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The New York Knicks have not been a team of championships and back to back playoff appearances of late. The front office of this organization is beginning to feel the pressure from the fans and most of all from season ticket holders. In the right system players can flourish and in the right city players can lose their way. This has seemed to be the case for many players involved in trades to the Big Apple. It is time for the Knicks to approach this from a different angle and all things considered, I believe they are going in the right direction. It may be early to say they are posturing to make a major move at next years stars who will be free agents including Lebron James and Chris Bosh. With the season still in its infancy, New York has been making moves and clearing cap room. The new head coach has the fans and city buzzing about the west coast up and down style of basketball never before seen in New York unless deployed by a visiting team.


The next item on the list is what does the team do with Stephon "Star" Marbury. Marbury has not played in a single game for the Knicks this year, he is arguably one of the better players on the roster but his reputation as a me first point guard has kept him on the inactive list this year. He is owed 21 million dollars in the final year of his contract and it doesn't look like he will be going to any other team anytime soon for that amount of money. He is just to expensive with his past track record. For the time being Marbury seems content being paid to sit on the bench, but for a player of his caliber, his current temperment could change at any time.