Stephon Marbury: “I got shot in the head by my own guys”
Photo. Chad GriffithSomeday, maybe in the very near future, when Stephon Marbury is retired, or playing Italy, or coaching Lincoln High School, you will miss him.
As we wait for the results of his “Buyout Summit” at the Knicks practice facility today, you need to read Steph’s latest comments in today’s New York Post.
Honestly, this might be his best work:
“I sat there for three weeks and didn’t say one word. I didn’t hear one of my teammates say, ‘Why isn’t Stephon Marbury playing? This is a good system for him, even to play with the second unit to bring more firepower.’
“When things got bad and then worse, guys like Quentin Richardson say, ‘I don’t consider him a teammate. He let his teammates out to dry.’ He didn’t care I was his teammate when I was banished. They left me out for dead. It’s like we’re in a foxhole and I’m facing the other way. If I got shot in the head, at least you want to get shot by the enemy. I got shot in the head by my own guys in my foxhole. And they didn’t even give me an honorable death.”
Source: NY Post
December 1st, 2008 at 10:56 am
the_don_mega says:
ei Dime, kinda late with this one… anyways…
“And they didn’t even give me an honorable death.” – just priceless…
December 1st, 2008 at 10:58 am
BxBaller says:
I’ve been saying the same thing since Q said that.
Steph is right, Q was/is acting like a little bitch.
December 1st, 2008 at 10:59 am
doc says:
I feel what Steph getting at with this statement,but its too late for bitching both ways , just break these jokers up.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:00 am
original2k9 says:
Damn that’s kinda deep
December 1st, 2008 at 11:01 am
heckler...formerly 'yallallreadyknow' says:
Steph is a bum….and so is Quentin Richardson.
who cares?
trade them both as a package deal so they can stay together…lol. that would be funny
December 1st, 2008 at 11:05 am
Rubber Burner says:
I honestly can’t be mad at Steph. D’Antoni did play a hurt Gallinari. The dude’s back is like a zip loc bag full of cranberry sauce and he played him, while Marbury is in the best shape since his rookie year (down to 195lbs.
Steph did sit there and he didn’t complain. D’Antoni is a douchebag.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:09 am
Max says:
It’s comedy now, I tell you, seeing people still defend the Cancer after comments like these.
Q has my respect after speaking the truth about Starbury and the C’s recently.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:11 am
MJAX says:
Let’s just say Nate, David, Q, Wilson Chandler and Spike Lee walked into MD’s office and invited Donnie Walsh. While there they said, “we think Steph should play!”. Do you honestly think that would have made it happen? Their lil bonding would matter? Can you do that at your job for a co worker whose done good and bad in the past for the company and had run ins with your Supervisor from their past? Would your voice really matter if you spoke on his behalf? Is it your business?
December 1st, 2008 at 11:14 am
freshouttatime says:
man we let go of crawford/randolph before marbury, vilify him- essentially kill his trade value, and all this for a shot at lebron in ‘10?
does bron really need the big market that everyone wants us to believe?
dude is the topic of every commercial/magazine/sports pundit the last 3 weeks!
i was too young to care about business and re-signing when it came to jordan in the late 80’s but was there this big drama about him potentially signing with ny?
or was chicago considered a comparable market with la and nyc?
while i understand the knicks bending over for the next 2 years is a business move with the potential of a big return, its gonna come back and bite us like duncan and the celtics….
December 1st, 2008 at 11:16 am
Kermit the Washington says:
OMG…this isn’t DEEP, this is rediculous. Steph is touched in the head, and the stuff coming out of his mouth just confirms that. Was he also Q’s teammate when he went APE #$@% on the team plane when Isaiah suggested bringing him off the bench for a game? And now he turns around and acts like he’s been the best teammate of all time, and now everyone’s betrayed him. Get the $%@# outa here with that…..
December 1st, 2008 at 11:18 am
heckler...formerly 'yallallreadyknow' says:
its unfair to marbury.
everyone was suppose to start with a clean slate since the team had new management and a new coach.
but clearly the coach had another agenda and is biased against steph marbury.
but bums like mardy collins got minutes. anthony roberson got minutes. the italian rook got minutes….
steph just sat there. didnt bitch….
..and when worse got to worse (after the trades) coach needed marbury. marbury scoffed…and the dude got fined and suspended?…and without the prez even hearing his side? that dont make sense.
steph is a bum. bur fair is fair and right is right. FIRE D’ANTONI.
he sucks as a coach anyway
December 1st, 2008 at 11:21 am
Ashlov says:
I think it’s funny that there might be a potential clause in his buyout stating that he can’t sign with the Heat. At this point, I think he has all the leverage, with all the negative attention on the Knicks.
Knowing Marbury, he’ll refuse a buyout unless he can sign with whomever he pleases.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:30 am
jayslay says:
yo steph is right…..y should he play after being told he wasn’t part of the future and then ur coach goes out his way to not play u…….activating james fuckin jones over starbury????? u cant tell anyone with basketball knowledge that fat ass james jones is better than steph…..as for Q Rich……if u dont say nuthin to steph dont say that shit to the media……no one on this team has said anything to help this guy…..not sayin it would matter much but jus maybe he woulda played had his “teammates”stuck up 4 him….
December 1st, 2008 at 11:32 am
Sweet English says:
Steph has clearly been spending WAY to much of his unemplyoyed time playing hardcore team on Call Of Duty
Wouldn’t suprise me i that guy hasn’t had time to prestige like 6 times already.
Steph my man put the XBOX controller down and go GET A JOB.
Thats funny as f**k though as if we didn’t think the guy was taking this whole thing way to far already, he is now comparing himself to a WW1 sodier murdered by friendly fire in a trench. Way to make people feel sorry for you Steph. My man has been smoking some extra strong strains or something recently.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:33 am
Kermit the Washington says:
@Ashlov…
If that’s true, then Steph’s in a worse spot than you might think…he’ll stubbornly refuse to go to teams that want him (rebuilding teams) and try to force something to a contender. And the contenders won’t want him disrupting the good thing they got going, so he’s gonna end up the Barry Bonds of the NBA. If that hasn’t happened already. You’re telling me he didn’t bring all this on himself? D’Antoni refused to play him because he KNOWS BETTER.
and @ Heckler…
What did the prez need to hear from Steph? His “reasons” for not playing when asked? Steph’s “reason” was childish, and you know it. “You wouldn’t let me play when I wanted to play, and now that you need me I’m gonna say no to somehow punish you for that”. Big freakin’ baby.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:37 am
Jah says:
The whole situation is a mess. Let’s talk instead about how great my fantasy league draft is looking now that DWade, CBosh, and Devin Harris are all in the top 5 scoring in the NBA!
December 1st, 2008 at 11:37 am
Arnold Palmer says:
yo Quentin Richardson IS A BITCH…….He threw steph under the bus knowing q wuldnt play for the knicks if he actually ha a choice……..I dont kno if hes noticed he plays for a team that is openly giving any good players away to save money and Keeping BUMS ie.him….Until They can get a free agent that isnt even out of contract for another 2 YEARS
December 1st, 2008 at 11:52 am
dmitry of jersey says:
people are really defending marbury? and pretending he is a good basketball player? too funny. Q should have bitch-slapped marbury in person instead of in the media. shitty sneakers deserve to step into dog shit…
December 1st, 2008 at 12:04 pm
heckler...formerly 'yallallreadyknow' says:
@ kermit the washington (#15)
it doesnt matter if steph had a good reason or not to enter tha game. you cannot suspend and fine him as the president WITHOUT AT LEAST hearing from him.
that is a coward move and sets a bad tone in the locker room.
if one of your co-workers or supervisor (coach) said something about you to the boss, and the boss just sent you home without hearing your side….how would you feel?
December 1st, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Kermit the Washington says:
“you cannot suspend and fine him as the president WITHOUT AT LEAST hearing from him”
Really? Says who? If I refuse to work and my boss tells the president, and the president says “don’t pay him for that, and suspend him”, then that’s the answer. He doesn’t have to hear from me. I didn’t show up.
Same with Steph. You’re acting like this is all gossip and D’Antoni is talking behind Marbury’s back or something. The dude didn’t play, everyone knows it, and the only “tone” that was set is that this foolishness isn’t tolerated, even if you’re the highest paid player on the roster and think you’re a good basketball player.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Ashlov says:
I’m pretty sure that what happened was D’Antoni asked him if he wanted to play, and Marbury said no. From the sound of it, D’Antoni didn’t tell him that he HAD to play. That’s a different story.
Again, after being alienated for the entire season and supposedly thrown under the bus behind his back, I don’t blame Marbury for not wanting to play. I do agree that he should be suspended, but ethically, I agree with what he did.
If I had money in the bank like Marbury does, I’d take a hit in the wallet and at least walk away with my pride.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
justice says:
Richardson is the same p***sy that quit on isiah last year now he has the nerve to come out with this b.s. steph was a dick for not playing and showing or at least acting as a model citizen, but d’antoni is a clown why wouldn’t steph have a clean slate and if he didn’t why didn’t they tell him at the start of the season and don’t look for his help when u do, send him home like tinsley…
how does management phuck up somthing this simple, for christ sake’s we are the wealthiest franchise in the league we make more than double most other teams pay the guy and move on… this shytt turns my stomach im so embarassed to be a knick fan sometimes
December 1st, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Celts Fan says:
MAYBE, if he hadn’t alienated teammates, coaches AND the front office and walked out on them last year when he wasn’t willing to be a backup, start fights with people at practice (remember, it was Q that had to be stopped from chasing him outside and killing him after practice one day last year) and wasn’t such a jerk to everyone, he’d be missed. Those bullets are made of $25 MILLION though, so don’t worry though Steph, “they’re gonna give all >your> money…
December 1st, 2008 at 12:29 pm
got them..SCOOBY DO's says:
@ Kermit the Washington
The right thing to do was to at least hear the other side of it….
You’re right the president can do what they want..but it wouldn’t be fair to your employee who you once favored by paying him more than anyone else but didnt give him a chance after it was obvious during the summer he was willing to change his attitude…by getting in shape and doing whatever the coach wanted…even to the point of sitting on the bench…
QRichardson was wrong…everyone that followed the Knicks know that Richardson and Marbury didn’t get along…his comment was a result of that…it had nothing to do with what transpired this season…Rich should have just shut up…this wasn’t about him and Steph…
December 1st, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Kermit the Washington says:
Wow. Good thing steph’s got supporters who can somehow identify with his trash…geez
@Got Them…the other side of WHAT?!
“Hey steph, why didn’t you play in the game?”
Is that what you want them to ask him? Well lemme tell you, the answer doesn’t MATTER, that’s why they didn’t ask. The bottom line is that dude refused to play. You don’t get to meet with the president and offer your petty excuses; you didn’t play when called upon. And you’re making millions. You have nothing to work with there. That’s why he’s been ostracized, and that’s why D’Antoni won’t mess with him. His mindset just isn’t there.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
BxBaller says:
Yes, Steph still has some supporters, but you can’t deny that Steph got played like a sucka. If you were in his situation, I’m sure some of ya’ll would have told D’Andummy to kiss your ass as well.
As for Q, you can’t expect someone to have your back when nobody had Steph’s back earlier on. We’ll see what happens to the Knicks when their scapegoat is gone. Let’s see if Q will be talking reckless then.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Kermit the Washington says:
oh my god
December 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
bballinca says:
Why don’t they just give him his money and tell him to stay home?
December 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
douglalr says:
Knicks management at it again…
How do you take the most hated person on a team and make him a sympathetic figure? You run the Knicks that’s how…Steph (and Curry I might add) had his chance to run the Knicks and blew it leaving 3 hall of famers in his wake…but still Steph could help your team…it doesn’t matter what any of the players say, since none of them are going to be here when they make Lebron a part owner anyway…besides who’s development was he going to hurt? None of the young players are guards (Nate doesn’t count since he’s a bench player on any good and some bad teams) and finally if your employer tells you he’s going to pay you not to work? really you would? what if he says its your choice to work but you still got paid???? no, seriously, you still would? wow!!! The coach is B…all he had to say was “we’re short players so get dressed, end of story”…that would have covered his tough guy routine…but he couldn’t do it…Walsh is no angel either as he presided over the Pacers during “the brawl,” the teams OK coral gun play, and their collapse as an up and coming power…oh wait only Isiah gets blamed when he brings players to a team…oops
December 1st, 2008 at 1:23 pm
johnsacrimoni says:
Maybe D’Antoni gave Steph a chance to change his attitude in the preseason and he didn’t? Remember he has coached him before.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:36 pm
GEE...All ya heard was poppa don't hit me no more says:
I am actually shocked it took this long for Steph to go public. Whole situation is a fiasco. They just need to get dude out and then he needs to take his show overseas.
Plain and simple.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pm
AY says:
“Someday, maybe in the very near future, when Stephon Marbury is retired, or playing Italy, or coaching Lincoln High School, you will miss him.”
I’m fairly certain the only thing I will miss is the $15 marbury shoes from steve and barry. And that has more to do with steve and barry going out of business than anything.
December 1st, 2008 at 2:47 pm
ed says:
stephs legacy was written long before any of this stuff happened this year. he put up some stats but he will always be remembered as a loser. teams hes on always do better once his diva ass is out of the picture. who would want to play with a shoot first pg with a limitless ego?
December 1st, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Reed Ewing Frazier says:
First the FAT BOYS break up now everbody got a problem with Steph
KNICKS UP!! all the rest down!!
December 1st, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Duke says:
The Knicks fuck so much that they should have their own channel on cable. Seriously though, you know you’ve screwed up bad as hell when Stephon Marbury is getting sympathy.
December 1st, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Jerry says:
seriously, Starbury can die in a fire, please make it happen
December 1st, 2008 at 5:47 pm
JCARR says:
Well marbury, what do you expect, a hot girl you can molest?
Just solve this dilemma already@!
December 1st, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Kavi says:
its kinda hard not to agree with him, he got a pretty good point.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:12 pm
OJT says:
Starbury is a headcase, it seems people forget the interviews he’s done in the past where he is clearly incoherent. The guy is a cancer on any team, and I find it funny how anyone can support him and what he said. “I didn’t hear anyone say ‘why isn’t stephon marbury playing?’”, it’s probably because everyone f#$#ing hates you, you’re an asshole to your teammates and coaching staff.
December 1st, 2008 at 10:51 pm
Knickhopeful says:
Putting aside what his contract says/does not say, Knicks management really did not have to suspend him. Blame the dumb team that offered this salary to him. Let’s put aside whether he is a locker room cancer or a bad team player etc (which he is). He didn’t force the Knicks to sign him.
I don’t like Marbury, but in a twisted and uncanny way, I can see why he is refusing to play. On the other hand, he is just making it very hard for other NBA teams to be interested when he inevitably gets traded or is bought out and is looking for a job.
Put in another way, suspending Marbury just made him that much more of a problem for the Knicks because the Knicks should have known that Marbury would start acting up and going to the media.
Arrivederci Signor Marbury.
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Haylow says:
this is even better than Quincy Carters quote after he got cut from the Cowboys when he said “I feel like my dad hit me in the head with a baseball bat”
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 am
Sccob says:
Steph is right. The whole organization is a joke. Dolan needs to sell the team.
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
wiseman says:
marbury is still pretty good i think hes still got some game in em PLAY HIM