Stephon Marbury was named the MVP of the Chinese basketball all-star game. Yeah, well, when I was in college, I used to dominate all the Asian kids, too.
The former Minnesota, New Jersey, Phoenix, New York Knicks and Boston point guard, twice an NBA All Star, scored 30 points at Beijing’s Wukesong Arena to lift his North team to a 133-121 victory over the South Sunday.
More than just his scoring, it was his array of “no-look passes, alley-hoops and mid-court three-pointers” that won Marbury Most Valuable Player honors and rescued what had been “quite a dull game,” according to the Xinhua news agency.
A game with no defense in which flashy plays are celebrated? That pretty much sums up Marbury’s career. I’m happy the dude is having fun and has avoided killing himself so far (he’s a great death pool pick, if you’re into that sort of thing), but getting worked up over dominating a bunch of Chinese dudes in basketball is just silly. And in an all-star game where nobody plays defense and every play is a sloppy fast break? You should be ashamed of yourself if you can’t manage a double-double.
