Stephon Marbury is not with the Knicks

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Well, surely by now you’ve read about Stephon Marblebury leaving the Knicks.

If you haven’t, here’s the deal – Stephon Marblebury left the Knicks.

“I have one thing to say, and that’s I got permission to leave. I would never leave my team on my own. What I’m telling you is that I got permission to leave from Isiah. He said I could go home. God bless. Peace be with you.”

That’s six things, but whatever.

We have to say we’re really glad this happened, because it’s something tangible we can actually write about.

You see, we said we’d be back Tuesday, yet we weren’t. This wasn’t because of lack of effort or being busy elsewhere, it’s just that we haven’t watched any NBA games in their entirety this season, and like if you even asked us who was doing good this year, we’d be at a complete loss.

Luckily, as we were writing this, Dan of DC BOGdom emailed a link to this Drew Gooden-Deshawn Stevenson beard-growing contest, wherein there was a small nugget we’ve requested he follow-up on.

It amazes us this wasn’t the main thrust of the piece.

I asked [Caron] Butler whether he would join Stevenson in bearded solidarity; “Nah, I had lasers,” he said. “I lasered the facial hair stuff off of me. I don’t want hair on my face.”

Keep in mind this is a guy who has the nickname “Tuff Juice”. We must know more about this process – we fully intend to laser any hair off our back if any appears, but the face? What happens if the moustache comes back in style, Caron?

Of course, many of you care not for beards and such – you want to know what we think of the Cavaliers. Roger emailed us the following:

I will not yet recommend repurchasing League Pass, but you’re a go for watching any nationally televised games/stumbling into a bar with the game on. (Are there sports bars in LA?)

There are moments of offensive stagnation, but they are the exception rather than the rule. And LeBron’s energy has been off the charts. He’s helped win games as much with his defense as offense. Hell, even Z is getting up and down the court like a champ.

(Of course all this is subject to change at any second – and that’s why there was a boycott in the first place.)

Yes, there are sports bars in LA – we went to one once – there were sports inside and everything.

As to the Cavaliers…as of today…and it’s pretty saddening to us…we really, truly think LeBron lost us last year with the non-effort. We hate saying it, but it feels as if it’s true. We’ve mentioned this before, but a couple things about us:

1) Our biggest pet peeve is people who don’t try as hard as they can, especially when they are gifted in any way, and this includes most pro athletes.

2) You get one chance with us. We don’t ever hold a grudge against anyone, but if you let us down, we’re pretty much done with you. It doesn’t mean we wish ill on you or don’t like you, it’s just that we can’t really say we’re in your corner anymore.

Don’t know what else to say – it’s pretty troubling as a Cleveland fan to have to write these words. It sank in the other day when we read some speculative article about LeBron playing in LA when his contract is up, and our reaction wasn’t the usual, “He wouldn’t!” and/or, “I’ll kill myself!” – it was a big, “Who cares?”

THAT SAID, who cares – we’re serious about that LA blogger thing, and time is of the essence. We’ve got nine slots left to fill.