One - James Dolan is the most useless owner in the NBA, but he's the owner
Two - Isiah has all but destoyed this teams chances and is protected by' the owner
Three - suckbury has an outrageous contract
Four - Jerome has an outrageous contract
Five - Jeffries has an outrageous contract

Every other player is negotialble, but why would we want to negotiate them? They are the least of our problems.

And suckbury is guaranteed to be a Knick for the rest of this year and next year also:


On the NBA | Sticking with Stephon through thick and thin

By David Aldridge
Inquirer Columnist

Isiah Thomas put his credibility on the line when he brought Stephon Marbury back to New York three years ago. At the time, Thomas said that Marbury - the self-described "Coney Island's Finest" - was misunderstood and would be able to handle the pressure of playing in his hometown. Thomas said Marbury was ready to be a team player and leader.
He was wrong. Way wrong. Dewey Beats Truman wrong.

Thomas backed Marbury against Larry Brown when those two feuded in 2005. He let Marbury's odd behaviors and statements pass without much public comment or reprimand, and allowed Marbury to bring a family member into the organization whose chief job qualification appeared to be his willingness to be available at Marbury's beck and call.

And this summer, after former team executive Anucha Browne Sanders sued the Knicks and their parent company, Cablevision, for sexual harassment, Marbury's behavior toward Sanders (He called her a derogatory name when she wouldn't give him tickets for a game.) and other women in the organization (Marbury acknowledged a sexual encounter in his SUV with a club intern.) was laid out for all the world to cringe at.

Marbury's status was finally threatened last week when he and Thomas argued on the team's plane after Thomas told Marbury he was planning to bench him in favor of ex-Temple guard Mardy Collins and Nate Robinson. Marbury, multiple media outlets reported, threatened to expose more of Thomas's in-house laundry if he remained benched.

Thomas told Marbury to leave the team and go home, which would have been OK except the Knicks were up at 35,000 feet at the time.

Upon landing in Phoenix, where the Knicks were scheduled to play the following evening, Marbury turned around and caught a flight back home, sitting out New York's loss to Phoenix. The Knicks planned to fine him a game check, around $185,000. It seemed Marbury's time in New York was, mercifully, done at last.

But, incredibly, the Knicks allowed Marbury to fly back across the country the following morning and rejoin the team in Los Angeles to play the Clippers.

There, he and Thomas exchanged one of those Bill Belichick fish handshakes on the bench, and Marbury played 34 minutes after being held out for part of the first quarter.

As of Friday, the Knicks had no plans to buy Marbury out of the final two years and $41 million of his contract, a possibility that had also been raised in the New York media.

"It's not even a concept that anyone's thinking about," a league source with knowledge of the team's discussions said.

Which is incredible.

Marbury is next to untradeable. He was shooting just 40 percent from the floor at the time of his benching. And at the other end of the floor? Let's let a veteran pro scout who recently watched the Knicks sum it up.

"Jameer Nelson just embarrassed him," the scout said of the Orlando and former St. Joseph's guard. "Jameer went by him five straight times on the same move - juke left, go right."

Why the Knicks continue enabling Marbury is a mystery. They have some talent and a young core that includes David Lee, Renaldo Balkman and Jamal Crawford. Zach Randolph hasn't caused them any off-court trouble yet.

And they've never been shy about buying out people of late, having paid Larry Johnson, Shandon Anderson, Luc Longley, Mo Taylor, Jalen Rose and Brown to go away the last few years.

But instead of cutting Marbury loose, they're letting him back in the fold.

Marbury, of course, is expected to appeal the fine, with the Players' Association planning to argue that the "Reasonable Excuse" clause (Article I, Section 6) of the collective-bargaining agreement should apply to Marbury because Thomas supposedly gave him permission to return to New York. (Marbury said he wanted to pay his respects to a former local coaching legend who died last week.)

What's really sad is that Marbury's behavior overshadows his good intentions. He put a lot of time and money into developing a $15 sneaker last year that kids could buy without their parents going into hock because he thought too many stars didn't think about or care about their fans. He did.

But his other baggage drags that down, like the Jewel of the Ocean finally sinking with the Titanic.