Tim MacMahon: Shawn Marion, an All-Star for the Suns and champion for the Mavs, is sitting next to Mark Cuban this afternoon. He has a platinum ‘do that might be a tribute to Phoenix era Jason Kidd.
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Shawn Marion
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Born: 05/07/78
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:214 lbs. / 97.5 kg.
Earnings: $134,936,762 ($177,871,496*)
Born: 05/07/78
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:214 lbs. / 97.5 kg.
Earnings: $134,936,762 ($177,871,496*)
Former four-time All-Star Shawn Marion has, let’s just say, one of the most unconventional jump shots in the history of the game. This is a known fact. As it turns out, however, the 43-year-old doesn’t necessarily enjoy being criticized for his unique shooting form. In a recent interview, Marion went on an epic NSFW rant as he called out any and all critics who want to talk about his jumper without recognizing everything else he did in the game.
“That was the one thing they did to me. They talk about my motherf—–g shot,” Marion said, via TMZ Sports. “Don’t nobody in the f—–g league shoot the same. Get the f— out of here. I’m shooting 35-40% from the f—–g 3-point line at one point in my career and whatever. I was a very consistent jump shooter, so you want to sit there and tell me you want to talk about my motherf—–g shot, but don’t want to talk about everything else I do on the f—–g floor? Get the f— out of here. Suck my d—. Like, seriously.”
In the next part of his rant, Marion then went on to discuss just how dominant he was as a player. What strikes a nerve in him is how people just focus on his unconventional jump shot while overlooking how much of a force he was during his heyday: “I’m averaging 20 and 10,” Marion continued. “Listen, I’m averaging 20+ points and over 10 rebounds a game at 6’7″ in a league that’s dominated by bigs at the time. Dominated by power forward and centers, and then I’m getting two blocks and I’m getting 2+ steals per game. And you want to sit there and talk about my motherf—–g shot? Don’t nobody in the f—–g league shoot the same.”
Quentin Richardson on his time with the Suns: As far as success and winning, that’s the farthest I’ve made it and the closest I got to winning a championship in my career. That team was super fun. We had Steve Nash, Amar’e Stoudemire, Shawn Marion, Joe Johnson. We basically came out of nowhere. They had us picked to finish last in the division that season, and we came in and took everything by storm. We all always say that we felt like that version, the 2004-05 version of the Suns, if we had a chance to run it back for two or three years, we absolutely feel we would’ve gotten a championship out of that. We had one year, and they traded me to New York, and Joe went to the Hawks. After that, it was never the same version.
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