Marbury says he WILL play in Italy when contract expires..

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2940731<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Stephon Marbury has travel plans when his contract with the New York Knicks runs out in two years.Marbury told the New York Post that he plans to play in Italy, having visited the country in May with his wife, visiting Rome, Milan and Tuscany."I'm not just thinking of doing it, I'm going to do it," Marbury said, according to the Post. "My wife loved it there."</div>

 

They can have him.

 

I expect a similar statement out of Sebastian Telfair in the future.

 

This is the best news I heard all off season :rock:

 

This sucks for Italy.

 

Why does everyone hate marbury? hes a hell of a basketball talent and no more egotistical then kobe bryant. IF Marbury goes to italy, he will be the michael jordan of basketball over there.

 

Damn, I wonder what Knicks fans think about this. I don't think he'll be that great over in the Italian League; it's probably the most competitive in all of Europe. And, he'll be 32 when his contract is done so I don't know...

 

Stephon Marbury really hasn't done much for the Knicks the past couple of season. By no means did Marbury, despite being a quality player at the time of recieving the contract, did Marbury live up to what New York expected of him. After 2 quality seasons when he got the contract, Steve Francis along with tons of other overpayed guards came into New York.

Despite his playing time not dropping, his overall play suffered when he couldn't mesh well with all the Knicks guards and missed 22 games in 05-06. Since then his game hasn't come close to reaching where it was in PHX. Now, he is a waste of his maximum contract.

This should be good news for the Knicks in a way. They can use the 20 million to sign a quality point guard along with other valuable assets to their squad.

 

hes still a good player..sucks for new york they wont get starburys anymore haha

 

:drunk: :drunk: :drunk: :rock:

 

Marbury has been acting really weird this offseason, especially in his interviews. He has started to state "Basketball is just a game, theres more to life than basketball" in all his interviews. I guess this explains it. He seems like he's enjoying life for once.

 

I bet it doesn't happen. If it does, I'll be relieved. Maybe he can be a star over there!

 

Yeah I wont really care..he can have fun..hell he can go now..

 

This is gonna be like a David Beckham going to the US for Italy.Well not really.there is no way Marbury goes to Italy..I'd bet anything against that.

 

1) Stop calling him Starbury... he's far from that.2) People hate on him because although he has helped every team he has been on, it only happens AFTER he leaves them.3) He has the talent... just doesn't know how to successfully utilize it.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMo763 @ Jul 18 2007, 11:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>1) Stop calling him Starbury... he's far from that.</div>I don't think anyone did.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Jul 19 2007, 12:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I don't think anyone did.</div>You're right... I just glanced the thread and thought somebody did. But still... no calling him Starbury.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMo763 @ Jul 19 2007, 12:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>You're right... I just glanced the thread and thought somebody did. But still... no calling him Starbury.</div>I don't mind it as long as it long as it's sarcastic. I think it's a pretty funny name, just like Franchise.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mAAAbs @ Jul 18 2007, 06:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Marbury has been acting really weird this offseason, especially in his interviews. He has started to state "Basketball is just a game, theres more to life than basketball" in all his interviews. I guess this explains it. He seems like he's enjoying life for once.</div>
Agreed, he has also started to say that he doesn't want to win a championship. He "wins for winning" according to him.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>You're right... I just glanced the thread and thought somebody did. But still... no calling him Starbury.</div>
It's just a nickname. Same with Stevie Franchise, Francis has become known as a cancer by many NBA analysts and fans. He's by no means a franchise player. Even when Francis was on the Rockets, Yao Ming was the franchise player. That nickname is much worse than 'Starbury'.

 

God this sucks I really like this guy but people hate on him for his attitude. I was hoping the Knicks would give him the MLE or something when he expires.