Thursday, July 29th, 2010 at 11:52 am  |  18 responses

Marbury Agrees to 3 Years with Chinese Team

The AP is reporting that Marbury was a fan favorite last year in China, behaving like a model citizen. Makes you wonder if his time in New York would’ve ended better without Isiah Thomas: “Former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury has agreed to three more years with a Chinese basketball team, whose owners will set up a company to produce and sell his line of athletic apparel and shoes, the team said Thursday. Marbury played 15 games last season with Shanxi Zhongyu of the Chinese Basketball Association. The point guard was a fan favorite in the rustbelt city of Taiyuan, showing none of the defiant personality that had alienated management, teammates and fans in the U.S.”

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  • LDR4 Posted: Jul.29 at 1:00 pm
    I knew it was all about the Chairman Mao’s, baby!

  • LD Posted: Jul.29 at 1:13 pm
    “Marbury: I’m keeping my talents in China.”

  • zee! Posted: Jul.29 at 1:36 pm
    Good for him. Get that $$$.

  • JTaylor21 Posted: Jul.29 at 3:11 pm
    Much love to starbury and good luck with everything. Dude is actually a cool guy if u meet him unlike the bad guy the media potraits him to be.

  • The Black Rick Kamla Posted: Jul.29 at 4:45 pm
    great for him, hopefully he’s getting his life together out there in China…the extra yen dont hurt either

  • doyouwantmore Posted: Jul.29 at 5:03 pm
    Pretty hard to showcase your stunted emotional maturity in China when you can’t speak Chinese.

  • Yesse Posted: Jul.29 at 6:05 pm
    I wish he would have signed with the Heat or went to the Nba, but i guess there is something special about China for him.

  • Waylonakolipse Posted: Jul.29 at 6:28 pm
    Marbury is a wrap in the US. Maybe his NBA career would’ve lasted longer if he balled in good sneakers instead of that Starbury crap.

  • Groves Posted: Jul.29 at 11:00 pm
    @ zee… he wouldve made four times as much if he stayed in china one more year and then went back to the US and signed for the minimum… that way the chinese league gets even more exposure and his shoe sells better

  • Sam Posted: Jul.30 at 12:58 am
    @ The Black Rick Kamla chinese currency is RMB not yen dumb*ss that’s Japan

  • Teddy-the-Bear Posted: Jul.30 at 3:05 am
    Good luck to him. I’m currently with some fam in the same province he plays for and it seems people who watch basketball have a good impression of him.

  • Dave. Posted: Jul.30 at 3:16 am
    ‘Chinese’ is not a language and the yen is the currency of Japan.

  • hoopistani Posted: Jul.30 at 4:15 am
    WHAT? Marbury’s signs with Shanxi Zhongyu without a one-hour ESPN special? What the hell is the world coming to when athletes can’t even whore themselves on television anymore?

  • hobbes Posted: Jul.30 at 4:34 am
    who give a fk about him, my folks in china aint never go watch him play. fan favorite? GFOH

  • newzealanderinlondon Posted: Jul.30 at 7:44 am
    LMAO @ dave – great comment – school these stupid mofo’s!

  • Donnell Suggs-Atlanta Voice reporter Posted: Jul.30 at 9:29 am
    His New York Knick tenure and the negative results didn’t have anything to do with Isiah Thomas. Good luck to Mr. Marbury.

  • Dave. Posted: Jul.30 at 10:29 am
    Glad someone appreciates my work, newzealanderinlondon. The rewards are slight, but I fight the good fight.

  • Groves Posted: Jul.31 at 2:24 am
    shoulda taken it one year at a time

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