Wednesday, August 18, 2004

Stephon Marbury on crowd noise

Well, we squeeked by Greece yesterday with TeamUSA. The media was hyping up the crowd noise, but Stephon said that he had louder games at Clemson - link here. Although by the sounds of this version of the story, Stephon's comments might have been out of line with what others thought:

A rare sold-out house that included the mayor of Athens had a fine time at the Americans' expense. Flapping blue and white national flags, the Greek fans booed every time a U.S. player touched the ball.

"That crowd was crazy out there," Carmelo Anthony said. "We had a little crowd of our own, but it was like it wasn't even worth it."

And hostile?

"Sounded just like Boston does during a playoff game," the New Jersey Nets' Jefferson said.

"Reminded me of Clemson," said Stephon Marbury, recalling his college days at Georgia Tech.