Stephon Marbury Heading to Miami Heat

Stephon Marbury heading to Miami Heat?
The World Famous LayupDrill Rumor Mill
12/1/2008

Back to business on a Monday Morning at the Rumor Mill.

It's the first of the month, which means I have to start with a Stephon Marbury update. We have followed the Marbury/Knicks saga over the last month, and it seems that we may see an end soon.

Miami has made it known that they are shopping swingman Shawn Marion, who of course, thrived in the Mike D’Antoni Phoenix Suns system. The Heat could use a veteran point guard, like Steph, to play aside Dwayne Wade, and help out rookie Mario Chalmers in crunch time.

The NY Post reports NBA Players Association attorney Hal Biagas has reached out to teams to see their interest in Marbury. The Miami Heat are said to be the top priority. Marbury, Knicks Management, and The Players Association will all be getting together early this week to agree on a buyout and put the final touches on his days as a Knick.

The Post also reports that Marbury blasted Knicks management and soon to be ex-teammate Quentin Richardson. He says of Richardson,

"When things got bad and then worse, guys like Quentin Richardson say, ‘I don’t consider him a teammate.’ He lets teammates out to dry. He didn’t care I was his teammate when I was banished. They left me out for dead. It’s like we’re in
a foxhole and I’m facing the other way. If I got shot in the head by my own guys in my foxhole. And they didn’t even give me an honorable death.”

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