Winning: Our Best Insurance Policy

Continuing my theme from yesterday, it occurred to me that I told you everything we need to know about Stephon Marbury coming to Boston right here.

"The post has no text, Lex," you counter. "You told us nothing."

Au contraire.

Winning cures everything, a cliché to be sure, but clichés are overused for a reason--their ability to convey powerful truths simply. What are the truths conveyed here?

The Knicks suck, and have sucked for the last five years, or the entire length of Starbury's stay in the Big Apple. I know New York fans think differently. They're waiting for the next great revival of Knickerbocker basketball. But the undeniable truth is that the New York Knicks have been bottom dwellers for as long as I can remember. Therefore, it sucked to play for the Knicks, it sucked to coach the Knicks, and, quite frankly, it sucked to have anything to do with the Knicks.

Now what was that you were saying about malcontents in New York? Isiah Thomas? Larry Brown? Stephon Marbury? Guys who either are used to winning or want to win so badly they'd cut off limbs and sever digits just to have a chance at another win. Of course, everyone was pissed off. The Knicks sucked!!!

Now here comes Stephon Marbury to Boston. And what truths do we know about the Celtics? Well, they are defending champs. They have forty-seven wins and thirteen losses. We also know Doc was born to lead this team and is fun to play for and is a master motivator (you remember, spotlights on an empty gym wall, pre-season duckboat rides, and the like). We know that Doc loves to win, and so does everyone else on da GREEN.

Anything else?

Oh yeah.

One more thing.

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This guy has more friends than Brad Pitt on Facebook. Opposing players stand in line waiting to play with him. But Stephon Marbury isn't just some guy off the street who has spent his life watching KG. This is one-half of the next Stockton-Malone combination, a duo forecast to win rings by the handful. Although it never happened, these two guys have been talking about unfinished business since 2006, while Garnett has been thinking about it since 1998.

Stephon Marbury is coming to Boston to reunite with his old buddy, KG. He's coming to play basketball with KG and the Boston Celtics. He's coming to win a ring and add that missing piece of legitimacy to his résumé. This sounds like fun to me. How about you?

Unless Stephon Marbury is truly mentally ill, I now fully expect this to work out. Winning and having fun doing it is our insurance policy against Marbury losing the battle with his Inner Mike Tyson.