Stephon Xavier Marbury was born February 20, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York, to Mabel and Don Marbury, their sixth of an eventual seven children. The Marburys lived and grew up in the Coney Island Houses project at the end of four subway lines; a place where very few paths led out. Stephon’s older brothers can be credited for the youngster’s development early on, with a 9-year-old Stephon putting on shooting clinics, during halftime of high school games at the age of 9, earning him the nickname “Starbury”. By 11, he was listed as one of the country’s top sixth graders. At 13, Stephon was so good, that when he was discovered sneaking into a camp for high-school basketball prospects, the directors allowed it.
