Stephen Jackson Shares Amazing Stories About Stephon Marbury, Fat Joe, 2 Chainz, and More

Stephen Jackson shares amazing stories about Stephon Marbury, Fat Joe, 2 Chainz, Tim Duncan, and more on ESPN Radio’s TrueHoop podcast.

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Stephen Jackson is trying to make an NBA comeback, but if it doesn’t work out for him, he sounds like a guy who could potentially have a long media career ahead of him. Over the course of the last few months, Captain Jack—who has served as a guest analyst on ESPN's The Jump and appeared on other ESPN shows—has generated headlines by offering up his opinions on everything from the D’Angelo Russell and Nick Young scandal to A$AP Rocky’s controversial comments on social issues. He also has lots of stories to tell about, well, everyone. Seriously. Name a person, and there’s a good chance Jackson will have a story to tell about him or her.

Jackson proved this on Monday by making an appearance on ESPN Radio’s TrueHoop podcast. During his hour-long interview with Amin Elhassan, Brian Windhorst, and Big Wos, Jackson went into full storytelling mode and talked about a number of different people that he has encountered over the last 15 years. From Stephon Marbury and Fat Joe to 2 Chainz and Tim Duncan, Jackson shared a bunch of really great stories with the world. You can go here to listen to the full podcast, but we’ve also transcribed some of the best stories Jackson told below. Scroll down to read them for yourself.

On Tony Parker scheming against him when he played for the Spurs:

The whole time, when I was there [in San Antonio], when I had good games and when I was playing well, I felt like Tony was the guy to really go against me and go behind my back to [Spurs coach Gregg Popovich] to play [Manu] Ginobili and play other guys because he wanted the credit. I’m going to give you the perfect example.

On Stephon Marbury buying him $10,000 worth of clothes and giving him an Escalade when he was a rookie with the Nets:

My rookie year, Byron Scott didn’t really want to sign me. In New Jersey, the New Jersey Nets. I got there, and Byron Scott didn’t really like me, but they let me come to camp and I was having a great camp. Stephon Marbury embraced me. I’m from Texas, so we used to wear our pants starched down like a cowboy. So when I got to New York, to New Jersey, everybody was laughing at me like, 'Look at his pants! His pants could stand up by themselves!' They was killing me, right?

On Fat Joe assigning three guys to look after him at all times during his rookie season in New Jersey:

I was in New Jersey and playing for New Jersey my rookie year and Fat Joe and Steph was real cool. So it was one night in the club where a whole bunch of stuff went down and I was right in the middle of it, but I thought it was one big family. Well, after that one situation, I responded in a way that a professional athlete wouldn’t respond and Joe fell in love with me. He fell in love with me for not being a chicken and not being scared and standing in the middle of it and holding my ground.

On 2 Chainz sleeping on his couch before he got his big break—and then not repaying the favor later:

I live in Atlanta. Before 2 Chainz got big, he used to sleep on my couch. He used to hustle out my house, okay? He used to sleep on my couch and hustle out my house here! When we used to go out to clubs, it was me throwing the money to his songs. It was me buying the bottles and stuff like that. Don’t you know that when I asked him for a song, he told me that he couldn’t get to it for a year?

On former Warriors coach Don Nelson joking with him about smoking weed after taking a drug test:

We was in Utah. I think it was like the third or fourth game of the series [during the 2007 NBA Playoffs]. It was random drug tests at the time. So we got our last drug test, and when [Coach Nelson] found out that me and Baron [Davis] got our last drug test, we were coming out with our papers and he high-fiving us like, 'Yeah! We all can smoke now!' Don Nelson is one of a kind, man.

On Tim Duncan covering for him after he sustained a painful paintball injury:

There's one thing that people will never know about Tim Duncan: Tim Duncan might know more UFC moves and more fighting moves than anybody in the UFC. Tim Duncan knows more about guns than anybody that has been to Iraq. Tim Duncan is probably first-team all-paintball.

See? So. Many. Stories. Go here to hear even more from Jackson.

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