Donny E. Marshall is a retired American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player who was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

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 the 2nd round (39th overall) of the 1995 National Basketball Association Draft

1995 NBA Draft

The 1995 NBA Draft took place on June 28, 1995 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It marked the first NBA draft for the two Canadian expansion teams, Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies...

.

Career

After graduating from Federal Way High School

Federal Way High School

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 in Washington, Marshall chose to attend the University of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

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. He was then selected in the 2nd round (39th overall) of the 1995 NBA Draft

1995 NBA Draft

The 1995 NBA Draft took place on June 28, 1995 at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It marked the first NBA draft for the two Canadian expansion teams, Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies...

 by the Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

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. Marshall went on to play in five seasons in the NBA. In his NBA career, Marshall played in 119 games and amassed a total of 293 points.

After the NBA

Marshall now offers commentary for the Boston Celtics

Boston Celtics

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 on Comcast SportsNet

Comcast SportsNet

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 in New England

New England

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. He often is called upon to replace Tom Heinsohn as the Celtics' color commentator

Color commentator

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 alongside Mike Gorman

Mike Gorman

Michael "Mike" Gorman is a television play-by-play commentator for the Boston Celtics basketball team, currently broadcasting on the Comcast Sportsnet New England or the New England Sports Network cable channel...

 whenever necessary.
He is also a color commentator for Versus (soon to be NBC Sports Network) college basketball telecasts.

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