"I thought Steph was phenomenal," Brown said. "I loved the way he was being aggressive. I told people before the game he would play great."

I can see the media headline now: "Brown's feud with Marbury intensifies"

"I loved the way he tried to get other people involved. I loved the way he tried to guard." It's always about trying, never, "Steph got others involved, Steph played great defense, Steph is a great point guard."

[Edited by - Knight on 11-20-2005 4:15 PM]

Ya Knight.

I noticed that too.

The "tried".

Sure, maybe we're reading too much into it, but I'm a pretty intelligent fan, and I see what I see.

Posted by Knight:

^You can't help but notice the hesitation in Larry's voice when it comes to complimenting Marbury and all the qualifications he makes.

That's because he expects waaay more out of Steph than those guys he easily slings compliments on. No matter how good Steph has played so far, until he gets to the level Larry espects out of Steph he's going to hesitate when giving him a lot of dap. It's as simple as that. Just like when he was in Philly he'd go on and on about the importance of Aaron McKie. We know what's up.

The man gave Stephon a compliment that was well deserved. What's the big deal?

The "tried" is just an idiosyncratic way LB likes to talk, IMO. He's been talking about people "trying" to guard since he got here, and not just about Steph. Is it supposed to mean that they're trying but not getting it done? It might, but given the frequency with which he's used the phrase, it might just be something that's burned into his vocabulary that we shouldn't read too much into. It's tough to say one way or the other since I haven't heard a lot of LB speak until recently.

It could also be another way of referring to effort-- maybe "try to guard" for LB is the same as "playing D with effort." Certainly if he said the latter it would not be taken as a knock against the player.

[Edited by - tomverve on 11-20-2005 5:00 PM]

why did brown have to say before the game steph would play great.

spin: was this win good for knick basketball, starbury, or brown's homecomming

What part of Phenomenal don't you understand?

Posted by Rich:

Also in the postgame, Starks said he thinks that Craw will become an All-Star.`

I'm surprised you could even understand what Starks was saying I loved John Starks as a player but his speech is HORRIFIC.

We are all reading too much into this thing. Steph can get frustrated, and larry can be be upset with him and it can all end well for both!

The media is printing it and fans are just eating it up.

TRIED? WTF? Marbs played a great game and even when you attempt (aka: TRIED) to do the right thing and it don't work, that don't mean you played bad.

I Enjoyed the game. Damm 11 points! Messed up my game picker by a point!