POSTED 1-16-08

There are rotisserie heroes and fantasy goats. But some performances are so ugly, egregious or plain perplexing that it begs the refrain: What the F--k! Here is Update's seriously twisted moment this week.

New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury is causing a minor controversy in Gotham yet again. The latest mystery surrounding the pouting point guard revolves around his sudden ankle injury. He missed Sunday's contest and was absent along the sidelines just one game after lamenting his "passive role" in coach Isiah Thomas' offense. Thomas confirmed Marbury's injury, adding cryptically: "I only want to comment on tonight's game. He's not playing tonight so we'll cross that bridge when we come to it if he decides to play again." The "if he decides to play again" is a pretty big if. Who's to say his teammates even want him back? The Knicks have won back-to-back games for just the third time this season with Marbury out of the lineup, and guys like Fred Jones and Nate Robinson are benefiting from the extra playing time. A team specialist has determined Marbury has bone spurs in his left ankle and will miss Wednesday's game. This could mean season ending surgery, or it could simply mean Knicks fans won't have to put up with Marbury's antics for a week or two. Either way, the fans are ready to explode, and a team supposed to be Eastern Conference contenders has all but fell apart. It's not all Marbury's doing, but he sure hasn't helped matter any.