Posted by oohah:

Posted by crzymdups:

can you imagine if marbury had accepted d'antoni's offer to be starting SG here in november? if he'd just put his head down and played ball? he would've scored like 25ppg with maybe 5-6apg. he could've been a monster. but i guess now he gets a free pass to the eastern conference finals.

I got a better one: Can you imagine if D'Antoni had played Marbury from day one like he should have, and made moving Marbury, by making him look good (Which would have been easy), a number one priority?

Win-win for everybody.

P.S. Please let's not argue about how Marbury would have ruined the team. The team is not good and most of the players are on their way out. There was nothing to be ruined.

oohah

I think Zach's and Jamal's games and perhaps the team's overall record would have been negatively affected and moving Zach and Jamal would have been harder. They correctly made moving those two players the top two priorities and there's only so many things you can focus on achieving simultaneously.

Posted by islesfan:

I expect big things from Marbury in Boston. It's a perfect fit.

A major dickhead in a city full of them.

Posted by TMS:

Posted by islesfan:

I don't understand hate for a player or person that isn't here anymore. If they aren't here anymore, aren't they somebody else's problem? Who cares if they have success or failure when they're someplace else.

Some of you are like jilted lovers. I guess you enjoyed your time in the truck.

normally i agree w/that but Marbury's a rare case... he's done more to undermine this franchise than any other player i've ever known... the scorn of Knick fans he has well earned w/his idiotic behavior over the years.

Posted by Nalod:

Posted by islesfan:

I don't understand hate for a player or person that isn't here anymore. If they aren't here anymore, aren't they somebody else's problem? Who cares if they have success or failure when they're someplace else.

Some of you are like jilted lovers. I guess you enjoyed your time in the truck.

You of all people don't understand?

Why you hate on my hate?

Normally I wish the best for our former players who have at least given a solid effort. But this guy is special. Just like that bug that is perpetually up Your ass.

Posted by Nalod:

Posted by islesfan:

I don't understand hate for a player or person that isn't here anymore. If they aren't here anymore, aren't they somebody else's problem? Who cares if they have success or failure when they're someplace else.

Some of you are like jilted lovers. I guess you enjoyed your time in the truck.

You of all people don't understand?

Why you hate on my hate?

Normally I wish the best for our former players who have at least given a solid effort. But this guy is special. Just like that bug that is perpetually up Your ass.

Posted by islesfan:

Posted by Nalod:

Posted by islesfan:

I don't understand hate for a player or person that isn't here anymore. If they aren't here anymore, aren't they somebody else's problem? Who cares if they have success or failure when they're someplace else.

Some of you are like jilted lovers. I guess you enjoyed your time in the truck.

You of all people don't understand?

Why you hate on my hate?

Normally I wish the best for our former players who have at least given a solid effort. But this guy is special. Just like that bug that is perpetually up Your ass.

I'm just glad that you didn't post a picture of a bug literally up someone's ass.

An NBA source said Marbury took a $2.2 million deduction from his $20.8 million contract to be bought out by the Knicks. Marbury made up more than half that by receiving a $1.2 million guaranteed contract from the Celtics from their mid-level salary exception. His contract, signed Friday, was expected to be prorated, but ESPN.com reported he was receiving the full $1.2 million and $52,174 per game the rest of the regular season.


Necessary practice
Marbury and Mikki Moore had their first full training session with the Celtics yesterday.

"It was a hard practice," Marbury said. "Defensively, they work at it, they get after it. That's what it's all about, that's why they won the championship last year."

The Celtics practiced for about 90 minutes and will likely do the same this morning before taking an afternoon charter to Newark.

"It's one day," captain Paul Pierce said. "They got a chance to see how we practice, how we get in here early, get our shots up, how we lift weights, our preparation. And I think that's key.

"A lot of teams, when you're not winning, the preparation and doing the little things - you don't really look at. But when you are a championship-caliber team, you start looking at all the little things from the time you get in the gym getting ready to practice, to practice, and the things you do after."