Hoops

Shawn Marion wants out of Phoenix

I really hate sounding like a wet blanket, but players in the NBA want to get paid. anyone who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves. Garnett wants a ring.... yeah, now he does, his first prioroty was to secure a contract so big it forced them to trade their young gun point guard (marbury) which then constricted their payroll for his entire time at min. Kemp left the sonics coz he figured they couldn't afford him and payton. Boozer to utah.. Marion wants out coz playing third fiddle to nash and amare won't get him the stats needed for a max contract.
Fact- winning is the second most important thing to NBA players.
But hey, second comes right after first right?

Ok, marion would be picked in a draft well before bowen, but for the phoenix team right now, bowen is going to fit better in the team than marion, at half the price. He would also offer much more off the court. Marion wants more stats so he can demand bigger money, a trade to the lakers he would love coz his stats would boom and he would command cash. To hell with winning. We fans forget that this is just a job to some of these guys, period.
Jazz are having the same trouble with AK-47. Here is a guy that was "the man" for a couple of years, stats boomed, all star appearance, now he is the fourth option in offence and won't be able to cash in, hence trade request.

I've long thought that Marion was a solid NBA player, but no way in hell should a team fork over valuable money for this guy. He is not a team player. He proves it time and again with his bleating about lack of respect for his skills. Case in point, would phoenix be better with Bruce Bowen at SF instead of Marion? Oh hell yeah. Last time i checked Bowen was a steal and certainly not asking for max contracts. Marion wants to get paid, period. Success is not on his agenda.

NOOOOOOOOOOO :-( One more run Marion!!