Asked about his role with the Celtics, presumably to back up guard Rajon Rondo, Marbury said, “I’ll just let my game speak for itself.”

Why does this not make me feel better?

I am on record as being for the Marbury signing. (low risk/high reward type thing). But his quote in this article already scares me. When asked about being a back up to Rondo, he answered “I’ll let my game speak for itself”. that is scary. This to me means he thinks his game is still All-Star level, and he has this idea in his head that he’s going to come in, play his game, and he’ll be so good that we HAVE to play him more than Rondo. NOT the attitude I wanted to see coming from Steph, especially this early.

Stephon Marbury! This team is just out of control. Stephon Marbury has some serious skills, it’s well, Stephon Marbury. And like Garnett and Pierce (and Perk) he is a scary guy, scarier when he has the ball. He is faster and more talented than sam was last year. This could be a serious upgrade? Is everyone just waiting to see it work before they get all excited? I don’t get it. Rondo is on the superstar road fast, who knows, maybe he will learn from Marbury and get that much better.

that was the WRONG thing to say right off the bat. Any normal person would respond “i’m just happy i’m getting back to playing basketball and i want to contribute in any way possible to help this team achieve their goal”. nope….not starbury…idiot.

it is going to be a rocky ride

i just hope this doesn’t screw up his psyche.

I don’t doubt Marbury’s willingness to prove his critics wrong, I just hope that he wants to prove them that he can be a team player, not that he can still ‘ball’.

With that quote, I can see him refusing to come off the court at some point.

It should be in the contract that Marbury must go on the show ‘from G’s to Gents’ in order to play in Boston.

to burn into marbury’s ear the entire time he’s sitting on the bench. sam needs to come back for this playoff push.

I liked sam, maybe he will come back. I hope Marbury tries to show up Rondo… Has anyone else noticed that Rondo usually (except for a few few times) outplays star point guards this year? Like tripple double or 25 points or 18 assists out plays them? I think that Rondo is going to get better having to defend Marbury in practice (if he shows up). I think that Marbury is explosive off the dribble and this is going to be a great addition, Eddie is great, but he just isn’t very good at point guard.

I saw some one post that someone said that they think marbury would be starting later on in the season before the playoffs. Rondo has played good but I think this is true as well that Marbury could take the starting spot over before the playoffs if he learns to play with in the team and is in shape big if there considering he has sat out most of the season. I also have to say that GPA+ Marbury could be a very dangerous force if it did work out that they started Marbury later on. If it does turn out that he starts with he big 3 and we end up bringing home #18 because of it I say we call them Lethal weapon 4.

it sounds as though even he is surprised Boston wants him.

no way i see marbury starting no matter what.

I want a Marbury Celtics t-shirt that just has a picture of his face, smiling with the caption “Why so serious?”

yeah i’ll give him a pass also…but i’m watching you, steph.

I would of been worried if this happened last year, but not worried with the team chemistry at this point. If Rondo has problems with this, then he needs to get thicker skin and mentally tougher anyways.

I think people here are just WAITING for a blow-up. To pick on one sentence and to over assume what it means is pathetic. Give the guy a chance! He would be a GREAT addition to our team as long as he is mentally ready to accept the challenge of what we need from him. I will not condemn the man until he proves he deserves to be condemned.

when asked about his role on the team, his response should have been some variation of:

I’m going to do whatever they ask me to do to help win a championship. I’m all about winning and helping make the team better in any way I can. I’ll talk to the coaches and players, and blend in to this great team, and give it my very best effort. This is a fantastic opportunity, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to go to Boston. I want to be the best teammate I can be.

Instead, he immediately made the statement of his “role” about himself. As if the only thing that matters is “his game”, his talent level. It’s not about “his game.” Someone needs to take this joker aside and get him straight.

he shouldn’t get minutes tomorrow. He doesn’t have a clue what our system is yet.

Me’s think that we have entered the Twilight Zone…… you are about to enter the Twilight Zone Marbury……… You will wake up in the morning and find out this has been all a dream……… Rondo is the starting point guard for the Knicks as he takes his move past Marbury to score over and over and over and over again !!!!

There is no end !!!! Marbury is Jason unmasked !!!!!

The Celtics are offically cursed again !!!!

Master Po help the little people !!!!!

… for giving a short direct answer. He’ll let his game speak for itself. The only way that’s negative is if YOU read something negative into it. Seems like a perfectly reasonable statement to me. He does not have to put on an interview show for you or me or anybody. He just has to play well. I.e., he just needs to let his game speak for itself. QED.

It was kind of a silly quote but come on, criticizing “I’ll let my play speak for itself” is blogosphere overkill. He’s a professional basketball player. I’ll take a good shooting and assist rate along with far worse egomaniac sound bytes every night, if that is what Starbury is able to give.

This (sports) town is a little lacking in characters since Manny left anyway.

Woah, people are taking that statement way too negatively. How do we even know what the interviewer asked? It’s all spin. The interviewer probably didn’t ask “What do you think about playing behind Rondo?” If Marbury replied with, I’ll let my game speak for myself, it is kind of bad to say that…but all the interviewer probably asked was “what do you think of your role?”. Marbury’s answer isn’t bad at all. He gave a good answer. Don’t talk the talk if you can’t walk the walk which is what Marbury is basically saying.

I will be the first person on his feet giving him an ovation. Pumped.

Danny should fire himself.

Starhead’s game will speak for itself. So will a first round exit

Really, the theater of this will be just terrific. The interviews, the games, the on-court events, the techs on Doc, the heroes and goats… everything. Clearly, winning it all would be absolutely terrific and amazing. But even if we don’t, this one addition is going to make the rest of this season uniquely memorable… just to see what happens between SM and KG, and PP, Rajon, Ray, Eddie, Baby, even Mikki… what a cast of characters! I think there will be drama and comedy galore. Pure entertainment… guaranteed from now to the end.

You’d all like to believe that this will work. The idiots on WEEI have been touting the move, calling it “low risk” because if Marbury doesn’t behave you just cut him.

Actually the cost is high. First there’s the opportunity cost: Ainge could have used the roster spot on someone else. Or make a trade for an experienced backup guard at the deadline.

Or they could have used the minutes to develop Pruitt.

But the biggest cost will be the championship, because I have no doubt that Marbury’s game will indeed speak for itself. Oh, he’ll get his numbers and some idiot GM will sign him next year for more than he’s worth. It’s the Celtics who will be the losers.

Every game is already sold out. How will the Celtics profit from the media attention? Will their advertising rates and fill go up?

It certainly won’t make up for the revenue they lose by making an early exit from the playoffs.

fakers are scared now

Team and Defense = Celtics Win 2009 Championship

be a turd in the locker room? How to look for his own shot first and pass only as a last resort? How to stop making an effort when his team falls behind? How to let his ego supersede the needs of the team? How to complain about playing time and offensive schemes? How to act so bizarrely off the court that it becomes a burden to his teammates?

I’m ok with this experiment. I think the team has a strong enough coach and players to put it aside if it goes wrong. BUT, anyone who believes Marbury will be a good mentor for Rondo either hasn’t followed Marbury’s career, or seen him play, or simply doesn’t understand that basketball is showing what you can do, not talking about it.

That’s the nicest way I can put it.

Two things for sure.

1. I’d definately pay much more money than a game ticket to see the first couple practices. Rondo vs Marbury. Competition can only make them better, and i have a feeling an ego will be checked early by rondo and Big 3.

2. A successful starbury gamble just helps us keep the price we gonna have to pay rondo next year to keep him in check. Not that it wont be a lot anyways, but maybe a bit less.

Either way, with the limited risk, its a good gamble.

Just let him rot at the end of the bench and follow this simple rule:

4th quarter, less than 5 minutes to play, up by 25 or more, Stephon gets to play

And a message to the Boston media: please do not feed this guy’s ego even more. Don’t bother interviewing him. Please

I can tell you that Marbury will in no way have any effect on Rondo. The only impact he could have on Rondo is that it might not be necessary to play Rondo with the second unit. He’s young, but he takes a beating and needs the extra rest. Come playoffs, without Marbury, we will need Rondo playing alot more with the second unit.

What’s the early over/under line on the number of shots Stephon puts up per minute played?

5?

… so much as what effect the leaders, KG in particular, will have on Starbury. As much as I detest this trade, and wish there was a better option pursued, you have to hope that the sheer force of an entire team hooked on Ubuntu having SOME kind of influence on Starbury.
Right?
OK, maybe not. But it could be fun to watch them put him in his place.
Again, I think the move is mistake, but there is an intriguing upside — like, a second unit that has serious firepower.
Should be fun to watch.

billfromboston, i like your attitude about marbury and boy, do i hope you’re right-pass the koolaid. we might go bust but at least we have a controversy to roil our emotions-never a dull moment, except for our clippers performance.

I was already relatively certain that the apocalypse was upon us, with the signing of Marbury.

And now, given the posters on this thread who I agree with – that Marbury’s statement means absolutely nothing – I am certain of it.

Give the man a chance!

And so the soap opera begins…. Whether it’s dramatic theater, comedy, or theater of the absurd (or all three), ya gotta LOVE it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G7BlyXNlCg&e

I’m sure the naysayers here will find fault with this video. But just wanna say… I LIKE THIS GUY. No, not the nutjob we saw on that other interview, but this guy, today, I like.