<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Marbury Threatens To Dish Info</div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic">Nov 14</span> - According to a person close to the team, Stephon Marbury's air rage began when Eddy Curry, following a conversation with Isiah Thomas, told Marbury that he and Marbury were being pulled from the starting lineup against the Suns.</p> </p> Upon hearing that he would back up second-year guard Mardy Collins, Marbury marched toward the front of the plane to meet with Thomas. Five minutes later, an enraged Marbury told his teammates that if he wasn't starting he wouldn't suit up for the game. But it was something else Marbury said that stunned his teammates in the back of the luxury plane.</p> </p> "Isiah has to start me," Marbury fumed, according to the source. "I've got so much (stuff) on Isiah and he knows it. He thinks he can (get) me. But I'll (get) him first. You have no idea what I know." -- <font color="#000000">New York Daily News</font></p> </p> </p> </p> [*]Thomas wouldn't specify what precipitated yet another Knicks crisis/distraction. However, one NBA player familiar with the situation said punches were thrown during Monday's flight to Phoenix, and someone who was on the flight admitted awakening to a commotion as Thomas discussed his dissatisfaction with Marbury's play and a possible demotion from the starting lineup. </p> If that's the case (and Knicks' officials deny a fight took place), Marbury probably has played his last game for his hometown team. -- <font color="#000000">Bergen Record</font></p> </p> [*]The Knicks got good and drubbed by the Suns in Phoenix last night, a 113-102 schooling that wasn't anywhere near as close as it sounds. Their $20 million point guard, Stephon Marbury, was 2,000 miles away. Five hours before tip-off, Marbury's plane touched down in New York City. For a time, it looked like he was actually AWOL. Then he text-messaged The Post's Marc Berman. </p> And never have the wonders of modern technology more eloquently explained away the rotting core of a once-revered sports franchise.</p> </p> "I have one thing to say, and that's I got permission to leave," Marbury stated. "I would never leave my team on my own. What I'm telling you is that I got permission to leave from Isiah [Thomas]. He said I could go home. God bless. Peace be with you."</p> </p> Ladies and gentlemen, your New York Knickerbockers. -- <font color="#000000">New York Post</font></p> </p></div> </div>
