Stephon Marbury’s new life
(ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images) Arriving in Taiyuan, which writer Anthony Tao calls “unapologetic about its devaluation of human worth.” On Deadspin, Anthony Tao has had a front row seat (PG-13 for language) for the Chinese debut of Stephon Marbury. It’s an amazing tale of globalization — an NBA star, of sorts, has come to a bleak, polluted urban Chinese landscape. What’s even more amazing is that, again, thanks to globalization and the efforts of Tao, it’s easier to have a sense of what Marbury is like when he’s in Taiyuan than it was when he was in New York.

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