Former All-Star Welcomes All Top Players to Knicks

The New York Knicks could look to add more top talent.

Jeremy Brener | Nov 12, 2024

Stephon Marbury with the Knicks in 2008. Xxx Knicks Rd388 Jpg S Bkn Usa Ny / Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY

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The New York Knicks are off to a slow start this season, winning only four of the team's first nine games.

Even though the team has not started the way it particularly wanted to, former Knicks point guard and NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury offered an optimistic opinion on New York for the future of the season.

“We’re a team that just now changed some guys from last year so we still trying to improve, we’re still trying to get better. So, we’ll welcome all top 75 players to come to New York as long as they can fit within the system," Marbury said h/t Posting and Toasting.

Marbury offered a solution on how the Knicks can look to get better.

“I think we can win a championship with our team, but I do think that adding pieces is always something that helps," Marbury said.

This implies that the Knicks shouldn't be done trying to make some moves and acquire talent, according to Marbury. The Knicks have been aggressive on that front in the past 12 months, trading for OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns, now 60 percent of the team's starting lineup.

In those trades, the Knicks have squandered a lot of their depth and future draft capital, giving them a barren cupboard of assets to use in future deals. However, the creativity of Leon Rose and the Knicks front office cannot be understated, and the team will look to make some changes and upgrades if New York feels the need to do so.

Those trades likely won't happen in the next couple of weeks, but once the Dec. 15 deadline comes and goes, lifting a trade exception for players signed during the offseason, the Knicks could once again become aggressive with their transactions.

The Knicks are back in action tonight as they take on the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Published Nov 12, 2024

JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.