Posted by nixluva:

Just looking at the production of the other guards on that list, I fail to see the point of this thread. No one was saying that his year was the best of all PG's, just that it was one of his better years in terms of how he fit in with the team concept. It wasn't about the numbers this year. But this is the kind of crap I've come to expect from those that hate on Steph.

The guy was hobbled and had a poor start to the year and still his numbers were on par with all the better PG's in the league. We lost 2 of our best shooters for much of the year and Frye was a no show. You think that didn't effect his Asts? Not to mention that the way the offense was structured didn't call for him to make as many of the direct pass that led to the basket plays that he usually had. No Pick & Rolls. Not as much drive and kick etc. He actually was a tougher defender than some of the guys on that list. Better than Ford, Parker, Mo, Bibby and Arenas were on D. People just tend to give those guys a pass, cuz they aren't on the Knicks.

Posted by Allanfan20:

Too much stats over there Solace.

Marbury had a good year. Best year? No way. He had his best defensive year, which really is sad, b/c with his athleticism and toughness, he should have had his best defensive year every year.

Either way, it seems like Marbury is no way in hell the guy we're building around, and our main perimeter scorer/playmaker is Crawford (Like it or not.) So what's the point in having a high profile /expensive name at the point guard, when we need to stock up our perimeter more with shooters and defenders, and yes, a distributer. Marbury isn't really any of that.

He's a good guy, but he needs to be used in a trade so he can go to his title contender and we can build a team.

Posted by bigbeast:

Posted by nixluva:

Just looking at the production of the other guards on that list, I fail to see the point of this thread. No one was saying that his year was the best of all PG's, just that it was one of his better years in terms of how he fit in with the team concept. It wasn't about the numbers this year. But this is the kind of crap I've come to expect from those that hate on Steph.

The guy was hobbled and had a poor start to the year and still his numbers were on par with all the better PG's in the league. We lost 2 of our best shooters for much of the year and Frye was a no show. You think that didn't effect his Asts? Not to mention that the way the offense was structured didn't call for him to make as many of the direct pass that led to the basket plays that he usually had. No Pick & Rolls. Not as much drive and kick etc. He actually was a tougher defender than some of the guys on that list. Better than Ford, Parker, Mo, Bibby and Arenas were on D. People just tend to give those guys a pass, cuz they aren't on the Knicks.

Yeah, the guy was playing on a bad wheel all year long. Stepped up when Craw and Lee want down when he almost single handedly won a few games for us with some big scoring explosions including some big baskets dow the stretch of games.

The problem with Marb, is he is a lead guard. He seems to think that by simply cutting back on his shot attempts is being a good pg which is not the case. He still needs to learn how to see a play develop before it actually happens. To anticipate. Needs to learn how to get the ball to players when they need it and where they are most comfortable. I would like to see Steph get Curry and Zach at least 2-3 easy layups and dunks per game just off penetration, drawing defenders and dishing. Too many times we just threw the ball down to Curry in the post and let him go to work. He needs a few easy baskets per similar Stoudamire, etc.

Posted by BasketballJones:

Thank god for Marbury's brilliant play over the past few years. Without him, the Knicks' record would have been, like, really bad.