There are lots of causes to sit up for subsequent season when you’re a Phoenix Suns fan.
Clearly, having Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton, and Bradley Beal begin for them makes them arguably the most important contender within the league.
However in addition to that, the group can also be seeking to honor top-of-the-line gamers from their current previous.
Just lately, retired ahead Shawn Marion was instructed the group plans to retire his No. 31 jersey.
Marion joined SiriusXM NBA Radio to speak about how honored he was by this, as he’ll be part of a really unique listing of previous gamers.
The @Suns will retire Shawn Marion’s jersey this upcoming season!@matrix31 joined @EvCoRadio and @Jumpshot8 to react to the information and talk about his love for the Suns followers pic.twitter.com/uHJsByQOjG
— SiriusXM NBA Radio (@SiriusXMNBA) August 9, 2023
Marion can even be joined by Amar’e Stoudemire to spherical up probably the most imposing ahead duos of the mid-2000s.
Regardless of his unorthodox taking pictures mechanics — maybe essentially the most distinctive in NBA historical past –, Marion was at all times an environment friendly scorer from all three ranges, to not point out an elite and versatile defender, a bodily rebounder, and a man who might push the tempo each single time he had the ball on his arms.
Most younger followers might not keep in mind him for his function with that iconic ‘Seven seconds or much less’ offense coached by Mike D’Antoni, however he was additionally a gentle contributor to Dirk Nowitzki’s Dallas Mavericks in that championship run in 2011.
Props to Marion for this large achievement and effectively deserved in spite of everything he did for the group that drafted him out of UNLV.
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