i’m breaking up with stephon marbury

Posted on | October 19, 2009 | Comments

steph_10-19-2009 I really wanted to embrace Stephon Marbury. God knows why. Before he came to Boston, I despised him on reputation alone. Once he was on my team, I gave him the benefit of the doubt. Then during all this off-season marburython nonsense, I was still rooting for him to get his shit together and show everyone that he’s a misunderstood guy with a big heart. But, I can’t pretend the emperor is walking around fully dressed when the mofo is so obviously buck bollicky naked.

My disenchantment started with the dancing around screaming at the camera (directed at fans) to “throw up your 1s” (funny at first, it soon grew ridiculously repetitive). But, I kept telling myself that he’s just looking for acceptance and some sort of sad proof that someone, anyone, had his back. The disillusionment continued though, with the constant self-promotion on Twitter and the RT-ing of every inane @reply message that supported his message. Finally, I decided enough was enough and stopped following him on Twitter. Big deal, right? Well, it was in a way. Because it takes a lot to make me give up on someone. Particularly someone so obviously desperate for support.

But, I do believe I’ve come full circle. Stephon Marbury is who I thought he was.

This article was the final straw:

Marbury, who played part of last season with the Boston Celtics after his messy divorce from the New York Knicks ended with a buyout, went unsigned as a free agent this offseason after turning down Boston’s $1.3 million veteran minimum offer.

“I’m resting, doing what Michael Jordan did, enjoy life, do things I haven’t done in 16 years, keep building my empire,” Marbury said, according to the Post. “I wasn’t going to Boston for that money. It was a prudent business decision to take off this year.” [ESPN-Boston, Report: Marbury plans 2010-11 return]

The quote is from the Post, so normally I would say take it for what’s it’s worth, but in this case, I know it’s true.

I wasn’t going to Boston for that money.

Holy ego. People kept saying that the Ustream/Justin.tv shows were the reason Steph didn’t go back to the NBA this season. That he ruined his chances by eating Vaseline and the like. I knew that wasn’t true. He turned the NBA down first. Specifically, he turned the Boston Celtics down first and when he realized no big money offers were coming, it was then that he “shut it down.” Why? Because he didn’t get enough playing time last season. How do I know that? Because I was watching. More than once he opined about the “splinters in his ass” and how the whole situation was a test of his sanity and willpower.

According to the article, Steph plans to come back to the NBA for the 2010-11 season. Mmmm, yeah.

Good luck with that.

ps. Update: The straw that really breaks the camels back… He trashes The Truth on Twitter. Bitch, please. Dead to me.