Shawn Marion
Shawn Marion
Shawn Dwayne Marionis an American retired professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association. Born in Waukegan, Illinois, Marion attended high school in Clarksville, Tennessee. Before transferring to the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Marion attended the junior college Vincennes University for two years. In 1999, the Phoenix Suns drafted Marion, who was the ninth overall pick and would remain with the Suns until midway through the 2007–08 season. The Suns traded Marion to the Miami Heat,...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 May 1978
CityWaukegan, IL
Not many teams can match up with us. With Steve, Boris and Tim, we got guys that nobody else in the league have.
It's irrelevant right now. We shouldn't have been in that situation. It shouldn't have gone down to the wire like that. That's what happens sometimes when you put it in someone else's hands.
That's a lot of scoring. We're doing it as a team, too. That's the best thing about it.
A couple of them were fouls. The referees called the game to their momentum. They had the momentum, so they gave them the calls they liked. But more power to him.
Sometimes we have a team down 20 points and then start missing some shots. That's when we need to clamp down on defense. It's not easy, but at the same time we've got to do it.
Our defense ain't where it needs to be. I don't know if it's because we're trying to fit new pieces in right now or what but we've got to find a way. It's causing us to not get out and run so it means we're getting less and less possessions on the offensive end.
I didn't want to go back in. That is not even me. If you have been around for a while, you know I am about the team. As far as doing something individual, I will do it during the course of the game. Having to go back in and try to do it is not me.
One of the biggest things is, he realizes that we (the players) make the coaches. When we're winning, he's winning.
It seems that when I get things going early and I've been knocking down my shots, the results have been big scoring games.
It says a lot about this team, especially getting in so late. To come out here and play the game we played tonight, it says a lot.
Even when we got the early lead, it seemed like we were playing catch-up. Our defense isn't there. Our offense is slow, we're not running and we're not getting as many possessions. I don't know if it's because we're trying to put new pieces (Tim Thomas) in right now or what, but we have to find a way.
I just did what I could do. I had it going.
In the second half, we started putting the clamp down on defense. Teams can hang with us for two or three quarters, but when that fourth quarter kicks in, we run away with it.
In the first half, they were knocking down some good shots. We were missing our shots but we were right there. We focused in the second half and buckled down and got some good stops when we needed to.