Marbury is in a contract dispute with the Knicks and has indicated he would be amenable to joining the Celtics. "Anything that is going to help us get better, anybody comes in here who understands what we're doing, and that's getting better," said Garnett, who had been in the league for a year when Marbury joined Minnesota. Marbury was drafted out of Georgia Tech by Milwaukee fourth overall and then traded to Minnesota for No. 5 selection Ray Allen. Marbury and Garnett played together for 2 1/2 years before Marbury was traded to New Jersey. Marbury left the Timberwolves on bad note and reportedly in a dispute with Garnett. "I think it's about making the team better," said Garnett. "I'm not opposed to Steph, I feel like he's got a lot of basketball left in him. I know his IQ is very, very high. He is one of the best point guards out there. I wouldn't be opposed to it. "If Steph came to this team I'm all for that. "If anybody came to this team and made it better, I would be all for that." Garnett was limited 6 points in 29 minutes of playing time, sustaining a right calf injury in the third quarter. "They gave us some traps we hadn't seen in a while and they played well," Garnett said. "Teams are definitely trapping us, they are making us find guys on the weak side. They played aggressively for 48 minutes." Rivers weighs options Celtics coach Doc Rivers said the team has not relinquished hope in the return of P.J. Brown, who said last week he has retired. "He hasn't forgotten how to play, [but] we don't know if he can still play," Rivers said. But the Celtics' chances of adding players are affected by salary-cap limitations and a roster composed of few trade-bait players. Rivers would not comment on the Celtics' interest in Marbury. "We're cash-strapped," Rivers said. "We're an interesting team - even though we won the championship last year we don't have a lot of players that guys want to trade for. That's unusual. Like I said at the beginning of the season, if we have the guys we have now at the end of the year, I'm very, very comfortable with it." Rivers said he would consult the players before making a move. "When we're adding anybody to our team, at this point of the season, we always talk it over," Rivers said. Count point guard Rajon Rondo among the Celtics who would also welcome Marbury, though his starting position could be threatened. "It's up to the general manager and coach Rivers," Rondo said. "We have to go out there and play every night regardless of who they bring in. People may think it's a bad idea, but I kind of think it'll help us. Anybody who's a great player in this league can help us. It's a business, and that's how it goes. We don't make the decisions. The GMs do. "I'm new in this league and I've heard a little about his [Marbury's] reputation, but I'm not going to judge him. It's up to the general manager, and whatever they decide, that's how it's going to go." Center of attention Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni used center Jared Jeffries to defend Rondo, who was held scoreless after converting a 3-pointer on his first shot of the game. "We laid off him but he killed us on layups," D'Antoni said of Rondo's performance in the Celtics' 124-105 win Dec. 21. "If you lay off him and make him a jump shooter, that's probably the lesser of the evils out there. You have to choose which of those is going to hurt you. But, if you lay off him, you don't want to give up layups. We let him get to the basket in the third quarter - he got seven layups and he killed us." Rondo finished 1 of 7 from the field with three assists and two turnovers in 26 minutes. Said Rivers of Rondo's way of confronting that type of defense: "By driving. I think, just because someone gives you a jump shot doesn't mean you have to take it. I think that's been his biggest improvement. "I think it gives you a running start when [opposition players] do back off, and that's what he's done." ----倒數第二段Doc提到Rondo本場學習到的地方. --

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