The Greatest Point Guard Ever Makes the Best Witness . . . Ever

Zeke's trial, Day 2. (See here for Day 1).

Today, the humble Stephon Marbury testified. Um. Before I share his testimony, let me point out that Marbury is generally a good, generous guy. He gave a million to help Katrina victims. He gives away haircuts to kids in NY (his hometown). And with his Starbury line, he sells basketball sneakers for $14 sneakers (which can also buy you 3 pieces of lettuce at the U.S. Open). He claims he wore the shoes himself last season (check this review of them), and he apparently only gets paid on sales of the shoe, not to endorse it. This year, he's giving every high school varsity (no JV?) basketball player in NYC their own pair of Starbury sneakers. He even came out in support of Michael Vick (and backpedaled a bit). Perhaps a little conceited, or as this commenter states:

Stephon Marbury is a "five letter" word who is affectionately known in my "hood" as STEPHANY!!! (No disrespect intended to anyone named Stephany.) His act has never changed from Minnesota ("I deserve Garnett Money") to Jersey ("I'm all alone") to Phoenix (send him back) to New York ("I'm the greatest pg eva"). He's a "me" first point guard whose role should be reduced to Ball Boy! (No disrespect to any ball boys out there.) He'd be overpaid at that position as well, but at least he'd get his touches in every night and we wouldn't have to see him pouting on the the bench like the "five letter" word he's shown himself to be. His speed & agility would be better suited for getting Gatorade & towels for the real stars of this TEAM. The season is young but i think I.T.'s got something here. It's called a TEAM. Don't let Stephany ruin the start of something pretty good.

So he's not the most humble guy, nor maybe the most sane, but he is one of the most generous. In everything. Including giving TMI ("too much information"):

Nervous Knicks star Stephon Marbury took the stand today in the explosive $10 million sex-harassment suit that's rocking the Garden and admitted he lured one of the female accuser's subordinates into his car.

Marbury did not say explicitly they had sex as they sat parked outside a Manhattan strip joint, as fired Knick exec Anucha Browne Sanders has claimed.

"We got together right across the street," Marbury testified in Manhattan Federal court.

So he played a little chess in the car with interns. What's the big deal? Browne Sanders (I keep wanting to write "Brown Simpson") says that the subordinate, a college intern, told her that she had sex with Marbury because she felt like she had to. I don't really see what this has to do with whether Brown Sanders was sexually harassed by Isiah, and apparently neither did the judge, because he ceased all questioning with respect to his encounter(s). Then, in a stunning display of honesty:

Marbury admitted calling Browne Sanders a "b*tch" after she refused to give him more game tickets for his friends and family.

I have no words for this. I'm all for being honest, but gee whiz. After his testimony, he apparently went off laughing and singing to no one in particular, making fun of reporters . . . and still took the time to make a pitch for his new shoes. Hey, at least they're cheap.

Now I will say that I'm a little bit worried about Browne Sanders' case if the first person she put on the stand is Stephon Marbury. After all, he admitted that he thought this lawsuit was a joke when he heard about it. I am guessing that not even her attorney knew exactly what this guy was going to say. Maybe the point was to show that the Knicks organization is full of boorish men. But, unfortunately, just because your employers call you a b*tch doesn't mean you were sexually harassed, and being a general a**hole isn't illegal. But they do need to explain why they fired her if she kept receiving bonuses and raises.

Can't wait to see who's up for Day 3!