“I still want to see the Knicks do well; I do. I promise I do. That's my team. After all the stuff that happened, people say to me, 'You still like the Knicks?' Well, that's just the way it is. That's what happens when you're a kid. Your team is your team, and everything is die-hard.”

American former professional basketball player and coach

Stephon Marbury is an American former professional basketball player and coach, known as a point guard who played in the NBA and later in China. Born in 1977, he played one season of college basketball for Georgia Tech before being taken fourth overall in the 1996 NBA draft. He spent 13 seasons in the NBA with five teams, made two All-Star teams, and earned two All-NBA selections. After his NBA career ended in 2009, he played in the Chinese Basketball Association until 2018, where he won three championships and was named Finals MVP in 2015. He later coached the Beijing Royal Fighters from 2019 to 2023.