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- To build up his leg strength as a teenager, Stephon often ran on the beach at Coney Island.
- Stephon posted the fifth-highest scoring total for an ACC freshman in 1995-96.
- Stephon was named to the NBA’s All-Rookie squad in 1997.
- Stephon’s cousin, Jamel, played for four NBA teams. He teamed with Stephon on the Nets in 2000-01.
- If his current numbers remain the same, Stephon will become the only player other than Oscar Robertson to average 20 points and 8 assists over the course of his NBA career.
- Stephon’s father was a track star as a teenager. He did not care much for basketball. Thanks to his basketball progeny, Don Marbury’s nickname in his old Brooklyn neighborhood is “The Creator.”
- Ray Allen, the player for whom Stephon was traded on Draft Day, ended up playing the lead role in Spike Lee’s "He Got Game"—a story loosely based on Stephon’s rise from the Brooklyn projects.
- Stephon’s ability to make plays and knock down jumpers is reminiscent of Nate Archibald, who once led the NBA in scoring and assists in the same season with the sub-.500 Kings in 1972-73.
- Right after Stephon committed to Georgia Tech, he urged Bobby Cremins to recruit Kevin Garnett, whom he had met at a basketball camp. Cremins declined because of Garnett’s low test scores.
- Stephon is married
to his college sweetheart, LaTasha. Their daughter’s name is Xaviera.
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Kevin Garnett, 1995
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