burned bridges with Lenny Wilkins, Larry Brown, he even got turned on by Isiah Thomas. Players hated him in Minnesota, in New Jersey, Phoenix and here. Let's see the list of players who have commented on him in the past. Kevin Garnett, Amare Stoudamire, Keith Van Horn, Quentin Richardson.

This guy is the cities BIGGEST LOSER. And people are saying Walsh and D'Antoni are handling this wrong? Amazing. When James Dolan was REFUSING to buy him out? I am disgusted by people defending him. While on the Knicks he hurt Wilkins career, Larry Brown's career and now is hurting D'Antoni's. When does this stop?

Nobody is denying Marbury's sordid past but that doesn't absolve Walsh and D'Antoni for handling this situation extremely poorly.

It's not that they are handling it poorly. They don't have much to fight with right now. It's now a legal matter and they have to be careful. That right there is a 'Marbury distraction'. How many times have we seen this before? Too many times!

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by crzymdups:

that said, i do not approve of how walsh has handled this. between this and the draft, i am leery of his leadership.

this quote says a lot to me:

As one NBA executive said, "You have to be on the road with your team right now if you're Donnie. You can't wait until LeBron shows up in two years and then decide to travel with your team."

is Donnie on cruise control until 2010? i hope not. the D'Antoni hire was great, the Duhon signing was great, his Crawford trade was solid and the Zach trade was acceptable. i would have liked to get more draft picks in those trades rather than servicable players. i would have liked to have not given away Balkman. i would much prefer the Marbury situation was handled better. i would have liked if we used the 6th pick in the draft on a player.

Walsh seems to be very detached from the day to day operations of the team. At the beginning of this Marbury mess, Walsh said that he wasn't aware of what was going on and would have to talk to his coach.

to be fair, D'Antoni bristled at a more involved Steve Kerr as GM in Phoenix. it's possible D'Antoni likes to be the more involved party and only fill his GM in. i can't imagine Jerry Colangelo being too involved in Phoenix day to day before Kerr took over.

Walsh has done a solid job and we've all heard the reports that they tried to buyout Marbury at the start of the season but Dolan refused to do it... I don't know what to think, but it's an embarassing situation and it needs to be resolved sooner than later.

Posted by GallOfFame:

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by crzymdups:

that said, i do not approve of how walsh has handled this. between this and the draft, i am leery of his leadership.

this quote says a lot to me:

As one NBA executive said, "You have to be on the road with your team right now if you're Donnie. You can't wait until LeBron shows up in two years and then decide to travel with your team."

is Donnie on cruise control until 2010? i hope not. the D'Antoni hire was great, the Duhon signing was great, his Crawford trade was solid and the Zach trade was acceptable. i would have liked to get more draft picks in those trades rather than servicable players. i would have liked to have not given away Balkman. i would much prefer the Marbury situation was handled better. i would have liked if we used the 6th pick in the draft on a player.

Walsh seems to be very detached from the day to day operations of the team. At the beginning of this Marbury mess, Walsh said that he wasn't aware of what was going on and would have to talk to his coach.

to be fair, D'Antoni bristled at a more involved Steve Kerr as GM in Phoenix. it's possible D'Antoni likes to be the more involved party and only fill his GM in. i can't imagine Jerry Colangelo being too involved in Phoenix day to day before Kerr took over.

Walsh has done a solid job andwe've all heard the reports that they tried to buyout Marbury at the start of the season but Dolan refused to do it... I don't know what to think, but it's an embarassing situation and it needs to be resolved sooner than later.

Marbury hasn'r been approached with any buyout figure at all according to his camp the latest from Sheridan. We've also heard our gm doesn't buyout players, he likes to get value for them instead. Go ahead and believe what you want though.

Walsh never said he didn't buyout players until after the story leaked that Dolan refused to buy him out. Sheridan also reported that Dolan refused to buy out Marbury. It stands to reason that Walsh would have had to have gotten clearance from Dolan to even begin a discussion with Marbury about a buyout. If Dolan said no, it makes sense he would have said no before the Knicks even approached Marbury with a buyout figure, so I don't get how that proves anything. Marbury's "camp" (which to my knowledge consists of him and Berman) has also said Marbury never refused to play, yet the Knicks claim he has. I don't think we can know the full truth, but it was definitely leaked that D'Antoni and Walsh wanted to buyout Marbury and Dolan quashed it. And it's pretty clear D'Antoni never wanted Marbury here.

What are you saying? The Knicks never approached Marbury with a buyout and clearly want him here? uh, no. Marbury even admitted that he sat down with Walsh in the last few weeks to talk about a buyout and it's been reported by Beck in the new york times that Marbury at one point agreed to take a million less but then backtracked. so, really, I have no idea where you're getting this idea...

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by GallOfFame:

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by crzymdups:

that said, i do not approve of how walsh has handled this. between this and the draft, i am leery of his leadership.

this quote says a lot to me:

As one NBA executive said, "You have to be on the road with your team right now if you're Donnie. You can't wait until LeBron shows up in two years and then decide to travel with your team."

is Donnie on cruise control until 2010? i hope not. the D'Antoni hire was great, the Duhon signing was great, his Crawford trade was solid and the Zach trade was acceptable. i would have liked to get more draft picks in those trades rather than servicable players. i would have liked to have not given away Balkman. i would much prefer the Marbury situation was handled better. i would have liked if we used the 6th pick in the draft on a player.

Walsh seems to be very detached from the day to day operations of the team. At the beginning of this Marbury mess, Walsh said that he wasn't aware of what was going on and would have to talk to his coach.

to be fair, D'Antoni bristled at a more involved Steve Kerr as GM in Phoenix. it's possible D'Antoni likes to be the more involved party and only fill his GM in. i can't imagine Jerry Colangelo being too involved in Phoenix day to day before Kerr took over.

Walsh has done a solid job andwe've all heard the reports that they tried to buyout Marbury at the start of the season but Dolan refused to do it... I don't know what to think, but it's an embarassing situation and it needs to be resolved sooner than later.

Marbury hasn'r been approached with any buyout figure at all according to his camp the latest from Sheridan. We've also heard our gm doesn't buyout players, he likes to get value for them instead. Go ahead and believe what you want though.

Walsh never said he didn't buyout players until after the story leaked that Dolan refused to buy him out. Sheridan also reported that Dolan refused to buy out Marbury. It stands to reason that Walsh would have had to have gotten clearance from Dolan to even begin a discussion with Marbury about a buyout. If Dolan said no, it makes sense he would have said no before the Knicks even approached Marbury with a buyout figure, so I don't get how that proves anything. Marbury's "camp" (which to my knowledge consists of him and Berman) has also said Marbury never refused to play, yet the Knicks claim he has. I don't think we can know the full truth, but it was definitely leaked that D'Antoni and Walsh wanted to buyout Marbury and Dolan quashed it. And it's pretty clear D'Antoni never wanted Marbury here.

What are you saying? The Knicks never approached Marbury with a buyout and clearly want him here? uh, no. Marbury even admitted that he sat down with Walsh in the last few weeks to talk about a buyout and it's been reported by Beck in the new york times that Marbury at one point agreed to take a million less but then backtracked. so, really, I have no idea where you're getting this idea...

Sheridan reported this as of today. Our GM made his comments well before the sit down between he and Marbury. If what you're saying is to be taken as factual then obviously there has been a change of thought if a figure was presented to Marbury..... by both our GM and Dolan. Sheridan on ESPN News update with the situation said no figure has been presented to Marbury.