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Have to disagree. He'll be remembered in a more positive light if only for his role with the Mavs in their title run. That shouldn't be the case either because he was a far better player than any of those guys. None of those three were two-way players. Marion could guard any position, and guard it well. It's a shame Phoenix never made a finals because he was probably the 2nd most important piece to those teams.

The Ring puts him in the Hall, without it its debatable.
 
One of the best players on good playoff teams most of his career and a key contributor on a title team? Yeah, he's going to make the HOF. His best seasons were ridiculously good.
 
Ziller supports him. You should too.
I gave up trying to put this in a quotebox, because it adds like 6 quote tags where I don't want them...

Good morning. Add Shawn Marion to the farewell tour.
By Tom Ziller

Good morning. Shawn Marion announced on Wednesday that he plans to retire at the end of the season. Immediately the debate went to his Hall of Fame credentials, and that is an interesting debate. But it reminds me how misunderstood Marion's impact on some of the greatest teams of his generation remains. Marion is lauded as a great defender and supplemental scorer, but as my friend the great Bethlehem Shoals has written at length, he was much more: Matrix was the man who made those famous Suns possible.

By virtue of his versatility and ability to "fill in" each role on a totally ad hoc basis, Marion allowed Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire to push the gas pedal and run persistent fast picks-and-rolls. Amare wasn't able to be a center because of his own gifts so much as Marion's ability to play power forward while undersized. Marion was alternately a shooter, a playmaker, a post threat, a leak-out culprit and always a stopper. They say that Nash is the reason that Mike D'Antoni's grand experiment worked. Many of us would argue Shawn Marion deserves that distinction.

Given the impact the Suns had on the league -- an impact still being felt -- I'd say Marion is worthy of the ultimate recognition. :bowdown::bowdown:

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/1/22/7870821/shawn-marion-retirement-gmib
 
Didn't catch why Marion didn't play in the second half tonight. Injury or coaches decision?
 
Didn't catch why Marion didn't play in the second half tonight. Injury or coaches decision?

Coaches decision. Blatt was asked it during the post game. Said he was running with what was working, etc etc.
 
On Marion, Blatt also went out of his way to say that Marion had played really well against Detroit but that he decided he wanted to match up with Portland (which played 3 guards often) and to get more ball handling on the floor (given the absence of LeBron).
 
Marion is teaching her his shooting fundamentals and form... ;)
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Didn't catch why Marion didn't play in the second half tonight. Injury or coaches decision?

Blatt left him out of the 1st half rotation tonight, so this seems like a recurring trend. Blatt's doing a "play 9, trust 8" I guess.

Not crazy about it. We're going to need him come playoff time. But if it's temporary to get Shump up to speed, then the sacrifice is worth it.
 
Anyone get the feeling that Blatt is done with Marion due to him not buying into what Blatt was doing during the first part of the year? It seemed like it was just LeBron and Marion who were trying to sandbag him and obviously you're not going to punish LeBron.
 

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