Unconfirmed Rumor: Starbury Back?

I’d love to think we have a young gamer in Pruitt so that we didn’t need Marbury but he did work well with Eddie toward the end of season and should be able to do the same with Rasheed. I give it a thumbs up. I thought he would be poison last year and he wasn’t.

sure is into the GOD thing at least according to his tweets.

I hope..who else is out there?? He our best option right now and I would like to see KG and Marbury play together. Give him a full season here and he’ll be okay.

since they say that Marbury will sign for the BAE, which confuses me. The BAE is used for FAs, right? The Cs can sign a player not on rookie year scale on their own roster for whatever they want, no?

I don’t think Marbury played 60% of his game last year. He can only get better. I like ’em.

I still thing Marbury has something to offer, and prove. I was disappointed he didn’t come back stronger last year, but still want to give him the benefit of the doubt. I also think he’s better than most of the others out there.

-Marbury was back in the Boston facility practicing the very next day after the playoffs ended. I like tha commitment.

-Marbury is a better option at backup PG and anything left out there.

-Marbury improved his defense as time went on, and you could really see he was focusing on it.

-Marbury was a good compliment to Eddie and other shooters. Once he improves his finish around the hoop then other players will benefit.

Go DA! Make it happen!

Where do I get some sources? Man do they sound fun? And, like, they tell you stuff that makes you cool….

The summer had been going so well!!!

The only reason I don’t like Marbury as a backup point is that he is not a traditional backup point guard. Ideally, the backup 1 would shoot well from the outside, handle the ball competently, play solid D, and not try to force anything. Marbury’s style of play requires him to dominate the ball too much for a backup point guard. You can’t blame him, he’s been a starter all his career before coming to Boston. And I’m still a little worried about the dark side of Starbury breaking out and demanding a larger role on the team. When you have a young, stud point guard like Rondo, you want a guy who will be perfectly fine with playing 10 minutes a night, and I don’t know if Marbury can handle that for an entire season.

Setting up for this chat haha. Don’t quit your day job, Starbury.

Over 500 people want him back? Celtics fans used to have a reputation as knowledgable about the game. That is ancient history. Today’sCeltics fans (at least 500+ of them) might as well root for the Clippers.

In the playoffs, the backup backcourt of Marbury and House stunk the place up defensively. I don’t care how much they were or weren’t trying, they didn’t get the job done, especially when their counterparts featured any height.

House is already here and signed, so I don’t see the sense of bringing back Marbury. House needs to be paired up with a tall ball-handler, hence my interest in seeing a revival of Gabe Pruitt/House experiment. I don’t look forward to playoff time with a midget backup tandem of Marbury/House. This would not be good news.

marbury is like a rhino virus- keeps hanging around. if he stays, it’s one more geezer for la certe to work on. i’d rather have pruitt but he is probably gone.

Hey Brick, I generally agree with most of your posts, but I honestly don’t get your vehement dislike for the guy. I would definitely see hesitance, but the venom just seems misplaced. Did we really suffer much last year by taking a chance on Marbury? Do you really, honestly believe we could do better than him — especially considering the potential for him to have a comeback?
Look at it this way: a bench with two All-Stars. Amazing. I totally concede Marbury was a disappointment on the court last year, but you have to love his attitude. Zero drama.
Now, imagine the potential of him being a solid contributor OFF THE BENCH (what, 10-15 minutes?) with a full year under his belt.
Saying all this with due respect, sir.

I tried clicking the link to see what else they had to say, and the link says the site’s account has been suspended. It could be nothing, but it definitely doesn’t help their cause as being a trustworthy source.

I hope Marbury goes somewhere other than the Celts. He just can’t help the team that much. Maybe another team, but not this one. Unfortunately, I agree with Big_Easy that there isn’t much better. Maybe Lue could help, but whatever Danny and Doc decide I’ll accept.

Big_Easy, with all due respect, I don’t care about anything but the success of the Celtics.

I watch the games. Last year, Marbury had a couple of good games. The rest of the time he was terrible, in fact atrocious.

If you go back and look at the history of my posts, I started out with an attitude of guarded optimism about Marbury. I have great respect for Mike D"Antoni and Donnie Walsh (who wanted nothing to do with this guy) but even so I was willing to give Marbury the benefit of the doubt.

After watching him last year, I’m no longer willing to do that. I’ve concluded that his career is over. I don’t care how good he once was (and even that is debatable, given that his teams never won), he’s no good now.

I’ll repeat here what I said in another post. If Marbury has anything left, why is there not a single team in the NBA or in Europe that has the slightest interest in him?
The only rumored exception is the Celtics.

This lack of interest has nothing to do with his character. It has everything to do with the fact that for at least two years he has been completely ineffective as a player.

let’s assume Marbury plays much better (i.e. he can shoot) than last year or he gets cut. the question I have is really about minutes and rolls:

the big minutes will be taken by KP, KG, Sheed, and Scal or Baby. Pierce and Marquis easily fill the SF spots, and Allen, Marquis, and House will fill the SG spots. That leaves the PG spot – where Rondo will be playing 30-40 minutes. If its on the low end, Marbury makes sense, but if Rondo will see closer to 40, can Marbury be happy and effective with <10 minutes a game?

My second concern is even if he plays well and establishes a roll as a combo guard off the bench, how will he fit in on a second unit with Daniels? Ideally the PG playing with Daniels can play off ball and catch and shoot. Marbury was starting to become a more reliable shooter two years ago, but I have to discount that given last year.

Finally this pushes the rotation out to 10 or even 11 (with BBD) guys. I’m not a fan of giving Doc lots of unclear options:

Perk / BBD
KG / Sheed / Scal
Pierce / Daniels / Scal
Allen / House
Rondo / Marbury

We’re going from young to old really fast.

I have to see it to believe it. With or without Marbury, the Celtics’ mvp next season is still the PG.

He may actually be insane. He is keeping quiet about his plans though, won’t say if he’s coming back. Pretty sure he called his own mom fat, though.

… must have missed your early guarded optimism, cuz all I recall was disgust at him coming in. But maybe I confuse this with your disgust while he’s playing. If you say so…
I believe you have a chance to give a guy another chance when you can EASILY chalk up his sub-par (atrocious is an understatement) to both rust and his uncertainty about his role, whether he should let it all hang out, lack of confidence, whatever.
Here’s my main point, and I’ll let it go: We’ve got a good thing going on in Boston in which veterans can come here and resurrect their careers, win a ring, be a part of a winning atmosphere, you name it. Marbury can be another puzzle piece. If not, no big whoop.
Oh, and I guess Lue would be OK. Not sure what he’s got left, but whatev.

The Greatest player of all-time is coming back Stephon Marbury. This makes our roster so stacked it is ridiculous. Now if we can sign BBD & Powe we have the Greatest 12 of all-time. OMG if we could just get one moore player and you know who I’m talkin about. MIKKI MOORE BABY LETS DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!

I just took a time machine into the future to June 2010. Guess what happened. Mikki Moore dunked the ball over Bynum at the buzzer of Game 7 to WIN THE TITLE!!

I just love how much celticsblog people love Star & my homie Mikki

The weird thing about some career backups is that they actually peak late, late in their careers because they really know their roles, they know how to jump in and maintain a pace when their team is ahead or change a pace when their team is getting beat. They take care of the ball, make good decisions. They’re productive and efficient and make the most of limited minutes.

In other words, they’ve finally figured out all the brainy things that make up for limited talent or athleticism.

Of all the FA points left available, I think those two guys are the best examples of what I’m talking about — the educated, experienced backup.

On the other hand, I see no value in guys like Kevin Ollie and Tyrone Lue. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Better to keep Pruitt at this point if for no other reason that he has young legs and taller then 5 feet.

i believe marbury has yet to prove his skills on the court. he’s a great person off the court too

The rumor as some logic to it. Specifically having to wait until the end of August. My hunch may not be totally in-line with the report. But I have a feeling this has something to do with how the Marquis Daniels deal goes down. This rumor is assuming and makes it more and more likely that a Sign and Trade will be happening between the Celtics and the Pacers. It also seems to assume that they see the S&T talks taking that long. We know that if an S&T does not happen, we will be using the bi-annual on Daniels, which means we can’t use it on Marbury.

I would take Marbury back, there is not one available point guard who is going to do a better job than he can. We need to fill the backup point guard slot with a veteran.
If Marbury is playing well it gives Rondo a breather and a chance to heal some of the nagging bruises and bangs he is going to get.

Marbury did say he would go to that US mini camp in Las Vegas. If that’s really true, and we hear good things about him, then that’ll make me even more excited than I already am about him.

on a contender. He hasn’t done a damn thing to prove that he might be, either.

His career FG% makes Marbury’s nightmare shooting look good. While Marbury has at least shown that he can be an effective NBA contributor, Pruitt hasn’t. Pruitt can’t even dominate in summer league, something that rotation guys on great teams should be able to do.
Maybe Marbury’s inability to hit shots last season was because of rust, or maybe he’s all done, but what’s Pruitt’s excuse?
Pruitt has a non-guaranteed contract. The Cs will have to see a ton of long term potential in him to retain him, because there are a lot of other options out there for similar money. I just don’t see it.

This is a long thread, so I won’t criticize others when they pose questions that have already been answered. But I’ll sum up the case for Pruitt over Marbury and be done with it.

Pruitt matches up far better with House than Marbury does, who’s too short to switch and guard House’s shooting guard. To utilize House effectively, we need a guy like Pruitt who can make that switch. Pruitt’s length, quick feet, technique and anticipation make him a far better defender than Marbury. It’s not close.

It’s suggested that Pruitt has proven nothing in two years. Not true. He’s proven to be an able defender and a decent ball-handler under pressure. He can be criticized for not having shown himself to be a better creator off the dribble. But with the second unit that the Celtics will probably be fielding, that ability isn’t all that vital. Moreover, he may still develop that capacity with a consistent unit to work with (which he’s never had before). As for his shooting defiencies, he was a good shooter in college, and may have simply lacked the steady playing time with the Celtics (a championship caliber team) that might’ve given him the confidence he needed.

Perhaps the coaching staff knows something about Pruitt that makes him unacceptable. And I wouldn’t be surprised if Pruitt is jettisoned by the Celtics. But from where I’m sitting, he’s the guy I’d take, over Marbury, to run with the presently constituted Celtics roster.