cheesebeef said:your absolutely right - and if he had more than two good series in SIX YEARS of playoff basketball (and 7 years in the league - I mean if Chris is gonna laugh at KG's stats in the playoff the last two years, wwe might as well be consistent... unlike Shawn), and he kept his mumbling mouth shut about being an MVP - he wouldn't get the heat he does here - but he hasn't and he did - so, until he proves that the Mavs and Dallas series were the norm instead of the exception to the rule, he'll continue to be criticized and rightly so.
My joke about KG was he has zero playoff stats in two years. Nothing more. I would love Garnett to be in a Suns uniform.
I don't pay attention to what Marion thinks about himself. My concern is about what he does on the court. So far, he needs definite improvement in the playoffs. He has shown he can do it in the past. Last year until he got smacked by Bowen, he was one of our best players in the playoffs. Of course people don't remember him abusing Nowitzki because he got abused in a different matchup.
To clarify, I don't love Marion. Sometimes I really like him, sometimes he is disappointing. I think he does get little credit for the things he does well and I think he gets too much abuse from the fans for the things he does poorly. He kind of reminds me of Marjele right before we shipped him out.
I believe he will eventually be traded.
Actually there is one thing I do love about Marion. He is an asset to the community. He does a lot of good and charitable things and never does it to get attention (no notifying the press before he does it)
After the wife beatings, drunk drivings, cocaine snorting, cousin killing and myriad of other crimes...it's nice to have a team that I am not embarrassed of off the court.