Marbury Has An Offer, Open To Buyout

by Jeff Clark on Jan 18, 2009 2:27 PM EST in Boston Celtics Rumors

Banished New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury has again offered to return $1 million in salary to the team in an effort to renew talks toward a buyout, the New York Post has reported.

Seven weeks after taking the $1 million off the table as Marbury and the Knicks failed to agree on terms for a split, the two-time All-Star told the newspaper he has an offer to play for another team.

The Knicks have told Marbury a decision now rests with owner James Dolan, the Post reported. The 12-year veteran said he's been waiting to hear from them for several days, according to the paper.

"I'm hoping," Marbury told the Post. "I don't know what the real reason would be if they didn't take it."

Signs pointed toward Marbury landing with the Boston Celtics earlier this month, and Boston was his preferred destination if he were to become a free agent, sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com then.

But buyout talks have stalled, and president Donnie Walsh's last offer required Marbury to take at least $3 million less, the Post reported.

"I can't fight a billion-dollar company," Marbury said, according to the newspaper. "I've been waiting nearly a week."

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Marbury Offer

Don’t think it’s us.

- JoeB

by joeb on Jan 18, 2009 2:47 PM EST reply actions

Me either.

He’s been hanging out in LA and they’re desperate to replace Fisher.

by Bankshot on Jan 18, 2009 2:57 PM EST reply actions

I agree. I would go with LA or DAL…

by thebirdman on Jan 18, 2009 3:24 PM EST reply actions

i think he’d help LA and that is not great for us, though its certainly possible that he’d be toxic on a team dealing with kobe and him at the same time

by wahz on Jan 18, 2009 3:36 PM EST reply actions

Go to LA,,,,Please

Starbury please go to LA, there you can mess with chemistry all you want!

Scott_T_CT

by Scott_T_CT on Jan 18, 2009 3:45 PM EST reply actions

It's hard to imagine Phil Jackson letting him in the Laker door. But it'd be fine with me.

There’s a type of knucklehead who’s unaware they’re the cause of all the craziness that follows them around. They think they’re trying their darnest to do the right thing. But somehow, they just keep running into people that are impossible to deal with. It’s just really bad luck.

I’m guessing Marbury is that type, and it might be amusing if he took his bad luck to Los Angeles.

by no kidding on Jan 18, 2009 5:23 PM EST reply actions

he took rodman

he’s not averse to head cases

by reggie35 on Jan 18, 2009 5:33 PM EST up reply actions

Close, but not quite analogous.

Good point. I’d forgotton Rodman. But as opposed to Marbury, Rodman had already proven with the Pistons that he could contribute to a championship team. And I believe he became much crazier with Chicago then he had been in Detroit.

Besides, somehow I’m vaguely remembering that Rodman tried to join the Lakers much later on, when Jackson was there – and that Jackson didn’t want to replay the drama. (But it’s a very vague memory. Maybe I dreamed it.)

by no kidding on Jan 18, 2009 8:16 PM EST up reply actions

i would bet la over boston. more playing time- less of a rondo threat and more of a splashy- press filled city for marbury to be recognized. we need a long player and i don’t know who’s left out ther for us.

by nazzbo on Jan 18, 2009 7:23 PM EST reply actions

Marbury hasn’t been in playing shape in a few years, if you catch my drift.

There is a possibility the Celtics don’t repeat this year. I’d hate to look back and think that Marbury on the team was the reason.

He could be in a great situation in NY, where I live. All his problems are self created, and all his teammates hate him.

by arambone on Jan 18, 2009 10:20 PM EST reply actions

Send him to LA...

or better yet, to Cleveland. THEY’RE the team to beat this year, not LA. We can beat LA handily, but I am not at all sure about Cleveland. Send Marbury the Cleveland, I say !!

by DRJ1 on Jan 18, 2009 10:21 PM EST reply actions

Maybe Cleveland got scared with Delonte out and made an offer??

by gizmo010101 on Jan 18, 2009 10:59 PM EST up reply actions

Isn't that tampering?

As I understand it, the NBA considers any offer made by one team to a player under contract by another team is clear and flagrant tampering. Danny Ainge has repeatedly said when asked about Marbury that he hasn’t talked to Marbury or his agent because to do so would be tampering.

If Ainge had made the same comment Jackson did, the L.A. press would be scewering him. I read the L.A. Times sports page 4 days a week. They are obsessed with Ainge and the Celtics in a very negative way. They still write articles accusing Ainge and McHale of collusion in the Garnett trade.

But I guess Jackson gets a pass. Huh.

by Cousin It on Jan 19, 2009 2:43 AM EST reply actions

agreed

if Steph has an offer, that’s tampering, period.

"Would I rather be feared or loved? Easy. Both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." Michael Scott

by Jeff Clark on Jan 19, 2009 1:21 PM EST up reply actions

I Think

I think the Knick’s have given Marbury the okay to talk to other teams or vice versa. But I don’t think another team can make an offer to Marbury. This whole thing is stupid. Whether Marbury accepts a $1 mill cut or $3 mill from the Knicks, with taxes and all what’s the difference. If Marbury wants to play basketball he would give back the 3 mill and get out. As to teams making a deal with Marbury, what team would give him more than the vet minimum, especially considering he is such a ? in regard to chemistry.

by TrueGreen on Jan 20, 2009 9:12 AM EST up reply actions

We don't need a PG, much less one that Can't Win

Our roster is chock full of guards who can play. The glaring hole is Backup Center. Let us not forget that we have to get through the Big Z / Big Ben tandem, as well as D Howard in order to get back to the Finals.

I don’t see how a guy who has spent an entire career focused on individual numbers without giving a second thought to wins, and who has never played good defense, and who hasn’t played competative basketball in years (since he was with Phx really..) -- can successfully fit into this Celtic System.

Sam Cassell > Marbury for this Celtic playoff run.

by D Dub on Jan 19, 2009 1:29 PM EST reply actions