NBA Saison 2008/2009

[selectah]

is mir ehrlich gesagt lieber so - weniger spammer, weniger planlosigkeit, weniger rumgeflame

[Marcelinho]

is mir ehrlich gesagt lieber so - weniger spammer, weniger planlosigkeit, weniger rumgeflame

so ist es!

bin noch am schwanken ob ich mir heute magic@bulls geben soll

[blackened]

Weiß nicht, hab mir die beiden Teams noch kaum angesehen und wenn dann nur als Gegner für eins der Teams, das mich mehr interessiert und da haben mir die Bulls nicht so gefallen.

[selectah]

naja die magic spielen doch recht interessant, allein dafür zahlt es sich aus. die bulls erscheinen mir im allgemeinen recht planlos - "gebt rose den ball und der macht was draus" scheint ihre taktik zu sein.

[Marcelinho]

Weiß nicht, hab mir die beiden Teams noch kaum angesehen und wenn dann nur als Gegner für eins der Teams, das mich mehr interessiert und da haben mir die Bulls nicht so gefallen.

Ich mag beide Teams und denk Orlando setzt sich durch, aber nachdem ich Zweifel bekommen hab und nicht wette werd ich wohl passen

[Marcelinho]

^^

Stephon Marbury looks like he is headed to the Boston Celtics

The New York Knicks and Stephon Marbury reached a buyout agreement Tuesday afternoon that clears the way for Marbury to sign with the Boston Celtics.

"A comprehensive agreement was made this afternoon between the New York Knicks and Stephon Marbury," the Knicks said in a statement. "Under its terms, the grievance has been resolved and the Knicks have requested waivers on Stephon. No additional terms will be disclosed."

Marbury is now eligible to play in the playoffs for another team because his release from New York comes before the league's Sunday deadline.

The New York Times first reported on its Web site Tuesday afternoon that "all indications were that the two sides had reached agreement on a contract buyout that will free [Marbury] to join another franchise for the stretch run."

There were immediate indications that Marbury will end up in Boston, as has long been anticipated, although he first must clear waivers. That will likely happen Friday if Marbury's release is made official Wednesday.

Regarding the likelihood of Marbury signing with Boston as early as Friday, one source close to the process told ESPN.com: "That's what [the Celtics] hope. Marbury has expressed interest in them and they have expressed interest in him."

With Marbury expected to sign for a pro-rated share of the league's veteran minimum, Boston's financial risk is minimal if the experiment doesn't work and the Celtics decided to subsequently cut Marbury.

Another source indicated that Marbury and the Celtics have already commenced discussions on a contract. The Knicks had long ago given Marbury clearance to speak with other teams about a new job after it became apparent as early as opening night that he would not be playing again for his hometown team.

"The Celtics are focused on defending our championship and are working day and night to finalize our playoff roster," owner Wyc Grousbeck said. "We don't have anything to announce at this point except that we intend to do everything we can to raise Banner 18."

It's believed that Marbury will be forfeiting in excess of $2 million from his $20.8 million salary this season, which would net the Knicks twice that much because of the luxury-tax savings involved.

Marbury would then be in position to recoup roughly half of what he's surrendering in his buyout from the Celtics. As ESPN.com reported Jan. 1, Boston has been hoping to sign the wayward point guard to bolster its thin bench if Marbury -- who turned 32 last week -- could manage to extricate himself from the Knicks.

Marbury hasn't played in an NBA regular-season game since Jan. 11 of last season, but the Celtics have been concerned about their depth all season after the offseason departures of James Posey and P.J. Brown. Boston has since lost star forward Kevin Garnett to a knee injury for the next two to three weeks and reserve swingman Tony Allen to a thumb injury expected to sideline him for eight weeks.

Earlier Tuesday, Boston signed center Mikki Moore, who was waived by Sacramento after last Thursday's trading deadline. The Celtics opened two roster spots last week by trading away veteran guard Sam Cassell and little-used center Patrick O'Bryant.

Last week, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith reported that multiple Celtics players had recently reached out to Marbury, urging him to forfeit some salary in his long-contentious negotiations with the Knicks to prove to skeptics that he could make an impact with a championship-caliber team.

Other contending teams such as Dallas and Miami are expected to at least inquire about Marbury's availability, but the widespread belief among NBA executives is that Marbury is Boston-bound. Had the buyout talks stretched past March 1, Marbury would not be eligible to appear in the playoffs for any other team.

"It sounds like it's pretty much locked and loaded," one rival team official said Tuesday of Marbury joining the Celtics and reuniting with his former Minnesota teammate Garnett.

A league source told ESPN that settlement negotiations commenced during a lunch break at Marbury's grievance hearing. Within an hour, an agreement had been reached, and the remainder of the grievance hearing was canceled, according to the source. The hearing stemmed from a grievance Marbury filed in an attempt to regain more than $400,000 in docked salary from the Knicks.

Buyout talks had been stalled for some three months since Marbury stormed out of a Dec. 1 negotiating session after just 15 minutes.

Participants in Tuesday's hearing -- the first face-to-face talks between the sides since the early December meeting -- included Marbury and NBA Players Association lawyer Hal Biagas as well Knicks president Donnie Walsh and coach Mike D'Antoni.

It was initially assumed that Garnett would resist a reunion with the controversial point guard after Marbury broke up their Minnesota partnership following less than three seasons together by forcing a trade to New Jersey. But after the January report about Boston's and Marbury's mutual interest, Garnett and Marbury both spoke publicly about their willingness to play together again.

Earlier this month, Boston's Ray Allen told ESPN.com that the defending champions would have little trouble integrating Marbury into their locker room in spite of Marbury's reputation for causing chemistry problems.

"The great thing about this locker room is that Doc [Rivers] can coach," Allen said. "The coaches can coach. They don't have to manage this team. The [veteran] players do a great job making sure that we are all prepared to play every day and we keep whatever grumblings down."

espn.com

[David83]

^^

bling-bling-ring...

[blackened]

HAHA Garnett-Marbury bei den Celtics. Hätte man vor 10 Jahren darauf gewettet wäre man reich geworden.

Eigentlich krank. Noch ein Center(J. O'neal wär witzig gewesen) und sie haben ein Best of 1995-2008 All-Star-Team.

Übrigens ein fitter, motivierter Marbury zusammen mit KG, davon träum ich seit die beiden auseinander sind.

bearbeitet 25. Februar 2009 von blackened

[selectah]

es würde mich wundern, wenn marbury das zusammenbringt, was cassell letztes jahr geleistet hat. auch wenn er gespielt hat war er recht bescheiden.

[blackened]

Lass mich in meiner Nostalgie leben. Ich glaube du willst mich im NBA-Thread ständig desillusionieren.

Abgesehen davon ist's bei den Celtics sicher leichter als Backup PG mit 15 Mins pro Spiel nicht scheiße auszusehen als bei den Knicks. Daher denk ich er wird sofern motiviert seinen Job erfüllen.

[selectah]

jo kann schon sein, dass er was zambringt - aber sam cassells stats in den playoffs:

12 mpg

4,5 punkte

33% fg

1,2 assists

da sollte es marbury nicht schwer haben, das auch zu produzieren .. aber ka ob dich das zufriedenstellt

[blackened]

Mir ist's egal, ich bin schon froh, dass die beiden wieder in einem Team spielen (könnten).

Was ich mich halt frage ist was sich die Celtics von ihm erwarten.

[gufl]

clippers > celtics

[Marcelinho]

clippers > celtics

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[Joker]

Heute besuchen die Cavaliers Houston. Werd mir mal wieder ein Spiel der Rockets geben, sie dürften ja recht brav spielen nachdem McGrady endlich out for the season ist und Rafer Airballston zu den Magic getradet wurde. Exzellent für die Entwicklung von Aaron Brooks, der jetzt den Startingjob als PG bekommen hat und sich hoffentlich zu einem Franchisespieler entwickeln wird...

Sehr schöne Defense gegen die Cavs, auch nicht selbstverständlich in der heurigen Saison. Lebron zum ersten mal überhaupt ohne einen einzigne Assist und schwach aus dem Feld, Yao dafür umso stärker, allerdings hat er sicher davon profitiert, dass er Wallace den Fuß gebrochen hat und somit ohne vernünftigen Gegenspieler war. In die Playoffs kommt man mit solchen Leistungen auf jeden Fall...

bearbeitet 27. Februar 2009 von Joker