 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Marion akasarudzwa nePhoenix Suns nechisarudzo chechipfumbamwe chose chose mu1999 NBA draft. Nemhaka yekukuvara kwebvi reruboshwe, Marion akarasikirwa nemitambo 31 pakati paDecember naFebruary yegore ra1999 2000. Akasarudzwa kuNBA All-Rookie Second Team uye mumitambo makumi mashanu neshanu 38 kutanga, akaenzana 10.2 mapoinzi, 6.5 rebounds, 1.4 anobatsira, 1.0 mabhuroko, 0.8 anoba uye 24.7 maminetsi. Akaita avhareji ye17.3 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.7 steals, 1.4 blocks uye 36.2 maminetsi mu78 anotanga mumwaka wa2000-01. Akatamba neSophomores muRookie Challenge panguva yeNBA All-Star Weekenduye akapedza aine 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals uye 1 block mumaminitsi 24. Akawedzera avhareji yake kusvika pa19.1 points uye 9.9 rebounds muna 200102, uye zvakare muna 200203 kusvika pa21.2 points ne9.5 rebounds. Akatumidzwa zita reNBA All-Star kekutanga muna 2003. 