New York Knickerbockers

[katana15]

was a fan of the knicks when they were considered as the beasts of the east.

 

DEREK HARPER

ANTHONY MASON

CHARLES OAKLEY

PATRICK EWING

Johan Starks

LATRELL SPREWELL

LARRY JOHNSON

MARCUS CAMBY

CHRIS CHILDS

ALLAN HOUSTON

 

these were some of the toughest competitors i have ever seen. oakley was my man. Not really a fan of the superstars but more on the role players.

 

astig tong mga to!

 

isiah on the other hand is a dumb ass president. he should have been fired a long time ago

[howarddeduct]

Kumusta na si Isiah Mang Thomas? Nasa hospital pa rin?

[webslinger]

knicks win over d bobcats stop there losing skid 101-98. randolph lead d way w 25pts. and 13reb. while robinson off d bench w 24pts. 5ast. and 2stl.

 

still marbury was inactive again....

[darth_johnnie_walker]

well then just trade him to d grizzlies or wolves together w curry para matapos na ito... i read in yahoo sports news marbury seek help frm d union player for wat d'antonio done to him.... maybe d union myt help him out....

 

Thats the main problem dude.. NOBODY wants Starbury and his big contract..

 

Curry has a chance to be traded BUT again his contract is the only one that is preventing

 

him to be traded ( Blame Isaiah for paying max money to a center who can't even get more than

 

5 rpg and play defense in 30 mpg ).. I think he is a perfect fit for Miami if they can trade him for

 

Marion since they got Haslem do do the dirty work for him at the boards and at defense..

 

well then just trade him to d grizzlies or wolves together w curry para matapos na ito... i read in yahoo sports news marbury seek help frm d union player for wat d'antonio done to him.... maybe d union myt help him out....

 

Thats the main problem dude.. NOBODY wants Starbury and his big contract..

 

Curry has a chance to be traded BUT again his contract is the only one that is preventing

 

him to be traded ( Blame Isaiah for paying max money to a center who can't even get more than

 

5 rpg and play defense in 30 mpg ).. I think he is a perfect fit for Miami if they can trade him for

 

Marion since they got Haslem do do the dirty work for him at the boards and at defense..

[darth_johnnie_walker]

Read this guys..

 

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writ...bury/index.html

 

For the Knicks, waiving Marbury is the guaranteed right thing to do

 

Back in September, weeks before Mike D'Antoni's players were scheduled to arrive at training camp, I asked the new Knicks coach about his relationship with team president Donnie Walsh. D'Antoni, if you recall, had just endured a turbulent final season in Phoenix during which he clashed with general manager Steve Kerr over what style to play and which players were going to play it. With that in mind, were D'Antoni and Walsh, who did not have more than a casual relationship before joining forces in New York, on the same page as far as the direction of the team?

 

"Absolutely," D'Antoni said. "We both want to move this team in a new direction."

 

Less than two weeks into the season, it appears D'Antoni and Walsh are conflicted on who is going to help them get there.

 

The issue is Stephon Marbury, the point guard who played a starring role in New York's reenactment of Titanic last season and who has been an overwhelmingly negative influence on the organization since he arrived four years ago.

 

D'Antoni, the coach, can't stand Marbury and would just as soon invite him to Thanksgiving dinner than put him in a game.

 

Walsh, the personnel boss, would like to see the team get something out of the $21.9 million investment it is making in Marbury this season.

 

Rock, meet hard place.

 

It's hard to blame D'Antoni for his position. Like Walsh, D'Antoni is trying to change the culture of a once-proud organization that has devolved into the laughingstock of the NBA. But without authority over personnel decisions, the only way D'Antoni can have an impact is through the choices he makes on the bench.

 

And he has made some tough ones. Eddy Curry, one of the team's top low-post threats and highest-paid players ($9.7 million this season), hasn't played a minute after coming into training camp out of shape and displaying a laissez-faire attitude toward D'Antoni's offense. Jerome James, who has been stealing money from New York since signing a five-year, $30 million contract in 2005, has been good for a pregame chest bump or two with his teammates but not much else.

 

For those keeping score at home, that's $16 million and about 600 pounds of center camped out at the end of the bench.

 

But D'Antoni's most difficult decision has been Marbury, who played well in limited minutes in the preseason but has been active for just one regular-season game. D'Antoni's official position is that with his backcourt rotation already set (Chris Duhon and Jamal Crawford start and Nate Robinson is the first guard off the bench), he would rather not disrespect a player of Marbury's stature by playing him a few minutes a game.

 

What D'Antoni is not saying -- and what the coaching staff is thinking -- is that he doesn't need the headache that will inevitably come when Marbury becomes dissatisfied with his minutes and publicly states his desire for more. At various times during his career, Marbury has sent mixed signals by claiming he would do what was best for the team one day and declaring his intention to play like "Starbury" the next. The last time Marbury was told he would be playing a reduced role, he hopped a plane out of Phoenix and abandoned his team for a game early last season.

 

To his credit, Walsh has not ordered D'Antoni to play Marbury. Walsh frequently told reporters in the offseason that he had "bought Mike D'Antoni," and undermining his coach a few games into the season would set a terrible precedent.

 

Still, Walsh should respect his coach's opinion and cut Marbury loose. Though Walsh is loath to eat any guaranteed contracts -- releasing Patrick Ewing Jr., an excellent practice player and a popular figure in New York, instead of swallowing guard Anthony Roberson's $800,000 deal is a prime example -- he has to know that keeping Marbury in the locker room just invites distraction. A trade is not an option for now: League sources say that despite having an expiring contract, Marbury has virtually no value until the February trade deadline. Meanwhile, negotiating a buyout with Marbury, who acts as his own agent, is trickier than navigating the streets of SoHo blindfolded.

 

Walsh should back up all his praise for D'Antoni and pull the trigger on the move that the coach, without publicly acknowledging it, sorely wants. He should back off his recent statement that he was not going to trade, waive or buy out Marbury. He should accept the possibility that Marbury will sign with Miami after being released and light up the Knicks later in the year. There are a lot of things Marbury can do to the Knicks when he plays against them. But none of those things are as potentially damaging as what he can do to the Knicks if he stays with them.

[webslinger]

i heard d news dat ewing sons myt sign up w knicks if they part ways w marbury and curry coz d rooster myt loosen up if this two top players wer gone....

[webslinger]

for d first time d knicks got there own winning streak win over d wizard 114-108.

 

randolph playing his best in knicks uniform got 22pts 13reb. 2ast. and 1stl. while crawford got 23pts 3ast. 1reb. and 1stl. off d bench robinson 17pts and lee 13pts share for d knicks. thanks for marbury nt playing at all.....

[johncharles]

trade marbury to the oklahoma thunder! .. he can shove durant aside and have free reign over what he wants to do offensively

the thunder should just come up with a combination of players worth $21million and the knicks should be able to utilize them as practice players!

problem solved :thumbsupsmiley:

[jan75]

sayang lana c isaiah, kala ko makakalaro na si james yap sa nba, si crisano nga daw sana kukunin din ni thomas pamalit kay curry hehe

Edited November 9, 2008 by jan75

[Eddy Syet]

There's a rumor that Marbury's contract will be bought out buy the Knicks this weekend...

 

 

 

I'm still waiting...

[howard_the_duck]

trade marbury to the liberty!

[webslinger]

knicks lost to spurs and partida pa ito wala yung dalawang key player ng spurs hay.... it means one thing for d'anotnio even u change teams u still cnt beat d spurs ha ha ha.... u may win games bt u cnt beat d spurs he he he....

[katana15]

these team should be overhauled top to bottom. dapat kasi winning tradition. winning mentality.

 

we cannot rely on a bunch of scraps, lead by someone, who while had an exciting record, did not win the championship.

 

it would probably take years to undo the voodoo crap that isiah thomas put one over the knicks.

 

dumars is the best i think when it comes to managing a team despite not being a top tier city like la or ny.

 

they should have been traded. dumars to run the knicks. thomas to run the pistons.

 

but probably thmas will run pistons to the ground. ang galing pa naman ng pistons.

[webslinger]

dis time its nt marbury and thomas team anymore.... d'antonio is d head of dis team... he only will give knicks to d playoffs bt nt in d finals w boston, piston, and cavs around.... like wat he did in suns same here in knicks.....

[webslinger]

mukhang ok sa rotation ni d'antonio si randolph kaysa kay curry... since nilagay sya sa center gumagawa sya ng double double and yung scoring nya umaangat....

 

knicks panalo na naman he he he......