3.31.2008

Everything Paints


Working on this book elicits all sorts of odd memories, one of which was from my younger days as an employee with the Minnesota Timberwolves. At the request of Shoals, I will retell this small anecdote about Stephon Marbury circa 1996, although I'm not quite sure what it means or if it's interesting.

One day when Steph was getting some treatment in the trainers room, we somehow got to talking about rap music. I remember he (and KG to a certain extent) were very involved in the New York rap scene at the time, and there was even some rumor of KG being set up on a date with Lil' Kim. Anyway, it was a few days after Mobb Deep's Hell on Earth came out and we sort of mutually exchanged pleasant opinions on the masterwork. This established some sort of bond, because later that evening Marbury entrusted me with a very specific and important task. I was to go out to his car (some middling Sedan at the time) and retrieve out of a middle compartment some lysol, which I was to then spray around the car. He made this task sound like I was retrieving the Sankara stone from the Thuggee cult. At such a young age, I was completely unclear as to what a man would be doing keeping Lysol in his car. Later one of my co-workers told me that Marbs' dad was in town and I quickly deduced that there was a particular scent Marbury was trying to cover up before giving him a ride home. Pretty innocuous in comparison to the stories I have about Mitch Richmond, Christian Laetnerr, Stanley Roberts, or Crunch the mascot...

Now to make this story more than a simple PG-13 revelation plus a namedrop, I guess the takeaway is that there was a time when Marbury was more of a simple, young, humanish human being. He was a little mischievous, and ultimately one of the nicest people around, who would engage in conversation with even the lowliest of NBA employees.

Shifting gears, I want to point everyone toward this video of a shocking camera, which--and for some reason this cracks me the f up--is set to the "Where Amazing Happens" music.

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posted by Dr. Lawyer IndianChief @ 3/31/2008 09:26:00 AM   11 comments