Knicks Soap Opera Continues
In what has become (for non-Knicks fans) the biggest laughingstock of probably any sports league, the New York Knicks star point guard, Stephon Marbury has now left the team after being demoted from his starting spot in the line-up. Marbury was benched by coach, Isiah Thomas after repeatedly failing to change his game to fit Thomas’ offensive philosophy. Thomas has wanted Marbury to become more of a distributor of the ball, rather than looking for his shot first. It’s not the first problem that the two have had. At the beginning of last season, Marbury saw his playing time diminished in many early games after failing get on the same page as his coach.
This latest episode comes just weeks after a sexual harassment ruling came down against the team in a trial in which Marbury testified to having sex with an intern, and then leaving the courthouse singing and bouncing.
So far in the latest tirade, Marbury has missed a practice and a game against the Phoenix Suns, in which the Knicks lost 113-102. The Knicks have become the biggest joke in pro sports, and one would assume that Thomas is dead man walking, but given how ownership has supported him through mistake after mistake, and seems to relish in the destruction that he causes the team, Isiah may end up with a contract extension, or promotion.
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