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Stephon Marbury May Have Saved JR Smith's Career In China

Found November 23, 2011 on Crossover Chronicles: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Stephon Marbury,  J.R. Smith
TEAMS: Denver Nuggets
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Yes.  That guy.   And I think when THAT guy can take credit for saving your ass, you've got some soul searching to do.   Stephon Marbury has been playing in China for a couple of seasons now and he's learned a few things.  JR Smith has been playing in China for about a month now, and has been accused of faking the severity of his injury in an effort to go home.  In fact, he was on his way to being fired before Marbury's intervention.  SheridanHoops.com has the details.  We'll start here. The club had another demand: Smith must live with the team. Before the issue, all the other Zhejiang players lived in standard rooms of a common hotel, but Smith persisted that he wanted to stay in a suite of a 5-star hotel. The club met his needs, paying the bill for about 900 dollars per night. That paragraph kind of sums up the NBA spoiled-player stereotype, doesn't it?  Players demand to live five-star hotels while playing a game because a regular hotel room...
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