Stephon Marbury to retire at the end of CBA season: I'm tired. My numbers are Hall of Fame
Marbury will retire on February 11
Stephon Marbury announced that he will retire at the end of the CBA season. Marbury will play his last game on February 11 with the Beijing Fly Dragons, nine days before his 41st birthday.
Per The Undefeated (via ESPN), "I'm tired, man. I'm tired. I played 22 years," Marbury, whose 41st birthday is on Feb. 20, told The Undefeated. "It's all good. I'm straight with how it is right now. I like being able to have control over going out the way I want to go out. I'm 100 percent at peace with it. One hundred percent.
He plans on continuing his current and new Chinese business endeavors, many of which are basketball-related, after his retirement.
"I have three championships in a country where I don't speak the language," Marbury said. "People don't even know how hard it is to play in China. People think it is easy for the foreign players, but it is really not. It's difficult. You can ask JR [Smith] and Tracy [McGrady]. It's not just about your ability to score. It's just about being able to try to win.
Marbury said he believes his entire basketball résumé is worthy of an induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as an international candidate.
"My numbers are Hall of Fame. That's first," Marbury said. "You look at guys who have never won championships on the globe, they are in the Hall of Fame. Two, what I have done to help basketball globally to bridge the gap from America to China, with China being one of the main components on the Earth for basketball, that right there alone should bridge that gap.
"It's the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame. So, for basketball, I played in Olympics, I played in the Junior Olympics. With what I've done and given to basketball is all Hall of Fame."
Per The Undefeated (via ESPN), "I'm tired, man. I'm tired. I played 22 years," Marbury, whose 41st birthday is on Feb. 20, told The Undefeated. "It's all good. I'm straight with how it is right now. I like being able to have control over going out the way I want to go out. I'm 100 percent at peace with it. One hundred percent.
He plans on continuing his current and new Chinese business endeavors, many of which are basketball-related, after his retirement.
"I have three championships in a country where I don't speak the language," Marbury said. "People don't even know how hard it is to play in China. People think it is easy for the foreign players, but it is really not. It's difficult. You can ask JR [Smith] and Tracy [McGrady]. It's not just about your ability to score. It's just about being able to try to win.
Marbury said he believes his entire basketball résumé is worthy of an induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as an international candidate.
"My numbers are Hall of Fame. That's first," Marbury said. "You look at guys who have never won championships on the globe, they are in the Hall of Fame. Two, what I have done to help basketball globally to bridge the gap from America to China, with China being one of the main components on the Earth for basketball, that right there alone should bridge that gap.
"It's the Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame. So, for basketball, I played in Olympics, I played in the Junior Olympics. With what I've done and given to basketball is all Hall of Fame."
E. Carchia
@Sportando
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