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Needless to say, ex-Mavs forward Shawn Marion is a happy camper

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ROCKWALL – When he was growing up in Illinois and Tennessee, Shawn Marion desperately wanted to attend some basketball camps like the one he attended Wednesday at

AmeriSports Rockwall.

However, Marion said he couldn’t afford the camp’s registration fee.

Fast forward some 35 years later, Marion was the guest speaker at the Mavs Academy Hoop Camp. And the four-time NBA All-Star forward who helped the Dallas Mavericks capture the 2011 NBA championship had some pearls of wisdom to pass along to the campers.

‘I think every different upbringing brings its challenges and obstacles and its hurdles,” Marion told Mavs.