Thursday, December 22, 2005
Marbury is the scapegoat?
Yes the Knicks are horrible. Yes there is much blame to share. But is it right to focus the discontent on Stephon? As Howard Beck notes in the NYT:
Most importantly, I hope that Stephon as scapegoat becomes nothing more than an understanding that he is not the future of this team and the future is all we have. Frye is playing as well as can be expected for his draft position and Isiah deserves his due for that choice. The other rookies are works-in-progress. For Curry, see prior posts -- I would have never made the deal in the first place. If I want to see something more somewhere, it's Ariza. We need to make a tough decision about him this season and I hope that his improved play makes the call easy.
Playoffs are officially out of the picture -- the Bulls will get a lottery pick (for Curry) in 2006.
Marbury is the franchise's most recognizable player, its highest paid at $18.3 million and its on-court leader by virtue of his position. And he is becoming a magnet for the discontent.Marbury isn't the whole problem, but he is as a good a scapegoat as we'll get. Without question, we hope to be building a team and Stephon has never been a team player. His salary is unquestionably out of line -- just think of the fact that the Suns traded Jason Kidd for him.
Most importantly, I hope that Stephon as scapegoat becomes nothing more than an understanding that he is not the future of this team and the future is all we have. Frye is playing as well as can be expected for his draft position and Isiah deserves his due for that choice. The other rookies are works-in-progress. For Curry, see prior posts -- I would have never made the deal in the first place. If I want to see something more somewhere, it's Ariza. We need to make a tough decision about him this season and I hope that his improved play makes the call easy.
Playoffs are officially out of the picture -- the Bulls will get a lottery pick (for Curry) in 2006.
