NBA star sells $15 sneakers

[CatWoman]

I heard about this story on the Tom Joyner show, and wanted to share.

This is one example of the community policing itself. I read too many stories about kids being killed for something as trivial as those high end sneakers sold by Reebok, Nike, etc.

As a kid growing up with six siblings, Stephon Marbury couldn’t understand why his parents couldn’t scrape together $150 to buy him the hot sneakers his heroes wore in the NBA.

When he grew up and understood how much money that was and how little his parents had, he decided to do something about it.

His solution? A $15 quality basketball shoe worn in games by the star point guard of the New York Knicks, Stephon Marbury.

“Anybody who grew up in a household with a lot of brothers and sisters, they know how it is as far as, you know, everybody wearin’ the same sneakers – hand-me-downs,” he told TODAY correspondent Kevin Corke.

The shoe, which comes in a variety of styles and fabrics, is called the “Starbury.” It’s made by Steve & Barry's University Sportswear, and, while it is inexpensive, it’s not cheap or shoddy. Marbury introduced them last August and has just introduced the Starbury II, still at the same affordable price.

Mark Cuban, the outspoken billionaire owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, called the product "the biggest business story of the year."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17962620/

p.s. - make sure you read some of the comments. some pretty good ones there: http://allday.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/04/05/112023.aspx