Stephon Marbury`s tumultuous Knicks career is in jeopardy of ending after the point guard bolted Phoenix in a huff yesterday morning and flew home following a wild argument with Isiah Thomas - an argument that began on the team charter when Marbury learned he would not be starting and which spilled over to the team hotel.
In a series of text messages to The Post late yesterday afternoon after landing in New York, Marbury claimed he wasn`t headed back anytime soon. Marbury missed last night`s 113-102 loss to the Suns and had no plans of flying to LA to rejoin the team tonight vs. the Clippers.
Marbury told The Post in the messages that Thomas gave him permission to skip out. “I have one thing to say, and that`s I got permission to leave," Marbury claimed in the message. “I would never leave my team on my own. What I`m telling you is that I got permission to leave from Isiah. He said I could go home. God bless. Peace be with you." (...)