Star-Buried

Do you know what “請讓我坐在你的長凳上，徵收一筆薪水” means in Chinese?

According to freetranslation.com, it means “Please let me sit on your bench and collect a paycheck” – a quote that we would have heard from Stephon Marbury if he took a even small dose of truth serum after signing a contract to play a professional basketball team in China.

Instead lets all hear about the “unique experience” and “challenge” of living overseas.
At its worst, the decision to sign with Shanxi – team located in the city of Taiyuan – is a way for the former All-Star point guard to steal money from an organization just as he did to the Knicks.

At its best, it’s a shameless self-marketing tool – much like his all-about-me YouTube video posts – designed to increase sales of his Starbury-brand basketball shoe and clothing line.

Marbury probably figures if he’s retired, Starburys aren’t truly a basketball shoe since not one player in the world is wearing them.

The true irony of the situation is that even traveling across the world probably will not allow Marbury the opportunity to prove he can win a playoff series. Shanxi has just three wins and is in 12th place in a 17-team league.

In other words, Marbury found a way to join the New Jersey Nets without actually returning to the franchise he once saved – by being traded away for Jason Kidd.

Now the question becomes: How long before he is teammates with Tracy McGrady?