Asked Stephon Marbury To Come Back To Knicks via Twitter.

[NyKnicks1714]

I'd rather die in a fire than watch Stephon Marbury wear a Knick uniform ever again.

If there's a bad culture that surrounds the Knicks, it's not from Dolan. It's from New York, the crazy fans, the idiotic media, etc.

Yeah, ok.

[JBreezeNY]

Like I said before Marbury is misunderstood & shouldered a lot of the blame.

He is what you call a scapegoat & it's something that Melo has clearly went through as well this year. People are quick to say Marbury was a head case, Marbury was crazy, Marbury was a cancer but what about looking at it from his view instead of straight bashing him & saying hell no? This is exactly why Knicks fans get talked about the way we do & the reason people laugh at us & clown us. We're unrealistic at times & we sometimes put all our eggs in a basket.

You think you could've been sane dealing with this fan base, the problems in the organization & the loony ass media? You really think Stephon could've carried the team he had to the playoffs every year? Are we gonna forget that he had work in the Isiah Thomas era & play with trigger happy Jamal Crawford? Are we gonna forget that he had to play with Eddy "Mcdonalds" Curry? Are we gonna forget that you guys were the ones who put some incredible expectations on his shoulders? Are we gonna forget that D'antoni lied about Marbury not wanting to play causing damn near everybody to continue bashing him even when he pleaded his case & said that wasn't true? Are we gonna forget how Marbury came in the season in great shape yet D'antoni didn't even give him a chance & lead him on false pretense?

Now trust me Marbury isn't all in the clear because he helped fu*k up but he didn't fu*k up to the point where this organization was rock bottom because of him. No.

It's a shame we did him like that, really a damn shame

[Sprewell4Three]

What is wrong with some of you guys? Everybody was shouting "Savior!" from the rooftops for Baron Davis. If you can honestly say that right now you'd prefer watching this 32 year old version of Baron Davis starting over this 35 year old version of Stephon Marbury you're nuts. Maybe Jeremy Lin is the future of the Knicks but it's not set in stone with Melo here. And that's nothing to do with Melo's effort but more to do with the night and day production you get from him with vs. with Lin and Amare on the floor. Marbury (if he wanted to come back) would be relatively cheap, is always healthy and he still plays at a very high level. Better than Kidd, Davis, Bibby, Fisher or any other veteran PG around his age. I would take Marbury 100 times right now of Baron Davis.

It doesn't matter what Marbury can do for this team on the court. He brings too much baggage. The team doesn't need this media frenzy right now. I don't understand why some of you guys can't just move on? Nobody in the NBA has signed Marbury since his Celtic days. Yet for some ridiculous reason we still have Knicks fans that think Marbury can be a positive addition lol..

Isiah brought baggage. Larry Brown brought baggage. Mike D'Antoni brought baggage. James Dolan has baggage. They all chose to have Marbury carry it for them. You strip away every one of those guys and Marbury is a success in NY. Getting rid of Marbury didn't fix our problems. Getting rid of coaches/GM's who had baggage is what helped us.

Wait we're talking about the same Marbury that played for teams that usually got better when he left? Is that the same Marbury we're talking about ?
Just because he's been able to dominate some chinese dudes in a rec league doesn't mean he's back to his all-star form.
Marbury's tenure in NY wasn't just bad it was deplorable. His tenure in his previous teams weren't very positive either. Sorry but he's not a good player to have on a ball club.

[Retired_Doc]

Marbury actually flat-out QUIT on the Knicks. That's all I need to remember.

This would be like the Mavs asking Odom back.

[Jmonty580]

I honestly think he'd be an amazing back up for us and really help to improve our team. The problem is his past with the team and the media and the fans. its not worth the side show that we would have to deal with. Not neccessarily because Marbury would be doing anything crazy (not talking about eating vasoline ha ha), but moreso because everyone would want to make a story surrounding him that isnt even there. Why would we want to deal with that, and why would marbury want to deal with that? Sucks because from a basketball stand point, he can help this team. And i bet if the situation was different, he'd want to play here, even as a back up.

[CoolKids]

I mean he is definitely better then bibby and douglas.....probably not worth the media circus that would ensue

[blueNorange]

am i the only one who remembers just how much of a cancer this loser is?

this is a guy who got mad when brown told him to be more passive and just to spite him, he didn't take a field goal attempt

i'm sorry but when you're not helping the team on purpose, you can just diaf

he got rid of chaney, he got rid of van horn, he got rid of wilkens, he got rid of k. thomas, he got rid of brown, and he even got rid of isiah

he's a snake

[NoLayupRule]

this is a hysterical


in truth he'd be perfect

end of career, looking for a ring, just lead his team to a championship in China, a position we are in desperate need for help at, in shape, etc

the funny thing is that with all that stuff we'd still rather play an shadow of Baron Davis, a joke in Douglas and Bibby and a bandaid in Shumpert at point than bring him in and offer him redemption


thats an emotional response though.
It might be a smart move to offer him a chance to fix his legacy and relationship with the NY fans but coming here, playing off the bench, and being a limited role player


if he were a grown up he would do it and he'd be ideal

but hes not

[BBALLER4FR]

Media circus is a valid reason to say no, but when someone uses the "every team got better when he left" statement it shows how silly it's become. Sometimes I think our fanbase likes to follow trends rather than making them. Honestly, who gives a damned what happened to every team when Marury left. Marbury was from NY and wanted to win in NY, similar to the current Carmelo Anthony. In fact, I believe Melo and Marbury would be like sweet music if they were both Knicks. I think Marbury would be looking for Melo and Melo would be looking for Marbury every time down the floor. The New York connection would be amazing. Chandler would clean up, Amare would get decent pick-n-roll action and Shump would be tearing it up at the 2 spot. Just saying.

[BBALLER4FR]

this is a hysterical


in truth he'd be perfect

end of career, looking for a ring, just lead his team to a championship in China, a position we are in desperate need for help at, in shape, etc

the funny thing is that with all that stuff we'd still rather play an shadow of Baron Davis, a joke in Douglas and Bibby and a bandaid in Shumpert at point than bring him in and offer him redemption


thats an emotional response though.
It might be a smart move to offer him a chance to fix his legacy and relationship with the NY fans but coming here, playing off the bench, and being a limited role player


if he were a grown up he would do it and he'd be ideal

but hes not

This is the perfect response up until the last sentence. It's not that he's NOT grown up. He's just very bitter. I'd be bitter too if the team I dreamed about playing for had a front office and coaching staff who did everything to ensure failure, never got on the same page and turned a city on me. Larry Brown should've NEVER been allowed to do what he did and Mike D'Antoni should have never been in the position to halt Marbury's career in favor of Chris Duhon. NEVER. I'd be bitter too and it would take a lot for me to let that go. That said, he really should let that go.

[NySpartan4]

I still believe Stephon is the BEST POINT GUARD (of china). Let him stay there

I would rather have Latrell Sprewel come back and play PG for us than Stephon step is foot in MSG...even as an audience

[NOODLESTYLE]

Would he be eligible for the playoffs?

[BBALLER4FR]

Dolan would need to give an apology (something he's incapable of). Marbruy was not nearly the problem the coaches were. Isiah, Brown and D'Antoni failed at what they did and Dolan allowed them to (mis)Manage the players on the floor. As I said earlier, you take away those 3 (4 including Dolan) and Marbury's viewed quite differently.

[waya]

I hope he doesn't think you represent the view of all Knick fans. Let that vaseline-eating, intern-banging joke of a franchise player stay in China

[Invictus]

i'd never want marbury back here. Partially because it would just bring more circus and hoopla to the franchise, but also because the man has found his place in basketball, and maybe life.

Why take that away from him?

[moocow007]

Marbury is the best shape of his life right now, he's extremely conditioned to an elite level and so is his mind. He would be a more quality option than Baron Davis who looks like a snail on the court...he's close to retirement...I mean even Derek Fisher moves better than this guy. How much you have to be in denial to understand Davis is DONE? A rookie SG has taken over the PG duties because Davis can't deliver. Marbury is actually a good option here.

Oh please, Marbury was a hack on the Knicks. It doesn't take media propaganda to realize that. Marbury and Isiah are tied to the hip. You bring back Marbury might as well bring back Isiah while you're at it. We've basically washed ourselves from the remnants of the Isiah era yet we have idiot fans that want Marbury back? Unbelievable...

Marbury and Thomas are tied at the hip? Towards the later part of their releationship Marbury would just as soon punch Thomas in the face as to say hello to him. Marbury had his problems and asking for a return spells of a mess but let's not get carried away here.

[moocow007]

i'd never want marbury back here. Partially because it would just bring more circus and hoopla to the franchise, but also because the man has found his place in basketball, and maybe life.

Why take that away from him?

Yeah those are probably the 2 most valid reasons for not bringing him back and having him come back. Regardless of how his game is, how his conditioning is and whether he can find a fit, he would never get a fair shot at it with the media here. For Marbury to work here would take a miracle beyond whether he has any gas left in the tank for an NBA life. And yes, there really isn't a good reason why, if he's willing to come back to the NBA, he'd remotely consider NY considering how he was treated (rightly or wrongly).

It's like someone being blamed for all of a companies wrongs, getting fired from it and then having that company come back asking you to come back. I don't know about anyone else but the immediate response from me would have been a chuckle followed by a whole slew of FU bombs and, if the guy in charge of firing me is close enough, a kick in the nuts.

[BBALLER4FR]

I hope he doesn't think you represent the view of all Knick fans. Let that vaseline-eating, intern-banging joke of a franchise player stay in China

Nor you. He's a 35 y/o champion right now and you are happy with a 32 y/oBaron Davis looking like a 40 y/o version of Jason Kidd without the passing ability. He could have easily strolled over to China, made some coin and took up space ala Deron Williams, J.R. Smith or any of the other Americans who play overseas. Instead, he unbelievably led the Chinese team to a championship. Are you saying, put in the right situation Marbury would pi$$ that away on the Knicks...Or are you saying he had the right situation in NY and he pi$$ed it away? I don't believe either but you do? Which is it?

[Knicks_Blood10]

He did quit on us, but D'Antoni did immediately put him in the dog house when he began coaching here. All I'm saying is that he'd be much better than Baron Davis. We have no penetration anymore, we need some help at PG. I was just fooling around when I asked him but we do need help at the PG position with Lin out.

[truth serum]

It's crazy how many people actually hate Steph and say vile things about him and they don't even know him. That says more to me about YOUR character than the one-sided view we got from our adoring media tells me about Stephon's.

To think he'd be a bad idea for this team is one thing, but to still be calling him names....saying he's a loser and a drug addict.....while he's over in China making his life great and finding peace of mind, still playing basketball and keeping it real......that makes you the losers. In my circle? The way my people and I judge others, you're nothing but a turd.

As for Steph coming back to this team? Not only do I think he could help the team right now, but it would be incredible for me to see Marbury come back to the Knicks in the final years of his career after turning his career around in China, get a chance to play for an actual contender, and be an important part of the Knicks team that eventually wins the title. That'd be one full circle for Steph and I love to see full circles.

That's not gonna happen for obvious reasons aside from the fact that thinking the Knicks can win the title (with Marbury no less) is like taboo to some people. It's also the media and the people of New York working in perfect harmony to prevent awesome stuff like that from happening. In the world that Hollywood and mass media has created and that a lot of you have been willingly sucked into, there is no forgiveness and there is no thinking outside of the box. Marbury is hated here because he is a cancer and he's not allowed back. Lastly, he doesn't want to come back. Why would he?