I Love This One – Stephon Marbury to Play in China
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 | Boston Celtics, NBA, New Jersey Nets, New York Knicks, Sports
Ha ha ha! Stephon Marbury has agreed to play for the Shanxi pro basketball team in Taiyuan, China. Taiyuan is located about 250 miles from Beijing and the Shanxi team is in 12th place in a 17-team league with a 3-10 record. Classic.
Marbury has agreed to play for the team for only $25,000 per month. This after making multi-millions of dollars with a huge contract with the New York Knicks that ended with a mega-buyout during the course of the 2008-9 NBA season? Too funny.
Marbury says that he is excited to play in Chine – “I’ll communicate with the fans through my basketball. I think this will be a unique experience. To go overseas to play ball, to live for me it’s a challenge.” Good luck – let’s see how long this lasts?
I have a feeling once Marbury gets some traction with his new basketball shoes and apparel line in the Chinese market, he’ll say “zaijian” Taiyuan quicker than you can say “good-bye”…
