Kudos to our boy Alvino who was all over the Ben Gordon situation all summer and it turns out he was right, according to the Daily News.

“Marbury will earn $21 million in the final season of his contract this year, which makes trading him difficult. Over the summer, Walsh talked to the Chicago Bulls regarding a sign-and-trade for free agent Ben Gordon, but Chicago had little interest in Marbury.”

They are reporting Donnie Walsh was interested in dealing for Gordon, who is in a contract stalemate, and offered Marbury’s contract. The talks then stopped.

This goes to show my point of Steph being the least wanted franchise salary in league history. So many players with this type of deal have value. That said, teams may put up with Steph from the trade deadline on, increasing his value.

I am skeptical of the report, however, in the sense that they would have to match salary, and the Knicks don’t have the roster space to take on more than 2 players. You’d have to think Larry Hughes would have been part of the deal.