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Today on 'The Steph & The Restless,' Marbury blasts teammates

By J.E. Skeets


On today's dramatic episode of The Steph and the Restless, Knicks DNP-CD'er Stephon Marbury throws verbal shots at his soon to be ex-teammates, particularly Q-Rich. From the New York Post:

"I sat there for three weeks and didn't say one word. I didn't hear one of my teammates say, 'Why isn't Stephon Marbury playing? This is a good system for him, even to play with the second unit to bring more firepower.'

"When things got bad and then worse, guys like Quentin Richardson say, 'I don't consider him a teammate. He let his teammates out to dry.' He didn't care I was his teammate when I was banished. They left me out for dead. It's like we're in a foxhole and I'm facing the other way. If I got shot in the head, at least you want to get shot by the enemy. I got shot in the head by my own guys in my foxhole. And they didn't even give me an honorable death."

Marbury, who makes a cool $21.9 million a year, hasn't gotten off the bench this season. But according to The Soap Dispenser, by the end of this week — spoiler alert! — Steph finds papers (signed by a tipsy Isiah Thomas) that prove he actually owns the Knicks! Gasp! Donnie Walsh, in response, vows to break him.

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  1. ravex
    1. Posted by ravex Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:29 pm EDT

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    steph is on crack during this interview.. bytheway 1st!
  2. Devine
    2. Posted by Devine Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:39 pm EDT

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    You know what's effed up? He kind of has a point.
    And hey, all my fellow Knicks fans out there: Remember when you said this team wouldn't be exciting after trading away its two best players? You guys underestimated Steph's lunacy. For shame.
  3. the REAL Headless Chicken
    3. Posted by the REAL Headless Chicken Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:12 pm EDT

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    Damn, this soap takes turns, I already thought Marb was the idiot and all wrong, but seems like in the end he's right and NBA commissioner and all. Damn. Marb, sorry. You may be a freak, but I should have thought back to the Rodman days when I always was on that freaks side. Knicks are going to go down. Except maybe on court.
  4. purple bandit
    4. Posted by purple bandit Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:43 pm EDT

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    Wow! Isn't this the pot calling the kettle black when he claims his teammates left him for dead?!?!?!?! What an f'#ckin' hypocrite. Bye bye, stephon MEbury!!!!!!
  5. domenick2x
    5. Posted by domenick2x Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:46 pm EDT

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    Devine, I believe the correct term is 'misunderestimated'...
    this whole scene is a travishamockery.
  6. Tipsy
    6. Posted by Tipsy Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:11 pm EDT

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    he makes 21million a year, and he complains. classy.
    he claims he was given 'an option' to play or not, so he chose not to. of course it's not his fault, he's star-effin-bury!
    he never even considered that it was already a kind gesture from d'antoni to even give him a choice to play. it's an insult to the fans, and to the knicks organization. people are struggling to get by with the poor economy, and all he can do is sulk while he gets paid millions.
    it's not about whether or not he's better than the bench players of the knicks. he's not a team player, and never will be.
  7. K NEL
    7. Posted by K NEL Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:55 pm EDT

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    Steph has no point here. Why would his teammates come to his rescue when he's been a selfish since he landed in NY let alone his whole career. This goes back to even last year when he decided not to even show up to a game. His career is nobodys fault but his own.
  8. Joe Justice
    8. Posted by Joe Justice Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:38 pm EDT

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    We are talking about the knicks here. Does anyone really care about them until 2010 with the free agency lol?
  9. chaoz_golem
    9. Posted by chaoz_golem Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:21 pm EDT

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    Sports stars shouldn't act like primadonnas. They are EMPLOYEE's. You're supposed to do what your boss tells you to. It's about being professional. they say sit, you sit. They say play, you play. I'm sorry if FEELINGS are hurt, but if I was paid that much money, yeh I better be doing what the hand that feeds me tells me too.
    Does make for great entertainment though.
  10. R2J
    10. Posted by R2J Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:45 pm EDT

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    Stephon Marbury is worthless, overpaid and one man wrecking machine for the NYK organization during Isiah Thomas era. Correct me if I'm wrong, Marbury used to played in Phoenix before D'antoni made to head coaching job in Phoenix? and he was the one who traded Marbury to the NYK a few years ago? What can D'antoni expect from him?. Marbury already knew it when D'antoni came to NYK as a head coach, the relationship and treatment is not going to change. D'antoni said it all along, he doesn't expect anything from Marbury. Trading him? no takers. ..overpaid for a worthless point guard. he is no Chris Paul or darren williams.
  11. Thanh
    11. Posted by Thanh Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:19 pm EDT

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    Stephon Marbury is one of the most selfish player that I have known and he is a point guard...lord! If your teammates didn't back you up then that just show what kind of teammate you are....he is hopeless!!!
  12. lpzj24
    12. Posted by lpzj24 Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:58 pm EDT

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    i agree with 9...steph was told he wasnt part of the "plan"....he was perfectly healthy and riding the bench...then oops guys get hurt let Marbury play....business or not boss employee whatever!!!....its like a girl tells u she cant go out with you cuz she gots a date then her date cancels so she hollas at you....b1tch please!!.....lol
    and the Knicks were ruined way before steph.....how about jerome james, over-paying oft-injured Houston...that teams a whole mess and they better hope LBJ&Bosh do some kind of KG Allen and both sign there....
  13. Jay Mac
    13. Posted by Jay Mac Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:29 pm EDT

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    Steph is a loser who should be playing in Iran.
  14. smile
    14. Posted by smile Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:46 pm EDT

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    Was he ordered to play or asked if he wanted to play? Big difference between the two. He says he was just asked. Team isn't being clear. Remember first time this happened D'Antoni admitted he only asked him if he wanted to play. I don't care how much you are being paid (guarenteed whether you play or not), why would you want to play for the Knicks after they left him on the bench with no notice in the first game and then publicly announced he's not in the team plans. Seems to me that it the team that has f'd up again and, unfortunately, I'm a knicks fan. Release him and be done with it. Dolan can afford it. But once again his fat greasy finger prints are all over this mess.
  15. ikhan151
    15. Posted by ikhan151 Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:23 pm EDT

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    As a long time knicks fan. D'Antoni got to much sun to his head. I not a fan of Steph at all but he has a strong point. If they publicly say your not part of their system why even ask to be part. I hope he get what he wants and rip thems when he plays against them- sorry knicks. Quite a few of us hate the direction they have taken. And no we are not getting James people- thinks he wants to be part of this mess????? hellz no
  16. profcastark
    16. Posted by profcastark Thu Sep 03, 2009 8:19 pm EDT

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    seems to me like mr. marbury is finally realizing that he is just a cog/tool in a machine bigger than he. sports is all about business, baby!
    and the truth hurts, don't it mr. tool?
  17. wwgreat23s
    17. Posted by wwgreat23s Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:51 pm EDT

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    The Knicks should check if Jordan is available or even ask Charles Barkley or Patrick Ewing to play off the Bench....They can be a better impact than "Starr berry"...
    Can the Knicks stop paying him if he is not producing? There is too much money being thrown at players...its SICK...
  18. wwgreat23s
    18. Posted by wwgreat23s Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:51 pm EDT

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    The Knicks should check if Jordan is available or even ask Charles Barkley or Patrick Ewing to play off the Bench....They can be a better impact than "Starr berry"...
    Can the Knicks stop paying him if he is not producing? There is too much money being thrown at players...its SICK...
  19. Edward
    19. Posted by Edward Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:52 pm EDT

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    The Knicks should take there loses. The Knicks Organization itself is the worst in the NBA. Stephon has nothing to do with bad management. They have been cursed since the dumb Patrick Ewing trade and just can't seem to recover. All the ses trades and what is the excuse these days. New system, D'Antoni left Phoenix in the cold with an all star cast and we pick up the left overs. I may not agree with Steph's actions however is Duhon going to help NY.
  20. BobP
    20. Posted by BobP Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:10 pm EDT

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    he has a point!
    were where his teammates?
    they were so happy to get playing times...they did not care about him...no one said a word on his behalf...
    i can't even imagine being in practice with guys like that....look at marbury and act like they care..
    wow!
    Steph....keep your head up!
  21. Devine
    21. Posted by Devine Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:39 pm EDT

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    C'mon, fellow Knicks fans. Let's get our fingers on our home keys, our mouths out of the gutter and start firing off trenchant, readable analysis, or at least quality jokes. As my favorite gigantic posterior-ed NY point guard would say, we're betta than that.
  22. GeorgeBussh
    22. Posted by GeorgeBussh Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:37 pm EDT

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    Can't blamse Steph for not playing. Should have just cut him loose when they got a new coach. Mike could not make it work in Phonix, and now he is not working in NY
  23. A Yahoo! User
    23. Posted by A Yahoo! User Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:51 pm EST

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    This situation is a complete mess. The knicks are not going to allow Marbury to return so they can clear salary cap space. By openly courting James, Howard and Stoudamire, they should be fined and have trade restrictions against this team as well as additional sanctions to include signing restrictions just like they do NCAA programs that do the same.
    On another note, if the Lakers get Stoudamire this season they will easily win 70 games.
  24. Mani M
    24. Posted by Mani M Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:25 pm EDT

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    I kind of like the way number 13 put it. If the grass was greener on the other side, why are you coming back to the grass you never watered in the first place?

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