It looks like Stephon Marbury finally gets it
FINALLY!!!
Now I can say it...."The Knicks" were never the problem
with Larry Brown's "system", the problem was with the
"head" (or as I call him....SUPERhead). The rest of the
team was grasping it very well, including Jamal Crawford
but Steph was really the lone holdout. He continued to do
his own thing while the rest of them were playing within
Brown's system. They actually played team ball whenever
Steph went to the sideline, which was very rare as, (like
most chuckers), he played well over 40 minutes per game.
So the only time the Knicks got to play together without
him was when they were down by hugh amounts
Brown's tinkering with different starting lineups was also
not working....primarily because there was one player who
Brown did NOT tinker with starting wise.....Marbury. Brown
could not bench Marbury without causing a controversy
in the press, so he used another method. Finally calling
his reluctant guard out in the press himself. Once that
happened, it woke up the sleeping Garden fans, and you
actually heard BOOING of Marbury in the Garden.
Don't remember what game it was, but right before the
streak, Robinson and Crawford led a Knicks rally from 21
points down to 9 and Robinson fouled out....The crowd,
cheering emphatically for Nate, then when Steph stood
up to take his place (taking the "terrible towel" off his
Superhead), the crowd CLEARLY booed his ass and there
was no avoiding the obvious.....They finally caught on to
what the problem was and there was no way to hide it
anymore.....It wasn't Curry's fault, or Isiah Thomas....or
Crawford, or Larry Brown, Malik Rose or Mo Taylor's. They
all were hustling, playing unselfishly and doing okay.
So what was the problem????
From that point on, Steph has been a model citizen. Pass
first, shoot as a last resort type of player and the Knicks have
been ULTRA successful. Certain players are starting to flourish
and certain questionable moves are paying off now.....
Sad, thats what it takes for a "star" player to finally get it.
I can think of a couple of star players in big city squads that
need to follow suit. One is suspended right now, lol
FINALLY!!!
Now I can say it...."The Knicks" were never the problem
with Larry Brown's "system", the problem was with the
"head" (or as I call him....SUPERhead). The rest of the
team was grasping it very well, including Jamal Crawford
but Steph was really the lone holdout. He continued to do
his own thing while the rest of them were playing within
Brown's system. They actually played team ball whenever
Steph went to the sideline, which was very rare as, (like
most chuckers), he played well over 40 minutes per game.
So the only time the Knicks got to play together without
him was when they were down by hugh amounts
Brown's tinkering with different starting lineups was also
not working....primarily because there was one player who
Brown did NOT tinker with starting wise.....Marbury. Brown
could not bench Marbury without causing a controversy
in the press, so he used another method. Finally calling
his reluctant guard out in the press himself. Once that
happened, it woke up the sleeping Garden fans, and you
actually heard BOOING of Marbury in the Garden.
Don't remember what game it was, but right before the
streak, Robinson and Crawford led a Knicks rally from 21
points down to 9 and Robinson fouled out....The crowd,
cheering emphatically for Nate, then when Steph stood
up to take his place (taking the "terrible towel" off his
Superhead), the crowd CLEARLY booed his ass and there
was no avoiding the obvious.....They finally caught on to
what the problem was and there was no way to hide it
anymore.....It wasn't Curry's fault, or Isiah Thomas....or
Crawford, or Larry Brown, Malik Rose or Mo Taylor's. They
all were hustling, playing unselfishly and doing okay.
So what was the problem????
From that point on, Steph has been a model citizen. Pass
first, shoot as a last resort type of player and the Knicks have
been ULTRA successful. Certain players are starting to flourish
and certain questionable moves are paying off now.....
Sad, thats what it takes for a "star" player to finally get it.
I can think of a couple of star players in big city squads that
need to follow suit. One is suspended right now, lol
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