After being criticized by Isiah Thomas, Stephon Marbury was nowhere to be found at the team's shootaround today. Nobody knows where he is. Newsday is saying that it is "doubtful" he will be at the game tonight. This a blow to his general defense of his bizarre behavior: "I am not on crack."
Here's Isiah's take:
"We hope he's at the game," Knicks coach Isiah Thomas said. "If not, make no mistake about it, we do want him as a member of this basketball team."
The player's coach! Or is he?
Thomas repeatedly called the Marbury situation "an in-house matter" but offered enough information to suggest that Marbury bristled at the coach's displeasure with his play five games into the regular season.
Sounds like a pretty good relationship! I guess this is what happens when you combine a coach killer with a franchise killer. A debacle. Here's the dagger for the Knicks:
Marbury is owed $42 million over the two years remaining on his contract. A buyout would be costly, but not completely out of character for a franchise that paid an $18.5 million settlement for the firing of Larry Brown in 2006.
I love this game!!!
--BTW, Brandon Wallace was assigned to the D-League today. Much less interesting, but worth noting.Source URL: https://ledger-heath.blogspot.com/2007/11/stephon-goes-awol-knicks-question-van.html
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