I am cautiously optimistic about this season, but I must reiterate, the Ewing Jr. decision was a terrible call, they must retain the rights to sign him in the future.
Secondly, the decision not to play Marbury last night was a horrendous call. Granted he has been a disruptive presence in the past, but this off season he busted his tail to get in the best shape he has been in, in years. He said all the right things publicly, put TEAM first, and sparkled in the preseason distributing the ball. With respect to Duhon, Marbury's assists (per minutes played) were off the charts.
To unveil the unproven Gallinari who only played 1 Summer League game, and call on Collins, resulting in Marbury getting the second DNP of his career, displayed extremely bad judgement, in my opinion.
Who knows, perhaps the call was a mandate handed down directly from Walsh, perhaps D'Antoni is testing Marbury to see if he will revert back to sulking in a demonstrative fashion, and immaturely voicing his grievances with the club publicly. If that is the case, it may be a good way to evaluate whether or not Marbury's new attitude is for real, but if you truly want to part ways with him, the best thing you could do is showcase his talent (for a few minutes at the least) in order to peak interest from other ball clubs.
Time will tell...... D'Antoni deserves the opportunity to implement his directive, without being second guessed by every pundit/fan with an opinion, but to me, I would never bench, arguably, the best weapon in my arsenal unless he gives me a good reason to take such action.
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