"I didn't get paid the money I got paid to do what I'm doing now," said Marbury, who is the NBA's fourth-highest paid player at $20.1 million. "I got paid to be a scoring guard. ... Now I'm playing more of a passive role."This is precisely what this writer has been pointing out for months.
The article is being spun in New York Sports blogs as yet another Marbury moment of embarrassment. In fact, Marbury is not only lucid but eloquent. The Knicks for far to long have attempted to transform Marbury, one of the game's most dangerous backcourt offensive weapons, into a classic pass-first point guard.
Marbury is expressing a personal epiphany here and the press doesn't get it and the haters don't understand and won't forgive.
For Marbury, this may reawaken his better game assuming that he is allowed to exercise it within the current Knick configuration. That, however, is hard to imagine given that the overstocking of offensive players is already causing haertburn for Isiah.
The answer to this remains the exact prescription I've been offering for months, get Andre Miller in here even if we overpay slightly.
No, do not send a draft pick. But if Delambert is available then ship Curry and Rose and Balkman to Philly in a heartbeat for Miller and Dalembert.
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