“Plus who know’s what Marbury has in the tank. Maybe a healthy motivated Marbury brings his A game and the team is just as good as it would have been with Jack and Al.”

That isn’t olympicmike’s point. If you dump the heart and soul of the team (Jackson) as well as 3 PT gunning big man in (Harrington), then you’re basically teaming Don Nelson that this team is full fledge rebuilding mood. Therefore, you’d be banking on the fact that Marburry doesn’t find his “A game” and plays like he has the past 3 seasons.

Here is what John Hollinger has to say on Marburry:
SEASON FG% FT% P/40 R/40 A/40 TS% Ast TO Usg Reb PER
2002-03 .439 .803 22.3 3.2 8.1 52.0 24.7 9.9 27.2 4.6 20.12
2003-04 .431 .817 20.1 3.2 8.8 51.9 28.2 9.8 26.0 4.6 20.41
2004-05 .462 .834 21.7 3.0 8.1 57.5 27.3 9.5 24.6 4.4 21.97
2005-06 .451 .755 17.9 3.2 7.0 53.2 26.2 10.8 21.9 4.9 16.52
2006-07 .415 .769 17.6 3.1 5.9 53.9 23.7 10.5 21.1 4.6 15.36
2007-08 .419 .716 16.5 2.9 5.6 52.7 23.7 10.1 20.1 4.2 13.84

2006-07 season: Marbury got off to a horrendous start, averaging just 10.1 points per game in November and shooting under 40 percent from the floor the first two months, but he started looking like the Starbury of old down the stretch. Marbury averaged 21.7 points per game after the All-Star break and hit 37.6 percent of his 3-pointers to help his numbers recover.

For the year, Marbury had a fairly efficient campaign. Although he shot only 41.5 percent from the floor, he ranked 15th among point guards in true shooting percentage because he had the ninth-best rate of free-throw attempts per field-goal attempt among point guards, and because he hit a career-best 35.7 percent of his 3s. Marbury also ranked in the top third at his position in usage rate and turnover ratio.

He did not pass very often. Marbury’s assist ratio was nearly the lowest of his career and ranked only 50th among point guards. One reason: The Knicks played an inside-out offense and Marbury can’t throw an entry pass to save his life.

The other interesting note to his season is that the long 2-pointers evaporated from his game. Marbury had taken 27.3 percent of his shots from that distance a season earlier, but last season it was just 14.5 percent. Not that we can blame him, as he had the worst shooting percentage on non layup 2-pointers of any player with more than 200 attempts. Instead, he took more 3-pointers and more shots in the immediate basket area — a good idea on both counts, and one that helped improve his TS%.

Scouting report: Marbury isn’t as explosive as he was in his prime, but he still is one of the strongest drivers in the league when going to his right. His ability to go to the rim is a great weapon at the end of the shot clock, although sometimes he overdoes it looking for his offense instead of the dish.

Marbury has improved his catch-and-shoot game the past couple seasons, partly out of necessity it seems, and his high-arcing 3-point shot has to be respected. Opponents still prefer to let him shoot from outside rather than go to the rim, however.

Defensively, Marbury has the strength to handle matching up against shooting guards in a small backcourt, something he was asked to do frequently last season. He does a reasonable job staying in front of point guards too. However, his intensity comes and goes and his help defense is nonexistent.

2007-08 outlook: Last season’s strong finish was an encouraging sign, but the big picture probably hasn’t changed much. Marbury is a 30-year-old who has been dependent on his now-declining quickness, and thus is turning a new corner in his career. Like his backcourt mate from last season, Steve Francis, he has to accept that he’s no longer the go-to guy and adjust to being his team’s third or fourth option.

That’s going to entail a lot less dribbling and a lot more spot-up shooting; he also might be asked to guard somebody once in a while. His improved long-range shooting last season is a good sign in that regard, but we’ll see how he handles a further reduction in shots now that the Knicks have another post scorer to feed.

Most similar at age: David Wesley

And you want this guy on the Warriors? Like I said above, only if you’re tanking to get a top 3 pick.

think back to the JRich trade – I don’t agree with everything Mully does (!) but he’s at least got the cajones to make unpopular deals, and take risks (Baron was not a sure bet, the Indy trade, etc.).

there’s a decent argument to be made to go young and build for the future, which I embraced pre-Maggette signing and could have included salary dumps along the way (which I didn’t suggest at all), but after the Maggette transaction it’s clear Mullin doesn’t want to completely bottom out to rebuild. Is that out of a desire to stay within striking distance of playoffs? to keep the fans interested? and/or to give his mentor and friend a chance at a hallowed record? All the above with a heavy % on the last would be my guess. He does owe Nelson some for riding in and saving his bacon two summers ago …

there’s virtually no way Nelson moves Jax after having lost Baron, Monta’s injury, and not being impressed with CJ enough to play him more last year. Ya, we added the Nets’ castoff third-string PG and may be scouting another castoff (& still injured) one in Livingston, but Jax is the only proven option Nelson has right now. Exchanging him for Marbury wouldn’t be a more comfortable fit at PG imo. In the full ct it could be CJ, or Williams, but when the team has to set up in the half court Jax will have the ball to initiate …

  I don’t think it’s that so much as we don’t want to give up Jax to get him. If the knicks bought starbury out and we could get him for less I’d be glad to have him.