I know that Stephon Marbury has been acting a little on the strange side this offseason, but his latest statements take the cake. While up in Albany promoting his affordable clothing line and sneakers (a very good deed)and his pledging $1 million each to the NYPD, FDNY and NY EMT’s (another very good deed), he said something on camera to Capital 9 News that has everyone just shaking their heads.

If you want to defend a fellow professional athlete, no one is going to kill you. But you have to do it properly and at least sound semi-intelligent. I do agree with one thing that Marbury said while defending Michael Vick. Shooting deer is not something I find ’sporting’ or interesting, for that matter. But when the Knicks’ point guard said “From what I hear, dogfighting is a sport. It’s just behind closed doors,” I have to staunchly disagree.

It is not a sport, never was and never will be. It is against the law, plain and simple. Vick knows he did wrong and that is why he is pleading guilty. (And the fact that all his friends flipped on him didn’t hurt, either). He should pay the price and then if the league allows it, reestablish his career.

Next time, Marbury should just take a pass on commenting about this.

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