[外電] Sources: Marbury, Celtics interested in deal

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Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3804977

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Sources: Marbury, Celtics interested in deal

By Marc Stein ESPN.com (Updated: January 1, 2009, 11:43 PM ET)

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Nearly one year since Stephon Marbury last played in a regular-season game,
signals are getting stronger that the New York Knicks' outcast will
eventually make his comeback with the Boston Celtics.

距離馬大少最後一次站在球場上，算算也快一年了，不過這幾天最新的傳聞，莫過於
馬大少即將有可能加入超賽。

That still depends largely on Marbury's ability to negotiate his release from
the Knicks after weeks of fruitless and oft-contentious buyout talks, but
sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.com this week that Boston
is Marbury's preferred destination if he manages to become a free agent and
that the Celtics are indeed hopeful of signing him.

經過最近許多有關馬大少與尼克高層的談判，這一切還要看馬大少是否有辦法說服尼克
高層。但根據這禮拜的ESPN報導，表示說馬大少最有可能的下一站，便是超賽。前提當然
包括他是否可以成為自由球員，或是超賽願不願意簽他。

Celtics general manager Danny Ainge did not immediately respond to a request
for comment on a New Year's Day holiday for the entire league and has
generally refused to address the possibility of signing Marbury. Yet it's
believed that the Celtics' concerns about their depth, after losing James
Posey and P.J. Brown from last season's title team, have swelled noticeably
since they followed up the best 29-game start in NBA history at 27-2 by
losing three of the next four games on the road.

超賽總理AINGE並沒有出面回應此說法，也拒絕表示任何有關馬大少的交易。但是自失去
去年戰將POSEY與BROWN後，超賽這一季雖然開季29場贏了27場，只輸兩場。但自從前29場
後，他們接下的四場球賽，卻輸了三場。

With Brown telling the New Orleans Times-Picayune on Wednesday that he is
"officially retired" and Dikembe Mutombo having re-signed earlier this week
with the Houston Rockets, Marbury easily ranks as the most accomplished
low-cost veteran that the Celtics can add to their bench in-season. Boston
also knows it would have the option to simply release Marbury without
significant salary-cap consequences if he fails to click as a backup or
proves unwilling to accept a secondary role.

當BROWN向紐澳良宣布他的退休與木桶伯加入火箭後，馬大少卻是一個有經驗的老將，
可以補強超賽的板凳，主要還是覺得若馬大少若無法有所貢獻，超賽高層有權把馬大少
放掉。

It appears that the biggest obstacle to such a move is Marbury actually
securing a buyout from the Knicks in a timely fashion as opposed to
reservations Boston might have about Marbury's impact on team chemistry.

看來目前最難的地方還是馬大少要如何解決他與尼克間的談判。

Although it has been widely assumed that Celtics forward Kevin Garnett would
resist a reunion with the controversial point guard -- after Marbury broke up
their Minnesota parternship in less than three seasons together by forcing a
trade to New Jersey -- one Celtics source insists that Garnett has voiced no
opposition to the idea of signing Marbury for the rest of the season to
strengthen Boston's backcourt depth behind starters Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen.

When asked specifically about the likelihood of Marbury joining the Celtics
this season, the source predicted that "it will happen."

Joining the NBA's reigning champions would certainly back up Marbury's recent
claim at halftime of a Knicks-Lakers game in Los Angeles that "the team I'm
going to go to, a lot of people will be shocked." The 31-year-old hasn't
officially played for New York since Jan. 11 of last season and began this
season on the inactive list while awaiting a buyout. Marbury was then barred
from contact with the team in late November after a dispute over Knicks coach
Mike D'Antoni's offering him the chance to start playing again following the
Knicks' two trades on Nov. 21, which left them short of available players.

The Celtics lack size more than anything off the bench, which should explain
their interest in Brown and Mutombo. But Marbury -- when he's right -- is a
proven scoring threat who can also handle pressure on the ball, freeing up
Eddie House to focus on his preferred role of designated shooter. The Celtics
also clearly have the strong team culture -- with Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray
Allen and coach Doc Rivers -- to take on the various challenges of a Marbury
dice roll.

"All the people who say nobody wants me on their team, [that] I'm all
different things -- a cancer -- that's not what's going on," Marbury said at
the game in L.A. earlier this month when surrounded by reporters.

One source close to Marbury cautioned that it would be premature to say that
he's narrowed his wish list down to the Celtics, but one Western Conference
executive said of the notion that Marbury is Boston-bound: "I've heard the
exact same thing."

The fact remains, though, that Marbury has to extricate himself from the
Knicks before he can make any firm future plans. Media outlets in New York
have reported in recent days that Knicks president Donnie Walsh is planning
to seriously rekindle buyout talks now that the calendar has flipped to 2009,
but one theory in circulation holds that the Knicks have dragged out
Marbury's release this long in part because they don't want to see him wind
up as a contributor in a championship race with a team from the same division.

The Celtics have also yet to make either of their two scheduled
regular-season visits to Madison Square Garden. The first is Sunday and the
second is Feb. 6.

In buyout negotiations to date, Marbury has refused to surrender more than $1
million of his $20.8 million salary and, at last report, was no longer
offering to give back that much. The Knicks have reportedly asked Marbury to
give up at least $3 million for the right to choose his next team, although
they could be moved to lower those demands if a trade materializes that
requires New York to open Marbury's roster spot.

Assuming that Marbury does eventually secure a buyout from the Knicks, it
would appear that his options are scarce should the Celtics ultimately decide
not to take the gamble.

Orlando and Phoenix are among the top teams needing guard help which have
publicly declared their intent to steer clear of Marbury. Miami is often
mentioned as a possible destination, but the luxury-tax implications from
signing Marbury and the Heat's status as a rebuilding team make it a
questionable fit. It is unclear whether the Los Angeles Lakers -- who
recently lost backup point guard Jordan Farmar until mid-February at the
earliest because of knee surgery -- would be a Marbury bidder.

ESPN.com reported in mid-November that Dallas planned to investigate the
possibility of signing Marbury if he became available -- with Mavericks owner
Mark Cuban and Marbury having built a casual friendship over the years -- but
that was before J.J. Barea emerged as a reliable contributor off the Mavs'
bench. Club sources, meanwhile, have maintained from the start that the Mavs
would likely pass on the tricky prospect of bringing in Marbury to back up
Jason Kidd, given what happened after those two were traded for each other in
the summer of 2001. Kidd led New Jersey to back-to-back appearances in the
NBA Finals in 2002 and 2003; Marbury experienced only moderate success in 2½
 seasons with Phoenix before a 2004 trade to the Knicks which has delivered
little beyond a steadily deteriorating relationship with his hometown team.

In a first-person weblog entry for the New York Post on Wednesday, Marbury
discussed his ongoing exile from the Knicks.

"People who know me know I'm in the best shape of my life," Marbury wrote. ".
. . Bottom line, I came to camp with the right attitude, in shape and ready
to play. I didn't come to be a distraction.

"I didn't want to be a distraction for the team first and me second. I
honestly came to help the team win. Real talk. I was willing to put in the
work necessary to earn my starting spot and humble enough to accept coming
off of the bench.

"It was unfortunate that the coach wanted to go in a different direction and
didn't want me to be part of the team. I just wish it had been handled
correctly from jump. I could understand the fact they didn't want Chris Duhon
looking over his shoulder, but if you don't want me just pay me and let me
go. I just want to play basketball."



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※ 編輯: Paraguay        來自: 219.71.2.41          (01/02 19:21)
推 gohit       :是有一定風險...但是呢 這也是不錯的方法啊
推 rainingdayz :既期待又怕受傷害
→ gohit       :就像阿泰加盟火箭後....沒鬧過什麼問題啊
→ gohit       :所以若要加入...就要先好好溝通..@@
→ gohit       :除非他真的想消失在球場...否則以現在的狀況而言
→ gohit       :是他只能想打球 而不是他可以鬧啤氣的時候 科科
→ piercepaul  :我覺得只要尼克將他釋出 我們就會簽他= =
→ piercepaul  :我比較擔心的是他的打球風格...
推 cyjoe       :所以這張照片的組合要重聚了嗎? http://0rz.tw/965h2
推 now2        :本來覺的 它會稿壞球隊 但是想想 他可以和失誤allen
→ now2        :一起組成替補亂幹球大隊 也不錯 替補除了失誤allen
→ now2        :真的沒有一個有獨自取分能力
推 k285        :我怎麼覺得walker還比較有用？
→ now2        :且marbury 又有很強的助攻能力
→ now2        :可以把powe的得分能力發揮在最高點
→ piercepaul  :就怕他不傳球....Y
推 now2        :一場有七次以上  應該是很會傳球.....
→ now2        :不然 賽隊 替補中真的沒一個有自己的得分能力
推 xxxyyy362   :如果價錢問題不用celtics負擔太多 那來了算是好事
→ xxxyyy362   :celtics現在還滿依賴Rondo 要是他受傷確實會影響大局
→ piercepaul  :我們是垂涎他的進攻~助攻次數是也挺多的~
推 xxxyyy362   :要是成真 就只缺中鋒小前鋒的破洞了 加油安吉
→ piercepaul  :我覺得能先補油漆區的還是先補比較好...
推 gaiaesque   :價錢不說..他能來也不錯啊,光是替補pg就補上太多了
推 acmonkey    :隊上有四個歐死踏 戰力真的很可觀
推 jamesch     :老實說會覺得marbury不傳球應該有不少是成見
→ piercepaul  :別忘了之前某幾隊4 5星的下場
→ jamesch     :在隊上有不爭球三巨頭情況下，給marbury持球應該剛好
推 now2        :marbury只是待過的隊伍戰績都不好...事實上
→ now2        :它能傳球 能得分 給他當替補應該還不錯
→ jamesch     :如果marbury願意打替補，光這心態就沒理由拒絕他吧
→ now2        :不然powe house那種得分能力 能看嗎= =
→ now2        :不過就不知道marbury防守到底怎樣了= =
→ piercepaul  :我剛才原本想po文討論一下 後來打消念頭
→ piercepaul  :有查一下 生涯平均抄截有一個 籃板不到4個的樣子
→ piercepaul  :不過要看他的團隊意識啦 數據不代表什麼
→ now2        :況且marbury就算想亂 他應該也不敢  三巨頭
推 gaiaesque   :畢竟他跟kg過去是隊友...沒啥不好談的..又有冠軍誘因
→ now2        :個個比他地位高....自然能壓住他
→ r9210117    :我必須說其實他防守並不差的 舉雙手贊成!!
→ piercepaul  :看來大家對他的感覺並不差 那好吧!
→ piercepaul  :讓我們繼續看安吉的動作...
推 r9210117    :不喜歡他的人應該更多 但我是屬於很看好他的一位XD
→ now2        :因為我以前看過他打球 真的是血脈噴張 常常有好球
→ Eshow       :她願意當替補或者暴徒的話～肯定是好物！
→ SexyCassell :其實是要看外星人的狀態如何啦.....XDDDD
→ now2        :傳球也傳的好  再加上陣中比他大牌的不少
→ now2        :看過marbury打球後 我真的愛死他了 比baron davis
→ r9210117    :我們要的是什麼?不就是防守 替補得分能力 控衛
→ now2        :有更好得分手段~~
→ SexyCassell :缺PP的替補呀....如果可以 我比較希望先補這個
→ now2        :因為替補沒有一個有合格的控球能力阿
→ r9210117    :這些他都符合 只要他認真打球 在聯盟後衛也是可上榜
→ SexyCassell :dj/4jo4
→ r9210117    :就目前的自由市場來講 要補PP並不容易阿
→ SexyCassell :變成火星話了 XDDDDD
→ piercepaul  :其實我們半場運過來有沒控衛似乎都無所謂耶XD
→ now2        :如果它當替補能好好控球 powe一場平均要貢獻15分
→ now2        :真的沒問題
→ SexyCassell :PP替補→PJ的缺→控衛
→ r9210117    :會有關係的 替補的控球連帶過半場都有問題
→ now2        :那是因為對手沒有真的去守我們替補控球選手
→ piercepaul  :假若馬大少來 替補上來可能會是 馬大少控衛
→ now2        :如果真的守  house能夠過半場? 有看過house打球的人
→ SexyCassell :不然如果只是單純要過半場 已經有Pruitt了
→ piercepaul  :房子站得分控衛 TA小前鋒 禁區-empty
→ now2        :應該很清楚 如果真的去守house 真的連半場都難過
→ piercepaul  :的確 房子運半場非常之抖
→ SexyCassell :Pruitt有外線 組織能力也是有一點
→ now2        :連ray和pp過半場能力都超過house了= = kg或許也能贏
→ piercepaul  :不過運半場有RAY PP TA分擔 目前看起來就還可以
→ now2        :到時後季後賽或者真的派專人去守house 那就麻煩了
→ r9210117    :但是如果RAY和PP能夠少了這些責任會更好
→ r9210117    :誰不希望三巨頭能夠將實力發揮到最好?
推 gaiaesque   :doc只在領先10分以上才會叫pruitt.....
→ r9210117    :Pruitt是不錯 不過沒經驗 河流也不是很喜歡他的感覺
→ r9210117    :沒有想要練他吧@@
→ r9210117    :找馬大少來 很多問題都可以解決 如果他認真打球的話
→ SexyCassell :我倒覺得 有慢慢在練他啦 這種事情就是需要時間
→ piercepaul  :就是不知道= =
→ piercepaul  :找馬大少當替補 的確會有很大的效益
→ SexyCassell :如果馬大少來 可以擺雙衛嗎? XDDD
推 now2        :賽隊也真的需要有自己取分的替補...替補都是一堆有外
→ piercepaul  :不過球賽....總是會有但書的...
→ now2        :線 但沒自己得分能力的人 這真的很危險
→ piercepaul  :TA可以 不過他要先失誤
→ r9210117    :缺點就是後場會太矮...
推 now2        :marbury不矮吧?  我記錯嗎? 因為很久沒看到他了
→ r9210117    :控球後衛最高應該也6-4 加TA也6-4
→ r9210117    :現在得衛通常都有6-6以上
→ r9210117    :要防守就會有一定的困難
→ piercepaul  :馬大少6-2
→ now2        :我是認為加入他應該沒問題 且它也不是那種會亂幹球的
→ piercepaul  :反正1~3號跟4~5號都各要找一個 才比較完整
→ piercepaul  :把吉祥物換去當其他隊的吉祥物 如何?
推 kevinGODnett:如果他肯認真打替補的話...與其讓TA亂幹 還不如給他
→ kevinGODnett:就算是自幹也是有分命中率的XD
→ ihx00       :沒什麼意思,誕可是大家不覺得傳球跟助攻還是有差別嗎
→ ihx00       :       但
推 xhole       :亂就給他亂阿 把他當Bobby Jackson用也不錯
推 gaiaesque   :                   Nick Van Exel用也不錯
→ gaiaesque   :                   Jason Terry  用也不錯
推 xhole       :以前他打夢幻隊的時候超猛的 整隊幾乎都靠他在得分