<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Stephon Marbury gave away $4 million in June ? a remarkable and noble gesture that probably has little chance of being cited when it comes time to reflect on the major events of the N.B.A.?s off-season. Marbury later gave away shoes, sports apparel and haircuts, all part of a campaign, he said, to ?help people change their lives.? He is projecting a renewed faith, referring earnestly and often to ?the path? he is on. He said is he trying not to curse anymore. But this will not be remembered as Marbury?s Summer of Giving or his Summer of Spirituality, but rather ? to borrow an old John Cusack film title ? as his ?One Crazy Summer.? This was Marbury?s YouTube summer, an off-season filled with ?He said what?? moments and ?Is something wrong with him?? exclamations and laughter at his expense. He delivered a street-preacher-style rant praising the Knicks? acquisition of Zach Randolph. He defended, or seemed to defend, Michael Vick. He declared in a blog for a New York newspaper that he would leave the Knicks in two years to play in Italy. He compared himself favorably to David Beckham, the international soccer star. Yet nothing left as indelible an imprint as a 9-minute-37-second television appearance July 1. It is still being talked about and, thanks to YouTube, drawing curious new viewers all the time. (Watch the YouTube Video) Marbury?s behavior in the interview could generously be described as odd or goofy or perhaps erratic. No one has been that generous. ?Incoherent mumbling, cellphone calls mid-interview and a bizarre bopping and dancing routine,? Peter Schrager of FoxSports.com wrote. ?Surreal,? ESPN.com columnist Bill Simmons wrote.</div> Source: NY Times
