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Originally Posted by Ferdi

You can't be serious. Have you ever watched Marions since he left the Suns and Nash?

Nope. I saw maybe 2 Raptors games (against the Knicks) last year. Raptors rarely get airtime. Saw a few Heat games with him. But I didn't pay a lot of attention I'll admit.

In Miami he sucked copmpared to his Suns days. Turk is much better on the offensive end than Marion is better on the defensive end.
Turk is a top 3 clutch player in the League, great playmaker at 6'10 and a good shooter. Yeah his defense is average.
But Marion isn't really able to create his own shot.

I'm not gonna argue with that. But I'll take Marion's defensive ability and average offensive ability over Turk's offensive ability and SUB-average defensive ability. For a 6'10 SF, he could be a nightmare on defense. I won't say he's a top 3 clutch player, I won't say he's a "great" playmaker either. He's a good shooter though. In fact, his shooting > the other two things you said. But aside from that. He's not really quick, not really athletic. His size works wonders for him, but I can't help but wonder about his productivity in another system. Yes, Shawn Marion is ideal for an uptempo style. But he's still more versatile than Turkoglu.

Marion's game just isn't fit for him to be a top scoring option. He's more of a GREAT role player rather than a 2nd scorer. I'd imagine Turk would have similar success in Toronto seeing as how Bosh will get most attention down low and Turk would be the main perimeter player. As long as they don't ask him to play defense, though. But nobody was saying ish about him until this year (and a little last season).