Marion PLayer of the Week

[myrondizzo]

O’Neal, Marion Named Players of the Week

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NEW YORK, Dec. 20 – The Miami Heat’s Shaquille O’Neal and the Phoenix Suns’ Shawn Marion today were named the Eastern Conference and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, December 13 through Sunday, December 19.

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MarionO’Neal brought the Heat to a 4-0 record with home victories over Washington, Denver and Orlando and a road victory at Washington. He averaged 25 points on 65.6 percent shooting, 10.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.25 blocks. He recorded three double-doubles and led the Heat in minutes, rebounds and blocks in three of the four games.

With the Suns off to their best start in franchise history (21-3), Marion tallied three double-doubles this week. Marion led the Suns to a perfect 4-0 record this week, averaging a team-high 23.3 points on 53.0 percent shooting, 10.8 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.25 blocks in wins over Orlando, Utah, Seattle and Washington. Here is a closer look at the week for O'Neal and Marion:



Shaquille O'Neal, Miami
Dec. 6 vs. Washington: Posted 25 points in the second half with an overall, season-high 40 points, 12 rebounds, five blocks and three assists in a 106-83 win over Washington.
Dec. 15 at Washington: Had 13 points, 12 rebounds and four assists before fouling out in 36 minutes in a 98-93 win over the Wizards..
Dec. 17 vs. Denver: Recorded his team-high fourth 20/10/5 game with 20 points, a game-high 12 rebounds, season-high seven assists, team-high three blocks and one steal in a 107-100 win over the Nuggets.
Dec. 19 vs. Orlando: Scored a team-high 27 points, six rebounds, five assists, one block and one steal in a 117-107 victory over the Magic.

Shawn Marion, Phoenix
Dec. 13 vs. Orlando: Had a career-high six blocks with 19 points, 10 rebounds and three assists in a 121-100 win over the Magic.
Dec. 15 vs. Utah: Tallied 16 points, 13 rebounds, two blocks, two steals and one assist in a 108-86 victory over the Jazz.
Dec. 17 at Seattle: Scored 22 points with six rebounds, two steals and one assist in a 112-110 win over the SuperSonics at KeyArena.
Dec. 18 vs. Washington: Recorded a season-high 36 points, a season-high six steals, 14 rebounds, two assists and one block in a 110-96 win against the Wizards.

Other nominees for Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week were Boston’s Paul Pierce, Charlotte’s Emeka Okafor, Chicago’s Eddy Curry and Kirk Hinrich, Minnesota’s Wally Szczerbiak, New York’s Jamal Crawford and Stephon Marbury, Philadelphia’s Allen Iverson, Portland’s Darius Miles, Sacramento’s Chris Webber, San Antonio’s Tim Duncan and Seattle’s Rashard Lewis.

 

[minercon]

A very well deserved honor...he does everything quietly.

 

[SweetD]

Nice the Suns are running the table on POW and POM. This is by far the best season ever so far.

 

[myrondizzo]

yeah it would be nice to have it archived. i cant find the previous weeks POW.

 

[slinslin]

http://www.nba.com/news/pow_041213.html
http://www.nba.com/news/pow_041206.html
http://www.nba.com/news/pow_041129.html
http://www.nba.com/news/pow_041122.html
http://www.nba.com/news/pow_041115.html
http://www.nba.com/news/pow_041108.html

 

[coloradosun]

And I wanted the guy traded over the summer. What the heck was I thinking.

 

[Azlen]

Instead of Western Conference Player of the Week, they need to rename it Phoenix Suns Player of the Week.

 

[Cheesebeef]

And I wanted the guy traded over the summer. What the heck was I thinking.

join the idiots club! I'm the charter member!

 

[frdbtr]

The interesting thing about Marion is he is always this good, you just don't notice it because somehow he does what he does quietly. Normally, you will look in the box score after the game is over and Marion will have "quietly" put up 20pts, 12rbs, 5assists, and 2 steals, and 2 blocks. It is unreal.

 

[Gaddabout]

Marion's been awesome. He's been the engine that drives the Suns fastbreaks. I wonder how long he can keep this up, though. Is there a wall he hits after so many games playing out of position? Is he going to be more susceptible to injury? I'll be more impressed if he's putting up these kinds of numbers in April.

 

[Kolo]

Marion's been awesome. He's been the engine that drives the Suns fastbreaks. I wonder how long he can keep this up, though. Is there a wall he hits after so many games playing out of position? Is he going to be more susceptible to injury? I'll be more impressed if he's putting up these kinds of numbers in April.

He's the Matrix. He doesn't get tired.

 

[minercon]

You took that right out of the paper....Marion just said that!!!

 

[jibikao]

I wasn't a Suns fan until this year and I've always though Marion was awesome (except for the way he shoots.. it's funny!). I thought Marion has long hands and is quick.

Marion may be the most versatile player on the team. He does almost anything and everything. Sounds like Pippen #2 to me. I like.

Now, the question is... who is going to be the Player of the Month? LOL

Jimmy

 

[SirStefan32]

join the idiots club! I'm the charter member!

Me too!

 

[devilalum]

Marion's been awesome. He's been the engine that drives the Suns fastbreaks. I wonder how long he can keep this up, though. Is there a wall he hits after so many games playing out of position? Is he going to be more susceptible to injury? I'll be more impressed if he's putting up these kinds of numbers in April.

I heard D'Antoni talkiing about this and he said Shawn wears out the opposing PF's not the other way around.

I think its a lot easier than chasing some player like Carmelo all over creation for 40 minutes.

You'd think a lot more players would post him up but that doesn't seem to be happening.

 

[jibikao]

Yeah... I've heard some argument that it's actually better for Marion because he doesn't need to chase other players around and try to get through the screens.

It's true that Marion is undersize but he has very long arms and he is quick enough to cause opposing PF some troubles. And since Marion is a PF, he also causes some mis-matches for other PFs. I don't think Duncan can catch up Marion... hehe Marion can easily run to get open and Duncan will have to stay inside. Is this why Marion has so many fast break points 'cause other PFs can't stay with him?

The only player that needs major adjusting is Amare. It seems like other teams know how to get Amare into foul trouble and it has frustrated him very bad. I hope he'll get out of it.

Jimmy

 

[jbeecham]

Good for Shawn, I always felt like he was an underrated player and he's finally getting some recognition. I know he was an all-star 2 years ago, but a lot of people around the country didn't feel like he deserved it. Still the only reason any of the Suns are getting these awards is because of thier record. If they were 7-17 then they wouldn't be mentioned.

 

[jibikao]

To me, you have to have good record in order to get recognition. It doesn't matter how good your stats is if your team is not winning. And since Suns is winning, almost everyone got recognized.

Jimmy

 

[George O'Brien]

Lately I haven't heard many comments about how overpaid Marion is.

When I heard that Marion was going to be on the Olympic team, I predicted he would follow with a career year. Playing for Larry Brown was great for his defensive skills and his summer workouts against LeBron, Carmelo, etc. was great preparation.

 

[jibikao]

Who said Marion is overpaid?

Well, I know I've always liked Marion. I thought he is very active and he plays really hard. He fits really well in this Suns' team because we need people like him to run fast breaks, steal the ball and rebound and occassionally shoot Threes. hehe

Jimmy

 

[Errntknght]

Almost everyone on this board has said the Marion was overpaid at one time or another and found fault with his game. Shooting too many 3's, spending too much time far from the paint, not taking it strong to the hoop in the half court, avoiding contact, too easy to get in the air with a fake, gambling for steals too often. A very common statement was that he couldn't create his own shot which baffled me because he always created quite a few short/midrange jumpers with his drives. But they weren't shots that he'd get to the line with - maybe that's what was meant. My own special complaint was that he didn't work the baseline - and I'd still like to see him do it much more.

 

[George O'Brien]

Almost everyone on this board has said the Marion was overpaid at one time or another and found fault with his game. Shooting too many 3's, spending too much time far from the paint, not taking it strong to the hoop in the half court, avoiding contact, too easy to get in the air with a fake, gambling for steals too often. A very common statement was that he couldn't create his own shot which baffled me because he always created quite a few short/midrange jumpers with his drives. But they weren't shots that he'd get to the line with - maybe that's what was meant. My own special complaint was that he didn't work the baseline - and I'd still like to see him do it much more.

I suspect we'll see more baseline backdoor plays as teams start trying to defend the corners. It's hard for most PF's to try to defense Marion so they just hope he'll miss his jumpers. Didn't work for the Wizards.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

join the idiots club! I'm the charter member!

in the immortal words of the brother who won't be named: ditto

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I heard D'Antoni talkiing about this and he said Shawn wears out the opposing PF's not the other way around.

I think its a lot easier than chasing some player like Carmelo all over creation for 40 minutes.

You'd think a lot more players would post him up but that doesn't seem to be happening.

lamar odom eats him up in the post. one of the reasons the lakers have played us close.

 

[Joe Mama]

I heard D'Antoni talkiing about this and he said Shawn wears out the opposing PF's not the other way around.

I think its a lot easier than chasing some player like Carmelo all over creation for 40 minutes.

You'd think a lot more players would post him up but that doesn't seem to be happening.

I don't know devilalum. I was with you until that last statement. Almost everybody posts up Shawn Marion. I'm hard pressed to think of a power forward who hasn't posted up Shawn Marion repeatedly. In fact even in years past many of the small forwards did it..

Of course for the most part I don't worry about it much anymore. The small lineups have seemed to work well for the Suns. I worry much more about Amare's defense or lack thereof.

Joe Mama