Over the course of Shawn Marion’s 16-year NBA career, the versatile forward was named to four All-Star teams, earned two All-NBA selections and won a title as a member of the 2011 Mavericks team that upset LeBron James and the favored Heat. So although “The Matrix” might not quite be a Hall of Famer, he certainly ranks among the most accomplished players of his era and enjoyed an unequivocally successful career.
Marion also makes the case that he helped shape modern basketball.
That’s what Marion said in an interview with Sam Gordon of the Las Vegas Review-Journal earlier this month, reflecting on how the concept of “small ball” has become commonplace in today’s game.
