What exactly is still the obsession with Marbury? I figured he would go down as one of the most hated players ever by knicks fans. I'm really surprised to see some people here say he is one of their favorite players..That is kind of like Texas Rangers fans saying Arod is their favorite player. Sure they put up great individual numbers, but the lack of a winning attitude and huge contract made it impossible to build a winner with him on the team.
Marbury off the team made every knick fan happy. Its debatable whether or not they could have traded him for anything of value..I don't think you can fault Walsh though..the only wrong he could have done was trade him for another bad contract, which he avoided. I look at the getting rid of Marbury situation as a success. The knicks weren't going to win a championship with or without him. Lets move on now.
Actually, Isiah Thomas made it impossible to build a winner on this team. The best team put around Marbury was that 03-04 team with Houston, Kurt Thomas, Van Horn, etc. Marbury was used as a scapegoat, IMO.