Steph Done in NY - NBA Source

[starks4life]

Boston Globe Reports:

D'Antoni's challenge will be a roster that pales in comparison to those of Atlantic Division rivals such as the NBA champion Celtics and the improved Raptors (adding Jermaine O'Neal) and Sixers (adding Elton Brand). The Knicks' key returners include Crawford, Lee, slimmed-down swingman Quentin Richardson, hopefully slimmed-down big men Zach Randolph and Eddy Curry, and forward Jared Jeffries. Point guard Chris Duhon was New York's key offseason signee. Talented but troubled guard Stephon Marbury, however, has played his last day in a Knicks uniform, according to an NBA source.

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Well, there you have it. Although I believe his contract could net us a first rounder somewhere and he can still contribute it seems as though he is done. 22mil of the books and counting...

[RoboNate]

boston globe reporters are punks lol

[nycballer]

I wouldn't be surprised if someone on the Celtics was paying for this propoganda. C'mon, Boston Globe is saying Marbury is done.....so that maybe Boston can sign him? Whether this story is credible or not it seems somewhat fishy to me.

Walsh saying that Marbury has a clean slate must account for something. My money is on Marbury starting the season with the Knicks.

FROM THE KNICKS FIX:
We've been saying here this summer that Stephon Marbury's days with the Knicks will be soon over. This point was echoed by the Boston Globe on Sunday.

But we heard Donnie Walsh last week told season ticket holders that Marbury had "a clean slate" -- those exact words couldn't be confirmed on video provided by nyknicks.com, but Fixer "david" insists that's what DW said -- and Walsh also suggested Marbury would be in training camp this fall.

He very well may be there to unwittingly (or not) steal the spotlight at Media Day on Sept. 29 and could even be there the next day for the opening practice of training camp in Saratoga. But that doesn't mean it is a given that Marbury will be on the opening night roster. Camp may be the place D'Antoni and Walsh use to decide that Marbury -- aside from everything else -- doesn't fit the "plan" and moves on without him.

You have to read into Donnie's words sometimes because he tends to speak very carefully and, at times, cryptically. All along he's suggested that he doesn't know what he has on this roster because the team played so poorly. He wants to "see" what he has, which is why I am starting to believe he may want to bring Marbury into camp. At that time he and D'Antoni can make the decision to cut Marbury for basketball reasons instead of dumping him in August or September for what everyone will view as personality issues.

In the end, behind closed doors, the truth may be that D'Antoni and Walsh don't want to invite the potential for trouble by having Marbury on the roster this season. But publicly they'll call it a basketball decision...that Stephon doesn't fit what they want to do going forward. That's what I'm reading in the tea leaves right now, Fixers.

SOURCE: http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/ba...l/knicks/blog/

[mAAAbs]

Nobody needs to be cut. We have 15. It wouldn't make any sense to pay him to walk, only to then see him sign with a division rival.

[eastflatknick]

Originally Posted by mAAAbs

Nobody needs to be cut. We have 15. It wouldn't make any sense to pay him to walk, only to then see him sign with a division rival.

It makes sense if Donnie and Mike really believe he is that poisonous to the rest of the team (not a bad belief). It obviously makes sense to keep him and if there is a big midseason trade available that makes us much better, we can deal...but another option might be to keep him inactive, play with 14...but that continues to risk him pissing and moaning aloud.

[nightwingv1]

Originally Posted by mAAAbs

Nobody needs to be cut. We have 15. It wouldn't make any sense to pay him to walk, only to then see him sign with a division rival.

Let him walk. he can destroy one of our rivals from the inside-out.