Tremendous news out of New York for those of you who love selfish dickhead basketball… Stephon Marbury has vowed to go back to “Starbury.” I’ll let him explain.
“I went into this year trying to do something, to put myself in a situation where we can win, okay?” Marbury said on Saturday. “To help the team win games. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. So, what do I do now, as far as the way I play? I go back to playing like Stephon Marbury, aka Starbury. I haven’t been Starbury this year. I’ve been some other dude this year.”
Following a win over Milwaukee last week, Marbury said: “We’re still trying to figure out what we’re supposed to do on the basketball court.”
YES. THAT IS CORRECT. You don’t know what to do on the basketball court. Larry Brown is trying to teach you, but you are dumb.
More from the the New York Daily news article and the legendary “Starbury.”
Those comments came one day after Marbury elected to argue a non-foul call rather than play defense against Chicago’s Ben Gordon. While Marbury protested, Gordon hit the go-ahead three-pointer.
On Saturday, Marbury complimented Charlotte rookie point guard Raymond Felton, saying, “He plays with so much confidence. (Bobcats coach Bernie) Bickerstaff, he does a great job of instilling that in his players. He allows players a lot of freedom, as you can see.”
Ouch. Brown’s most stinging comment about Marbury came when he said in December, “We don’t have a head out there.” Lately, he throws jabs at Marbury by praising Jalen Rose and Steve Francis as “ball movers.”
Now, I don’t think it’s right of Larry Brown to criticize Steve Francis for what he and Cuttino Mobley do in their free time. But I get his point. Check it out, Starbury. Steve Francis was just traded to your team, and Larry Brown says he moves the ball better than you do. Steve Francis. This is not John Stockton we’re talking about here.
I’m going to try my hardest to make “Starbury” an adjective in the sports lexicon. Whenever an athlete is acting selfish, he/she is being completely Starbury. Athletes can “pull a Starbury,” or “go Starbury on us.” As a verb, a selfish player can be “Starburying it up out there.” It could even be a noun, such as, “Man, Randy Moss just pulled a Starbury.”
I’ve submitted it to urbandictionary.com, and they’re reviewing it. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

Johnny Fairbanks
PLEASE, let me know how it turns out. You are a clever, clever man MJD. I mean *STARBURY*, wow, try your hardest. What about “starburyific” or “starburynifirous”. I love these cute ideas.
March 14, 2006 at 10:53 am
Rob
And to think Ga. Tech only got to enjoy him for one season.
I happened to do a quick google search and found a bio page for Mr. Starbury. I assume he wrote it, but I could be wrong, given there aren’t many misspellings –
http://www.bballone.com/stephonm/stephonmarburybio.html
My favorite part details how Dinglebury “enjoyed a stellar rookie season leading the T-Wolves to their first-ever postseason appearance.” It wasn’t Garnett. It wasn’t Gugliotta. It was Elderbury.
I also found a proof that Mike Lupica is an idiot. Here’s what he wrote when Moonbury arrived in NY:
“Talk all about how Isiah Thomas, just two weeks in town, has already declared that he will never try to fix the Knicks through the draft, never tear the whole thing down and rebuild. …
The Knicks should have been a playoff team before Marbury, were not. They are a playoff team now. It has only been a couple of weeks. You sure know Isiah Thomas is in town. The president of the team didn’t hire a star as big as himself yesterday. He did pretty good. With a kid who still believes he can be one of the great New York guards of them all.”
March 14, 2006 at 2:20 pm
Jason
What I love most, is how he comes right out and admits that he was “trying to win” by NOT being Starbury. But since that has not worked out he is going to return to being Starbury. Which by his own implication, means that he is no longer trying to win or do what is best for the team. Have to admire that kind of honesty!
What a tool.
March 14, 2006 at 10:14 pm