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    Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

    Found this on the RealGM message boards. No link was provided.

    http://realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=502755

    Marbury Heats Up!
    Point guard says he'll be back in NY next year and will play his way

    BY GREG LOGAN
    Newsday Staff Correspondent

    April 14, 2006

    CLEVELAND -- If it was Stephon Marbury's intention to call Larry Brown's bluff yesterday, he did a good job of it. The Knicks' point guard said he's not going to play Brown's way next season, and he has no plans to hit the highway out of New York.

    It would seem something has to give in this supreme test of wills, but Marbury made it clear he's not backing down. In fact, he indicated his comments at yesterday morning's shootaround were just an appetizer for what is to come when the Knicks clean out their lockers on Thursday after their final game.

    Marbury told the public relations staff to have a podium in place that day .because he's going to unload.

    "Don't worry," Marbury said, "I'll answer all your questions."

    Sounding as if he's ready to blame the Knicks' failed season squarely on Brown, Marbury added, "If things would have been in place the way they were supposed to, I don't think we would have been in this situation. But that just didn't happen. So, stay tuned. You'll hear it."

    Asked if he has any regrets about this season, Marbury called it "the best year of my life." Through his trials and tribulations with Brown, Marbury said he made a leap forward to a point where he's comfortable with himself as a player and is willing to offer his version of the truth no matter how the chips may fall. He said he began this season "100 percent committed to do whatever wanted me to do. It didn't work, so, I'm going to play like I normally play.

    "There have been people who played for a coach who didn't see things the same way, and it worked out. I don't see why it can't work out. But like I said: I played like Stephon Marbury this year. Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

    Told that Brown said he'd like Marbury to play as well as he did before he suffered a shoulder injury on Jan. 16 that put him out for an extended period, Marbury replied emphatically, "Oh, he doesn't have to worry. I'm going to do everything that I did before he came here."

    When it was suggested Brown might not want to hear that, Marbury said, "I don't care what he wants to hear. I'm telling you what I'm going to do."

    Marbury sat out his seventh straight game with a strained left patella tendon last night as the Knicks lost, 91-87, to the Cavaliers at Quicken Loans Arena.

    With 3:06 left in the third quarter, Brown took ill and went to the locker room for the rest of the game. Knicks officials said it was nothing serious. The Cavaliers (48-31) overcame a 13-point deficit with the help of an 11-0 run late in the fourth quarter. Larry Hughes led the Cavs with 26 points, and Nate Robinson had 32 points and Jamaal Crawford had 19 points and nine assists for the Knicks (22-56).

    Brown did predict that the Knicks will win games next season if Marbury plays as well as he did during their six-game winning streak in January.

    The coach indicated Marbury might not be the point guard next season and said his preparation over the summer should have more to do with attitude than basketball. "I think he's got to make up his mind to continue to improve," Brown said. "That's what all good players do. We've got to make our teammates better . . . I'm confident he'll understand that. But it can't be on one guy. We have a lot of guys that have got to step up. But believe me, this isn't going to be the same team."

    Earlier this week, Brown said he has the support of owner James Dolan and team president Isiah Thomas to make whatever changes are necessary this summer. Some assume that includes an effort to trade Marbury, although he has three years worth $60 million left on his contract.

    But Marbury, who has a close bond with Thomas, said he's not worried about being traded. "I'm going to be back in New York," Marbury said. "I'm not going anywhere, I don't think. Not as far as I know. I don't see why I would be anyplace else other than New York."

    Marbury spoke with such conviction that it sounded as if he might know something Brown doesn't. Like the man said, stay tuned.
    I can't wait to "hear it."
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    Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

    prima donna. Guys like this make the NBA look pathetic and unwatchable; and I'm not talking about his game, though that would strengthen the argument.

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    • #3
      Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

      Well according to many on the board, it is a players league. That being said, the coach should change their philosophy and do exactly what the players should want. Not to do so would show a lack of flexibility. Based on that logic, I look for Larry Brown to be let go this summer because of the toxic enviornment he has creted between coach and players.

      “Seventy percent of me talking on the court is personally for me to get me
      motivated and going. Thirty percent is to see if I can get into the opponent’s head.”
      Reggie Miller

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        Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

        Originally posted by brichard
        Well according to many on the board, it is a players league. That being said, the coach should change their philosophy and do exactly what the players should want. Not to do so would show a lack of flexibility. Based on that logic, I look for Larry Brown to be let go this summer because of the toxic enviornment he has creted between coach and players.

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        • #5
          Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

          Marbury's a complete idiot.

          But so are Jimmy Dolan and Isiah Thomas so I think there's at least a decent chance that Marbury stays and LB goes.
          The poster formerly known as Rimfire

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            Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

            unfortunately the league has many of these selfish jerks like starbury. but at least with him on that team and pulling in that kind of dough, he is virtualy untradeable and i doubt that his comments endeared him to other gm's around the league who may have had a brain fart and were even considering him.
            guys like him are cancers. i wonder how much brown is liking his job in ny now? i wonder if he wishes he had gone somewhere else? with this kind of nonsense it must take a toll.

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            • #7
              Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

              Now, if you really want to take a gamble and play with fire, if NY cans him, we could try using him to kick this current group of Pacers' asses back into a winning team.

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                Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

                Originally posted by DisplacedKnick
                Marbury's a complete idiot.

                But so are Jimmy Dolan and Isiah Thomas so I think there's at least a decent chance that Marbury stays and LB goes.
                Ditch him!

                We'll trade you Tinsley for Q-Rich...
                This space for rent.

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                  Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

                  Originally posted by DisplacedKnick
                  Marbury's a complete idiot.

                  But so are Jimmy Dolan and Isiah Thomas so I think there's at least a decent chance that Marbury stays and LB goes.
                  $60M for 3 years of Marbury? Hell yes he's going to stay. Even if Brown stays.

                  No other GM is stupid enough to pay those kinds of dollars for a player that has spent a vast majority of his time nurturing disharmony with his coach.

                  And I think that Marbury would do that no matter where he plays or who he plays for. He believes that he knows how the game should be played better than anyone else ever could, and as a result, will probably always defy authority.

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                    Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

                    Originally posted by DisplacedKnick
                    Marbury's a complete idiot.

                    But so are Jimmy Dolan and Isiah Thomas so I think there's at least a decent chance that Marbury stays and LB goes.
                    Marbury is one SERIOUSLY stupid human being. And he's a loser.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

                      The problem is, even if Marbury's right (which he's not), you simply can't allow this. It sets a horrible example for the rest of the team (well, if HE doesn't have to listen to the coach, I don't either...).

                      The right thing to do is to either trade him or bench him. If the coach really IS the probelm, then hire a new coach, but don't let a prima donna player take control like this. We're not talking about a (younger) Shaq or a Larry Bird or a Michael Jordan, who could back up this kind of talk. This guy needs to get his head out of his *ss.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

                        When I saw the title of the thread...I thought that this was about Marbury's comments that he made a little more then a month ago when the Marbury/Brown fued began.

                        But then I saw the date of the article and realized that he was making these comments yesterday. This tells you how stupid this guy is.........he has players that can likely replace him ( Francis, Crawford, Robinson ) for one reason or another and is stuck with a coach that likely isn't going anywhere....and yet he still preaches his "I will be Starbury next season in NY" mantra.

                        If Zeke was smart...he would actually listen to Brown and deal him to Minnesota for anything that he can get.

                        Oddly enough....Marbury's rants reminds me of Iverson rant about practice. Both are more against doing what they want to do and specificallly railing against Brown.
                        Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.

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                          Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

                          Originally posted by CableKC
                          If Zeke was smart....
                          This is a sad, funny thought.

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                            Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

                            Originally posted by Hicks
                            prima donna. Guys like this make the NBA look pathetic and unwatchable; and I'm not talking about his game, though that would strengthen the argument.
                            I'm not sure if you are talking about Starbury or Larry Brown.

                            Both fit the bill.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Marbury: "Next year, I'm going to play like 'Starbury.'"

                              Originally posted by CableKC
                              But then I saw the date of the article and realized that he was making these comments yesterday. This tells you how stupid this guy is.........he has players that can likely replace him ( Francis, Crawford, Robinson ) for one reason or another and is stuck with a coach that likely isn't going anywhere....and yet he still preaches his "I will be Starbury next season in NY" mantra.

                              If Zeke was smart...he would actually listen to Brown and deal him to Minnesota for anything that he can get.

                              Oddly enough....Marbury's rants reminds me of Iverson rant about practice. Both are more against doing what they want to do and specificallly railing against Brown.
                              Explain to me why Marbury would mind being traded to Minnesota? Other than being from NYC, the T-Pups are a much better team than the Knicks and he'd be with KG who WANTS to play with Marbury again.

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