And then there are the Marburys. [46] Since then, but not due to business with Marbury, Steve & Barry's filed for bankruptcy and closed all stores. You make sure that everything is A-plus so that you can get to the next level, he says. Marbury had been speculated to join the Boston Celtics by many NBA analysts since late 2008, and on February 27, 2009, Marbury signed with the Celtics. The book tells the story that needs to be told. I could take [Knicks point guard Pablo] Prigionis spot! I speak to him on the phone one day after school, and find him open and relaxed. [High School] through your brothers. Their father Patrick McDonald had worked as a shift manager at the 20,000-employee G.P. [36], Stephon's father Don died during a December 2, 2007, game between the Knicks and the Phoenix Suns. Shortly after Steve & Barry's closed, Marbury opened Starbury.com to sell his shoes and an expanded product line through a partnership with Amazon.com. Copyright 2023 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Marbury Brothers. His editors at the magazine kept prodding him for further details from his personal experience: They said, You keep talking about getting kicked out of Coney Island whats that all about? I started adding more first-person stuff, and a little bit about my shifting understanding. Lets recap Marburys career and his comments about his brothers. He has two sisters, Stephanie Marbury and Marcia Marbury, and four brothers, Zach Marbury, Donnie "Sky" Marbury, Eric "Spoon" Marbury, and Norman Jou-Jou Marbury. However, on February 11, 2018, Marbury played his final game in the CBA, scoring 20 points in a 10492 win over the Jiangsu Dragons, and announced his retirement from basketball. International Stats at Basketball-Reference.com, College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com, Scores from any date in BAA/NBA or ABA history, Frequently Asked Questions about the NBA, WNBA and Basketball, Basketball-Reference.com Blog and Articles, Subscribe to Stathead Basketball: Get your first month FREE. Donnie, who graduated from a fourth college, is now substitute teaching and coaching Zach at Lincoln. Caught in The Middle Stephon Marbury, Georgia Tech'S Heralded Freshman [9], The start of the 200708 season found the Knicks again floundering and Marbury again involved in a public feud, this time with Thomas. Stephons father, Don, saw Frey as an exploitative interloper who aimed to make money off his kid. Amos Barshad has written for New YorkMagazine, Spin, GQ, XXL, and the Arkansas Times. He takes me back to a time described in the book: taking the SATs, trying to get your grades together, playing your balls off, and hoping the scholarship offers will follow. Marbury's three older brothers were all gifted basketball players who narrowly missed NBA careers. A Kid From Coney Island is not Stephon Starbury Marburys only appearance on the big screen, it was preceded by My Other Home, an autobiographical film about his life in China and the CBA, but, the former is the one that puts forth his story as truthfully and as simply as possible.