MAVERICKS ACQUIRE FOUR-TIME ALL-STAR SHAWN MARION

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MAVERICKS ACQUIRE FOUR-TIME ALL-STAR SHAWN MARION
Mavericks also acquire Kris Humphries, Nathan Jawai and Greg Buckner

DALLAS- The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they acquired four-time
All-Star forward Shawn Marion, forward Kris Humphries, center Nathan Jawai
and cash considerations from the Toronto Raptors and guard Greg Buckner from
the Memphis Grizzlies in a deal that sends guard Antoine Wright and forward
Devean George to Toronto and guard Jerry Stackhouse and cash considerations
to Memphis. Additionally, Memphis obtains a second round pick and cash
considerations from Toronto, while Orlando trades Hedo Turkoglu to Toronto
for cash considerations from Dallas and Toronto.

Marion (6-7, 215) is a 10-year veteran that holds career averages 17.8
points and 9.9 rebounds to go along with 2.0 assists, 1.83 steals, 1.31
blocks and 37.9 minutes in 745 games (730 starts). He has finished the
season with a double-double average four times in his career with the most
recent being in 2007-08 when he averaged 15.4 points and 10.2 rebounds in 63
games.

Marion has been named All-NBA Third Team two times (2005, 2006) and was a
four-time All-Star with the Phoenix Suns (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007). He has
appeared in 65 postseason contests averaging 17.1 points, 10.9 rebounds, 1.4
assists, 1.52 blocks and 1.49 steals in 40.6 minutes. Marion has advanced to
the Western Conference Finals two times and, in his most recent trip, fell
to the Mavericks in 2006 as a member of the Suns. He was also a member of
the bronze-medal winning Team USA at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,
Greece.

The Clarksville, Tenn., native was originally the ninth overall selection in
the 1999 NBA Draft by Phoenix after forgoing his senior season at the
University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He spent his junior year at UNLV after
transferring from Vincennes University in Indiana. In one season as a
Runnin' Rebel, Marion earned Western Athletic Conference Mountain Division
First Team, All-Newcomer and All-Defensive Team honors while averaging 18.7
points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.9 blocks in 29 games.

Humphries (6-9, 235) is a former University of Minnesota standout drafted by
the Utah Jazz with the 14th overall pick in the 2004 Draft. He holds career
averages of 4.2 points and 3.0 rebounds in 288 games. He averaged 3.9 points
and 2.4 rebounds last season before fracturing his right fibula on Jan. 18
vs. Phoenix. Prior to his injury, Humphries was coming off his best year as
a pro in 2007-08 when he averaged career highs of 5.7 points, 3.7 rebounds
and 13.7 minutes in a career-high 70 games.

Jawai (6-10, 280) just completed his rookie season for the Raptors seeing
action in six contests. The Australian center scored his first career field
goal on Feb. 18 vs. Cleveland. Jawai, the 41st overall pick of the Indiana
Pacers in 2008, spent most of last season with the Idaho Stamped of the NBA
Development League where he averaged 11.1 points and 6.4 rebounds in 24.0
minutes a game. No stranger to Texas, Jawai played one season of college
basketball at Midland (Texas) College in 2006-07 where he averaged 11.4
points and 5.8 rebounds in 23.9 minutes a game.

Buckner (6-4, 210), a 10-year veteran out of Clemson, will be returning to
Dallas for a third time. Originally a second-round draft choice of the
Mavericks in 1998, Buckner played in Dallas from 1999-2002 before signing
with the Philadelphia 76ers as a free agent. The native of Hopkinsville,
Ky., returned to the Mavericks in 2006 when he signed as a free agent before
getting traded to Minnesota before the start of the 2007-08 campaign. The
veteran guard holds career averages of 5.0 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.3
assists in 570 games.

"We're ecstatic to add a player of this caliber, experience and athleticism," Donnie Nelson said. "We feel that this gives us a really good opportunity to compete with the best of the West."

(c) 2009 Dallas Mavericks

[LetsGoMavs41]

I heard on fox 4 or cbs 11 i cant remember...but ne ways I heard that Terry offered number 31 to Marion and that Marion appreciated it but he was going to take number 7

[Chasity]

This makes for gooooood MAVS Highlight films next year. Can't wait.

[LetsGoMavs41]

neither can I! Im already saving up for tickets. Damn I love being back home now I wont miss a second of action.