Marbury With Another Complaint On Brown

Stephon Marbury dropped another bomb on Larry Brown yesterday, saying he believes the former Knicks coach pushed for the Steve Francis trade as a way to phase Marbury out.

"I think Steve Francis was brought here to play the point-guard position last year," Marbury said. "I don't think he was brought in to be a 1-2 punch. I don't know if it was to be shifted to shooting guard or [for me] to be sit down. He didn't come here for us to be a 1-2 punch. I know it wasn't meant for it to be a 1-2 punch and have this dynamic backcourt.

Knicks president/coach Isiah Thomas did not deny the allegation. When the trade was made, in February, Brown said he thought a Marbury-Francis backcourt could be this Knicks era's answer to Walt Frazier-Earl Monroe.

Thomas contended Brown told him last February he wanted Francis to pair with Marbury. Thomas refuses to refer to Brown by name.

Keep in mind the Knicks won a whole 23 games last season during this incident.

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