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Count ex-New York Knick Stephon Marbury among those who don't think current Knicks stars Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire are a good fit together. "Amare needs a point guard like Steve Nash (to thrive). He's a pick and roll guy, a pick and pop guy. He can't play in the half court where everything's slowed down," Marbury told ESPN New York during a brief interview in Manhattan on Wednesday. When asked if he thought Anthony and Stoudemire could flourish together, Marbury, said flatly, "Nope." ESPN.com

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A former star Georgia Tech point guard and NBA All-Star was sued in Richmond Circuit Court last week for defaulting on a loan on investment properties that included a commercial building in Petersburg. U.S. Bank, which is servicing a bundle of loans originally owned by Wachovia, sued Stephon Marbury and several of his investment entities — one of which is called Starbury GSA — for $3 million. Marbury’s nickname as a high school phenomenon was “Starbury.” Richmond BizSense

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The suit contends that, through the entities, Marbury bought industrial and office properties across the county, including one on Poplar Drive in Petersburg that was leased to the US. General Services Administration for use by the Social Security Administration. Marbury also had investment property in Ohio and Colorado, the suit claims. Richmond BizSense

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The last we heard from Stephon Marbury, he was navigating his new life—a rebirth if you will—in China. Then, just days ago, he reappears in our inbox like an apparition, with news of how everything has panned out: GQ, What's up! How are you? This is Stephon Marbury. I wanted to send you some pictures from China. After winning the championship in China they had a million people vote in a week to build a statue because I couldn't win MVP by the CBA rules. They placed the statue on the lawn of the 2008 olympic basketball arena. I also did a book deal with the Beijing publishing group. I just wanted to share this with you because you saw the turn around from one point to another. Be well and take care. Love is Love! GQ.com

Stephon Marbury, China 

Stephon Marbury has gone from Chinese professional basketball player, to CBA champion, to Beijing city hero, to bronze statue… and now to published author. An autobiography, Wo Shi Ma Zheng Wei (I am Commissar Marbury), will hit Chinese bookstores on June 30th. From a Sina Sports writeup: “From Shanxi to Foshan to Beijing, the book gives the account of an NBA star who was completely ignorant of China and his transformation into a ‘Beijing Boy.’” The book will focus on Marbury’s life story from growing up in Coney Island, his days playing basketball in high school and college, his NBA career and finally three-year journey in the CBA that culminated with a league championship this season in Beijing. It will be sold for CNY 39.80 (roughly US $6.30). NiuBBall.com

Stephon Marbury, China 

Stephon Marbury: If Lebron played at that speed all the time the game will be different. Move at 155 in the forth. Twitter @StarburyMarbury

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Stephon Marbury: "It's not about the money. These two leagues (CBA and NBA) are completely different. NBA players have no feelings, like a stone. And maybe people think the NBA is the best league, but i was there and I won't go back." Sina.com

Stephon Marbury, China 

Stephon Marbury: We only can control what we can control and GOD will control the rest. Twitter

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Stephon Marbury: Because of the #Greed of the #NBA another great player goes down in Derrick Rose. To many games in such a short time. Players need to learn. Twitter

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Marbury, who will play against Iverson for the Legends Tour’s first thee games, returned to Beijing yesterday after a short trip to the United States and was immediately supportive of Iverson joining up with a Chinese team next season. “I think [Iverson] will be rejuvenated if he played in China,” Marbury said on his Sina Weibo account (Chinese Twitter). “He would love the fans here if he played basketball here. I hope he can feel the love when he plays here in the coming games.” NiuBBall.com

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Within hours, more than 200,000 fans had thrown their support behind the project; within a week, more than 1 million had voted in favor of pushing the statue into production. As of the latest update, dated April 10, the statue — which captures the moment Marbury lifted the CBA championship trophy, shown above — has been modeled in clay, "transported to the Jiangxi Province [and is] ready to start after the bronze work," according to a translation of a post from the HoopChina forums. Hit the jump for some shots of the model, thanks to HoopChina, with a hat-tip to Sean Sweeney at Dime. First, a (just about) full-size look: Yahoo! Sports

Stephon Marbury, China 

A few hours after the buzzer sounded, a "Build Marbury a Statue" campaign was launched at HoopCHINA.com, the largest sports website in China. Uneased by the Final MVP situation, fans started talking about giving Marbury a prize he deserves. In less than a week, 1.02 million fans at HoopCHINA have voted for the idea of building Marbury a life-size bronze statue. It was also decided by voters that the statue should capture the moment he grabbed the CBA championship trophy. Hupu.com

Stephon Marbury, China 

Marbury has tweeted: "I can't begin to thank you for making the gesture of making a statue of me. Words can not explain how I felt when I heard this ... " He has more than 353 thousands followers in SINA Weibo (twitter in China). Hupu.com

Stephon Marbury, China 

Estudiantes recently considered the option of signing Stephon Marbury. Marca.com

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Marbury's high salary demands prevented Estudiantes from getting a deal done. Marca.com

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Fran Guillen: Estudiantes (Spain) inquired about Stephon Marbury. Twitter

Stephon Marbury, Spain 

Stephon Marbury: For all of the reporters that are following me and reading this thank you for giving me FUEL 2 show you different. Stop the #HATE and write! Twitter

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Over the last season, Year Three, Marbury found his home as a Beijing ye menr – a true Beijinger, in the eyes of the people who live here. He’s not just a basketball player, he’s a fixture of the city, a daily participant in its day-to-day. He continues to go to Guo’an soccer games, he chats with fans on Sina Weibo (Chinese Twitter), he writes a weekly China Daily column and occasionally rides the subway to practice. People feel that it’s genuine. NiuBBall.com

Stephon Marbury, China 

In his own locker room, he’s Ma Dao, the undisputed leader of the team. He is lauded as an on-court coach by head coach Min Lulei. His Chinese teammates point to his positive attitude and work ethic as major reasons this year’s team came together so quickly, going from an eighth seed in last year’s playoffs to champions. Two rookies, Zhu Yanxi and Zhai Xiaochuan, both of whom played critical roles in Beijing’s success this year, were selected to the National Team training camp roster this summer; they credit Marbury with helping them achieve that. NiuBBall.com

Stephon Marbury, China 

In the CBA, he’s a spokesperson for the league and an advisor for newly arrived foreign players. He’s not just an advocate of basketball, he’s an advocate of Chinese basketball. He says he wants to help the sport, the league and its players grow. He says he wants to play in Beijing for four more years. He says he wants to stay in China until he’s old. He says he wants to coach the National Team one day. That will come later, maybe. The only thing that matters now, though, are the fans showering him with love. He thumbs the front of his “Champions” t-shirt while fans chant, Zongguanjun – “We are champions!” NiuBBall.com

Stephon Marbury, China