His jump shot was obviously bad, but I think his approach to the game was exactly what you'd want. (I only saw the second half, BTW.) He tried to get teammates involved and the shots he did take were good, open shots; he just couldn't hit them. The decision making was good.

mike Bibby would have been the better selection for this team. his style of play is more conducive than marbury's for interntaional ball. Hes a better shooter from the outside and is adept at being a team player in this style. Marbury is hesitant and seems off-balance alot. It's likely that Brown has had something to do with it, but Marbury has ben very dissapointing in these games. If you are a Knick fan or not, you have to be critical of his play. His counter parts are controlling games and scoring in the 20s. His defense has been porous. Marbury is just made for the nBA game--thats why I dont agree with some people comparing his play here to his NBA game. This is a different game and the taller guards from other teams are able to really shoot right over the top of him.

I think if this team had Bibby instead of Marbury, we would definitely win. Bibby was the third leading scorer in the qualifying phase at the PG.

Posted by BRIGGS:

mike Bibby would have been the better selection for this team.

He was selected. He accepted and then chickened out later.

Posted by fishmike:

I agree w/ Briggs but Marbs has sucked plain and simple. That being said (like Jefferson did yesterday) I still look for him to break out. He's got too much talent NOT to be able to adjust

His shooting has sucked plain and simple, but I don't have a problem with his decision making. I think he's taking good shots; he's just getting bad results.

It's not adjusting to being a team first PG, it's adjusting to the international style of rules with the zone. Being a PG against a zone is much more difficult than the style he plays at in the NBA.

He had 3 assists, there were 3 plays were he led a great fastbreak and Jefferson got fouled and didn't connect. He should've had 6 assists, RJ just screwed them up.

Of the 14 shots he took, I'd say at least 5 or 6 of them were the ball being passed to him with a second left on the clock and him having to throw up a prayer.

I think Fish and Bigsmooth hit the nail on the head. Marbury hasn't had any trouble over the last few years in the NBA being a team first, pass first PG and I don't think that's going to start now just because he, along with many other NBA stars, is struggling in Athens.

forget bibby or any other point guard. the only reason we're losing these games is b/c we have NO outside threat. two players that would've solved this is micheal redd or wally sczerbiak. having one or both, these games would'nt even be close.

fair enough. marbury has been pretty bad and i don't think he's getting anything isiah hoped he would out of this experience. i'm hoping he comes back strong in the next game, for usa's sake.