Everybody claims they have changed the game, including former NBA Champion Shawn Marion.
However, his explanation makes more sense than that of Karl Anthony Towns.
Marion was at the National Basketball Retired Players Association's annual Summer Getaway and sat down with Review-Journal for a walk-through on his amateur and professional days.
Part of the interview that stood out the most was when he claimed that he was among the players that changed the game.
"I can honestly say I changed the game," he said when asked what he was most proud of in his basketball career.
"I was a big part of changing the game, what we're watching right now. Small ball. Positionless basketball. It was challenging, of course. I wasn't on board with it at first. I'm 6-foot-7, 230 pounds. You've got me guarding 7-footers. That wasn't an easy adjustment. But I did it. We did it. It is what it is now. It's what everybody's doing now."
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Marion is called The Matrix for a reason. He disrupted the position-stiff NBA at that time.
His offense is equally good as his defense, being made to guard the opponent's best player all the time.
His versatility allowed him to stay in the NBA for 16 years, earning four NBA All-Star nods with his first team, the Phoenix Suns, and helping lead the Dallas Mavericks to an NBA title in 2011.
What keeps him busy now?
Marion retired from basketball in 2015 but is still in the basketball realm, working as a global ambassador for the NBA and a diversity.
He is currently a majority stakeholder with the New Zealand Breakers, which competes in the Australian National Basketball League.
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