Stephon Marbury said he is rooting for LeBron James to sign with the Nets to rescuscitate Newark and, eventually, his home borough, Brooklyn.
“LJ 23 should go to the Nets so that Newark would be able to grow and build businesses for the people there,” Marbury wrote in an e-mail to The Post. “After he builds the economy in Newark he can come to my borough and create a brand new life for people struggling to make it in this tough economy.”
Marbury, 33, who played in China last year, is a free agent, too. His goal still is to play in the NBA but has said he would go back to China. His agent is Hal Biagas, who left the players association to work with agent Arn Tellem.
“All I have done since I came back from China is basketball, basketball, basketball,” Marbury said. “I’ve been focused on that and not where I’ll play next year.”
The Knicks passed on another former Lincoln star, Lance Stephenson, twice in last Thursday’s draft.