Stephon Marbury AWOL from Knicks' morning practice
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>PHOENIX - Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury was conspicuously AWOL from
>this morning's team practice, putting his Knicks' tenure in jeopardy and
>throwing the team's season into chaos.
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>On the day the Daily News reported that the club had decided to reduce
>Marbury's role and may be discussing severing ties with the Brooklyn-bred
>hoops star, head coach Isiah Thomas informed the media at this morning's
>shootaround that second-year guard Mardy Collins will replace Marbury in
>the starting lineup tonight against the Suns.
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>Thomas also said that everyone on the team is on notice and hinted that
>center Eddy Curry may be benched against Phoenix tonight.
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>Curry attended the shootaround, unlike Marbury, whose whereabouts as of
>this afternoon were unknown. Marbury made the trip out west with the team
>on Monday. Tonight's game is the first of a four-game road trip out west.
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>According to a team source, Marbury became upset after learning he would
>not start in Phoenix, at which point he threatened not to suit up for the
>game.
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>"Any type of penalty or suspension will be in-house and we'll try to keep
>it within the confines of our team. This is an in-house matter with our
>team and we'll keep it and leave it at that," Thomas told reporters today.
>"We hope to see (Marbury) tonight at the game. However, if he's not, make
>no mistake about it, we want him as a member of our basketball team."
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>Thomas was unsure if Marbury was still in the Phoenix area. There is a
>possibility that Marbury returned home to New York. All any of the Knick
>players would say was that Marbury was not on the team bus when the team
>departed for their morning practice at the U.S. Airways Center.

hey there, I think there are plenty of threads about this, thanks.