NBA Union chief Billy Hunter says that they are ready to help Stephon Marbury and the New York Knicks find a mutually beneficial resolution to their situation should they ask for help, according to a report published by ESPN News Services.

"We may be engaging the team in trying to see if there's some kind of mutually beneficial position that the parties can arrive at," Billy Hunter, the executive director of the NBPA, told Bloomberg News. "Maybe there's somebody willing to trade for him. Maybe you can do a buyout. It depends on the parties."

Knicks' president Donnie Walsh met with Marbury on Monday, but there was no resolution to the point guard's stalemate with the team, and Walsh wouldn't put a timetable on a solution.

Walsh said he wants to find out coach Mike D'Antoni's reasoning for keeping Marbury inactive before making a decision.

"I want to understand why and I want our coach to ? If he's got a valid reason, that's one thing," Walsh told reporters. "If not, that's what we are talking about."