Marbury Was Ahead of His Time w/ China

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Seein Artest sign over there reminded me...Marbury was ahead of the game as far as creating revenue streams for old head hoopers after they retire.
Mcgrady, AI, Arenas, Artest, Skip, etc. Not to mention his Marbury sneaker line is actually makin money over there. Googled Marbur's name and a Phillipino website comes up. They really fukin love that guy over there lol


Now these pics are funny af LMAO But i'm glad to see dude doin well nh
Mcgrady, AI, Arenas, Artest, Skip, etc. Not to mention his Marbury sneaker line is actually makin money over there. Googled Marbur's name and a Phillipino website comes up. They really fukin love that guy over there lol


Now these pics are funny af LMAO But i'm glad to see dude doin well nh
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? been doin that though
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Yahoo-PhillipinesNBA veteran Stephon Marbury has returned to Manila for the fourth time in the past couple of years to continue his support for children afflicted with the liver disease called biliary atresia...In a very intimate and informal setting, Marbury sat together with Jersey Haven owner Andrew Tan and player agent Sheryl Reyes in front of sports scribes, and unveiled a newly-designed basketball jersey with the familiar Marbury number 3. The colorful jerseys are available for sale to the public via Jersey Haven, and part of the proceeds will benefit children in need, some of whom were present to see their benefactor
...then mentioned that a Marbury action figure would soon be launched in China, where Stephon now plays professionally, which figure would then be available here in the Philippines
Full article- https://ph.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/judgmentcall/the-philippines-is-now-one-of-my-homes---stephon-marbury-003930568.html -
Josh Childress also made that hot back in the day
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playmaker88 wrote: »? been doin that though
But they havent tho..Not China. I'll find the old article from when he first went there. Their leagues were ? and at most they had 1 american per team.
But Im not talkin about playing really. I mean goIng over there and creating a brand. I can see him making a ? load of money over there well after he's done playing. He's essentially an ambassador of sorts. -
But yeah Marbury is a ? over there, he embraced the culture they embraced him. He went all in most will go there cash them checks and play ball
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Josh Childress also made that hot back in the day
Yea that was crazy. He got that big contract, they paid his taxes, gave him a crib and a car. -
But yea Marbury did embrace the culture and people. Most the ? that go over there you can tell they wanna be back in the NBA but it seems like Marbury genuinely wants to be there.
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Yeah but more players need to follow suit...you can be 33 retired in the nba and play 5 more years in China and make even more bread whole averaging 29 ppg lol
Get endorsements and become a king over there
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There is life after nba...that's what more ? need to realize...
This is what Iverson should have done when the nba started bullshiting him..... he could have gone to china @ 35....be a king over there.... -
The Marbury pics are always hilarious. I think what he's doing is dope though. I wonder if he can speak the language a bit.
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honestly for ? from college who get cut or go undrafted overseas can make your early 20's an awesome time. I know a cat i went to college with at my d3 school. We both graduated in 2012 and hes been playing 2 years overseas. mind you while getting paid (not as much as these other cats) and having housing he got to travel the UK and austria. If im a mediocre or low end theory d1 player im trina have fun overseas for a few years ? some european ? and then come back to the states and maybe start looking for jobs after i had a few years of fun.
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the thing that helped him more than guys just going over there to get paid is that he embraced the culture, and they accepted his chinese ass like he was one of their own.
Alot of talented players go over there and just can't handle being in a foreign place, away from their comfort zone. Like, he was obviously there to play ball and get paid, but he turned it into something so much more.The Marbury pics are always hilarious. I think what he's doing is dope though. I wonder if he can speak the language a bit.
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Y'all's comments and these pictures have me in real tears right now lmao.
But seriously, Marbury is over there living life and doing him. Salute to the man for doing big things over there. -
Glad to see nggas payin homage. Ima let this positivity cook a lil longer before i make a throwback 'Rememebr when Marbury went crazy' thread. For about 2 weeks in 2010 i was in tears everyday at work watchin this ngga's vids...soon
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Real talk man a lot of people didnt know right around when he went crazy was soon after his mom died. I root for the guy its good to see him at peace. -
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There is life after nba...that's what more ? need to realize...
This is what Iverson should have done when the nba started bullshiting him..... he could have gone to china @ 35....be a king over there....
He did eventually go over there.
They showed love but AI bounced soon after. Its not easy to fully embrace it. For 1 living in China is nothign like living in Europe. Then it aint easy to be tht humble, especially for AI bein a hall of famer reduced to playin alongside the Proffesor Lol Marbury was uniquely humbled.
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Marbury was before his time for being the type of player at pg that is heralded now...
Of course I know there were people who predated him but I bet he wish he was playing now totally different reception.... -
It's funny how long Marbury been over there. I'm surprise he isn't home sick
That was one of the reasons why he left Minnesota
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playmaker88 wrote: »Marbury was before his time for being the type of player at pg that is heralded now...
Of course I know there were people who predated him but I bet he wish he was playing now totally different reception....
No doubt. He had/has some type of record for averaging 20 and 8. Either consectuive years or career avg. His time in Boston and NY killed that career avg tho so i think its # of years avg 20 n 8
edit: ? i think it was career average before his last yr
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Real talk man a lot of people didnt know right around when he went crazy was soon after his mom died. I root for the guy its good to see him at peace.
Word, nice to see dude in a good place.
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This ? right here though.... -
Let's not also overlook the fact that for all the swag talk Marbury did, he actually works out. AI look frail as ? in that one video with the Chinese dudes giving him work. Marbury still looked like an NBA player playing scrubs, though.
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There is life after nba...that's what more ? need to realize...
This is what Iverson should have done when the nba started bullshiting him..... he could have gone to china @ 35....be a king over there....
He did eventually go over there.
They showed love but AI bounced soon after. Its not easy to fully embrace it. For 1 living in China is nothign like living in Europe. Then it aint easy to be tht humble, especially for AI bein a hall of famer reduced to playin alongside the Proffesor Lol Marbury was uniquely humbled.
Marbury in this pic look like he's trying convince A.I. to embrace China and get money and be treated like a king, A.I. look like he ain't sold on Steph's advice. lol