Marbury Suspended 1 Game

by Tommy Dee on November 28th, 2008 at 10:30 am

Several reports state that Stephon Marbury has been suspended for tomorrows game and has been told by the Knicks to stay away from the team.

Marbury’s communication gap with Mike D’Antoni has again been highlighted as Marbury has denied ever being told or asked to play Wednesday in Detroit. The team is shorthanded in the back court with Nate Robinson shelved with a sore groin and Quentin Richardson, who had some choice words for Marbury, expected to both miss the game tomorrow against Jamal Crawford and the Warriors with a sore forearm.

All this drama gives credence to Frank Isola’s report that the team will wait until 2009 to fully buyout the disgruntled guard. It makes sense that Jim Dolan wouldn’t want the loss to show on his financial records until Quarter 1 of next year.

This could be James Dolan payback, for lack of a better term, too. The more this drags on the more Marbury exposes himself as the villain. Despite other reports to the contrary, based on what Lebron James said about D’Antoni, there is little reason to speculate that his treatment of Marbury is making its rounds and that players around the league would not want to play for him.
  • casey s.

    Something’s not right here. I don’t like the way Marbury says he didn’t say he wouldn’t play and the Knicks won’t expound on what was actually said. I don’t like the way it’s being handled. I have a bad feeling about the front office and the way it is bungling the Marbury issue.