Will Starbury Shine?

……Only because the ones I set were that he wasn’t an instant train wreck.

It would be asking a lot to expect a lower profile player to come in at this time of year with a new team and excel at the toughest position in the NBA.

To ask an overrated career self-absorbed head case, who’s used to garnering attention, and who hasn’t played in a year to excel in a limited backup role is delusional.

I have no idea why Danny did this.

I see this only getting worse. Marbury, IMHO, is Iverson-light. Just another self-absorbed team wrecking stat-hound. He still thinks he’s a great player….He never was. I hope I’m wrong.

I’m a lot more concerned with how poorly Mikki Moore has played. With Leon hurt and not coming back until the playoffs start, we are going to need some Playoff minutes from Moore. So far he hasn’t shown a bit of defensive ability and has only done one thing well. Make the 10 foot jumper. Let’s hope he can improve his rotations to take some charges instead of being a step slow and getting blocks every time.

There is a reason why every team that Marbury has been on has lost. As Finkelsyhook points uout, he wasn’t a winning player even when he was a “star.”

I do not see how they can possibly get past Cleveland with Marbury playing any sort of role, and if they can’t hold on to the #2 seed, I seriously doubt if they can get out of the second round.

At some point they have to give up and start playing Pruitt. He’s no panacea, but he’s way better than Marbury. Otherwise they’re toast.

Marbury isn’t going to get any better. If you think he will, you are kidding yourselves.

I suppose a second unit backcourt of House and Tony Allen might work for short stretches, so long as they have some other ballhandlers on the floor at the same time, e.g. Ray Allen and BBD.

Mikki Moore has been pretty awful too, but if Powe can come back they won’t have to rely on Mikki. Unfortunately, the #2 seed may be gone by the time Powe returns.

I am not worried about Marbury. He has about a month to get in game shape. His jump shot will start to fall I am more concerned about his quickness because his biggest strength was getting to the basket and now he can not beat his man.

The bigger problem is Moore. He just isn`t very good. We need Powe and Scal back for the playoffs, if they are healthy, I don`t expect to see Mikki get much playing time in the postseason…

Starbury deserves more time. Sam kind of sucked for us last year and he had played most of the season, then he took House’s minutes for most of the playoffs which made no sense. If Steph improves a couple notches in the next month, that will be better than we got from Sam and Doc also probably won’t make the mistake of benching Eddie. I count that as two positives. Steph certainly hasn’t been a gunner like Sam was.

As fas as Mikki, its true that what matters there is Perk, Powe and Baby’s health. Mikki was never going to get anything other than spotty minutes.

Time for now is still on our side. Marbury, Mikey, Powe, TA, Scal and KG have almost a month to recover or get better playing with the team. We might not get them all back but at least we have some time. So many other things can change from team to team and also on the Celtics. I believe if we get Powe back most of the problems go away but who knows to early to tell.

steph has not been a gem and i don’t like him and he stank last night, butthere are glimmers of hope and he has not been a bad influence. there is something positive he will give us, and let’s not scapegoat him. he is not the reason we’ve lost some games. if he continues with bad games, he’ll sit. in the meantime, rondo is hobbled if anyone noticed.

With Rondo recently suffering 2 sprained ankles, let the kid sit out the Hawks game. It’s nuts to risk more serious injury by letting him play. Let him rest/heal instead.

This would give Doc one near-last chance to see if Marbury can step up with big minutes. Sink or swim, let him start and play 30-40 minutes. We lose, we lose. But we need an answer about Marbury, one way or the other, and there’s not much more time to get it. If he messes up, as he has more often than not recently, then that’s that… he rides the pine.

I have posted this idea somewhere else — maybe Marbury needs to play with an attitude in order to be effective. And he needs more minutes with the starters to get into the system.

I’ve been really disappointed with Steph and Moore. With Steph, to me it seems he’s not playing with the same level of passion as the others. I thought, with Kevin coming back, Steph’s game would re-form itself (though, I don’t think I’ve yet to see the two on the court at the same time), but instead, he’s playing with no passion. Okay, there have been some pretty passes, here and there, but that’s all I’ve seen. Really, I’ve been rooting for him since he signed with us, but my enthusiasm is diminishing by the day. I haven’t given up yet, but to think he’s going to be a superstar come post-season, is a dream. As for Mikki, he really got to me watching the Orlando game. He’s too lanky for this team, and the amount of charges he takes – leads me to think he may be out with an injury by playoffs time. With him, I do see the passion that Steph lacks, but I guess I just feel like he doesn’t have the muscle (mental/physical) to get us that 2nd ring. I mean, just imagine how Leon would have matched up against Howard the other night vs. Mikki matching up. I almost feel like Mikki would strive more at PF. He just doesn’t play with his body the way I like to see Centers play. He’s kind of like a scarecrow waiting to get knocked down by a shaq-tractor…and that damn hair! I wish he would shave that of for the playoffs. That can’t make the game any easier for him. Can’t wait for Leon and Scal to come back.

Wow, what a game last night. Maybe Steph read my post(?) At any rate, I’m feeling a lot better about him in the rotation now. Mikki still worries me, but he worried me less last night.

- Jon