Shawn Marion: "If you take those threes out of the game I think we win"

[DMX7]

"Tonight they hit some threes and we were trying to run them off the threes. That’s what kept them in the game If you take those threes out of the game I think we win."

LOLZ What a dummy! We only made 6 3-pointers and shot 37.5% from 3-point range. They actually shot better from there.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/quotes_110114.html

[Blackjack]

6 X 3 = 18

He's got a point . . .

[Werdsniper2]

6 X 3 = 18

He's got a point . . .

Well, that's fine.

Convert those 3's into 2's.

Regardless,

6 x 2 = 12

Outcome: 89-95 Spurs win.

[DMX7]

6 X 3 = 18

He's got a point . . .

Not a reality based point.

Is he EXPECTING us to make like 2 3-pointers when we're 2nd in the league at 3-point shooting???

[Cry Havoc]

If you just take the 2s out of the Mavs, we win by like 70.

[crc21209]

Shawn Marion is the last guy who should be talking on that team. The dude has a trash ass game if you ask me. Doesn't have a good shot, doesnt rebound too well, and only throws "flip shots" towards the rim and hopes they go in....weak. :td

[TDMVPDPOY]

this is marion we are talkin about here, the most overrated player in the league...this guy has been living on a reputation build up from his suns run n gun horseshit, defensive impact player? give me a fkn break who has he shut down in his career?

[Blackjack]

Well, that's fine.

Convert those 3's into 2's.

Regardless,

6 x 2 = 12

Outcome: 89-95 Spurs win.

Facts are facts. Without the 3s, the Spurs are short 18 points.

Also, really, take away the 2 to 3 playoff wins in each of the Spurs-Suns series Marion was a part of, and the Suns would have probably won.

Probably -- they probably would have still found a way to leave the bench and get disqualified, though . . .

[100%duncan]

lol at marion, maybe he wants to play back in the 60's

[Cry Havoc]

Facts are facts. Without the 3s, the Spurs are short 18 points.

Dallas hit 6 threes, just like the Spurs did. They shot 6-13, well above their season average.

[Sense]

What a moron.... seriously?

[Shank]

I think he's referring to the series of 3s in the 2nd quarter that really opened up the game and put it out of reach. From there, it turned into a blowout.

[DJ Mbenga]

he was better of saying if dirk played its not a game. its actually more believable than expecting the spurs who live and die by the 3 to miss them all

[Blackjack]

Also, if Bruce Bowen was still a Spur, Marion would disappear, which would mean the comments wouldn't ever be made, once again providing an example of how irrelevant Marion truly is . . .

[Blackjack]

Dallas hit 6 threes, just like the Spurs did. They shot 6-13, well above their season average.

What do the Spurs have to do with this?

He said if you take away the Spurs' 3s he felt they would have won the game. The fact that he only felt that they'd win the game by taking away 18 points from the Spurs, is another matter.

America ain't teachin' the maths . . .

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

14 and 10.
Had a very productive game. I understand where he's coming from

[Sense]

I think he's referring to the series of 3s in the 2nd quarter that really opened up the game and put it out of reach. From there, it turned into a blowout.


Everyone expected this game to be a blowout :lol.. it was inevitable imo, the threes were coming at any point in any quarter, it was bound to happen..

from the get go, the Mavericks had no chance.

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

Congrats to the Spurs they have taken care of biz with Dirty out.
But I have a strong feeling it will be alot different later on in the season going into the postseason.

[Danny.Zhu]

this is marion we are talkin about here, the most overrated player in the league...this guy has been living on a reputation build up from his suns run n gun horseshit, defensive impact player? give me a fkn break who has he shut down in his career?

I thought he guided TP pretty well in several games...

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

this is marion we are talkin about here, the most overrated player in the league...this guy has been living on a reputation build up from his suns run n gun horseshit, defensive impact player? give me a fkn break who has he shut down in his career?

Don't start talking out of your ass

[Hoops Czar]

Doesn't really matter. With a big lead, the spurs wouldn't have taken the foot off the gas and subbed in the scrubs, including but not limited to Splitter.

[Sense]

Congrats to the Spurs they have taken care of biz with Dirty out.
But I have a strong feeling it will be alot different later on in the season going into the postseason.

You're totally right.... the Spurs are probably going to win by 5, or somewhere around there..

[bigfan]

"The Matrix" is dumb as a rock. Where is Mr Anderson when you need him?

[ezau]

:lol:lol at what Marion just said

[Whisky Dog]

Water is very fucking wet too.

[Waps1980]

What about all the garbage we played our bench.
Marion should spend less time talking rubbish and more time practicing his horrible looking jump shot

[Sean Cagney]

LOl at any idiot saying he has a point, they hit what 6 threes? Most teams can do that on any f in night! If most teams do not make 6 threes or so they lose, good point Marion! If your team doesn't make 6 threes they lose big Marion! Lets take those threes out from your team! If you take both teams threes out we would still win! WOW.

[Blackjack]

He has a point. If the Spurs don't make their shots, the Mavs win.

It's the maths . . .

[diego]

what makes it funnier is he acknowledges that they were trying to stop us from getting those 3s

[Blackjack]

The operation was a success but the patient died, I think is what the Praying Mantis was trying to say.

If only the Mavs made some more shots ... they probably wouldn't be 6 games back in the loss column.

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

[QUOTE=Sean Cagney;4899388]LOl at any idiot saying he has a point, they hit what 6 threes? Most teams can do that on any f in night! If most teams do not make 6 threes or so they lose, good point Marion! If your team doesn't make 6 threes they lose big Marion! Lets take those threes out from your team! If you take both teams threes out we would still win! WOW.[/QUOT

He has a point.

[#41 Shoot Em Up]

You're totally right.... the Spurs are probably going to win by 5, or somewhere around there..

Thats what you comeback with??
Movin on...

[BanditHiro]

Congrats to the Spurs they have taken care of biz with Dirty out.
But I have a strong feeling it will be alot different later on in the season going into the postseason.

....

[SenorSpur]

Huh? What Marion? This from a guy who promotes poker tournaments.

[ShoogarBear]

Spurs just shooting some shots, nothing to see here.

[DrSteffo]

Not surprised. Marion is just very stupid. This is the guy who once ran in the wrong direction and almost dunked in the wrong basket.

[angelbelow]

Hes not just ugly - hes smart too.

[pookenstein]

this is marion we are talkin about here, the most overrated player in the league...this guy has been living on a reputation build up from his suns run n gun horseshit, defensive impact player? give me a fkn break who has he shut down in his career?

Co signed.

[greyforest]

He has a point. If the Spurs don't make their shots, the Mavs win.

It's the maths . . .

haha yeah i said something like this right after his dumbass comment

also he was wearing a beret like some sort of homo

[TheChillFactor]

he fits in with the excuse making mavs perfectly

[urunobili]

lol the second unit not playing idiot basketball and playing sub par D would have been a 25 point rout instead :lol

[Agloco]

Blackjack owning this thread tbh.

[Mal]

He didnt mention that because of almost 30 points lead, Spurs gave them 28-16 win in 4q. What a tool.

[Spursmania]

Marion-it's all about the math, you see...

:lmao:lmao

[jimo2305]

might as well said..

"if we scored more points than they did, i think we win"

[GrandeDavid]

If you just take the 2s out of the Mavs, we win by like 70.

Há há!

[Trill Clinton]

Did this ninja really say that? That has to be theeee lamest excuse I've heard this year.

[Hook Dem]

Congrats to the Spurs they have taken care of biz with Dirty out.
But I have a strong feeling it will be alot different later on in the season going into the postseason.

Of course you do!!!!!!

[SenorSpur]

These comments by Marion are proof positive that the Mavs employ a few low-BBIQ-type players (Turtlehead being another).

I wonder if Marion felt the same way after the Pacers blew them out on Wed night?

[said7]

He shoots from with belly button. Um...ya.

[ChuckD]

The fact is, the Spurs didn't win because of threes, they won because Dallas allowed them to run a layup/dunk line for the better part of the game. Because of that, they hit a few threes, but they had no problems at all scoring AT THE RIM.

[howbouthemspurs]

Marion is a dumb-ass who shouldn't be allowed to talk

[Martin R]

Stupid nonsense comment by Marion ! we played almost an entire Quarter with our THIRD squad. We were up by 22 or something at some point and we literally gave up attacking the rim.
So please Mr Marion, if you wanna find excuses, better find them first within your team perfomance.

[pjjrfan]

this is marion we are talkin about here, the most overrated player in the league...this guy has been living on a reputation build up from his suns run n gun horseshit, defensive impact player? give me a fkn break who has he shut down in his career?

Bowen. Oh sorry, Bowen would shut him down. I'll think of of someone, I think. :lol:lol:lol

[Russ]

If, if, if . . .

If the Spurs didn't get all those threes . . .

If Bob Gibson wasn't so lucky -- he always pitched when the other team didn't get any runs.

If not for that, Ms. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?

[ElNono]

Unrealistic proposition really. When was the last game where the Spurs didn't make any 3 pointers? Has it even happened this season at all?

[dbreiden83080]

"Tonight they hit some threes and we were trying to run them off the threes. That’s what kept them in the game If you take those threes out of the game I think we win."


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[FromWayDowntown]

It's the "that's what kept them in the game" part of Marion's assessment that's baffling to me. It wasn't like the depleted Mavs were threatening to bust the game open in their favor when the Spurs made some 3s and hung around. The 3s in the second quarter were all about extending an already sizeable lead. The Spurs didn't need to be "kept in the game;" their 3s kept the Mavs from hanging around.

[smrattler]

If you take away the 4 titles the Spurs have, the Mavs are about as good as them too.

[dbreiden83080]

If you take away the 4 titles the Spurs have, the Mavs are about as good as them too.

Take away the Warriors in 07 and Mavs win the title

Take away the heat in the finals of 06 and they win the title..

Mav's love excuses..

[TampaDude]

Take away the Warriors in 07 and Mavs win the title

Not necessarily true, ya know.

[DMC]

Facts are facts. Without the 3s, the Spurs are short 18 points.

Also, really, take away the 2 to 3 playoff wins in each of the Spurs-Suns series Marion was a part of, and the Suns would have probably won.

Probably -- they probably would have still found a way to leave the bench and get disqualified, though . . .
If the score was close in the 4th, Splitter and Quinn would not have been in the game.

There are too many variables to consider when you change one thing, you know, the butterfly effect.

[DMC]

If you take away the 4 titles the Spurs have, the Mavs are about as good as them too.
Not true.

The Mavs don't have Dirk and Caron right now so they aren't even a playoff level team.

[DMC]

Bowen. Oh sorry, Bowen would shut him down. I'll think of of someone, I think. :lol:lol:lol

He (Marion) shut down Phoenix for many years.

[DMC]

If, if, if . . .

If the Spurs didn't get all those threes . . .

If Bob Gibson wasn't so lucky -- he always pitched when the other team didn't get any runs.

If not for that, Ms. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?
Yeah, and how much worse would it have been if that bomb didn't land in that big smoking crater?

[Mel_13]

As a Spurs fan, I've always appreciated players like Marion, Amare, Melo, JR Smith, and Kenyon Martin. There were times when it looked like the Spurs were in trouble and then one of these geniuses would save the day with a stupid foul, boneheaded turnover, technical foul, or ill-advised shot.

I've always pulled for Marion to hit a few early jump shots against the Spurs. It would get him confident enough to take shots when the game was on the line, and that was always a good thing for the Spurs. Best of all, he has three years left on his contract.

[Vito Corleone]

San Antonio Spurs = No Excuses
Dallas Mavericks = Know Excuses

[Cane]

Sounds like Marion's learning well from the Terry school of excuses.

Gotta feel kinda sorry for Dirk...actually never mind since he's chosen to stay with those clowns.

[Blackjack]

If the score was close in the 4th, Splitter and Quinn would not have been in the game.

True. And if you take away the Spurs' 3s, they're 18 points short on the board -- Mavs win by 6.


There are too many variables to consider when you change one thing, you know, the butterfly effect.

Luckily for Marion, he's a Praying Mantis . . .

[Blackjack]

San Antonio Spurs = No Excuses
Dallas Mavericks = Know Excuses

That could probably be a shirt, sig or something . . .

[Sean Cagney]

Not surprised. Marion is just very stupid. This is the guy who once ran in the wrong direction and almost dunked in the wrong basket.

:lol:lol

[jimo2305]

That could probably be a shirt, sig or something . . .

lol ;)

[Dex]

If things had gone differently, they wouldn't have been the same.

Amazing insight.

[Cessation]

as a spurs fan, i've always appreciated players like marion, amare, melo, jr smith, and kenyon martin. There were times when it looked like the spurs were in trouble and then one of these geniuses would save the day with a stupid foul, boneheaded turnover, technical foul, or ill-advised shot.

I've always pulled for marion to hit a few early jump shots against the spurs. It would get him confident enough to take shots when the game was on the line, and that was always a good thing for the spurs. Best of all, he has three years left on his contract.

+1

[Sense]

Thats what you comeback with??
Movin on...

I'm confused, was I supposed to do a "comeback"?

I was just being serious...

[spurs10]

If my redheaded aunt could shoot the 3 and had a penis she'd be my Uncle Bonner...

[DMC]

True. And if you take away the Spurs' 3s, they're 18 points short on the board -- Mavs win by 6.

I am not following the logic here. If you take away the 3s, that means they never happened (unless you are removing the score from them after the end of the game, which wasn't the point).

You cannot just take the final score and say that would have been the score regardless, because the score at the end of the 3rd is what made Pop put in the subs. Without those 3s, that score is closer and the subs never enter the game.

There's always a consequence unless you just want to apply the magical trump card.

[DMC]

If my redheaded aunt could shoot the 3 and had a penis she'd be my Uncle Bonner...
Bonner has a penis?

[Solid D]

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQq1nGBCOhhw_nSNu4FLcjcZTpxN8nIr w3t59rchOfsSWY9_UhWvg

[timaios]

I am not following the logic here. If you take away the 3s, that means they never happened (unless you are removing the score from them after the end of the game, which wasn't the point).

You cannot just take the final score and say that would have been the score regardless, because the score at the end of the 3rd is what made Pop put in the subs. Without those 3s, that score is closer and the subs never enter the game.

There's always a consequence unless you just want to apply the magical trump card.

Try that one : Logic of Sarcasm.

[ohmwrecker]

Spurs jus' hittin' the 3s they suppose'ta hit . . .













Did somebody already say that?

[DMC]

Try that one : Logic of Sarcasm.

It didn't read like sarcasm, but thanks for your interpretation.

[DMC]

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQq1nGBCOhhw_nSNu4FLcjcZTpxN8nIr w3t59rchOfsSWY9_UhWvg
So what, it's just a flesh wound.

[Blackjack]

I am not following the logic here. If you take away the 3s, that means they never happened (unless you are removing the score from them after the end of the game, which wasn't the point).

You cannot just take the final score and say that would have been the score regardless, because the score at the end of the 3rd is what made Pop put in the subs. Without those 3s, that score is closer and the subs never enter the game.

There's always a consequence unless you just want to apply the magical trump card.

My bad, mucca. Let me break it down for ya:

Six multiplied by three, equals eighteen. If the Spurs don't make six three-pointers, for a total of eighteen points, they only wind up eighty-three points; the final score would then be Mavs 89, Spurs 83.

"If you take those threes out of the game, I think we win," is what Maid Marion said. And he's right, only there's no thinking about it.

It's the maths -- hope that helps. :)

[Jt.ONE]

lol shawn marion and his form

[ShoogarBear]

Blackjack with the stealth troll. :lol

[Warlord23]

So what will be Marion's quote following their loss to the Grizz? "You take out all the layups and dunks and free throws, I think we win"?

[Sean Cagney]

As a Spurs fan, I've always appreciated players like Marion, Amare, Melo, JR Smith, and Kenyon Martin. There were times when it looked like the Spurs were in trouble and then one of these geniuses would save the day with a stupid foul, boneheaded turnover, technical foul, or ill-advised shot.

.

:lol:lol This here had me dying whenI READ IT. The thing is this is true.

[DMC]

My bad, mucca. Let me break it down for ya:

Six multiplied by three, equals eighteen. If the Spurs don't make six three-pointers, for a total of eighteen points, they only wind up eighty-three points; the final score would then be Mavs 89, Spurs 83.

"If you take those threes out of the game, I think we win," is what Maid Marion said. And he's right, only there's no thinking about it.

It's the maths -- hope that helps. :)

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