Mike D'Antoni offered Stephon Marbury a chance to play on Friday night, but the guard refused the opportunity.

“I said, ‘Look Steph, one of the principles are gone, Jamal Crawford, there’s 30-35 minutes out there, and they are yours if you want them. Are you ready to go?’” D’Antoni said.

“He said the direction of the team went in a different direction, he wasn’t comfortable with the situation, and he did not want to play.”

Marbury said: “The only thing I’m at liberty to say is that I was told that they were moving forward, and I’m not the person that chooses who plays and who doesn’t. That’s the only thing I’m able to say.”

Asked about D’Antoni saying he declined to play, Marbury repeated, “That’s the only thing I’m able to say.”

Via New York Times

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