Not official, but it looks like Stephon Marbury is being bought out by this weekend:
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Allanfan20
Posts: 35947 Alba Posts: 50 Joined: 1/16/2004 Member: #542 USA |
9/23/2008 1:49 AM
Yes, I know, sigh, it's another Alan Hahn piece, but it looks like it's pretty clear it's happening:
http://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/knicks/ny-spknix0923,0,2403293.story Knicks' Marbury may be gone in days BY ALAN HAHN | alan.hahn@newsday.com 11:23 PM EDT, September 22, 2008 The Knicks are planning to waive and then buy out Stephon Marbury in the next few days, according to people with knowledge of the situation. (Photo by Charles Eckhert) It has been believed since Donnie Walsh took over the Knicks in April that Stephon Marbury's tumultuous days as a Knick were numbered. Now the matter is days from being official, Newsday has learned. Several persons with knowledge of the situation have indicated that the Knicks are planning to part ways with Marbury by the end of the week. One caveat is the approval of Madison Square Garden chairman James Dolan, who must sign off on yet another multimillion-dollar payoff for his NBA team. Marbury is in the final year of his contract, which is to pay him $21.9 million. The Knicks will likely place Marbury on waivers and, once he clears, begin negotiating a buyout. Marbury will then be free to sign with another team; the Miami Heat have a desperate need at point guard. Though removing the controversial Marbury from the locker room is believed to have been a foregone conclusion for some time -- the old addition-by-subtraction theory -- it is also well known within the walls of 2 Penn Plaza that Walsh is having trouble getting comfortable with the idea of handing someone nearly $20 million to go play for another team. Especially when that player might be in the best shape of his career and focused -- yes, rarely a word attributed to Marbury -- to prove a great deal of critics wrong. Make no mistake; all indications from those who have seen him are that Marbury is physically more ready for this season than the previous two. The left ankle is healed after surgery last January to remove bone spurs. His weight is reportedly down to 200 pounds after he spent the summer training in Southern California -- "Running the Hollywood Hills," as has been repeatedly said from those in his camp. He has refreshingly been mostly under the radar throughout the summer, with nary a bizarre interview to be seen on YouTube (OK, he did have his "Starbury" logo tattooed on his skull). Marbury, who created a huge divide between himself and teammates after he went AWOL in Phoenix last November, stayed to himself with his workouts at the MSG Training Center this offseason until Monday, when he joined the other Knicks veterans in pickup games. One observer from Monday's workout noted the uneasy atmosphere among the other players. "You could just feel the hate," the person said. [Edited by - Allanfan20 on 23-09-2008 01:51 AM] “Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
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djsunyc
Posts: 44929 Alba Posts: 42 Joined: 1/16/2004 Member: #536 |
9/23/2008 10:17 AM
imho, a team of marbury + zach as the primary pick and roll duo >>>>> any combo of crawford + curry...
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Not official, but it looks like Stephon Marbury is being bought out by this weekend: