C's have verbal commitment to Marbury?

[Hemingway]

Prediction: The Knicks wait it out until after the deadline. There is a slim chance they can find a trade that they like. Also We go into MSG Feb 6th, they don't want Marbs back in the building. I think by then NY's playoff aspirations may well be shot so why not save some money. Marbs in green has made to much sense for to long now, too much smoke not the have a fire.

[avi623]

The more I think about the more I feel the Cs needs Marbury for the play-offs. Right now I think Eddie House feels more comfortable as the backup SG. The Cs can't depend on Gabe to be their back-up options at PG come play-off time. So the fact that the Cs have offered a contract too Marbury is not surprising to me.

I agree that Marbury can probably still play and would be good. I am just worried about his head. That said, it is possible that some of the weirdness of the last few seasons was in large part because of the whole Isiah regime

[Celts09]

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/56838/20090126/celtics_no_verbal_commitment_with_marbury/

There has been absolutely no verbal commitment between the Celtics and New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury, according to a source close to the situation.

Marbury told the New York Post on Sunday that he has an offer from the Celtics should he get free from his deal in New York. Marbury has not played since last April and is currently in a stalemate with the Knicks over the buyout of his $21 million contract.

The source went on to say the two sides have spoken (the Knicks gave Marbury permission to talk with other clubs), and that the Celts would definitely like to add him under the right circumstances.

[ParticleMan]

i think the C's are required to say that, otherwise it would be tampering. he's still under contract w/ the knicks.

[Avalanche]

well technically he is allowed to talk with other teams, so im not sure the tampering rule comes into effect.

it is however, the standard response from a front office to deny interest, there is too much smoke for this not to happen at some point though IMO

[sully00]

After the Feb 6th game makes a lot of sense nobody needs that circus and I am not sure we need this circus at all. Something after the deadline would be even better really so we don't have to waive a contract we perhaps could use in a trade.

I actually think that some of this is staged by the union attorneys. While the Knicks are within their contractual right to keep Marbury at this point, once the trade deadline passes if they do not buy him out of his contract they will at that point have crossed the line from hard line business to making it personal. With the Knicks FO history of late, the telling Marbury his services aren't needed, then asking him if he wants to play, him saying no, team then fining him, the fact that they have so many roster issues they are dressing a guy who is out for the season, at some point you have to just call it a day. But in the end you can't put anything passed either of these two parties.

[next2spike]

The more I think about the more I feel the Cs needs Marbury for the play-offs. Right now I think Eddie House feels more comfortable as the backup SG. The Cs can't depend on Gabe to be their back-up options at PG come play-off time. So the fact that the Cs have offered a contract too Marbury is not surprising to me.

I agree that Marbury can probably still play and would be good. I am just worried about his head. That said, it is possible that some of the weirdness of the last few seasons was in large part because of the whole Isiah regime

The man lost his father. His father was watching the only son out of 4 or 5 that has made in the league when he died. His father was in MSG watching Stephon when he passed mid-game. So everytime Marbury has a home game, he is in the place of his father's death. He can look up a few rows and see the place where his father took his last breath. Who wouldn't go crazy? I mean, come on. Give the guy a break. He's been the star of bad teams, given no help. Yes, the man f'd up in Minnesota, but he does have a fair argument about the money issue with KG. The only person that has taken less money to stay with their current team I recall is Chris Paul. His head, his head. That's all I hear. And on every bad team, the guy is the scapegoat; it's always his fault. So please. As a knicks fan, and as you couldn't tell a Mabury fan, I HOPE he goes to Boston, wins a title, and shows it to the WORLD. Rub it back in everyone's face. But people here need to chill out about the head-case issues. The guy can still play.

[Kefa461]

I would imagine the union is backing Starbaby and wants this over.....they want him passed on before the deadline.