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Stephon Marbury Position Point guard/Shooting guard Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 205 lb (93.0 kg) League NBA Team New York Knicks Jersey #3 Born February 20, 1977 (1977-02-20) (age 31) Brooklyn, New York Nationality USA High school Abraham Lincoln HS College Georgia Tech Draft 4th overall, 1996 Milwaukee Bucks Pro career 1996–present Former teams Minnesota Timberwolves (1996–1999) New Jersey Nets (1999–2001) Phoenix Suns (2001–2004) Awards 2-time NBA All-Star (2001, 2003) All-NBA Third Team (2000, 2003) NBA All-Rookie First Team (1997) NCAA AP All-America Third Team (1996) Official profile Info Page Olympic medal record Competitor for United States Basketball Bronze 2004 Athens United States Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York), nicknamed Starbury, is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 205 lb (93 kg/14.6 st) point guard/shooting guard was selected out of the Georgia Institute of Technology by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 4th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, but was traded shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was an NBA All-Star in 2001 and 2003 and was voted into the All-NBA Third Team in 2000 and 2003. He is known for his quickness, ball handling, flashy moves and perimeter scoring. He has also played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, New Jersey Nets and Phoenix Suns. Contents [hide] 1 Early years 1.1 College recruitment 2 College career 3 NBA career 3.1 Early professional career 3.2 New Jersey and Phoenix 3.3 New York 4 NBA career statistics 4.1 Regular season 4.2 Playoffs 5 References 6 External links [edit] Early years Marbury has often gone by the nickname "Starbury", a name created during his youth. Marbury, the sixth of seven children, was born and raised on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City. He attended elementary school PS 238. During his teenage years, he starred at NYC powerhouse Lincoln, and was often heralded as the next great NYC point guard, expected to follow the success of NBA stand-outs Mark Jackson and Kenny Anderson. While still attending Abraham Lincoln High School he was one of the subjects of Darcy Frey's book "The Last Shot," which followed three seniors and Marbury, a freshman, through the early months of his first season with the school's team. In high school he played for the nationally recognized AAU team, the New York Gauchos, out of the Bronx. [edit] College recruitment He was named a 1995 McDonalds All-American along with future NBA All-Stars Kevin Garnett, Shareef Abdur-Rahim, and Antawn Jamison. Marbury was listed as one of the top five recruits in the country that year and heavily pursued by Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets coach Bobby Cremins. Eventually, Marbury would commit to Georgia Tech. [edit] College career At Georgia Tech, Marbury took over the starting point guard role left vacant with Travis Best's departure.[1] Teaming with future NBA players Matt

Harpring and Drew Barry, Marbury led Georgia Tech to a 24–12 record enroute to the Regional Semifinal game of the NCAA tournament, where the Yellow Jackets lost to Cincinnati 87–70. For the season, Marbury averaged 18.9 ppg and 4.5 assists and was named a Third Team All American by the Associated Press, along with several conference honors. Following the conclusion of the season he announced his intention to declare himself eligible for the NBA draft. [edit] NBA career [edit] Early professional career He was selected fourth overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 1996 NBA Draft, then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the draft rights to Ray Allen (who was drafted immediately after him) and a future first-round pick. In his first season in the league, Marbury averaged 15.8 points and 7.8 assists per game and was named to the 1997 All-Rookie Team. He, along with Kevin Garnett, led the Timberwolves to the NBA Playoffs in 1997 and 1998. Marbury fell out with Timberwolves management stemming from a dispute with coaches about his role in the offense, and his agent David Falk demanded a trade during the lockout-shortened 1999 season, Marbury was traded to the New Jersey Nets in a three-way trade in which Terrell Brandon was sent from Milwaukee to Minnesota and Sam Cassell was sent from New Jersey to Milwaukee. [edit] New Jersey and Phoenix While in New Jersey, Marbury blossomed into an All-Star. He made the All-NBA 3rd Team in 2000 and was selected as a reserve for the 2001 All-Star Game, where he made 2 crucial 3s to win the game. Despite his individual achievements, he never made the playoffs as a member of the Nets. He was traded to the Phoenix Suns in the 2001 offseason for Jason Kidd. Teamed with standout players such as Shawn Marion and Amare Stoudemire, Marbury helped the Suns qualify for the playoffs in 2003. In the opener of Western Conference first round series, Marbury banked in a 3-pointer at the overtime buzzer which stunned the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs, 96–95. However, this would still not be enough to get the playoff series victory Marbury has still failed to accomplish to this day. To add to matters, Stoudemire became injured in the beginning of the 2003-2004 season, and Phoenix struggled to a 3–15 start. [edit] New York Marbury, along with Penny Hardaway and Cezary Trybanski, were traded to the New York Knicks on January 5, 2004 for Howard Eisley, Charlie Ward, Antonio McDyess, Maciej Lampe, draft rights to Milos Vujanic, a first-round 2004 draft choice, and an additional future first-round draft choice, likely to be in the 2010 draft.[2] This brought Marbury full circle, as he grew up in New York and was a lifelong Knicks fan. He made an immediate impact, leading a Knicks team in transition to the playoffs on the strength of his performances. Marbury played for the U.S. (Dream Team IV) in the 2004 Summer Olympics, the first of the U.S. teams composed of NBA players to fail to win the gold medal. He and his teammates returned with bronze. Despite the disappointment, Marbury scored a U.S. team Olympic record 31 points in a game against Spain. During the 2005-06 season Marbury feuded with head coach Larry Brown. Towards the end of the 2005-2006 season, the Knicks' poor performance combined with Marbury's public spats with his coach led to a severe decline in Marbury's popularity, with Frank Isola and Michael O'Keefe of the New York Daily News stating that Marbury is "the most reviled athlete in New York."[3] The public feud between Marbury and Brown was one of the reasons Larry Brown was fired at the end of the 2005-06 season.[4]

Isiah Thomas took over the coaching role and the Knicks were slightly more successful during the 2006-2007 season, surpassing the previous year's 23 wins 54 games into their 82-game season before falling off and finishing with only 33. Despite the fact that Marbury had less impressive statistics than in prior years, some pundits claimed that Marbury's newfound unselfishness was key to the team's apparent improvement towards the end of the season. The start of the 2007-08 season found the Knicks again floundering and Marbury again involved in a public feud, this time with Knicks coach and president Isiah Thomas. The pivotal incident involved Marbury leaving the team after learning that Thomas planned to remove him from the starting lineup. There were reports that Marbury and Thomas actually came to blows on the team plane, and that Marbury threatened to blackmail Thomas for taking him out of the starting lineup—both in the presence of Knick teammates. Following the incident and Marbury's return to the team in mid-November after one missed game, Knick fans consistently chanted "fire Isiah" at home games and constantly booed virtually all of the Knicks, especially Marbury. The dysfunction and drama were accompanied by 8 straight Knicks losses, and several newspapers reported that Isiah's job was in jeopardy.[5] There were also rumors that the Knicks would like to trade Marbury to another team. However, this proved difficult for the Knicks to accomplish, in view of the two years and approximately $42 million remaining under his contract with the Knicks. Following a season-ending ankle surgery in February 2008, which was reportedly deemed unnecessary by the team, but which Marbury elected to undergo regardless, Isiah Thomas hinted that Marbury could have played his final game in a Knicks uniform. However, in April 2008, it was Thomas who was removed from his position; first as president, being replaced by Donnie Walsh,[6] and then as coach, being replaced by Mike D'Antoni.[7] [edit] NBA career statistics Legend GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high [edit] Regular season Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1996–97 Minnesota 67 64 34.7 .408 .354 .727 2.7 7.8 1.0 .3 15.8 1997–98 Minnesota 82 81 38.0 .415 .313 .731 2.8 8.6 1.3 .1 17.7 1998–99 Minnesota 18 18 36.7 .408 .205 .724 3.4 9.3 1.6 .3 17.7 1998–99 New Jersey 31 31 39.8 .439 .367 .832 2.6 8.7 1.0 .1 23.4 1999–00 New Jersey 74 74 38.9 .432 .283 .813 3.2 8.4 1.5 .2 22.2 2000–01 New Jersey 67 67 38.2 .441 .328 .790 3.1 7.6 1.2 .1 23.9 2001–02 Phoenix 82 80 38.9 .442 .286 .781 3.2 8.1 .9 .2 20.4 2002–03 Phoenix 81 81 40.0 .439 .301 .803 3.2 8.1 1.3 .2 22.3 2003–04 Phoenix 34 34 41.6 .432 .314 .795 3.4 8.3 1.9 .2 20.8 2003–04 New York 47 47 39.1 .431 .321 .833 3.1 9.3 1.4 .1 19.8 2004–05 New York 82 82 40.0 .462 .354 .834 3.0 8.1 1.5 .1 21.7 2005–06 New York 60 60 36.6 .451 .317 .755 2.9 6.4 1.0 .1 16.3 2006–07 New York 74 74 37.1 .415 .357 .769 2.9 5.4 1.0 .1 16.4 2007–08 New York 24 19 33.5 .419 .378 .716 2.5 4.7 .9 .1 13.9 Career 823 812 38.2 .434 .326 .785 3.0 7.8 1.2 .1 19.7 All-Star 2 0

16.5 .500 .400 .500 .5 5.0 .0 .0 8.0 [edit] Playoffs Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG 1996–97 Minnesota 3 3 39.0 .400 .300 .600 4.0 7.7 .7 .0 21.3 1997–98 Minnesota 5 5 41.8 .306 .280 .783 3.2 7.6 2.4 .0 13.8 2002–03 Phoenix 6 6 45.3 .375 .227 .758 4.0 5.7 1.2 .0 22.0 2003–04 New York 4 4 43.5 .373 .300 .680 4.3 6.5 1.8 .0 21.3 Career 18 18 42.9 .365 .276 .725 3.8 6.7 1.6 .0 19.4 [edit] References ^ Shah, Simit (1995-11-10). "Marbury latest member of Tech point guard tradition", The Technique. Retrieved on 2007-05-22. ^ "NBA Draftpicks Owed – Utah". Retrieved on 2008-05-22. ^ "www.nydailynews.com/sports/story/400850p-339607c.html". Retrieved on 2007-07-05. ^ "Knicks fire Brown, name Thomas new coach", ESPN.com (June 23, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-07-05. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/24/sports/basketball/24rhoden.html ^ "Thomas Won’t Coach, but He Stays With Knicks". Retrieved on 2008-04-19. ^ "Sources: D'Antoni accepts offer, chooses Knicks over Bulls". Retrieved on 2008-05-10. [edit] External links Stephon Marbury Info Page at NBA.com Stephon Marbury Statistics at Basketball-Reference.com [show]v • d • eNew York Knicks current roster 1 Duhon | 3 Marbury | 4 Robinson | 5 Roberson | 6 Ewing | 8 Gallinari | 9 Grunfeld | 11 Crawford | 13 James | 14 Houston | 20 Jeffries | 21 Chandler | 23 Richardson | 25 Collins | 31 Rose | 34 Curry | 42 Lee | 50 Randolph | Coach D'Antoni [show]v • d • e1996 NBA Draft First Round Allen Iverson • Marcus Camby • Shareef Abdur-Rahim • Stephon Marbury • Ray Allen • Antoine Walker • Lorenzen Wright • Kerry Kittles • Samaki Walker • Erick Dampier • Todd Fuller • Vitaly Potapenko • Kobe Bryant • Predrag Stojaković • Steve Nash • Tony Delk • Jermaine O'Neal • John Wallace • Walter McCarty • Žydrūnas Ilgauskas • Dontae' Jones • Roy Rogers • Efthimios Rentzias • Derek Fisher • Martin Müürsepp • Jerome Williams • Brian Evans • Priest Lauderdale • Travis Knight Second Round Othella Harrington • Mark Hendrickson • Ryan Minor • Moochie Norris • Shawn Harvey • Joseph Blair • Doron Sheffer • Jeff McInnis • Steve Hamer • Russ Millard • Marcus Mann • Jason Sasser • Randy Livingston • Ben Davis • Malik Rose • Joe Vogel • Marcus Brown • Ron Riley • Jamie Feick • Amal McCaskill • Terrell Bell • Chris Robinson • Mark Pope • Jeff Nordgaard • Shandon Anderson • Ronnie Henderson • Reggie Geary • Drew Barry • Darnell Robinson NBA Drafts 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 • 96 • 97 • 98 • 99 • 00 • 01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 [show]v • d • eMinnesota Timberwolves Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA The Franchise Franchise • All-Time roster • Seasons • Broadcasters • Draft history • Current season Arenas Metrodome • Target Center Head Coaches Musselman • Rodgers • Lowe • Blair • Saunders • McHale • Casey • Wittman D-League Affiliate Sioux Falls Skyforce Administration Owner: Glen Taylor • General Manager: Jim Stack • Head Coach: Randy Wittman Divisional Titles (1) 2004 Notable Figures Thurl Bailey • Chauncey Billups • Terrell Brandon • Tony Campbell • Sam Cassell • Tyrone Corbin • Ricky Davis • Kevin Garnett • Tom Gugliotta • Troy Hudson • Al Jefferson • Christian Laettner • Luc Longley • Mark Madsen • Stephon Marbury • Sam Mitchell • Radoslav Nesterovic • Anthony Peeler • Chuck Person • Pooh Richardson • Isaiah Rider • Malik Sealy • Craig Smith • Joe Smith • Felton Spencer • Latrell Sprewell • Wally Szczerbiak • Doug West • Micheal Williams Retired Numbers 2 [show]v • d • ePhoenix Suns Phoenix, Arizona The

Franchise Franchise • History • All-time roster • Head coaches • Seasons • Records Arenas Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum • US Airways Center D-League Affiliate Iowa Energy Culture & Lore The Gorilla • 1976 NBA Finals • The Shot 'Heard' Round the World • 1993 NBA Finals • Curse of the Coin Flip • 1993 Runner-up Curse Important Figures Jerry Colangelo• Charles Barkley • • Tom Chambers • Penny Hardaway • Connie Hawkins • Kevin Johnson • Dan Majerle • Steve Nash • Amare Stoudemire • Mark West • Paul Westphal • Cotton Fitzsimmons • Joe Proski Ring of Honor & Retired Numbers 5 Dick Van Arsdale • 6 Walter Davis • 7 Kevin Johnson • 9 Dan Majerle • 24 Tom Chambers • 33 Alvan Adams • 34 Charles Barkley • 42 Connie Hawkins • 44 Paul Westphal • 832 Cotton Fitzsimmons • Jerry Colangelo • Joe Proski Hall of Famers Charles Barkley • Jerry Colangelo • Gail Goodrich • Connie Hawkins Key Personnel Owner: Robert Sarver • General Manager: Steve Kerr • Head Coach: Terry Porter • Voice of the Suns: Al McCoy Head Coaches Kerr • Colangelo • Fitzsimmons • van Breda Kolff • Colangelo • MacLeod • Van Arsdale • Wetzel • Fitzsimmons • Westphal • Fitzsimmons • Ainge • Skiles • Johnson • D'Antoni • Porter Western Conference Championships (2) 1976 • 1993 Pacific Division Championships (6) 1981 • 1993 • 1995 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 Seasons (40) 1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-2000 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 [show]v • d • e 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalists Men's Basketball – United States 4 Allen Iverson | 5 Stephon Marbury | 6 Dwyane Wade | 7 Carlos Boozer | 8 Carmelo Anthony | 9 LeBron James | 10 Emeka Okafor | 11 Shawn Marion | 12 Amare Stoudemire | 13 Tim Duncan | 14 Lamar Odom | 15 Richard Jefferson | Coach: Larry Brown Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephon_Marbury" Categories: 1977 births | Living people | African American sportspeople | American basketball players | Basketball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Basketball players from Brooklyn | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball players | McDonald's High School All-Americans | Milwaukee Bucks draft picks | Minnesota Timberwolves players | New Jersey Nets players | New York Knicks players | Olympic basketball players of the United States | Olympic bronze medalists for the United States | People from Brooklyn | Phoenix Suns players | Point guards | Shooting guards | Street basketball players | United States men's national basketball team members