FORGET PINKBERRY, STARBURYS NOW TAKING OVER WORLD: The ORLANDO SENTINEL reports that Stephon Marbury has added eight new styles of low-priced women’s footwear - featuring colors such as “hot pink and bright blue, as well as a fashionable style” to his shoe line.

The shoes dropped at $14.95-per, the same as the men’s kicks which debuted last August. Marbury said his shoe and and apparel collection eventually is “probably gonna be more girls stuff than boys stuff.”

During an interview with ESPN News yesterday, Marbury said he wanted to partner with Michael Jordan on a sneaker venture: “We want to actually do something with Michael Jordan. We want to [have] a Star Jordan shoe.

“We feel like Michael Jordan is the king of the sneaker business, so we want to be with the king and we want to expand our brand. I see it being beyond the United States, being in every country, every place where you can buy athletic gear.”

That’s a rather interesting comment from Marbury, considering how he dropped the hammer on MJ the day before in a blog post from the road on his Starbury promotional tour - posted on the NEW YORK POST’s website: “We met a nice lady named Lisa who worked there and told us the story of how she had promised her son she would buy him a pair of $175 Jordans even though she didn’t want to. But he never had any brand name shoes. So she did it.

“She wrote Michael Jordan a letter saying it was unfair a lot of children wouldn’t be able to afford them and they shouldn’t need Jordans to feel accepted.

“She said they sent her a b.s. email back but that was it. I want Michael Jordan to get down with the movement and come out with a Star Jordan sneaker for the people. Let’s see what happens.”

It’s tough enough to drag MJ off the golf course or out of humidor amd/or Champagne Room. And after that post, I think the NBA’s biggest bald hog will have the bargain bin biz all to himself.