Marcus Morris

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Basketball player
Marcus Morris Sr.
Marcus Morris
Player information
Full name Marcus Thomas Morris Sr.
birthday 2nd September 1989 (age 30)
place of birth Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
size 206 cm
Weight 107 kg
position Power Forward / Small Forward
High school APEX Academy, New Jersey
college Kansas
NBA draft 2011 , 14th pick , Houston Rockets
Club information
society Los Angeles Clippers
league NBA
Jersey number 31
Clubs as active
2011–2013 Houston Rockets 2013–2015 Phoenix Suns 2015–2017 Detroit Pistons 2017–2018 Boston Celtics 2019–2020 New York Knicks Since 2020 Los Angeles ClippersUnited StatesUnited States
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Marcus Thomas Morris Sr. (born September 2, 1989 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American basketball player . He has played in the NBA since the 2011/12 season and with the Los Angeles Clippers since February 2020 .

youth

Morris was born in Philadelphia to Thomasine Morris. He has four brothers. His twin brother, Markieff , who is seven minutes older and with whom he was on the same team in high school and college , also plays in the NBA.

Career

High school

With his high school team, the Prep Charter High School Eagles, he became champions of the state of Pennsylvania in 2006 and 2007 . He holds the school record for most hits during his high school career with 1,325 points.

college

In the first two semesters of study as a so-called freshman at the University of Kansas , he was in the starting five 22 times during the 2008/09 season and had an average working time of 18.5 minutes, in which he scored 7.4 points. Morris finished the freshman year as the fourth-best thrower in the college selection.

In the following season as a sophomore , as a student in the third and fourth semester, he was able to improve further and reached 12.8 points and 6.1  rebounds per game. Morris was elected to the Big 12 Conference Second Team and was recognized by Yahoo! Sports named Most Improved Player nationwide. 2010/11 he was in 36 of 38 games in the starting five, with an average of 17.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. In ten games Morris reached double doubles and in the game against Iowa State with 33 points his previous career best. With a total of 654 points, Morris was able to place 12th in the all-time table of the University of Kansas for points in one season. The Kansas Jayhawks won the league championship that season under his leadership and Morris was named Player of the Year for the Big 12 Conference.

NBA

In the 2011 NBA draft , Morris was selected in 14th place, one place behind his brother Markieff, by the Houston Rockets . He made his first appearance in the NBA on December 26, 2011 in the game with the Orlando Magic . On January 2, 2012, the Rockets gave him to the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the NBA Development League (D-League) to give him more time there. During the 2011/12 season, Morris switched several times between the NBA and D-League . For the Rockets he played 17 times this season with an average playing time of 7.4 minutes, in which he reached 2.4 points.

Due to the injury of Patrick Patterson, Morris moved into the starting line-up at the beginning of the 2012/13 season . On December 29, 2012 he scored in the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with 24 points, his previous career best.

In February 2013, Morris was transferred from the Rockets to the Phoenix Suns . In return, the Rockets received a pick in the 2013 NBA Draft . This means that Morris is now under contract with the Suns with his twin brother. This is only the second time in NBA history that twin brothers have played in a franchise at the same time since the 1976/77 season when Tom and Dick Van Arsdale played for the Suns .

In the summer of 2015, Morris was transferred to the Detroit Pistons . From 2017 Morris played for the Boston Celtics , from 2019 for the New York Knicks and since February 2020 for the Los Angeles Clippers .

Web links

Commons : Marcus Morris  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unless otherwise stated, the information is based on the player profile on nba.com
  2. ↑ a b http://www.nba.com/wizards/roster/ , accessed on November 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2012/01/rockets-to-send-first-round-draft-pick-marcus-morris-to-d-league/ , accessed on February 4, 2013
  4. ↑ http://blog.chron.com/ultimaterockets/2012/10/marcus-morris-gets-starting-nod-in-opener-in-place-of-injured-patterson/ , accessed on February 4, 2013
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from February 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ LA Clippers Acquire Marcus Morris Sr. in a Three Team Trade. In: nbva.com. Retrieved February 29, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Morris, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morris, Marcus Thomas Sr. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania