Even More Disturbing....

I'm being called an idiot in certain quarters for missing Larry Brown. Brown, IMO, was the last great chance for the Knicks to truly turn it around. The Garden is obviously a toxic place to work.

What is most disturbing about the entire Marbury affair is what Ian Thomsen correctly diagnoses as Marbury's sense of entitlement. Because I live between Boston and NY, I see the kind of single-minded determination Garnett brought to Boston.

Isiah did the right thing by calling out Marbury. This is not a charity. It's good that the Knicks get reminded. Marbury has become a spoiled rich kid, a consumer parody of a basketball player. Like Penny Hardaway and Allan Houston, Marbury is raedy for a golf tour, or shoe expo, or something else but not a burning desire to win every game and it is sad.

There are doom sayers out there who think this is ugly and "bad" but truthfully it just reminds me of that crazy, gifted bastard Billy Martin's days in NY. I miss Larry Brown.

But even Zeke, a pale coaching comparison to Brown, recognizes that Marbury must step aside. Had Zeke recognized this earlier he might have drafted Marcus Williams as many of us lamented at the time. The Knicks need Collins to step up and I think he will (tho not tonight - sprained ankle).

The Knicks are turning an awkward corner. Our best players are just kids who belong on the floor because they care and bring it.

So bring it.