<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">NEW YORK -- New York Knicks coach Larry Brown responded to Stephon Marbury's vow to be more offensive minded, saying he never restricted his point guard's ability to score. Brown also questioned the timing of Marbury's remarks, which came before the Knicks lost at Charlotte on Saturday night to give them the worst record in the league. "I've never given a guard more freedom than Stephon Marbury in my life, and he has the ball all the time," Brown said Monday before the Knicks played the Denver Nuggets. In comments that appeared in New York-area newspapers, Marbury said he sacrificed his game for the sake of the team, but it didn't work out. "I went into this year trying to do something, to put myself in a situation where we can win, OK?" Marbury was quoted as saying. "To help the team win games. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. So, what do I do now, as far as the way I play? I go back to playing like Stephon Marbury, aka Starbury. I haven't been Starbury this year. I've been some other dude this year." The Knicks had won consecutive games before Saturday, even though Marbury averaged only nine points in the victories. "We had just won I think two in a row when I heard those comments," Brown said. "So again, I'm hopeful that he'll step up and be Starbury." "I've said since Day 1, I don't care if a guy takes 25, 35 quality shots, it doesn't bother me at all," Brown said. "But we're not going to win any games until we start guarding people and taking care of the ball better."</div> Source
"But we're not going to win any games until we start guarding people and taking care of the ball better. Marbury isn't the problem to that, he has a good assist to turnover ratio, and is an average defender. Curry who's very turnover prone and a terrible defender who gets out rebounded by everyone in the league. Curry's minutes should be limited, so he can play hungry again, he doesn't look interested in basketball.
you're right, starbury takes care of the ball and takes mostly good shots. It's the terrible shots that the other guys take - Jamal Crawford, Eddy Curry and Jerome James in particular - that hurts them.
