Posted by joec32033:
Ask BlueSeats he'll find it he must've posted it about 85 times.
Martin and Andrew-Search feature.
Search would be good, cause I think I had finally condensed a lot of these old quotes into a tight package, but didn't bookmark it. I also posted it on realgm, but it led to a fight with a mod so they suspended me and took down the thread. lol
Anyway, here's something:
"Coach D'Antoni is a great coach," Hardaway said. "He tried to have us buy into this system when we were here, and we really didn't. There was so much turmoil going on. Steve Nash and Quentin Richardson came in and had the type of game Coach wanted. That's up and down, push the ball, kick it ahead and it doesn't matter who shoots or who scores ... We had enough on the team to get it done, but we just didn't buy into the system."
Hardaway was upset in Phoenix because his playing time was reduced to make way for younger players. Marbury was in the middle of the turmoil that enveloped the Suns.
"It was like guys talking behind each other's backs, guys being selfish, everybody was trying to get their own," Hardaway said. "That leads to trades, and that broke the team up. It doesn't seem like they have any of that going on right now."
Some suggest Marbury may be best suited to play shooting guard, rather than point guard, to maximize his skills and keep him from dominating the ball. "I think a lot of people expect him to be a great point guard, but I don't think that's his main suit," D'Antoni said.Had enough to get it done, but didn't buy into the system? Marbury in the center of turmoil? Guys talking behind each other's back, trying to get their own?
Why does it sound like they're talking about the 04-05-06 knicks?
Some (and we know who they are) may want to challenge Penny's assessments, but they are even echoed by Isiah:
"When we got him here in New York, the reason why we were able to get him is because he has flaws," said Isiah Thomas, the Knicks' president, who acquired Marbury in a splashy trade last January. "And you don't correct those flaws in four months. But I look at where he is at today and this year, he's laying a great foundation for him to springboard to success in this league. And it's not easy."
"The type of leader I think he's developing into, he's accepting of his teammates' criticism. Before, it was like nobody could say if he was doing anything wrong. Teammates were afraid. So everybody kind of sniped behind his back, as opposed to trying to help him and teach him."
Thomas speculated that Marbury had tried to lead through intimidation. That certainly seemed to be the case in New Jersey, where Marbury publicly criticized Kerry Kittles and Keith Van Horn; and in Phoenix, where Amare Stoudemire and Shawn Marion reportedly grew weary of his demeanor.
"Steph is really a very unselfish player," a Suns official said. But once divisions arise, he added, "Steph isn't good with breaking it down, with the way he acts."What did bryan colangleo think about substituting Nash for Marbury, before Nash even played a single game?
"Steve Nash defined everything we were looking to address on this team," Bryan Colangelo said.What did D'Antoni think?
The No. 1 thing we lacked last year was leadership and Basketball IQ. And with Steve running the show now, we think we have improved dramatically in both of those areas.
10/12/2006 12:39 AM