Recession-Proof NBA "Starbury" Earns $21 Million by Doing Nothing

Recession? What recession?

There doesn't seem to be any economic downturn impacting the NBA anymore these days than ever before.

For example, the New York Knicks and Stephon Marbury (Georgia Tech) aren’t getting along so well. In fact, the Knickerbockers have banned their $21 million guy from taking any official actions with the Knicks or as a Knick.

The War of the Roses Knicks-style has driven Marbury to the point where he asked the team this week if he could purchase a courtside ticket to the recent Knicks vs. Lakers game in Los Angeles. He doesn’t want to jeopardize his huge payday by doing the wrong thing…like going to a Knicks' game!

Evidently, the Knicks said OK and “Starbury” went to the game where he was unable to avoid reporters. Thankfully for us he added a new quote to the pantheon of classic sound bytes courtesy of ESPN radio’s Mike and Mike In The Morning Show.

Classics, you say?

Yes classics, like Jim Mora’s “Playoffs?” or Allen Iverson’s “What are we talking about, practice?” How about Denny Green’s “They are who we thought they were,” or T.O.’s “I love me some me!” (You gotta admit, that’s a good one, right Blaze?)

Of course, our favorite remains the classic Manny Ramirez: “I’m always on time, I might be late for two years in a row, but I’m always on time.”

To this list we add Mr. Starbury: “It’s just a game, that’s it. I’m still earning my check, you know, by doing nothin’…”

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