Monday, October 03, 2005
Marbury vs. Brown
For lawyers, this is a bad pun, putting together the names of two landmark Supreme Court cases. For Knicks fans, this is going to be the coming battle in our South Carolina training camp.
Brown is in a tough spot. His best team in the short run would feature Marbury, warts and all. His best team of the future requires disciplined, unselfish play that starts with good defense. All of those are not in Marbury's repetoire. Brown also needs to grow devotion to the team and the system. Marbury is his own team and his own system.
I'd love to trade him but I know we can't without creating even more serious problems (read contracts we'd have to take).
Let's see if Brown can work a miracle. I hope he does, but I am not holding by breath.
Brown is in a tough spot. His best team in the short run would feature Marbury, warts and all. His best team of the future requires disciplined, unselfish play that starts with good defense. All of those are not in Marbury's repetoire. Brown also needs to grow devotion to the team and the system. Marbury is his own team and his own system.
I'd love to trade him but I know we can't without creating even more serious problems (read contracts we'd have to take).
Let's see if Brown can work a miracle. I hope he does, but I am not holding by breath.
