Do You Know This Man? - Stephon Marbury

Stephon Marbury, b-baller, mega-tattoed, aluminium-foil-weed-case carrying, self proclaimed baddest point guard to come outta Brooklyn, has a free pass in my world for the rest of his life. Marbury appears to be the first ever sports star-multiMillionare to really care about 'his people'.
Now when I say 'his people', I'm talking about his 'former people', the people with whom he used to be economically linked before he signed his first NBA deal.

If you havent heard, Stephon has started a line of athletic shoes that sell for under twenty bucks a pop, yet are crafted to still be of a a high enough quality to be used by a NBA baller during real-time bangin on the hardwood. His reason for creating the shoe is he can recall being broke-as-a-joke and having to wear hand-me-down shoes from within his own, large, poor family.

Big ups to Mr. Marbury. He can now relax and I hope his public image will only be raised higher and higher because I agree with him, 150 bucks for a shoe is insane and guys like Lebron James, who are reportedly giving Marbury a hard time for his shoes, should be ashamed that they market 150 dollars shoes to their fans, many of whom should be saving that 150 bucks for simple things like BILLS. I really wonder how many other NBA/NFL players, from the 'hood' have thought of ways they could give back other than by holding camps and handing out food during the holidays....

This is a MAN move by a guy the league and writers have always considered to be a bratty child ball hog. You'd almost have to wonder why, at this time (April 11, 2007), Marbury is getting so much press, because his shoes have been on the market for almost a year...

I just may get me a pair of STARBURYs.