New York Daily News -
Stephon Marbury revealed Friday night that he is struggling to adjust to his new role in Isiah Thomas' offense, suggesting that for the money the
Knicks are giving him, they should expect more out of him.
"I didn't get paid the money I got paid to do what I'm doing now," said Marbury, who is the NBA's fourth-highest paid player at $20.1 million. "I got paid to be a scoring guard. ... Now I'm playing more of a passive role."
Marbury finished with 13 points, eight assists, and four rebounds in last night's 99-90 loss to
Toronto. Thomas has designed the offense to feature
Eddy Curry,
Zach Randolph, and
Jamal Crawford.
Friday night, Randolph was held scoreless, and Curry had just six points. Crawford scored 27.
"It's not working out right now," Marbury said of Curry being the centerpiece.
New York Post -
Despite Monday's defiant remarks that he has no plans to leave the Knick bench, the
New York Post is reporting that Isiah Thomas actually vented in a conversation to a friend a day later that he is indeed considering stepping away from coaching to concentrate on the team presidency, according to a source.
In Thomas' conversation with his friend, according to the source, Thomas named only three players whom he likes -
David Lee,
Nate Robinson, and
Jamal Crawford.
and best of all...
New York Daily News -
After all the losing Isiah Thomas has done - both on and off the court - the Knicks' president and head coach appears to be finally losing the support of his strongest ally as well.
Garden chairman James Dolan recently told confidants that he knows a coaching change must be made and that he is preparing to do just that, according to a source close to Dolan. No timetable was given, but the source indicated that Dolan is leaning toward making a change before the end of the season.
Dolan's change of heart comes 10 months after he rewarded Thomas with a contract extension believed to be worth $24 million. Also, two months ago a Garden official leaked a story to three newspapers that Thomas still had the support of ownership.
It is not clear whether Dolan would allow Thomas to continue in his role as the team's highest-ranking decision-maker once he is removed from the bench. Such a scenario would seem unlikely, but Thomas' survival skills should never be underestimated.
Last night, Thomas sounded like a coach who knows that his time is running short. Thomas compared himself to the construction worker who lays the foundation to a house for someone else to live in.
"When you move into your house, the guy who poured the concrete never really gets a chance to live in that beautiful house that he built," Thomas said. "Our job right now is to make sure that we lay the concrete and that we lay it correctly."
Just came home and found these articles that are all pretty big for us.
First, ma homie Steph speaks the truth. Although he was highly critisized as a scoring guard for being a ball-hog, it is where he had most success and made him$. He averaged 22 and 8 doing that also. I totally agree with Stph, let him be aggressive. And he also acknowleged that bum soft fat %$$%* Curry isnt workingout as the centerpiece.
Also Isiah acknowledges that th only 3 players he likes are Lee, Nate, and Crawfordd which is the players who i have been saying who we need to keep. Thoseguys could be part of our future, but he NEEDS to give Balkman burn also.
and most importantly Dolan said a coaching chanege may be coming. ABOUT TIME.
