| Name |
Shawn Marion |
| Height |
6 ft 7 in |
| Naionality |
American |
| Date of Birth |
7-May-1978 |
| Place of Birth |
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. |
| Famous for |
Basketball Player |
Shawn Marion is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). 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 2007-2008 seasons. The Suns traded Marion to the Miami Heat, and Marion joined the Toronto Raptors for the 2008-2009 seasons. Marion joined the Dallas Mavericks in 2009 and was the team's starting small forward when the Mavericks won the NBA Championship in June, 2011. Marion was selected by the Suns in the first round and ninth overall in the 1999 NBA Draft. Showing explosive scoring potential and double-digit rebounding ability by his sophomore season, he was selected to the Western Conference All-Star team for the first time in 2002–03 seasons. In 2004 he was selected to the US Olympic men's basketball team. In 2005, Marion was named a reserve on the Western Conference All-Star Team and selected to the 2004–05 All-NBA Third Team. That year he became the first player since David Robinson in 1991–92 to average in the top five in rebounding and steals since the league began tracking steals in 1973, a feat he repeated in 2005–06.
During the 2005 All-Star Weekend, Marion teamed up with WNBA Rookie of the Year Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury, and Suns legend Dan Majerle in the RadioShack Shooting Stars to run away with the title. Marion was also selected as a Western Conference reserve on the 2006 All-Star team, and the 2007 All-Star team. Marion played for the senior United States National Basketball Team in the 2002 FIBA World Championship and the 2004 Athens Olympics. He was named to the 2006 USA men's senior national team but he was forced to withdraw before the tournament began due to a knee injury. The squad finished third in the 2006 FIBA World Championship without him. He has earned 22 total international caps for the United States.
