Stephon Marbury has dirt on Isiah Thomas and he’s not afraid to share it

November 14th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanR

So, this whole Stephon Marbury AWOL adventure away from the Knicks is great because it’s totally Starbury and it’s totally what the Knicks have become under the tutelage of one Mr. Isiah Thomas. Things are naturally falling into place; the Earth is still rotating around the sun. The New York Daily News (it’s headline today reads “It’s War-bury!” How clever!) digs a little deeper into what actually caused the spat between Marbury and Thomas. Here’s what Frank Isola’s got:

 According to a person close to the team, Marbury’s air rage began when Eddy Curry, following a conversation with Isiah Thomas, told Marbury that he and Marbury were being pulled from the starting lineup against the Suns.

Upon hearing that he would back up second-year guard Mardy Collins, Marbury marched toward the front of the plane to meet with Thomas. Five minutes later, an enraged Marbury told his teammates that if he wasn’t starting he wouldn’t suit up for the game. But it was something else Marbury said that stunned his teammates in the back of the luxury plane.

“Isiah has to start me,” Marbury fumed, according to the source. “I’ve got so much (stuff) on Isiah and he knows it. He thinks he can (get) me. But I’ll (get) him first. You have no idea what I know.”

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“It seems like he and I kinda go through this every November,” Thomas said. “And then a couple of weeks go by and we kinda kiss and make up and we get back to the business of trying to win basketball games. Hopefully, in the next couple of days this will be resolved.”

Ah yes, let’s blackmail our coach because we aren’t starting in a game against Phoenix. I’m not quite sure what Stephon has on Isiah, but I’m willing to bet it involve something that rhymes with dagina. Gosh darn it … I love the Knicks.

{HT: CSTB}