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Donny Marshall
Personal information
Born (1972-07-17) July 17, 1972 (age 52)
Detroit, Michigan
Nationality American
High school Federal Way
(Federal Way, Washington)
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College UConn (1991–1995)
NBA Draft 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 39th overall
Selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers
Pro career 1995–2003
Career history
1995–1997 Cleveland Cavaliers
1999–2000 Connecticut Pride
2000 Cleveland Cavaliers
2000–2001 Connecticut Pride
2001–2003 New Jersey Nets
Career highlights and awards
  • 2x Third-team All-Big East (1994, 1995)
  • All-CBA Second Team (2000)

Donny Marshall (born July 17, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player who played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and New Jersey Nets. He is currently a college basketball television analyst for Fox Sports 1, Westwood One National Radio and CBSSN.

Career

After leading his high school basketball team to over 100 wins and being named to Washington's All-State team 4 consecutive years (along with being a 4-time All-State selection as a soccer player), Marshall graduated from Federal Way High School, a school in the suburb of Seattle. Marshall chose to play for the University of Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team. As a 4-year letter winner, he helped lead the Huskies to the postseason each of his last 3 seasons as co-captain. Was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team as a senior averaging over 24 points a game in the tourney. Marshall was later named to Uconn's All-Century team (top 25 players in school history) and was also a two-time All-Big East Team member, leading the Big East in free throw shooting his senior year. He was then selected in the second round (39th pick overall) of the 1995 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Marshall played 6 seasons in the NBA with the Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks, and the New Jersey Nets. With the Nets, Marshall made it to consecutive NBA Finals in 2001-02 and 2002–03.

Marshall played for the Connecticut Pride of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1999 to 2001. He was selected to the All-CBA Second Team in 2000.

After the NBA

Marshall has been in television broadcasting for 19 years, covering over 1,300 professional and collegiate basketball games. He worked as a color commentator/basketball studio analyst for the Boston Celtics on Comcast SportsNet in New England for 8 years covering over 650 NBA games. He was also a color commentator for NBC Sports Network college basketball telecasts. Marshall provided basketball color commentary for NBC during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Marshall covered games from the sidelines for the Brooklyn Nets from the 2013 to 2017 NBA seasons. He currently is an NCAA basketball television analyst for FOX Sports. He also provides analysis for WestwoodOne national radio broadcasts during the men's NCAA championship basketball tournament each spring since 2014.

Community work

Marshall was a golf course owner in his home state of Connecticut. He is deeply rooted in community service in New England. He once served on the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, the University of Connecticut. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the First Tee of Connecticut, a group that provides exposure, teaching, and scholarships through golf to children in Connecticut. Marshall is also the Anti-Bullying spokesperson for the Community Foundation of Middlesex County and the state of Connecticut.

Personal life

Marshall and his wife Jillian reside in Connecticut with their three children.

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

NBA

Source

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1995–96 Cleveland 34 0 6.1 .353 .233 .629 .8 .2 .2 .1 2.3
1996–97 Cleveland 56 0 9.8 .325 .379 .704 1.3 .4 .4 .1 3.1
1999–00 Cleveland 6 0 6.5 .273 .000 .833 .2 .0 .3 .0 1.8
2001–02 New Jersey 20 0 5.9 .276 .500 .667 1.1 .3 .2 .0 1.5
2002–03 New Jersey 3 0 2.0 .000 .000 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Career 119 0 7.7 .321 .336 .681 1.0 .3 .3 .0 2.5

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1996 Cleveland 1 0 1.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
2002 New Jersey 7 0 2.0 .200 .000 1.000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .4
Career 8 0 1.9 .200 .000 1.000 .0 .0 .0 .0 .4

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