Comments on: Does the NBA need a Stephon Marbury Rule?

By: Danny

Danny — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:23:06 +0000

Get that money Brooklyn!

By: Yucca Man

Yucca Man — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:30:54 +0000

There’s probably no going back from the guaranteed contracts now, sadly enough. And the Knicks management deserves their share of blame for the mess. But let’s be honest, if any of us did the crap Marbury has done when we were at work, we’d be fired, we’d deserve to be fired, and nobody would cry for us.

Guaranteed contracts should have more contingency clauses, and if the player breaks them then forget it: things like insubordination, getting arrested, having sex in pickup trucks with front office interns, etc. Just a normal on-the-job conduct guidelines. If the player breaches them, and if the team can document it, then forget it. Tear up the contract and send the idiot on his way, penniless. I mean I could be fired for any of these things, why should an NBA player be exempt?

By: edgy edgar ersuvius

edgy edgar ersuvius — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:06:19 +0000

@control: his nickname never was either one of these: starberry, “‘berry, or stareberry/barry.

By: edgy edgar ersuvius

edgy edgar ersuvius — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:04:21 +0000

I agree, something needs to be done. If it could be engineered so, a half-way deal would be preferrable in these situations. How do we do that? I don’t know; but then, I am not payed to know.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:03:27 +0000

I agree with everybody that denounced the guaranteed money. But the solution really is pretty easy. Don’t want to pay that much money to the player, then don’t offer that much money. If the player goes elsewhere, then you didn’t offer him/her enough. Your commitment to signing equates to the desire to keep the player. Just check George Shinn.

If anything, the contract should have requirements. I always say that in baseball, if you have an error, you get docked money. I don’t know the contractual agreements between the two parties, but if there’s this many problems regarding the situation, then it’s something they need to revise.

By: Coop

Coop — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:46:39 +0000

Ash,

You don’t have a guaranteed contract, obviously. That’s unlucky. Don’t blame Marbury.

Milk Lady,

Fuck off you spambot piece of shit.

By: Milk Lady

Milk Lady — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:31:36 +0000

He’s a big star. I am his big fan. I saw him dating on a FREE & HOT dating site called ” ___~TALLLOVING.COM~___”. Seems he is hooking up with a hottie. The girl is from California. Very soft and sexy.

By: Coop

Coop — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:23:33 +0000

Thanks for your input, Mr F.

By: control

control — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:09:53 +0000

GMs have to wise up. Someone like Starburry would be a lot better to the knicks if he were to suffer some sort of “accident”.

The obvious answer is…create an “accident”. Sneak a box of Krispy Kremes into Starberry’s bag while he’s walking between Ecity and Fat Zach…oh snap, Startberry just got juiced.

Put starbarry onto his private jet…that somehow ends up off course and crashing in Greenland. Oops.

Accidentally assign stareberry’s to an NBA Cares program in OKC…on a secret redneck KKK compound, shit happens.

Bottomline is, GMs have to quite being pussies. Man up and bust a cap, create an accident or just straight choke a bitch.

By: weezy f

weezy f — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:57:06 +0000

coop your a dick