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8  -  Stephon Marbury - PG, 6'2, 205 Signed in China - Signed with Beijing

Date of birth: 02/20/1977        Country: USA      Drafted (NBA): 4th pick, 1996      Out of: Georgia Tech   NBA Experience: 13 years   Hand: Right  Agent: None Stephon Marbury used to be a really fine scorer. In the 1999/00 season, the slowest season for a generation in pace league wide, and back when hand checking was legal, Marbury averaged over 22 points per game, despite not being a good outside shooter. You don't fluke those numbers, and Marbury didn't, averaging damn near 20 points per game for his career. That's now left him, though. Stephon Marbury also used to be one of the finest athletes that you'll ever see at the point guard position. Indeed, this is largely responsible for his scoring average. Not only was Marbury quick, but he was also strong and a terrific leaper, making plays previously uncharted from a point guard. His speed was lethal in the open floor and barely any easier to stop in the halfcourt, his fine ball handling skills ensured that he was no slower with the ball than without it, and he could get to the rim at will. That's gone now, too. So if those advantages have left him, what's left? Not a whole lot. Marbury was never a system player, never a shooter, and never a terrific defensive player. After the demise of his athleticism and all the advantages that it brought with it, Marbury now finds himself having to reinvent himself as a more conventional backup point guard (or, according to himself, a starter). And it's not going well; aware that he now needs to pass up shots that he needs to be taking, Marbury now overpasses when he should shoot, and still sometimes shoots when he should pass. His defense is reasonable, but the offense - before so predicated on athletic advantages over skill and foresight - is now kind of painful. He gets to the rim at merely a fraction of the amount that he used to, doesn't finish as well without his explosiveness, and still can't shoot or execute basic pick and rolls. A lot of his ability has left him, and nothing has replaced it. The swagger remains, though. Now, however, it is accompanied by a desire to eat Vaseline. - 5th June, 2009.

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Chinese Basketball Association Imports, 2010/11, Again

2011-03-13

Stephon Marbury - 32 games, 36.4 mpg, 25.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 5.7 apg, 1.6 spg, 0.0 bpg, 3.2 TOpg, 55% FG, 51% 3PT, 82% FT After Marbury was released by Shanxi in preseason, Foshan quickly snapped him up. However, the man who led the CBA in assists last season by a long way returned only the 3rd best mark this season, 3.4 assists per game behind the leader (the aforementioned Sam Daghlas). Indeed, Marbury was more of a scorer this season, his hugely efficient 25.2 points per game good for tenth in the league. As for how well he's building his brand, I could not say. [read full post]

Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 42

2010-04-08

[...] Speaking of Stephon Marbury, the following clip is of him scoring 9 points in 35 seconds in the CBA All Star Game. [read full post]

Where Are They Now, 2010; Part 41

2010-04-07

- Stephon Marbury Marbury was the best player in China this year. I know, I didn't believe it either. Shanxi's season has already ended, and Marbury is now a free agent again. The ACB team Xacobeo Blusens have been rumoured as pursuing him all week; it certainly has helped fuel the story that Xacobeo suspended American forward Jeremiah Massey earlier this for "threatening behaviour" (whatever that involves). However, the latest word is that the Marbury talks have broken down. And it also probably doesn't help that Xacobeo yesterday completed the acquisition of former NBA forward Paul Davis. [read full post]

Chinese Basketball Association Statistics, 2010

2010-03-07

- Stephon Marbury: 34.3mpg, 23.3ppg, 6.1rpg, 9.8apg, 3.1fpg, 2.8spg, 0.1bpg, 47% FG, 38% 3PT, 84% FT As you can tell from the sheer number of them, Shanxi have had a lot of trouble with their imports this year. They tried out about ten in the offseason, eventually settling upon three; Smith, Taylor and Michael Sweetney. The team had wanted to bring back Lee Benson, who was a star for them last year, but they refused to yield to his contract demands. Taylor has been with the team the whole season, but the rest has been a juggling act. Even though he played well, Smith was replaced after seven games by Adeleke, who got injured in his second game and was replaced for a short time by Benson, seemingly having yielded some on his contract demands. Benson was then replaced after five games by Marbury, which you probably already knew. (Sweetney never played a game for them, by the way.) While all this was going on, Shanxi kept on losing. At the time of Marbury's first game, Shanxi were 4-13 and in last place in the CBA. They then lost the first 3 games he played in, falling to 4-16. Since then, however, they've won 5 of their last 9. And Marbury has been why. I had my doubts about whether Marbury would be any good in the CBA, about whether he had anything left to give. But those doubts were misplaced, very misplaced. Marbury is the best player in China. His first couple of games were somewhat sedate as he blew off the rust, but since then he's been on a tear, averaging 25ppg, 9.5apg and 6.5rpg over his last ten games. He even flirted with a quadruple double at one point, totalling 26 points, 12 rebounds, 13 assists and 7 steals in a win over Liaoning last month. Marbury's 9.8 apg lead the entire CBA, and it's not even close; second place is Fujian's Lu Xiaoming with 7.0 per game, and Smush Parker is third with his 5.4. Only one other player has more than 5. Marbury's steals per game are also fourth in the league, and his scoring and rebounding totals are self-evidently huge. Asked to be a role player in Boston last year, Marbury was really, really bad at it. He was worse offensively than Brian Scalabrine, and when the two played together (as Doc Rivers seemed to like doing), it was game over. However, given a chance to be Starbury again, Stephon is shining. He's had to drop down several rungs of the basketball ladder to do it, but it's worked. [read full post]

The Finances Of The Trade Deadline Deals

2010-02-21

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