Stephon Marbury has left the New York Knicks and there is no word on when, or even if, he might rejoin the team.

Marbury was absent from the team’s morning shootaround, and failed to show up when the Knicks played the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday night.

Coach Isiah Thomas would only confirm Marbury had left and that the guard would be welcome back. 

"That is an in-house matter, and we’ll continue to keep it in-house," Thomas said after the shootaround. "However, he is welcome back, and we want him as a member of this team."  How stupid is that?

WNBC New York and The New York Post reported Marbury sent them text messages to say he had Thomas’ permission to leave the team.

"I would never leave my team on my own," Marbury told The Post. "What I’m telling you is that I got permission to leave from Isiah. He said I could go home."

Thomas would not confirm that he allowed Marbury to leave. In fact, the Knicks’ coach avoided the subject altogether in his meeting with reporters before the Suns’ game.

The Post reported on its Web site that Marbury had flown back to New York and did not plan to join the team in Los Angeles for its game against the Clippers on Wednesday night.

Marbury’s absence followed a story in Tuesday’s New York Daily News indicating the Knicks were trying to reduce his role or get rid of him. A trade seems unlikely, because Marbury is scheduled to earn $42 million over the next two seasons.   Which tells you how spoiled he has become… what a baby.

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