Shawn Marion recently sat down with Adam Stanco and Noah Coslov with Rejecting the Screen podcast and discussed his entire career. Here are some highlights from the chat where he reminisced about his time with the Phoenix Suns.
He tried to recruit Kobe to Phoenix
Way back in 2004, Kobe Bryant was frustrated with the Lakers and the feeling was mutual. There was some interest in Kobe coming to the Phoenix Suns, and Shawn Marion actively tried to make that happen.
Of course [I tried to recruit Kobe to Phoenix], why wouldn’t I?