October 18th, 2009, 01:33 PM
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BIRD CITY!
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Marbury:The coaching is horrible, What kind of coaching is this?
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Stephon Marbury says he has "shut everything down" and has no plans to play this season, but expects to return to the NBA in 2010-11, the New York Post reported.
Stephon Marbury turned down Boston's $1.3 million offer and will sit out this season -- but expects to play in 2010-11.
Marbury, who played part of last season with the Boston Celtics after his messy divorce from the New York Knicks ended with a buyout, went unsigned as a free agent this offseason after turning down Boston's $1.3 million veteran minimum offer.
"I'm resting, doing what Michael Jordan did, enjoy life, do things I haven't done in 16 years, keep building my empire," Marbury said, according to the Post. "I wasn't going to Boston for that money. It was a prudent business decision to take off this year."
Marbury said he plans to attend the Knicks' home opener on Oct. 31, according to the report. But he says he's surprised anyone else wants to pay to see the Knicks. And he made it clear that the bad blood between him and the team -- and coach Mike D'Antoni -- has not yet been forgiven or forgotten.
"I'm just talking as a fan and New Yorker who grew up loving the Knicks: Why would I give you my money to watch them?" Marbury said, according to the Post. "This is atrocious. Guys coming down court, just raising up 3-pointers from anywhere. The coaching is horrible. What kind of coaching is this?"
Marbury also predicted that Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James won't join the Knicks as a free agent next summer, according to the report.
"LeBron isn't coming to a rebuilding team," Marbury said, according to the report. "Why would he come to a rebuilding team? It makes no sense. Is this franchise built to win a championship or to make money?"
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http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4569078
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October 19th, 2009, 10:13 PM
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The King
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Originally Posted by Stephon Marbury
"LeBron isn't coming to a rebuilding team," Marbury said, according to the report. "Why would he come to a rebuilding team? It makes no sense. Is this franchise built to win a championship or to make money?"
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For the first time in Stephon's career: Quoted for truth.
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October 22nd, 2009, 09:26 PM
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Suns need to get defensive
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Aside from the me me me part(which is comical), he speaks the truth.
It gives me pleasure when anybody who's played pro ball that has no bridges left to burn calls out D'Umbtoni's show pony offense for what it is...a joke.
Marbury's "empire?" Where does the rebellion fit into all of this?
 
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October 24th, 2009, 12:41 AM
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Methinks D'Antoni exiling Marbury twice after taking over as coach (in Phoenix then NY) may have had something do do with those comments.
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October 26th, 2009, 02:49 PM
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Talk about a fall from grace. Jordan took time off to play baseball, not sit at home and make crappy videos. He does speak the truth, but he should have taken the vet's minimum from Boston and sat on the bench.
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