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I just read this was based on


Stephon Marbury, is this true?

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May have been inspired by him. He grew up in the slums of Coney Island, and was a big-time basketball prospect in high school.

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Funny if that's true, since Ray Allen was traded for Stephon Marbury. (One of a long line of mistakes by the Minnesota front office.)

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