Stephon Marbury: Beijing Idol... Leave it to the Chinese to build a statue in honor of the former NBA point guard...who's currently playing for the Beijing Ducks and helped the team win the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) title earlier this year. Marbury scored 41 points in the final game against the Guangdong Tigers, which had Aaron Brooks (of the Houston Rockets) and James Singleton (who played with the Los Angeles Clippers, the Dallas Mavericks and the Washington Wizards) on its team. While Marbury and Brooks are still part of their respective CBA teams, Singleton returned to the States to play for the Wizards after the CBA season ended. By the way, why the heck was it Dennis Rodman who gave the dedication speech when the statue was unveiled? Huh.
All I can say is— I wonder what the Chinese would have built if it was Kobe Bryant or LeBron James who helped a CBA team win a championship. Probably a nice mansion (not that KB24 or LBJ couldn't afford to buy their own...OBVIOUSLY) in Shanghai...constructed by political prisoners. I kid. And before you point out that Michael Jordan has a statue of his own in Chicago and Magic Johnson has been idolized in bronze outside of STAPLES Center in L.A., they each have at least 5 NBA titles under their belt. Maybe if the Ducks repeat as champs next year, then it wouldn't be so wacky for Marbury to have a statue built by folks living in a communist superpower. That is all.
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