Phoenix ? 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.”

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.”