Stephon Marbury Going to China

By General
for NBA-Basketball.org

Published: January 18, 2010

Stephon Marbury has become somewhat of a character in recent years with his outlandish statements, silly quarrels, atrocious play, and crazy character. People were disappointed to learn earlier this year that the 32 year old free agent wasn’t returning to the NBA. However, news has broken out that instead Marbury will play for the Shanxi Zongyu of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Zongyu are the same team that signed Bonzi Wells sometime ago and are hoping that Marbury will provide the much needed spark to get their season back in order being 3rd from the bottom, and attendance at a all time low.

The Chinese Basketball Association did recently introduce a salary cap however, that limits the number of foreign players per team to two, and their salaries to very humble figures. Having said that, Marbury is not in this for basketball glory or for a big salary. Stephon Marbury, also nicknamed Starbury, is along with Ben Wallace promoting his Starbury brand which produces ultra cheap shoes that see a retail price of 15$.

Stephon the Entrepreneur is no slouch either – he even stood toe to toe with LeBron James recently when the King himself mocked fun at Marbury’s cheap line of basketball shoes saying that he and Nike would never have a shoe that cheap, due to ‘having higher standards’. Stephon Marbury responded by sayings: “I rather own, than be owned”.

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So it will be interesting to see how Stephon the basketball player and Stephon the businessman cope in the Middle Kingdom. This makes him the most famous foreign player to have ever played in the CBA – and many will be keeping a close eye on him and how he performs on and off the court. We hope all goes well for Stephon Marbury in China.