Marbury at age 41 about to retire for real

daywalker02 · Feb 3, 2018

After 22 years, two-time NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury’s days as a professional basketball player are coming to an end.

Marbury said he is at peace with his decision to retire after his final regular-season game with the struggling Beijing Fly Dragons. The three-time Chinese Basketball Association champion will play his last game Feb. 11 against Jiangsu Tongxi, just nine days before turning 41 years old. Marbury averaged 19.3 points, 7.6 assists and three rebounds during a 13-year NBA career that included stops with the Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets, Phoenix Suns, New York Knicks and Boston Celtics.

Despite announcing his retirement on Thursday, Marbury said he would stay in shape just in case an NBA team showed interest during the rest of the season. Marbury reflected on China, his NBA career, his Hall of Fame dreams and what’s next in an interview with The Undefeated.
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Do you hope your team and the Chinese Basketball Association does something special for you on Feb. 11?

They already did a lot of stuff special. They put me on a credit card, man. They did enough. I don’t need nothing. The game could go on and end and they don’t need to do nothing else. I’m cool. I swear. They won’t do that. I don’t need nothing else. They gave me a statue, a museum, a green card. Honorary citizen. They put my face on a Visa credit card on a bank that people use. I am not asking for anything. They’ve done enough.

Sometimes it’s a little bit too much from things that have gone on and happened. For me, all of the stuff they have done has broken you down in a humble way. It makes you so humble. And it’s not money. People think they are going to come to China, they’re going to blow up and they’re going to do this. It’s not like that. They’re not stupid. They know there is a lot of money in China. They’re not stupid. They know how people think and what they are thinking.

It’s not about money in China. The respect, the love, the appreciation it generates and creates over a time period. To be able to continue in that space and be able to evolve as a human being and a basketball player, it’s natural. The older people are more celebrated and more taken care of. They make a lot of money over a duration of time because they accomplished something. They’re not being given anything. They’ve earned what has been given to them.

The old iconic people still [are successful] because of what they’ve done. It is not because of what you can be or think you can be. It’s like, ‘We already know you’re a master at what you do. So, because you’re a master, this is how we take care of you.’

Should you be in the Hall of Fame from an international standpoint?

My numbers are Hall of Fame. That’s first. You look at guys who have never won championships on the globe, they are in the Hall of Fame. Two, what I have done to help basketball globally to bridge the gap from America to China, with China being one of the main components on the Earth for basketball, that right there alone should bridge that gap. It’s the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame. So, for basketball, I played in Olympics, I played in the Junior Olympics. With what I’ve done and given to basketball is all Hall of Fame.
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RasaqBoi · Feb 3, 2018

Hall Of Fame?

Air Langhi · Feb 3, 2018

If you are going to put yao in the hall of fame you have to put starbury in there. He has done a lot to spread the game in china. Also he sold $15 dollar shoes. How many athletes have done that.

Mazulis · Feb 3, 2018

daywalker02 · Feb 4, 2018

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