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Post#1 » by Kefa461 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:07 pm

After a dozen years in the NBA battling the perception that he is one of the most self-absorbed players in the league, the main criticism of his game after a month in Boston is that he is not shooting enough. "They want me to shoot the ball," Marbury acknowledged following Sunday's 103-84 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. "But I shoot when I feel it and when it's there. I've never been a volume shooter, despite people thinking that I didn't pass the ball." MetroWest Daily News

"I like to take shots I feel like I'm going to make," said Marbury, who is shooting at a 31.9 percent clip since making his Boston debut on Feb. 27. "If I'm not going to make it, I'm not going to take it. I'd rather make another play." MetroWest Daily News




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Post#2 » by Rocky5000 » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:15 pm

Hahaha. I feel like this should be posted over on the Knicks board for maximum effect.
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Post#3 » by SuigintouEV » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:19 pm

i think it's funny a guy who once took 19.1 FGA a game as a net was never a volume shooter.

as a knick though, I don't think you can really say that he was.
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Post#4 » by GuyClinch » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:29 pm

Marbury knows he isnt' the only option out there now..
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Post#5 » by Celts17Pride » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:03 pm

Marbury is fitting in well. Keep doing what he is doing and his shooting opportunites will open up. Marbury knows what he is doing. :D
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Post#6 » by CeltsfanSinceBirth » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:39 pm

From Marbury's twitter:

Today I dunked, can feel my legs coming back. Not worried bout my shot coming,it'll come in time. Defense & dropping dimes r what its about.


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Post#7 » by Avalanche » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:38 pm

Defense and dropping dimes indeed.. this guy is doing and saying all the right things as a Celtic, i hope he sticks around
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Post#8 » by Al-Haqq » Wed Apr 1, 2009 7:53 am

Well the reason why we brought Marbury in was for POINTS, not for defense. He's got the dropping dimes part right, but we need him to score, period.
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Post#9 » by wayupnorth » Wed Apr 1, 2009 9:57 am

Al-Haqq wrote:Well the reason why we brought Marbury in was for POINTS, not for defense. He's got the dropping dimes part right, but we need him to score, period.


If he enables other bench players to score by creating scoring chances I'm totally fine with that. Bench points are bench points, it doesn't matter who gets the stats for them.
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Post#10 » by Mahoney_jr » Wed Apr 1, 2009 11:04 am

Al-Haqq wrote:Well the reason why we brought Marbury in was for POINTS, not for defense. He's got the dropping dimes part right, but we need him to score, period.


I thought we needed him for creating offense. If it's for his own or someone else's shot doesn't matter at all in the first place. Of course he should be more efficient but I'm still confident that he's about to come back.

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