The situation in my opinion
im praying duhon gets injured and can't play for like 3 days and marbury plays one and then scores like 50 to shut d'antoni up
1. do you really think that is good for the team? Duhon is doing a solid job.
An injury to Duhon would set back him and this teams identity and chemistry back. He's not putting up all star numbers, but he's putting up solid stats, few turnovers good amount of assists, keeps the scorers happy, and he scores a little. really has been doing a good job running the team.
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marbury scoring 50? do you think thats good for the team? him comming in and being a huge ball hog? No if marbury came back
D'antoni and his teamates would be more impressed with a stat line of 10-15pts 8-12 assists(key is assists,
if he has more assists then shot attempts, good impression) at least 2 steals and solid defense, Throw in a couple rebounds(chasing long rebounds). no turnovers(or as little as duhon). It's a reasonable stat line Marbury is very capable of putting up night in and night out. That would make d'antoni think twice. That would fit this Knick team system and its goals. to play team ball. It's whats best. I don't care if they lose every game from here on out as long as they are playing hard and sharing the ball. Getting the reputaion that they are a tough team, that is a star player away from being a contender. That would help lure the big time free agents of 2010. Thats whats best for the team.
Sure it may be in marbury's best interest to score 50pts(he is in the last year of a contract) and take every shot, again alienate his teamates and destroy the teams chemistry and morale, by getting on guys who shoot the ball not named marbury. To get on guys and make them feel like sh!t for every bad play, instead of trying to help them get past it and perform better. To think every shot a teamate misses was a bad play because he would have hit it, and then voice that opinion to them. To continue his usual habbits on the court. but it's not in the knicks best interest it's not his teamates best interest and it shouldn't be in yours.
How are the knicks suppose to develope into a good team if they concentrate on reviving marburys career. It creates the same problem Isiah had with crawford. You can't run an offense through a high volume shooter. like crawford. Granted steph is good and would have and has had more sucess then crawford. But not championship sucess.
Marbury is a very talented player, and would be a great player for this team if he didn't think of himself as Starbury.
all that said,
i'd like to see the knicks and d'antoni give him one last shot. Maybe in a month or two, after this team has confidence and has set an ID for itself that he'd have to fit into, not the team fit around him. Short leash, and team play only. He deserves a shot, but only if he is trying to fit this system not bend the system to fit him. If he doesn't, then back to the bench guy.
The team is having fun playing right now, anything that would disrupt that, i'd steer clear of for now. Maybe down the line after a team establishes itself they can absorb a disruptive player and make him conform to the system. Once trade dealine goes by and Marbs still here on the bench watching his teamates play with joy, he'll be so willing to do anything to play he'd try his best to fit.
Hey guys. I've been looking for a New York Knicks message board for a while and found myself having to choose between this one and NYKfanpage.com.
Looks like you have a good thing going on here, so I wanted to stop by and say hi. I'm an avid contributor and staff member at a Miami Dolphins fan site - PhinsCENTRAL.com - and have found the Knicks fans here in Florida slowly disappear.
Didn't see an introduction forum, so I figured I would just put it in here.
As far as the topic, we should just trade Marbury and offer to pay a majority of his salary. Cheaper than cutting him and at least we would get something in return.
1, welcome,
2, the dolphins blow. tell chad NY says hello
3, I don't think the NBA allows u to pay part of the salary of a person not on your team. Something to do with the cap.
