All-Star forward Shawn Marion moved from the Toronto Raptors to the Dallas Mavericks in a multi-player, four-team trade on Thursday.
Marion, forward Kris Humphries and center Nathan Jawai will join the Mavericks from the Raptors in exchange for guard Antoine Wright and forward Devean George, plus two-way cash considerations.
In related moves, the Orlando Magic sent free agent Hedo Turkoglu to Toronto for cash considerations from the Mavericks and Raptors while Dallas traded Jerry Stackhouse to the Memphis Grizzlies for fellow guard Greg Buckner.
Marion, a 10-year NBA veteran who has averaged 17.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per game in his career, spent only half a season in Toronto after being traded from the Miami Heat.
The 31-year-old averaged 14.3 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 27 games for the Raptors before being traded to clear salary cap space for Turkoglu, who helped lead the Magic to the NBA Finals where they lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in five games.
(Xinhua News Agency July 10, 2009)
