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This makes me absolutely ill. Perhaps the chest pains would've turn out to be nothing...but to withhold that information for the team's own personal gain is absolutely outrageous! He should've been notified and given the option to leave.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3139858
"Don Marbury was taken from Madison Square Garden to St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center during halftime, reportedly because of chest pains, but a family member advised a Knicks official not to inform Stephon Marbury at the time."
This makes me absolutely ill. Perhaps the chest pains would've turn out to be nothing...but to withhold that information for the team's own personal gain is absolutely outrageous! He should've been notified and given the option to leave.
I only quoted the article to show that it might not have been MSG or the Knicks organization or Isiah that kept the information from him for some classless or insensitive reason. If the report is true, it was the family that asked them not to tell Stephon. So, the assumptions that Isiah is a jerk or the Knicks or MSG are classless for not telling him are misplaced.
Next time, don't jump to conclusions indicting people without knowing the whole story, ok?
The family member who said not to tell Stephen might have been Stephen's dad.
My mom had chest pains back when I was 16 ( It was not long after my dad died.)
We were supposed to go on an outing with ladies from our church.
But Mom sent me ahead on the outing.
I had no idea she was sick... just thought she opted not to go.
My mom told the ladies I went with to not say anything about her chest pains to me.
Mom was hoping to go the hospital, get checked out/ medicated, and be home by the time I got back.
She didn't want to needlessly worry me.
It could have been a similar situation with Stephen's dad.
At any rate, I don't see how the Knicks can be faulted if they were indeed honoring the family's request as to when to tell Stephen.
Which is exactly what you did.
Actually, no. I asked how did you know it was Isiah's decision. Even in the the story you cited, Isiah wasn't even named. The cousin/nephew talked about the "Knicks organization." You went straight for the "Isiah is a jackass" comment.
Where did I make an assumption or conclusion indicting anyone?
I merely questioned whose decision it actually was to not tell Stephon. That's the opposite of making an assumption or conclusion indicting anyone.
No the Isiah is a Jackass is an opinion. One which the majority of all basketball fans will agree with. That is not based on this one incident either.
But, making the Isiah is a jackass comment in this thread based on the story of his cousin on the radio shows you made the assumption that it was Isiah who decided not to tell Stephon. Otherwise, why even talk about Isiah? You jumped to a conclusion based on your bias against Isiah. Your opinion that Isiah is a jackass has nothing to do with this story unless you blame him. And, again that was an assumption, and an inaccurate one at that.
I read it wrong, so I jumped to conclusions too
But, still...it's too bad to think that he could've possible had some final moments with his dad, and it didn't happen...whatever the reason behind it.
The whole thing is terribly sad.
thanks for the info. he seems like a good guy. and he makes some nice, affordable shoes (i own a couple pairs of starburys)
Jamstone, no doubt Marbury can be a headcase. , even the first example I gave is a major issue to me (drunk driving). I also very much dislike the recent reports that have come out. However, some questionable decisions aside, he seems like a real genuine and caring individual. I've not seen the level of compassion and charity he's shown in an individual athlete ever.
I'm not saying he should get a pass because of the good he's done, rather, just don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, if I may be cliche' about the situation. Every athlete makes iffy decisions at times. Certainly some more than others, but Marbury, as flawed as he is, is probably the closest to a real person of the lot. He cares, sometimes too much. He talks, sometimes too much. He digs himself in a hole, sometimes too deep. Overall, however, I see much more good in him than bad, at least off the court. And even on it he's gotten a bad rap.
JMark, agreed. Just don't think he should presented in just one light, either way, negative or positive. It is somewhat similar to how the media handled Sean Taylor's passing. You don't have to make a pro athlete seem like he's a saint, but also you don't need to paint an athlete a complete jerkoff. Media and fans have to realize that these people have a wide range of personality and for every good, there might be a bad, and vice versa. Kobe Bryant is not the McDonald's all American family posterboy. And, Allen Iverson is not satan. That what I was getting at.
Whatever the case, that is sad. I pray God comfort and help Stephon and his family through this time.
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