It’s safe to say that Stephon Marbury’s took over the entire Hooposphere last night. Everyone is talking about the dude. I broached the topic last night if you want to check my limited initial take, but here’s what some others are saying:
John Karalis of the Celtics blog Red’s Army:
At 9pm last night, I logged on to check out Stephon Marbury’s live UStream.tv broadcast… and it was one of the most entertaining couple of hours I’ve witnessed in a while.
The first 45 minutes or so was a hysterical train-wreck of Steph trying to get his camera to work. He must have asked “Can you hear me” a million times. Then, after a while, his boy popped up on the screen and we saw him for 20 minutes trying to guide Steph through the menus of his MacBook Pro. All the while, Steph is talking… some of it self deprecating humor… some of it asking for help… some of it was who knows what.
My phone started blowing up last night around 10:45, with some serious urgency in the texts and emails I was getting. Did someone die? Was there a big trade?
Nope. It was Stephon Marbury giving the Internets the best entertainment money couldn’t buy last night.
JE Skeets of Ball Don’t Lie on The Most Interesting Man in the World:
What started as a simple show marred by technical difficulties quickly turned into an epic two-hour Q&A rant still marred by technical difficulties.
Seth from Posting and Toasting last night:
This is just like the Eddy Curry thing, except it’s Stephon Marbury and there’s no video feed. The man is incredible. If you’re reading this and it’s still Tuesday night, do not miss out.
I personally only caught the last half-hour, so I don’t have a lot to add other than that Steph was engaging, honest, entertaining, energetic and generally captivating to listen to.
Hopefully, more players will continue this trend and we’ll get to see a little more of them without the screen of media. Regardless of your opinions about Steph’s real life (and, really, isn’t it kind of weird that you even have them?), and without over-stating the importance of DIY, live-steaming video broadcasts, this is a fairly revolutionary way of seeing a famous person.
And it’s pretty cool.
Steph back in high school.
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