In the second game of the 201213 CBA season, Marbury tallied 13 assists in a victory over the Jilin Northeast Tigers. But I didnt think at first that I would be writing some expos of the exploitation in basketball. Stephon Marbury on 'NYC Point Gods' documentary & the influence his older brother had on his career Stephon Marbury joins SportsCenter to discuss being a part of the "NYC Point Gods". He also noted, in terms of his professional development and maturity, he was a step ahead of his peers thanks to his older brothers. Marbury, Penny Hardaway and Cezary Trybaski were traded to the New York Knicks on January 5, 2004, for Howard Eisley, Charlie Ward, Antonio McDyess, Maciej Lampe, draft rights to Milo Vujani, a first-round 2004 draft choice, and an additional future first-round draft choice. All rights reserved. On first glance, it seems remarkable Frey was able to find such an insular world within the biggest city in the United States. us, Relatives: CousinsSebastianTelfair, JamelThomas, College: In September 2007, Marbury testified at the trial of a sexual harassment lawsuit that had been filed against the Knicks and Isiah Thomas. [50], In March 2008, wrestler Montel Vontavious Porter said in an interview that he based his wrestling persona on Marbury. And thats really scary because what if nothing interesting happens? A two-time All-Star and a two-time member of the All-NBA Team, Marbury played in the NBA from 1996 until 2009. Mature beyond his years, he dreams of using basketball to pay for a degree in nursing. Stephon Marbury was escorted The Marburys, like dominoes, followed one another to Lincoln High School. When Stephon hit his teens, brother Norman was collecting assists and scholarship bids. Thatd give me the access, and the arc of a season, and the potential for drama. And yet, for all Darryles smarts and dedication, he repeatedly comes up short on the test. Hed hang around Coreys brothers barbershop. A very good guy. If Id spoken to him five or 10 years earlier, its possible this stuff wouldnt roll off the tongue so breezily. You early on the schedule! He remembers the first time he dunked: I put the guy to sleep, drove right by him, jumped in the air, finished with two hands. Stephon Marbury is known as a former American professional basketball player. Robert Beck/SI. Stephon Marbury, whose aunt recently died, scored 21 points Stephon Marbury. Lets just stick to our plans. Stephon Marbury and Kevin Garnett. I had my say in the book. A floor of a housing project? Frey says of the early steps in reporting his classic nonfiction book The Last Shot, now celebrating its 20th anniversary. Those numbers improved the next season. Stephon Marbury averaged 19.3 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 7.6 assists per game. Yo, cuz! he yells. But escaping is also a matter of dollars and cents. Dennis Rodman spoke at the ceremony. Marbury spent three and a half years in New Jersey. In 1999, Marbury, alongside fellow former Georgia Tech point guard Kenny Anderson, appeared in the video for Big Pun's single "Whatcha Gonna Do" which was produced by Juju of The Beatnuts. Thats all I have to say about it.. All in the family: how three generations of Jaquezes have ruled West Coast basketball, Alonso says Aston 'living a dream,' eyes podium, LIVE Transfer Talk: Bayern still keen on Kane despite new Choupo-Moting contract, Top moments from Brady, Manning, Jordan and other athletes hosting 'Saturday Night Live'. He is a staff writer for Grantland. By Stephons fifth birthday, brother Donnies deadly jumper seemed to be his ticket out. Stephons older brothers were as talented as anyone who ever killed it on the Coney Island courts, yet their careers all flamed out before they fulfilled their potential.5And then you begin to understand the pressure on Stephon and any other young talent shouldering the burden of nearly impossible expectations. ``Its a tremendous pressure on him.. Its classics David Halberstams The Breaks of the Game, John Feinsteins A Season on the Brink, Buzz Bissingers Friday Night Lights are many. Eventually, police arrived and helped talk him down. And, in the early 2010s, he even admitted that he slept with his private chef, Thurayyah Mitchell, on more than 5 occasions, and then paid her to keep it all quiet. He is the fifth American basketball player to receive a green card in China. Marbury was traded to the Phoenix Suns along with Johnny Newman and Soumaila Samake in the 2001 offseason for Jason Kidd and Chris Dudley. They introduced him to their sisters and mothers. He won the MVP title for the All-Star game. Happy Birthday Stephon! 0:39; Sports Illustrated, summing it up in 1996, during Stephons freshman year at Georgia Tech: Eric (Sky Dog) Marbury was a 62 inside scorer at Georgia between 1979 and 82, only to be cut in camp by the San Diego Clippers in 1982. For a Coney Island kid not to dream about the NBA was strange enough; for that same kid to be a starter for Lincoln was outright bizarre. And I dont have a problem discussing or talking about it. [39], Stephon and his wife Latasha married on September 14, 2002. Tchaka had two unhappy seasons at Seton Hall before a car accident kneecapped his basketball future; when Frey caught up with him, Tchaka was living in Las Vegas with his fiance, doing electrical work for $8.50 an hour. Marbury arrived to training camp, and competed with Duhon for the starting point guard job, which Duhon won. While still attending Abraham Lincoln High School he was one of the subjects of Darcy Frey's book The Last Shot, which followed three seniors and Marbury, a freshman, through the early months of his first season with the school's team. But that a reporter would want to hang out actually wasnt alien., On an average day, Frey would arrive at Lincoln around 2:30 p.m., between the kids last class and the end of the teams mandatory study hall. He then played in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) until his retirement in 2018. I mean, Steph, then Sebastian [Telfair], then Lance [Stephenson], and all these years later theres still no sight of these things.. Donnie was a high-scoring guard with a lethal shot. Marbury, avoiding his brothers Achilles heel, departed Lincoln High School last year with good grades and a qualifying SAT score. Stephon Xavier Marbury Do you have a sports website? The result was a powerful and unblinking portrait of the players lives and a college basketball system built to exploit them. I also introduced Corey and Tchaka to Arthur Agee, and for a while there was some talk about all three of them starting a line of sports apparel But over time, after the book had been out for a while, I got fewer and fewer requests for interviews, and I can imagine that that was disappointing for Corey.. When Stephon was in diapers, brother Eric was dunking alongside Dominique Wilkins at the University of Georgia. They still playing at P.S. I dont flatter myself to think that I [affectedthem] when I left. Standing here now with Johnson, a tape recorder jutting from my shivering, ungloved hand, I know Im about to be guilty of the same sins. He has played in the NBA from 1996 to 2009 representing New Jersey Nets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks and Boston Celtics. Frey at first explains this would be a breach of ethics, before deciding that Don feeling understandably vulnerable to exploitation may well be right in insisting on a fair exchange. [38] Marbury is a cousin of former professional basketball player Sebastian Telfair. back into the locker room as he In China, Marbury was able to accomplish what he had never done in the NBA: win a title. He returned to Brooklyn, where he works construction. 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Early in the book, Tchaka joyously announces that he has cracked 700 on the SATs the minimum needed then for Division I eligibility. He has three children: Xaviera, Stephon II, and Stephanie. Its a lot different from giving away Starbury shoes and Thanksgiving turkeys. Stephon Marbury Stats and news - NBA stats and news on New York Knicks Guard Stephon Marbury. Milwaukee Bucks, 1st round (4th pick, 4th overall), 1996 NBA Draft, More Stephon Marbury pages at Sports Reference. Over his career, Marbury averaged 19.3 points, 7.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game, while making two All-Star teams. Stephon Marbury is not in the Hall of Fame. Johnson recalls plotting non-basketball futures with Darryle, telling him, These people crazy. The book tells the story that needs to be told. I felt so proud. Johnson and I loop back toward Nathans Hot Dogs now, down Coney Islands famous boardwalk, which is empty in the dead of winter. Marbury was listed as one of the top five recruits in the country that year and was pursued by Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets coach Bobby Cremins, with whom he eventually committed. The sun has started to drop fast, a nasty chill has settled into our bones, and the court is half-covered with dripping mounds of filthy snow all of which makes the courts glass backboards and snapback rims, here, among these worn-down apartment buildings, feel all the more incongruous. [40], In 2001, Marbury donated $250,000 of the money derived from Pepsi sponsorships to help victims of the September 11 attacks. The skeleton of the abandoned parachute jump stands empty, rusting. [24] Following the team's championship, in May 2012, a statue of Marbury was unveiled on the lawn of the MasterCard Center, the 2008 Olympic basketball arena, in Beijing. The pressure extends beyond the walls of Marburys cramped apartment. In the summer of 90, ex-Lincoln star David ``Chocolate Harris _ high-school dropout, small-time drug dealer _ was found dead in a vacant lot, a single bullet wound in his 17-year-old head. Teamed with Rookie of the Year Amar'e Stoudemire and All-Star Shawn Marion, the trio took the team to the playoffs, but the Suns were ousted by the Spurs in the first round. A lot of the best reporting came from when we were driving around, Frey remembers. Join our linker program. The author moved on and took the story with him. It says something that Spike Lee models Jesus after your life. [20] He averaged 22.9 points, 9.5 assists and 2.6 steals in 15 games, but Shanxi eventually failed to advance to the playoffs. Are you this guy everyones chanting for? Literally, his arms was holding him up from falling off the roof. He also left the team during a road trip when coach Isiah Thomas However, on February 11, 2018, Marbury played his final game in the CBA, scoring 20 points in a 10492 win over the Jiangsu Dragons, and announced his retirement from basketball. The point guard had testified in court during the New York Knicks sexual harassment lawsuit that he had consensually bedded an intern after a group trip to a strip club back in 2005. I sympathize hugely with Corey, he says. It came not from a favorite NBA player but his older brothers. Stephon can take them to the promised land.. Right, Born: The Timberwolves traded him to the New Jersey Nets. (Frey wasnt alone in this regard at one point, on orders from mom, Darryles girlfriend was also jettisoned.) Eric was an undersized forward with extraordinary strength and leaping ability. But then the janitor, like most everybody in Coney Island, saw the skinny 14-year-old as the receptacle for dreams deferred since before the boys birth. ``He was the anointed one since he was a young boy, the one to make it to the NBA. Stephon Marbury tries to deliver masks to New York while coping with family death from the coronavirus. Although Frey had planned to follow the kids through graduation, his reporting was cut short when he lost access to the players. The local subway stop sits at the end of the line in Brooklyn, amid the remnants of Coney Island past: Nathans Famous, the Cyclone, the Wonder Wheel. Stephons father, Don, saw Frey as an exploitative interloper who aimed to make money off his kid. Related Biography: Tasha Marbury Background Stephon Xavier Marbury was born on February 20, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York. At the trial, Marbury testified that he and a Knicks intern had "got[ten] together" in his car outside a strip club in 2005. He is also a cousin of former Providence College star and former NBA journeyman Jamel Thomas. yelling, "Jesus, that's how!" Abraham Lincoln in Brooklyn, New York, Draft: ``Work hard, OK? he told the high school freshman. A Kid From Coney Island is not Stephon Starbury Marburys only appearance on the big screen, it was preceded by My Other Home, an autobiographical film about his life in China and the CBA, but, the former is the one that puts forth his story as truthfully and as simply as possible. [21] In July 2010, Marbury agreed to a three-year deal to remain with the Brave Dragons. Johnson has continued to explore creative paths he focuses more on photography these days but he supports himself by working with his father, brother, and cousins in their plumbing, carpentry, and electrical businesses. Whats up!, In the book, by request of the family, Darryle Flickings name was changed to Russell Thomas. Over the last decade, they have been stronger and happier than ever. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 2022-23 Season Schedule; League Pass Schedule; We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Games. Team spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz said no other information [31], On April 24, 2017, the Ducks officially parted ways with Marbury. Now, Johnson recalls how terrifying the situation was. I remember everything like it was yesterday, he says. Learn more and register. Basketball offered a lot back then protection, strength, respect. Marbury then led his Beijing Ducks Team to the 20112012 season CBA championship. Marbury, who is back in China anticipating that the CBA's season will return to action in late April, also told The Undefeated that his cousin, the older brother of former NBA guard Sebastian Telfair, recently died from COVID-19 in New York City. said he had an encounter with Marbury when he was a doorman at a club. Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. In the summer of 1991, Darcy Frey then a 29-year-old freelance writer ventured into the Coney Island projects, looking for a story. [3] He was often heralded as the next great NYC point guard, expected to follow the success of NBA stand-outs Mark Jackson and Kenny Anderson. [4] Teaming with future NBA players Matt Harpring and Drew Barry, Marbury led Georgia Tech to a 2412 record en route to the Regional Semi-final game of the NCAA tournament, where the Yellow Jackets lost to Cincinnati 8770. Marbury has endured a tough first month of the season. At Georgia Tech, Marbury took over the starting point guard role left vacant with Travis Best's departure. They were all leaders who played hard _ traits passed down as each brother took up the family torch. And Darryle had torn up juco and Division II schools before losing his way. I was ready to go! [28] He then scored 32 points in an away game against Liaoning. The ex-NBA player with 13 years worth of experience talked about his love of basketball from the very beginning in it, but what somehow caught our attention the most was his family talking about his career, their perception of his life, and how proud they are of him. Before he hangs up, I ask for a favorite basketball memory, and he quickly obliges: It was against Grady High School, Lincolns rival. How many rings does Stephon Marbury have? I could take [Knicks point guard Pablo] Prigionis spot! Join Facebook to connect with Amy Stephon and others you may know. In his debut, he played against the Indiana Pacers, adding 8 points on 4 of 6 shooting, and 2 assists in 13 minutes. As each Marbury brother has failed to stick, his professional aspirations have slid down to the next, until all have accumulated in the catch basin that is Stephon. There is also Zach Marbury, Stephons younger brother, who had a near-shot at the NBA, but ended up playing pro ball in Venezuela. Stephon Marbury. Zach Marbury, Stephon Marbury's little brother, keeps it 100! Thats the kind of claustrophobic environment that led Darryle to believe that without a scholarship, his life was effectively over. It cant be easy to transition from theoretical pro-sports riches to the banality of regular life.