Yardbarker: Stephon Marbury

Stephon Marbury Apparently Thinks The NBA Is Fixed & David Stern Should Be Replaced

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:30:00 -0500

Those of you that have followed Stephon Marbury's career closely, follow him on Twitter, or have seen his famed Ustream videos, are well aware of just how bonkers the dude is. Love him or hate him, he's entertaining and says some things that gives us bloggers something to cover on regularity, very much like Chad Ochocinco.In the latest Marbury eye-opener, he didn't himself say something, but he "

Le Moyne Leaves Orange Seeing Red

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500

by David WhitleyFiled under: Syracuse, Big East There could have been bigger upsets Tuesday night. Mike Bloomberg could have lost the New York mayor's job to Stephon Marbury. Or "The Jay Leno Show" could have won its time slot.If you were caught up watching those returns, you may have missed the biggest upset in the history of mankind, or at least New York. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Marbury Not Welcome Courtside at MSG

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:26 -0500

The madness continues in New York. May it never stop: “Stephon Marbury didn’t exactly get a hero’s welcome when he came back to the Garden Saturday night to see his former team play its home opener. The former Knick guard left in a huff when told by security to go to his correct seat. The latest bizarre chapter in the Marbury saga took place in the first quarter. According to Garden security sources, Marbury held a ticket for a seat in Row A, the second row off the court, in...

Marbury Not Welcome Courtside at MSG

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:26 -0500

Knicks Have a Stalker: Stephon Marbury

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:12:00 -0500

by Tom ZillerFiled under: Knicks, NBA FansESPN's Chris Sheridan reports on the world's first non-uStream Stephon Marbury sighting of the NBA season. It came at Madison Square Garden, where Knicks security had to ask a paid-in-full Starbury to go to his seat. Marbury had purchased a ticket in row A (that's the second row) for Saturday night's Knicks home opener against the Sixers. The only problem was that Marbury instead tried to sit in row AA (the Spike Lee zone). Sheridan re...

The Stephon Marbury Saga Gets Either Sadder or Stranger

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:01:49 -0500

Look, Stephon Marbury, I can understand you taking a year from basketball to, um, "build your empire" or whatever it is you're doing. But you probably can't do that by disrupting NBA games for no good reason.Worse, ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan reports that when you showed up at Madison Square Garden for the Knicks' home opener on Saturday, you couldn't even get the party-crashing to go right, sitting in the wrong seats, being asked to move, and generally acting as a...

Starbury And The Knicks, Together In Fail For Eternity

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Stephon, true to his word, bought a ticket and sat in the front row at the Knicks game last night. But he was asked to leave, because the ticket he bought wasn't for the front row. Nothing ever changes. The once and future Knicks albatross showed up for New York's home opener followed through on a promise made on his bizarre Ustream. He plopped down in a courtside seat, whipped out his camera and started filming the game. That's when the person who actually bought that seat showed...

Stephon Marbury Stalking the New York Knicks

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:25:26 -0500

Stephon Marbury is a man of his word. It’s been almost two weeks since he said he’d be at the Knicks home opener and sure enough he was there. And so was his video camera. Marbury claims to be sitting out the NBA season to work on business ventures. So far he’s only been recording himself [...] Related posts:Video: Stephon Marbury Post Release Interview Stephon Marbury is free at last from the New York...Stephon Marbury And Amazon Team Up To Sell Starburys • Stephon Mar...

Stephon Marbury with a Fan at a Gas Station

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:20:47 -0500

The NBA season starts next week but Stephon Marbury will be sitting at home. Or in his car at a gas station talking to fans. Steph says he’s looking to get back in the league next year and I’ll wish him luck, but after those vaseline eating, crying, and shirtless videos this summer there’s no [...] Related posts:Stephon Marbury And Amazon Team Up To Sell Starburys • Stephon Marbury’s line of affordable shoes are now available...Video: Stephon Marbury Post Release ...

I guess this is Marbury's way of retiring

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:30:02 -0500

I don't see any other way to interpret this tweet.

Basketball is just a game. I will say it again. 14 years 250 million. Hold that. I'm good.. Thank you jesus for the blessing. Thanks NBA

Stephon Marbury made a quarter of a BILLION dollars playing basketball. Wow. Keep that number tucked away for later.

So with his apparent retirement... let's sit back and remember his last highlight: His 12 4th quarter points in Game 5 against Orlando.

Marbury: You Saw Me Smoking Marijuana

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:12:11 -0500

Paul Walsh of the MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE and TMZ.com spot Stephon Marbury on his webcam smoking weed this week. On Wednesday, the celebrity-watching TMZ.com posted video of Marbury appearing to smoke a joint. That speculation was put to rest when TMZ followed up with another clip Thursday showing Marbury laughing and telling his viewers: “I smoke marijuana [...]

Has Marbury Cost Himself Another Job?

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:06:02 -0500

Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski lays into Stephon Marbury and the behavior exhibited during his 24-hour Ustream:

As Stephon Marbury clung to that camera for most of those 24 hours, a lost soul spiraling

within a voyeuristic ‘net culture, one longtime associate kept logging

in and out of the video chat Friday and into Saturday morning.

“He’s lonely,” he told me. “This is sad to watch. I feel for him. Money doesn’t buy happiness.”

This is someone who has worked with Marbury in the past, who likes

him and thinks there’s a lot of good amid the confusion and turmoil.

Marbury is no longer an All-Star basketball player, but a journeyman

trying to turn his fading fame into counterculture basketball

celebrity. As his talent has rapidly decayed, his career bottomed out,

Starbury’s appeal has been relegated to that of a peep show on the

Internet. He’s turned himself into the radio station that you hear in

the back of a taxi at 2 a.m.

There

were teams watching him in front offices as he conducted his marathon

video chat on Friday, and Starbury confirmed himself as a complete

loon. He was live on his balcony, Jesus had shown himself in Marbury’s

shower and this wayward point guard was still the biggest waste of

talent that basketball’s seen in a long, long time.

“He’s gone off the deep end,” one Western Conference executive texted on Friday.

I applaud Marbury for the access he's granting his fans. But you gotta admit, he's going overboard. My Twitter page is overdosing on Steph's tweets. Maybe he really is lonely.

As for the video, I didn't watch, so I won't judge. But from what I read, it was hilarious. I'm guessing if Ron Artest gave us a 24-hour peak into his life, we'd be disturbed at what we witnessed.

Maybe some leagues executives think Marbury is crazy and because of what they saw, they won't sign him. My gut tells me Marbury is signing with the Celtics. He was a model teammate last season and deserves another shot.

Rumor: Marbury Will Resign With Celtics

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:40:58 -0500

Via NES247:

A source tells NES247 that Stephon Marbury will be returning to Boston, possibly for the bi-annual exception, before the end of August. Marbury is still playing the waiting game to see what other teams have to offer, but he intends on returning to Boston and Ainge has already given him a contract offer.

Now I know you guys are thinking: where’s the link to the other news source? There isn’t one, this information is exclusive to NES247. Marbury will be in green next season playing backup to Rondo. You heard it here first.

Your first reaction is - what the hell is NES247.com? Once the season ended, John and I vowed to deliver any and all rumors related to free agent signings - including ones from web sites who have never broken a story.

If this is true, I'd be delighted to have Marbury back for another year.

Boston was Marbury's favorite

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:03:36 -0500

Stephon Marbury, aka @StarburyMarbury in Twitter world, is back to tweeting. In one exchange, he reveals his feelings for Boston.

From: @NYTC95
@StarburyMarbury man i was just wondering Steph, since the first day u were in the NBA, wat has been ur favorite Jersey to wear?

From: @StarburyMarbury
@NYTC95 BOSTON

Marbury also said what I think most of us already knew:

@uno_sorry my man i wanted to come back to the celts but its just not going to work out

He made a few "business is business" type of references to insinuate that he's willing to play overseas if he has to. He also, once again, took time out to reply to a lot of tweets. He's been good that way since he's been on Twitter... which is what it's all about.

I have to say, I was very pleasantly surprised by the Marbury era in Boston... however brief it was. Too bad it didn't work out better for him... and us

Stephon Marbury Really, Really Like Us

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:29:47 -0500

Via the Boston Globe:

“I’m not trying to get a bunch of money,’’ Marbury said. “I know Boston doesn’t have a bunch of money. I’m not seeking out teams with more money. I want to play for a championship-contending team. I can’t play for a young team that’s not in a position to compete for a championship.

“I want to play in Boston. I’m not going to say that I don’t. But I know the way that business works. If I don’t come back it won’t be because of me.’’

“They brought me in when I was going through some things,’’ Marbury said. “They showed a lot of faith in me. They believed in me, even when I wasn’t playing well. The fans and the organization were behind me every day.’’

I've said it before and I will say it again; bring back Starbury. He did all the right things last season (except for the playing well part) and he's saying all the right things this summer. He wants to show us and the rest of the NBA he's still got something left.

CSN's Gary Tanguay offers this nugget:

As we told you last week on Sports Tonight the Celtics would love to get Rasheed Wallace to come off the bench this year. As we grow closer to the post July 1st NBA free agent signing period the chances of Rasheed wearing green this coming season are very good.

He is good friends with Kevin Garnett and he has a great interest in coming here.

My gut tells me Rasheed Wallace will be come a Celtic soon.

Is this reporting or guessing? If it's the latter, no offense to Tanguay, but John and I "guess" about guys all the time on this site.

Anyone else annoyed with all the media coverage given the Knicks? We're supposed to get excited every time the Knicks express interest in a free agent? It's been nearly ten years since the Knicks have won 40 games in a season. They are awful and no where near title contention.

Memo to the Globe and Herald, give your readers news when it happens. Both papers/web sites waited until today to reveal what Danny Ainge said about BBD, Eddie House and free agency in yesterday morning's conference call. We gave it to you yesterday afternoon. It may not be earth-shattering news, but it's news. Share it with your readers, please.

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