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Mail it in? 偷懒耍滑

Streetball’s roots trace their way to the cracked concrete courts of New York. To stand out and make a name for yourself in these parts, you have to thrive in an environment not conducive to whiners, foul-callers, and complainers. If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. With Stephon Marbury, that adage proved to be true.

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22) Putting A Stamp On Success

However, attracting thousands of fans to Beijing to see Marbury’s personal spectacle wasn’t nearly a great enough effort to show China’s appreciation for their unlikely saint. The next honor Marbury received was a custom set of postage stamps that featured Marbury during his playing days for Beijing.

Although some would say that Marbury mailed it in while playing for the Knicks, the meaning took on a totally different meaning in China, where receiving a postage stamp is revered.

After the stamp, where Marbury’s already ubiquitous face could now be seen in even more places, Marbury was dubbed an honorary citizen of Beijing. Following that symbolic gesture, Marbury was then informed that a museum bearing his name would be built in his honor.

- The (Really) Long Road To Glory: Stephon Marbury’s China Redemption, TieBreaker.com, October 17, 2018.

About the author:

Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.