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Why do people keep talking about Marbury in terms of an off guard. No. You want him to be that veteran point guard to give Rondo rest and take pressure off or the need to play Pruitt a lot of minutes when Rondo's on the bench. This team already has Ray and House as the off guards who score. A good point was made by Payton or Webber (I think it was them) that he must adjust his game and be more of a facilitator than a scorer. Boston knows he can score. He needs to make players like House, Powe, Davis and Moore better players.

Celtics_Champs wrote:

MyInsatiableOne wrote:

armageddon wrote:Awesome pickup. Although Marbury hasn't been able to win in his career, he has never been a trouble maker. He treats people respectfully and gives back to charities. He's actually a pretty classy guy but has developed a reputation from being obstinate and stubborn, hopefully this has lessened with maturity.
Give him a month, he'll be destroying the other teams' backups. Also, there's no guarantee that Rondo will never get injured.

This is a guy who banged a Knicks intern in the back of his pickup truck while his cousin watched (I'm sure there are more incidents like this) and claimed to have tons of "****" on Isiah and would "**** him" before he "**** me"...

We talking about the same guy?

Bassy ?

Don't think it was Bassy, another one...still, the guy's a dirtbag (we KNOW this isn't the only example...)

I love dirtbags who are good at basketball.

Yeah, I wonder if people realize that these guys actually play BASKETBALL for a living. It's not a frickin soap opera. It's their job.

As much as people worry about the team I think there needs to be more of an understanding of Marbury's likely mindset at this point.

His career is currently in shambles and public opinion of him is at an all time low. This (likely) stint in Boston is more or less his last chance of getting a good pay day in the NBA. On top of that you have the revenge factor, Ubuntu, Doc, KG, Ray, Paul... that's a lot of things to motivate and keep you in line.

Marbury will be a good soldier because BASKETBALL is his job and he wants to make a lot of money doing it. He's clearly not ready to retire, he came into camp in great shape, you could see it during the preseason games. It's his contract year people... there is almost NO CHANCE he screws this up.

NOW WINNING.... is a different story. Who knows what the future holds. But I think that one thing is perfectly clear, the Celtics are a serious contender. It's not a guarantee that they'll win but they have a respectable shot of running the table and repeating. What more could you ask?

Yes. He can cover the opposing 2 guard, but he better be bringing that ball up with the second unit.

Bleeding Green wrote:I love dirtbags who are good at basketball.

This is a huge move for you guys. Congrats! marbury was in great shape when he came to camp if he slightly the same you will have a powerful bench.

Since you're a Knicks fan I'll take that with a grain of salt!

Here's hoping...
1. That he still has some of speed left in his legs.
2. That he can / is willing to defend.

Good luck to us.

High Risk High Reward

Paeds wrote:High Risk High Reward

Low Risk High Reward - the team can cut him whenever they want and not have to worry about any long-term cap implications.

Celtics_Champs wrote:

MyInsatiableOne wrote:

armageddon wrote:Awesome pickup. Although Marbury hasn't been able to win in his career, he has never been a trouble maker. He treats people respectfully and gives back to charities. He's actually a pretty classy guy but has developed a reputation from being obstinate and stubborn, hopefully this has lessened with maturity.
Give him a month, he'll be destroying the other teams' backups. Also, there's no guarantee that Rondo will never get injured.

This is a guy who banged a Knicks intern in the back of his pickup truck while his cousin watched (I'm sure there are more incidents like this) and claimed to have tons of "****" on Isiah and would "**** him" before he "**** me"...

We talking about the same guy?

Bassy ?

Who hasn't banged an intern or two?

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:

Paeds wrote:High Risk High Reward

Low Risk High Reward - the team can cut him whenever they want and not have to worry about any long-term cap implications.

Money is not the risk with this transaction

What is the risk that Marbury plays like a selfish "loser"... well if he does he'll find himself on the bench. That wouldn't leave the team in any worse of a situation than it was before the signed Marbury, hence LOW risk.

Celtics have just been my pick to win the finals again.

Marbury and KG reunited again, I think i'm gonna cry.

With the intern banging maybe he should be called Starbunny.

Paeds wrote:

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:

Paeds wrote:High Risk High Reward

Low Risk High Reward - the team can cut him whenever they want and not have to worry about any long-term cap implications.

Money is not the risk with this transaction

If you're talking about him ruining chemistry and bringing down the team, then it's still no risk, we can always cut him.

Malignant cancer spreads fast. This toxic radiation blast is the last thing the Celtics need. Hopefully somebody can talk Danny Ainge out of this before it's too late. Plus, i'd need to find another team to cheer for since I could never stomach the idea of that punk getting a ring.

Dick Tate wrote:Malignant cancer spreads fast. This toxic radiation blast is the last thing the Celtics need. Hopefully somebody can talk Danny Ainge out of this before it's too late. Plus, i'd need to find another team to cheer for since I could never stomach the idea of that punk getting a ring.

Honestly this is the one major thing that is bothering me the most...