Stephon Marbury Bio

Who is Stephon Marbury?

Tall and handsome Stephon Marbury is a well-known former American professional basketball player and at present a coach.

He is best known as a player from Beijing Ducks wearing jersey number 3. In 2001 and 2003 he was an NBA All-Star.

Stephon Marbury: Age, Parents, Ethnicity, Siblings

Born as Stephon Xavier Marbury in Brooklyn, New York on 20 February 1977. He is of All-American ethnicity and has an American nationality.

His father’s name is Don Marbury and mother’s name is Mabel Marbury.

He has two sisters: Stephanie and Marcia, as well as four brothers: Donnie “Sky” Marbury, Eric “Spoon” Marbury, Norman Jou-Jou Marbury, and Moses Marbury.

Education

For his schooling, he joined Abraham Lincoln High School where he was one of the subjects of Darcy Frey’s book ‘The Last Shot. He attended Georgia Tech where he played a teaming with Matt Harpring and Drew Barry.

 Stephon Marbury: Profession, Career

Stephon Marbury started playing basketball professionally as soon as his graduation. He is active in the sports field since 1996 and he is still playing. He started playing from Milwaukee Bucks where he was selected in 1996 NBA Draft.

Soon he was traded to Minnesota Timberwolves and he played the team until he was traded to New Jersey Nets in 1999. Playing from the Nets he blossomed in an All-Star. He was again traded to Phoenix Suns in 2001 where he played till 2004.

On 5 January 2004, he became the player of New York Knicks. On 2 December 2007, while he was playing a match with Phoenix Suns, his father passed away.

He was banned from attending any Knick’s practices and games so he joined Boston Celtics on 27 February 2009. He was offered a one-year contract by Celtics but he refused it and joined Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons of Chinese Basketball Association in January 2010.

However, he left the team and joined Fashion Darlions in December 2010 where he played the starring five of the 2011 CBA All-Star match. Then he started playing from Beijing Ducks in 2011.

This player is now retired and serves as a coach for a team named Beijing Royal Fighters.

Besides his professional basketball career, he is also philanthropy who has helped the victims of Hurricane Katrina and victims of the September 11 attacks. He has also partnered with Steve & Barry to promote a line of shoes and clothing with the name of ‘Starbury’.

Salary, Net Worth

His success in career path has paid him well financially making his net worth is estimated to be $60 million but his salary is over $20.84 million.

Stephon Marbury’s Rumors, Controversy

Talking about his rumors and controversy, he suffered a rumor of fist fighting, blackmail, and a sex scandal with Knicks employees.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Moving towards his body measurements, Stephon Marbury has a good height of 6 Feet and 2 inches (1.88m) and his body weight is 93 kg. He has black hair color and his eye color is also black.

Social Media Profile

He is active on Instagram and Twitter but he is not active on Facebook. He has more than 97k followers on Twitter and has more than 93.1k followers on Instagram.

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