<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Some of the NBA's biggest stars will be on hand Thursday in Harlem for what is being billed as the "Miracle on 138th Street", an Christmas food giveaway sponsored by the NBA players association. Most of the Nets and Knicks plus a number of the visiting Lakers, including Kobe Bryant, are expected. Two dozen 53-foot-long containers will line 138th Street in the holiday program that aims to feed 10,000 families.</div> Source It's nice to see that players really care.
<div class="quote_poster">Carter Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Marbury? I guess he isn't such an ass after all.</div> Huh? The dude released a 15 dollar sneaker brand for the less fortunate kids, as well as him having like 9 barbers on Coney Island that give out haircuts for free. Dude is pretty nice, and friendly. Far from an ass..... Anyway good to see these players actually going out and doing something productive for the community.
<div class="quote_poster">Franchise4Ever Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Huh? The dude released a 15 dollar sneaker brand for the less fortunate kids, as well as him having like 9 barbers on Coney Island that give out haircuts for free. Dude is pretty nice, and friendly. Far from an ass..... Anyway good to see these players actually going out and doing something productive for the community.</div> I know. After his 15 dollar shoes and community work he isn't so bad. I guess some people make him seem like a bad person.
Marbury is a leader of his community. Guy does so much to help the less fortunate. His off the court activities and community service is rather unparalleled. He just says a lot of stuff like I'm the best point gaurd in the NBA" or his inablity to mesh with the ultra-unselfish KG that make other people think he's an ass. He's not exactly a media-interview person, and his disgruntleness with coaches, other players, and what not just make him seem worse. I think it was Tom Tolbert who said that 95% of the good that NBA players do off court go unnotice and that there's more emphasis on what they do wrong. Makes a lot of sense and I agree with it.
I also think it's especially hard to play at venue like New York or NJ when he was on the Nets. Especially as a home grown prodigy being followed since high school. There's a lot of hype and if you're the visual leader of the Knicks and they're not doing well, the media spends a lot of time painting a negative image of you. I feel for Marbury, it can't be easy. He's the kind of guy that I would love to meet and talk to but would never want to play for my team, though he has.
Good to see all of these guys helping out the community. It's always nice to hear when players show a different side that we don't get to witness on the court.
