Knicks still crazy after all these years
September 29, 2008 by James Edwards
Filed under New York Knicks
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
Now if you think of the craziest thing the New York Knicks could do right now, what would it be?
No, dropping out of the NBA is not an option.
How about giving Stephon Marbury a chance to make the team? Yeah, that’s right, Stephon “bad press” Marbury is being given a chance to make the roster.
Stephon Marbury cannot believe the latest Knicks move
Let’s hear what the President Donnie Walsh had to say.
Walsh could be dragging this out to give himself a few more weeks to try to trade Marbury. Or he could be keeping Marbury around to prevent the point guard from making a smooth transition to a new destination (possibly Miami or Boston). Or he could be keeping him in case new point guard Chris Duhon doesn’t shine or gets hurt.
Walsh gave a clue he would still try to trade Marbury if things don’t work out with the Knicks.
“I’ve been doing this a long time,” Walsh said. “I can’t remember buying out a contract. I’d try to trade him. That isn’t good management if you have to do it.”
You know, if you gave the Knicks a gun they would point it at a foot and miss, but the bullet would ricochet and blow off the foot anyway.
Stephon did not get along with his teammates or coaches. What are the Knicks thinking?
On whether his teammates like Marbury, Walsh said: “You might not like the guy but you can work with him.”
And what about Marbury’s pattern of battling coaches such as Larry Brown?
“There’s a history and pattern with Larry, too, and I love Larry,” Walsh said. “I’m not going to say I don’t like him because he got into a public argument with Larry.
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