The New York Knicks seem to get into all kinds of bizarre situations even in an exhibition game. This time the New York Knicks were involved in drawing out the worst in the replacement referees. If there is a worst at this point. David Stern has to do something about these guys. These guys being the replacement referees. There is something to be said for experience.

Knicks 106 Tel Aviv 91

high flying Nate Robinson had 19 points

In the third quarter the replacement referees called two technical fouls on the coach from Maccabi, Pini Gershon.

The game was halted for about eight minutes when Pini Gershon continued to linger near Maccabi’s bench — a delay that included a rabbi trying to intervene by asking the NBA’s replacement referees calling the game to allow Gershon to stay.

“I explained that this is not a regular game and the kids are watching and (it’s) important that there will be peace and forgive him,” Rabbi Yitchak Dovid Grossman said of his discussions with the officials. “If you forgive him, I can speak to the children and say, ‘You also forgive. If you have a fight, you forgive.’ But he says this is the law, that you must obey.”

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It is like an every day event now for the replacement referees to mess something up. Pay the regular referees and get them back.

NBA factoid: As a side note, former Michigan State Spartan Allan Anderson had 20 points for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Anderson enjoyed an impossible weekend while in college playing for Tom Izzo. He defeated Kentucky and Duke in the NCAA playoffs in one weekend, injuring his knee at the end of the Duke game. The next weekend Anderson faced North Carolina and just could not go on the knee. Now he is fighting to get to the NBA and with luck he will make it.

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Watch this YouTube of Nate Robinson winning the 2009 All Star Dunk Championship!

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What are the Knicks thinking?

Sometimes you have to just cut your losses and move on. Are the Knicks listening?

No, it seems not.

The New York Knicks have no plans to do anything with Stephon Marbury, except pay him his $21.9 million salary and give him a great seat to watch all their games.

Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni and team president Donnie Walsh said that they will not waive, buy out or trade Marbury. They also will not let him play in games, unless there is an injury to their top three guards, Chris Duhon, Jamal Crawford and Nate Robinson.
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Stephon Marbury will be a free agent at the end of the year. Get rid of him. Even if all your guards were injured and could not play, do you really want to go to Stephon Marbury?

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