Thursday, November 27th, 2008 at 9:00 am  |  79 responses

Marbury Refuses to Play (Again); Q-Rich Hates Him

by Marcel Mutoni

You know what Quentin Richardson is NOT thankful for? Stephon Marbury’s presence on the New York Knicks basketball team.

Marbury once again apparently refused to suit up last night for his injury depleted team – Mike D’Antoni was reportedly offering him a chance to start for the remainder of the season – and after the Knicks got romped by Detroit, Q-Rich could no longer hide his frustration with the whole affair.

From Newsday:

“I don’t consider him my teammate, so, I mean, whatever,” Quentin Richardson said. “He hasn’t played with us all year, he doesn’t want to play with us. He’s expressed that a second time, so whatever. I don’t look at him as a teammate because teammates don’t do that. Regardless of what you have going on with the organization or what you have going on with your coach or whatever, you’re not going to allow your teammates to be left out there the way they were left out there.

Regardless of how you’re trying to stick it to whoever. At the end of the day, we’re getting left out there and we’re shorthanded, people are hurt and people are still playing. Chris is banged up pretty bad. He’s got an ankle injury and his back is messed up pretty bad and he’s playing. But I mean, once again, I don’t really pay any attention to it because I don’t look at him as a teammate anyway.”

Ladies and germs, your New York Knicks! It’s amazing how this team consistently finds a way to sink lower than rock-bottom.

If this latest incident doesn’t lead to Marbury getting kicked off the squad, absolutely nothing will.

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  • Charles

    I agree with WhiteOut, Obviously.

  • jaymes

    Steph is nothing but a sook.Q hit the nail on the head, get out there and play if your asked to, thats what your paid for. The dude is a cancer on the league.

  • Young Chris MP3

    Stephon Marbury should never be mentioned in the same sentence with Allen Iverson. Period.

  • Dark

    Ugh, Knicks management and coaches handled this so poorly. I’m not defending Marbury here (how could I), but the coaches and management should have known better at the beginning of the season. If you turn your back on Marbury, don’t turn to him later, because there is no going back. What did they expect?

  • Chris

    My feelings are this, Marbury was told he was not wanted/needed with the organization so he has every right to refused to play in my books. Why didn’t the Knicks just waive him if they didn’t want him around? Trade him for peanuts, sure his contract is expiring but that is their piss-poor management that they are stuck paying for a player that isn’t wanted any more. I will defend Marbury’s right of choosing not to play, when at the start of the year he was prepared to work in any situation he was told to. Much love to Steph, get your paper and hopefully you can be free soon.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Quentin Richardson is right. He is undeniably right. Marbury’s attitude is seriously f*cked up and I’m glad Q Rich had the guts to say something.
    Q Rich is one of my favorite players on this Knicks squad right now, because he’s an honest man. He doesn’t care what the hell the media thinks, he just goes out and plays and does what he thinks is best. Also, he’s been stepping it up when our two best players were traded away. That’s really respectable.

  • GGG

    Marbury’s best way to get back at them would be to play and put up decent numbers, then he would have the last laugh. Being a whiney b*tch will just make no other team make a play for him now or in the future (way too much baggage).

  • speedy

    It’s a hit in the face for every fan to have such a hustler in the organication.

  • http://www.myspace.com/freedmusic Fredd

    The most important question is, when would be clever ( or not ) to take him in our fantasy leagues …

  • http://PROTEGECOLLECTIONYAHOO.COM DALLAS STOKES

    Q IS RIGHT

  • http://www.nba.com iLL wiLL

    QBall is an streaky shooter. Streakier than my undy stains.

  • Garron

    Can’t they use this as a reason to suspend marbury? That way they can not pay him his ridiculous amount of money

  • http://www.tripljunearthed.com/dacre Dacre

    think about this: How much would QRich hate marbury if he went to the Celtics next year..?? CRAZY.

  • http://www.myspace.com/hemantsbeats what

    D’Antoni did him wrong, but still, come on dude… you’re the 2nd highest player in the league, suck it up and play.

  • Matthew Lopez

    starbury shoud go to the blazers, he would give that great young team some much needed experience

  • http://www.basketballnonsense.com Melvin

    What is your problem asshole? damn marbury for who he is. I mean what is his training in the mountain ala Karl malone is all about then? It pisses me off a lot!

  • Alan Paul

    How could this all possibly not be grounds for just cutting him and not having to pay his contract? Aren’t there terms that have to be met on his end as well? This is ridiculous. Grow up. Anyone is paid to do a job, not to be happy. And he is paid insanely well.

  • http://PROTEGECOLLECTIONYAHOO.COM DALLAS STOKES

    GOOD PLAYER OR NOT, HE BETTER BE CAREFUL BEFORE STERN BLACKBALLS HIM. ITS ONE THING TO MAKE A FOOL OF D’ANTONI, ITS ANOTHER THING TO MAKE THE NBA LOOK BAD IN ONE OF ITS HIGHEST MEDIA CITIES. ALL IT TAKES IS ONE CALL AND STEPH WILL BE DUNKIN IN A PACKED HOUSE IN RUSSIA. NO PLAYER IS BIGGER THAN HIS TEAM AND NO PLAYER IS BIGGER THAN THE LEAGUE.

  • snyper48

    I still have Slam’s Steph & KG cover and still remember his All Star performance on the best ASG ever,damn what a waste of talent.

  • Jack

    Haha $hit man. Good on Steph I reckon. When he was ready to play they said no, so it’s only fair he do the same.

  • GGG

    Its seems that (now out of his own choice) one of the highest paid players in the league will be playing one of the least games/minutes in the league…send this farker home…he needs to be home-schooled.

  • jaywhy

    marbury for a washing machine!

  • starbury&stevey

    @Theo Papaloukas…glad to see that starbury still has fan all over the world…!!!STARBURY!!!STARBURY!!!trade him for Chilldress!!!

  • nastierthanyou

    Pain for the city that needs him
    Pain for the baller with no consideration
    Pain for the point guard position
    I’ll still buy the clothin for my kids on christmas but I’ll do it with a heavy heart!

  • Crook

    Charles, I’m not saying Richardson didn’t have a right to say what he did I just think it’s funny/ironic that he would talk since he was upset that other players talk smack. ..Ryan T, if Marbury’s own teammates didn’t want to play with him it’s a great indication that he is the problem more so than the coaches/mgmt…Matt, The Blazers would be total idiot if they took Marbury. They have a nice YOUNG team that is learning together and they do NOT need someone like Marbury in the locker room. Again, if his current AND former teammates had a problem with his antics how do you think a YOUNG team would benefit from him? Everyone who has played with KG loved/loves him as a teammate and warrior except Marbury, they couldn’t get along so that speaks volumes!!! nuff said.

  • R.gar

    If I were Stephon I’d jump at the chance to play, if for no other reason than to get yourself seen and remind the fans as to why you were once worth 200 grand a game to the Knicks, oh and plus it’d be nice if he didn’t end his professional career on the bench.

  • chintao

    I never thought that I would say this, but Q-Rich = Uncle Tom. Basketball is big business. Richardson and the rest of the Knicks should be standing by Marbury.

  • chiguy

    let me get this straight – he’s being paid $20 million dollars, but has “earned the right” not to work because his “feelings” were hurt? and how many people lost their homes and jobs this year? what a disconnect. this bs drama is almost too mindf-ing too believe.

  • chintao

    ^ Oh, but you’re not criticizing the bankers who made bajillions off of subprime and precipitated this whole economic crisis? Please unplug from the matrix for a minute. There is no way to compare basketball life to real life, but if there were… Steph would be somebody getting tossed out of his house, and the Knicks would be Goldman Sachs, the Treasury Department, AND the Federal Reserve, ALL ROLLED INTO ONE.

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