Mike D'Antoni said he wouldn't hesitate to bring Marbury back, if there was an injury. Eddy Curry, Jared Jeffries,
Jerome James and Danilo Gallinari were all injured, but D'Antoni still DEACTIVATED Marbury and ACTIVATED the injured Jerome James.
D'Antoni:
"Obviously we went into a different direction but at the same time we owe him money and if an injury happens
I wouldn't hesitate putting him back in."
Curry, who isn't part of D'Antoni's rotation anyway,
had his right knee drained before the opener and has been complaining of soreness.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...stephon_marbury_stays_on_inactive_list_d.html
Stephon Marbury:
Marbury added that he will be on the bench for Sunday night's game against the Milwaukee Bucks
"to support my teammates 100 percent."
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D.Lee </td><td>F</td><td>19:57</td><td>1-2</td><td>0-0</td><td>1-2</td><td>-8</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>3</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
Q.Richardson </td><td>F</td><td>37:00</td><td>11-18</td><td>5-11</td><td>1-2</td><td>-9</td><td>0</td><td>9</td><td>9</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>28</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
Z.Randolph </td><td>C</td><td>33:38</td><td>6-17</td><td>1-2</td><td>2-4</td><td>-10</td><td>4</td><td>9</td><td>13</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>15</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
J.Crawford </td><td>G</td><td>31:47</td><td>0-6</td><td>0-3</td><td>1-1</td><td>-14</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
C.Duhon </td><td>G</td><td>36:43</td><td>2-6</td><td>2-5</td><td>0-0</td><td>-19</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>6</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
N.Robinson </td><td></td><td>24:56</td><td>5-11</td><td>2-5</td><td>2-2</td><td>+10</td><td>3</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>14</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
W.Chandler </td><td></td><td>28:10</td><td>3-13</td><td>0-4</td><td>1-1</td><td>+5</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>7</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
M.Rose </td><td></td><td>10:11</td><td>0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>4-4</td><td>-1</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>2</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>4</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
M.Collins </td><td></td><td>06:31</td><td>0-3</td><td>0-1</td><td>2-2</td><td>+1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>1</td><td>2</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
A.Roberson </td><td></td><td>11:07</td><td>2-5</td><td>2-5</td><td>0-0</td><td>+5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>6</td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
D.Gallinari </td><td colspan="16" align="left">
DNP - Coach's Decision </td></tr><tr class="playerStats" height="17" valign="center"><td class="playerName" align="left">
J.James </td><td colspan="16" align="left">
DNP - Coach's Decision </td></tr></tbody></table>
Jerome James, the same guy who had a knee injury, was put on the active list. Danilo Gallinari, the same guy who had a lowerback injury, was on the active list.
D'Antoni said he would not hestitate to play Marbury, if an injury occured. What happened then?
Mike D'ANTONI activated injured players and deactivated Marbury. How many NBA coaches do you know that deactivate healthy players and activate injured players?