Did Marbury's Fragile Ego Prevent Knicks from Taking Marcus Williams?

[NJNetz]

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">When it came time for the Knicks to pick at #20 in the NBA Draft last June, the lonely figure of Marcus Williams sat front and center in The Theatre, just below the Madison Square Garden floor. It was an easy choice and Knick fans let it be known they wanted Isiah Thomas to take the UConn point guard. But he didn't. Columnist Jerald LeVon Hoover suggests some reasons why, including Thomas' reluctance to "damage the sensitive psyche of Stephon Marbury".</div>Source

 

[Legacy]

Thank God, J-Kidd aint like that. Marbury's a pretty weird guy.

 

[AMS_ICE]

That's Marbury's problem. His attitude has overshadowed his talent. The guy has great talent but has an even greater ego.

 

[Chutney]

Don't agree with that. If it were true, he wouldn't have traded for Francis or hired Larry Brown as a coach: both moves were meant to challenge Marbury and could easily have damaged his ego (in Brown's case it did). I have no idea what motivated Isiah to overlook Williams, but I doubt it's this.

 

[Skiptomylue11]

Might have been that they have Marbury, Steve Francis, and Nate Robinson who all should be playing at PG lol.

I think it would have been a bigger blow to Nate Robinson, because Marcus would compete with Nate for all the scrub minutes.

 

[AMS_ICE]

Or Isiah has realized that he can't put a starting 5 of all point guards.