“Steph Really Did Hate On Me With Jay-Z”: Former NBA Player Sebastian Telfair Says His “Weird” Cousin Stephon Marbury Failed Their Family

Former NBA star Stephon Marbury, who went on to find iconic fame in China, and former journeyman Sebastian Telfair are cousins, both raised in the projects of Brooklyn and honing their games on New York’s competitive blacktop courts.   Both were first-round draft picks who attended Abraham Lincoln High School (same school as Lance Stephenson) and emerged out of poverty and into lucrative NBA careers. Both also encountered their share of challenging moments and struggles throughout their careers.& Sebastian Telfair and Stephon Marbury Are Cousins, But Not Friends: “He’s Really Weird: Despite being cousins& from the same Coney Island hood, the two didn’t seem to have a close relationship as adults.& In a recent appearance on Cam’ron and Ma$e’s hit podcast, “It Is What It Is,” Telfair, who recently eluded doing prison time for his alleged involvement in a $4 million health care fraud scheme that implicated more than a dozen former NBA players, was asked about his frigid relationship with his internationally-renowned cousin.  “Growing up, what was you and Stephon Marbury’s relationship?” Cam’ron asked. “Even today, because it doesn’t seem like, ‘That’s my man, my man cousin. Seems like that’s my cousin because we happen to be related.”  “Steph is...