Well, it didn't take Frank Isola long to say something:
LINKI just couldn’t end the year without one more Stephon Marbury infomercial. What does it say about a guy who refuses to perform the job he is paid $21 million to perform and yet has no problem serving as a caddy for a reporter’s blog?
Think about it; Marbury wouldn’t back up Chris Duhon but he’ll back up a reporter. And I thought Charles Barkley getting drunk with Urkel would be the strangest thing I read this morning.
And to top it off, Marbury writes to inform us that he’s such a wonderful guy…while he’s earning $21 million for doing nothing. I also love the fact that he wants to put everyone to work and yet he twice refused to work for the company that pays him his bloated salary.
It reminds me of that line from “A Bronx Tale” where the mobster tells the kid, “the working man is a sucker.” That’s what Marbury thinks of New Yorkers.
But it is commendable that everyone’s favorite whacky point guard worked out this summer. I did extensive research and learned that Stephon Marbury is the first professional athlete in history to train during the offseason. Karl Malone and Walter Payton could have learned a thing or two from an innovative genius like Marbury.
It is such a novel concept that Marbury even made a DVD of new-age training methods. I think they call it ogging or something like that. I’m sure LeBron James, Kevin Garnett and Kobe Bryant would like a copy of that priceless DVD. I hear that it includes outtakes from Marbury’s memorable talk show “Stars on Stars.” (Just watch Kobe’s face during one interview. You’ll laugh for hours.)
Of course, the best thing about Marbury’s blog is the picture of him on the cell phone from the Knicks-Lakers game. He’s so conflicted and confused that he doesn’t even realize that the blogmaster is mocking him. It’s actually quite sad.
Hopefully, 2009 will be better for Steph than 2008, and 2007 and 2006, and 2005, and…well, you get the point.
Happy New Year.
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