Shawn Marion

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Suns Rookie forward Shawn Marion is back after missing 31 games with a torn meniscus in his left knee, and he has given Phoenix what it needs most: athleticism. "Shawn is so quick, he can go for a ball fake, recover...

An unhappy All-Star could upset the balance of a team that has designs on a title

are getting up there in age, but that doesn't seem to bother point guard Jason Kidd, whom they re-signed for three years in the off-season. Kidd, 36, sees no problem with a rotation that will lean heavily on five...

SPREAD OFFENSE: b. Spencer Haywood, a 19-year-old center from Trinidad State Junior College, scored 145 points in nine games at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics to lead the underdog U.S. squad to the gold medal.