Marbury, the Coney Islander and two-time All-Star, will get his wish of escaping New York after a stint riddled with controversy as a member of a franchise he grew up worshiping.

Marbury confirmed Monday's meeting.

"Of course I want something resolved," Marbury told The Post yesterday. "I want to go forward."

The Knicks need the roster spot and may sign Patrick Ewing Jr., who has been working out at their practice facility.

"It will work out through the weekend," coach Mike D'Antoni said of Marbury's exit. "Now management will have to work it out and they will with everybody's agreement."

Multiple sources said the waiving of the $400,000 in docked pay is expected to be a factor in the financial settlement. Marbury said he still has his offer on the table from 15 days ago, in which he would accept $1 million less than his $21.9 million wage. "I made a million-dollar offer for my freedom," Marbury said. "My offer's on the table."

Unable to get himself to play for D'Antoni, who he no longer trusted, Marbury will leave a decimated team in distress, unable to realize the Knickerbockers franchise is a New York institution - bigger than the player, bigger than the coach, the president, the owner, bigger even than the Garden.

Marbury, who hasn't played this season after being exiled by D'Antoni, was fined and suspended for allegedly "refusing" to play in Detroit on Wednesday. D'Antoni, in a stunning reversal, not only offered him a chance to play that night, but - as reported exclusively in The Post - a chance to be the starting shooting guard for the rest of the season.

"A player's central obligation is to provide his professional services when called up," Walsh, who is in Indiana with family, said in a statement. "Because he refused the coach's request to play in the team's last game, we had no choice but to impose disciplinary action."

One source familiar with their Detroit conversation Wednesday claims Marbury snapped at the Knicks coach while D'Antoni was trying to convince him of the merits of resuming his career as a starter, even telling him they may sign him for one more year if he plays well.

The source said D'Antoni told him it was a "win-win" situation and only could be good for Marbury's stalled career.

The source said Marbury yelled back, "You're not the expert on what's good for my career!" Marbury stuck to his guns yesterday, saying he did not deserve to be fined or suspended and never "refused" to play.

"It's a plain lie," Marbury said. "I didn't tell him I wasn't going to play. That's an automatic suspension. All he had to do is make sure my jersey was in my locker. If my jersey was in my locker, I would've played. He chose not to play me."

This may be viewed as semantics by outraged Knicks fans, but it will all be on the table during Monday's meeting. Biagas said the union plans to appeal the fine. Still on the table is last year's unresolved appeal, stemming from Marbury being docked a game's pay for bolting Phoenix in a dispute with Isiah Thomas. He has not been paid that money either.

When asked yesterday why he didn't order Marbury to play, D'Antoni said, "You ever coach? Do you want guys who really don't want to play. You want 10 guys ready to play hard."

Under the suspension, Marbury can't attend practices or tonight's game against Golden State. He loses $199,000 in pay from the one-game suspension and is docked the same amount for the Detroit game.

D'Antoni admitted he could have erred by banishing Marbury at the season's start, not anticipating Walsh was looking to shake up the roster by trading long-term contracts such as the one given Jamal Crawford, who returns tonight with the Warriors.

"We tried to make best decision at the time," D'Antoni said. "Whether it works out or not wouldn't be the first time things didn't work out."

WORTH EVERY PENNY?

By choice or not, Stephon Marbury has not played this regular season. He makes $21.9 million for 2008- 09. Here?s a look at how much the Knicks have paid him for his contributions thus far:

Through 15 games* $2.99M

Per "refusal" to play $1.49M

Per game $199G

Per minute on bench $4,124

*Not including fines