Chaplin
Better off silent
Originally posted by SirStefan32
I am sorry, but give me Payton and Malone over Marion any day of the week.
Please stop being a Suns fan.
Originally posted by SirStefan32
I am sorry, but give me Payton and Malone over Marion any day of the week.
Originally posted by SirStefan32
Payton and Malone make 1/2 of what Marion makes, and each of them is much betterr than Marion. As I said, we are talking about the Lakers, they can always get what they want.
Originally posted by JCSunsfan
That is debatable. If I needed a player this season only, its a toss up. If I need 3 seasons out of a player, I take Marion over either one of these guys.
I actually wanted to show how the Lakers can get good players for very little money, but I decided to take a cheap shot at Shawn, whom I really don't like. It wasn't necessary.
The point is that the Lakers can do much better than Shawm Marion at $12- 14M a year. [/B]
Originally posted by SirStefan32
Fantasy basketball? Are you kidding me?
He might be the best SF, but if you combine SF's and PF's, you will see how insignificant Shawn Marion is.
Originally posted by SirStefan32
Heh, if it only was that easy.
Seriously though, I don't understand people's love affair with Shawn Marion. He stands behind the three point line, waits for somebody (Marbury, Hardaway, or Stoudemire) to draw a double team, he gets the ball and shoots a three pointer.
He is an excellent rebounder, no argument there, but other than that, I just don't see anything great about this guy. He is probably the top SF in the league, if you count Kobe and T-Mac as SG's and KG as a PF, but that's nothing impressive. Swingmen are dime a dozen in the NBA.
Originally posted by frdbtr
You have very obviously never watched a suns game. How does Marion get all of those rebounds if he is alway "just standing" outside the 3 point line. Marion is constantly on the move. He gets most of his points from offensive rebounds and beating his man off of the dribble. He shoots most of his shots from 15' in. Go back to watching the lakers.
Originally posted by slinslin
Stojakovic is injury prone, older, not as athletic, not nearly as good defender, doesn't get the steals, blocks or assists.
His FT% is 2% better than Marion and his FG% is better but that is already it.
Unlike Stojakovic, Marion improved every season while Stojakovic hasn't improved since 3 years, in fact he got worse last season.
Originally posted by Ouchie-Z-Clown
yeah, but he still kills shawn. head-to-head, stojakovic wins. though i'd still take shawn over him.
Originally posted by Joe Mama
Ouchie,
I definitely agree with you about Shawn Marion beating his man off the dribble. It happened every once in awhile last season, but the majority of his shots were jump shots. I think that will change this year. I think he is intent on going to the basket more frequently this season.
Stojakovic has often done better against the Suns than Shawn Marion has done against the Kings. That's true. However in Marion's defense he is often stuck trying to help double-team other Kings' players like Chris Webber and Vlade Divac.
Joe Mama
Originally posted by Chaplin
I think most people's opinion of Shawn vs. Peja stems back to that series against the Kings where Shawn just disappeared. Now, it's a couple years later, I just don't see a repeat of that kind of domination--from any player, let alone Peja.
Originally posted by Joe Mama
You're probably right. I didn't even bother to look back at the statistics from last year's matchups were those from the year before.
Joe Mama