[外電] Sources: Marbury, Celtics interested …
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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