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Marbury Inactive For Foreseeable Future
"Either he has a big part of the pie or none and [Wednesday] night was none," Mike D'Antoni said. "And he felt it was tough just sitting there like that. So if we were going to go for that decision, then we decided that it would be probably better that he doesn’t dress. Otherwise, it's hard for him to sit there. I understood that." "I’m not frusturated at all," Marbury said. "I have no control over it. If it was raining outside, I can't get mad if it’s raining. I’ve got to go get an umbrella and then walk in the rain. I have no control over the situation. The coach makes the decision on who plays and who’s not going to play and obviously, right now he feels like I’m not one of the guys that’s going to be playing." Speaking about whether he felt he had played his last game in a Knick uniform, Marbury said, "I didn't go that far. I’m not there. I’m not in that place." "I want to stress, he’s been great," D'Antoni said. "He did everything we asked, he came ready. So it’s really just two things collided and I just couldn’t make this fit. I want to be respectful to him and everything, he’s been in the league a long time. This is the best thing I can come up with." Anthony Roberson will be activated for Friday's game. New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Iguodala: Sixers Inspired By Phillies
"We're trying to win a championship . . . that's our goal," Iguodala said Wednesday. "Last year, we lost our first game, and we said we were building. Now, we've got to get it rolling. Even though there are some new guys here, we've got to keep pushing, get that ball rolling faster, rather than waiting around until February to start playing well." Iguodala took the microphone prior to the team's opener, a loss to the Raptors on Wednesday night, and expressed his excitement over the Phillies' success. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets 76ers Officially Change Start Of Home Opener To 6pm On October 29The Philadelphia 76ers today officially moved the start time of their home opener against the Toronto Raptors at the Wachovia Center on Wednesday, October 29 to 6:00 p.m. (from the scheduled 7:00 p.m. time) in anticipation of a World Series game being played at the South Philadelphia Sports Complex on Wednesday, October 29. "We moved the start time of our home opener to 6:00 p.m. to allow our fans an opportunity to attend our game and to be able to see the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series," said Lara Price, Senior Vice President of Business Operations. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Sixers Oct 2008 Archive
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Stephon Marbury will be inactive for Friday's game between the Knicks and Sixers in Philadelphia and Mike D'Antoni says that Marbury will remain inactive for the foreseeable future. 
76ers' swingman Andre Iguodala has been inspired by the World Series triumph of the Philadelphia Phillies.