Stephon Marbury: Paid $21.9 Million to Watch Basketball
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Stephon Marbury continues to be surrounded by controversy. In his time with the New York Knicks, he has been involved in controversy and scandal. Now, the Stephon Marbury saga takes another bizarre turn. As a healthy professional basketball player, he will be paid millions just to watch:
“The New York Knicks have no plans to do anything with Stephon Marbury, except pay him his $21.9 million salary and give him a great seat to watch all their games.
Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni and team president Donnie Walsh said that they will not waive, buy out or trade Marbury…”
link: Knicks to pay Marbury $21.9 million to ride bench
For the average basketball fan who buys the tickets and supports the team, this may be a bit strange. Perhaps to the New York Knicks, paying someone almost twenty two million dollars not to play is a shrewd business decision. It is just that most fans will be trying to understand the rationale.
Catherine Forsythe
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eastcoast87
November 7th, 2008
at 12:19am
stupidity…..please play starbury he is nyk’s most talented by far….steph deserves better i hope a team can find him into their lineup to show he still got game….i believ he will have one of his best seasons if he plays…..give him a chance somebody!!!! ps the gswarriors can use a PG steph can match perfectly with the gswarriors