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Shawn Marion went from leading in the wild Western Conference to the bottom of the barrel in the inferior Eastern Conference. That's got to take some getting used to. Shawn Marion was involved in a trade between the Phoenix Suns and the Miami Heat. The same trade brought Shaquille O'Neal to the Suns and Marcus Banks to the Heat.

Before the season began, there were concerns about the future of the Phoenix Suns salary cap. This brought about rumors about trading Shawn Marion. No deal was made for Marion before the season, but Marion made comments about parting ways with Phoenix in the future. This put pressure on Phoenix to move Marion before the trading deadline.

It has been reported that The Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz entertained a possible trade between the two teams, with the Suns' Shawn Marion and Jazz's Andrei Kirilenko as the centerpieces. That would be a horrible trade for the Suns. Simply horrible. Here are the basic stats for the two players.

Kirilenko had a bad year, but the AK47 still pulled in some decent per-game numbers: 8.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.9 assist, and 2.1 blocks.

Marion's numbers also went down, due to the return of Amare Stoudemire and the emergence of Leandro Barbosa. The Matrix had 17.5 points, 9.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.5 blocks per game.