Laugh all you want at Jackson's close friend Stephon Marbury. Jackson realizes a lot of people think Marbury's crazy. But, he points out, almost nobody at Marbury's position has made that much money or put up those kinds of numbers. How crazy is that production? "And if the Knicks let him go, and somehow make the playoffs, I guarantee they'll be wishing they had that experience. ... And if he's not a Knick, I guarantee that we'll try to get him." ESPN.com
By the way, the idea that the Celtics might be interested in bringing Marbury -- on a veteran's min contract as a free agent, not via trade -- in to back up Rajon Rondo (he sprained his ankle in the game by the way) was squashed by a few people I spoke with today at the Gah-den. Sam Cassell is there, though he seems more like an assistant coach at this point of his career. Newsday
Jackson says that negotiations on a contract extension with the Warriors are going very well: "I'm comfortable it'll be done in the next few weeks." He says he has a great relationship with "Bobby" (which can only be team President Robert Rowell) and owner Chris Cohan. Jackson says he doesn't believe in so-called contract years, "because I won a title in 2003 [with San Antonio] and still didn't get a deal." ESPN.com