Posted By: pizzaboy
Marbury Gone - 02/25/09 01:18 AM
It's about time.
The Associated Press and the New York Post contributed to this report.
Stephon Marbury has been waived by the New York Knicks, ending a turbulent five-year stint in which the former All-Star couldn't lead his hometown team to a single playoff victory.
Marbury is one of the highest-paid players in the NBA, set to make close to $21 million this season, but has not played a game for new coach Mike D'Antoni.
He's eligible to play in the postseason for any team that signs him because he was waived by March 1.
Marbury left the Times Square offices skipping across the street in glee, posing for a photographer before heading off, according to a report in the New York Post. Marbury did not comment to a handful of reporters.
Marbury is expected to sign with the Celtics. Marbury told he Post earlier this month he has a verbal commitment from Boston.
Marbury has been banished from the team since Dec. 1, days after refusing D'Antoni's offer to be the starting shooting guard the rest of the season during a hotel meeting in Detroit on Thanksgiving Eve.
Marbury is the last Knick from their last playoff team in 2003-2004, but his hometown stint was an abject failure after that initial burst he gave the Knicks after the Jan. 5, 2004 trade.
Marbury will be remembered more for his feuds with Larry Brown, Isiah Thomas and Mike D'Antoni than what he did on the court. Fearful of Marbury's past, D'Antoni came out of preseason and decided he did not want him as part of the program. D'Antoni turned to Marbury on Thanksgiving Eve after Jamal Crawford got traded and Cuttino Mobley failed his physical and needed to retire.
D'Antoni skipped practice to testify at the hearing. The Post reported Monday the sides would try to avoid the hearing over Marbury's refusal to play to work out a settlement. Walsh denied the story yesterday.
Monday, Walsh said he'd prefer Marbury does not sign with a playoff-bound team. The Knicks could face the Celtics in the first round if Boston is the top seed and the Knicks are the eighth seed.
"Those are things you have to put in your head when you're thinking about it," Walsh said Monday. "It's all part of the general picture because it could impact on you. It's a competitiveness issue."
Before the hearing, Walsh said, "I won't be contentious. I don't have those kind of feelings in this situation at all. It's more contentious here than anywhere else."
The Associated Press and the New York Post contributed to this report.
Stephon Marbury has been waived by the New York Knicks, ending a turbulent five-year stint in which the former All-Star couldn't lead his hometown team to a single playoff victory.
Marbury is one of the highest-paid players in the NBA, set to make close to $21 million this season, but has not played a game for new coach Mike D'Antoni.
He's eligible to play in the postseason for any team that signs him because he was waived by March 1.
Marbury left the Times Square offices skipping across the street in glee, posing for a photographer before heading off, according to a report in the New York Post. Marbury did not comment to a handful of reporters.
Marbury is expected to sign with the Celtics. Marbury told he Post earlier this month he has a verbal commitment from Boston.
Marbury has been banished from the team since Dec. 1, days after refusing D'Antoni's offer to be the starting shooting guard the rest of the season during a hotel meeting in Detroit on Thanksgiving Eve.
Marbury is the last Knick from their last playoff team in 2003-2004, but his hometown stint was an abject failure after that initial burst he gave the Knicks after the Jan. 5, 2004 trade.
Marbury will be remembered more for his feuds with Larry Brown, Isiah Thomas and Mike D'Antoni than what he did on the court. Fearful of Marbury's past, D'Antoni came out of preseason and decided he did not want him as part of the program. D'Antoni turned to Marbury on Thanksgiving Eve after Jamal Crawford got traded and Cuttino Mobley failed his physical and needed to retire.
D'Antoni skipped practice to testify at the hearing. The Post reported Monday the sides would try to avoid the hearing over Marbury's refusal to play to work out a settlement. Walsh denied the story yesterday.
Monday, Walsh said he'd prefer Marbury does not sign with a playoff-bound team. The Knicks could face the Celtics in the first round if Boston is the top seed and the Knicks are the eighth seed.
"Those are things you have to put in your head when you're thinking about it," Walsh said Monday. "It's all part of the general picture because it could impact on you. It's a competitiveness issue."
Before the hearing, Walsh said, "I won't be contentious. I don't have those kind of feelings in this situation at all. It's more contentious here than anywhere else."