Markieff Morris

Markieff Morris
Player information
birthday	2nd September 1989 (age 30)
place of birth	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
size	208 cm
Weight	112 kg
position	Power forward
High school	APEX Academy, Pennsauken , New Jersey
college	Kansas
NBA draft	2011 , 13th Pick , Phoenix Suns
Club information
society	Los Angeles Lakers
league	NBA
Jersey number	88
Clubs as active
2011–2016 Phoenix Suns 2016–2019 Washington Wizards 2019 Oklahoma City Thunder 2019–2020 Detroit Pistons Since 2020 Los Angeles Lakers 0 000 0

Markieff Morris (born September 2, 1989 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is an American basketball player . He has played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) since the 2011/12 season and is currently active with the Los Angeles Lakers .

Career

College and draft

Markieff Morris played three years with his brother Marcus for the University of Kansas . In the 2011 NBA Draft , he was selected in 13th place, one place before his brother, by the Phoenix Suns .

NBA

In his first year for the Suns, Morris scored 7.4 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. During the 2012/13 season , his brother was signed by the Houston Rockets . After Tom and Dick Van Arsdale, they were only the second pair of twins to play together for the same NBA team ( Brook and Robin Lopez , also twins who came to the NBA a few years before the Morris brothers, initially played in different teams; they have only been active together for the Milwaukee Bucks since 2019 ). Morris finished his second NBA year with 8.2 points and 4.8 rebounds.

Morris with the Suns (2012)

Morris continued to improve over the next two years, adding 15.3 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in his fourth year. Before the 2015-16 season, his brother Marcus Morris was given to the Detroit Pistons , which Markieff Morris displeased.

As a result, Markieff caused unrest in the team, so that he was transferred to the Washington Wizards in February 2016 . With the wizards he was able to reach the playoffs in 2017 and 2018. Morris injured his ankle during the 2017 playoffs, but was back on the field a few days later without any visible restrictions. The media therefore speculated that he let his twin brother Marcus play. According to Morris himself, this had already worked in 2013.

After about halfway through the 2018-19 season, Morris was transferred to the Oklahoma City Thunder . There he was also able to reach the playoffs, but had to leave the team after only half a year.

The following season he first played for the Detroit Pistons before his contract was dissolved and he was signed by the Los Angeles Lakers in February . A short time before, his brother Marcus had joined city rivals Los Angeles Clippers .

NBA statistics

Legend
GP	Matches played (Games Played)	GS	Games from the beginning (Games started)	MPG	Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
FG%	Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)	3P%	Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)	FT%	Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
RPG	Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)	APG	Assists per game (assists per game)	SPG	Steals per game (steals per game)
BPG	Blocks per game (blocks per game)	PPG	Points per game (points per game)	FAT	Career record

Regular season

season	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2011-12	Phoenix	63	7th	19.5	.399	.347	.717	4.4	1.0	0.7	0.7	7.4
2012–13	Phoenix	82	32	22.4	.407	.336	.732	4.8	1.3	0.9	0.8	8.2
2013-14	Phoenix	81	0	26.6	.486	.315	.792	6.0	1.8	0.8	0.6	13.8
2014–15	Phoenix	82	82	31.5	.465	.318	.763	6.2	2.3	1.2	0.5	15.3
2015–16	Phoenix	37	24	24.8	.397	.289	.717	5.2	2.4	0.9	0.5	11.6
2015–16	Washington	27	21st	26.4	.467	.316	.764	5.9	1.4	0.9	0.6	12.4
2016–17	Washington	76	76	31.2	.457	.362	.837	6.5	1.7	1.1	0.6	14.0
2017-18	Washington	73	73	27.0	.480	.367	.820	5.6	1.9	0.8	0.5	11.5
2018–19	Washington	34	15th	26.0	.436	.333	.781	5.1	1.8	0.7	0.6	11.5
2018–19	Oklahoma	24	1	16.1	.391	.339	.737	3.8	0.8	0.5	0.1	6.5
2019-20	Detroit	44	16	22.5	.450	.397	.772	3.9	1.6	0.6	0.3	11.0
total		623	347	25.7	.449	.345	.778	5.4	1.7	0.9	0.6	11.6

Status: February 24, 2020

Playoffs

season	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	Washington	13	13	28.7	.407	.368	.806	6.4	1.7	0.9	1.3	12.1
2017-18	Washington	6th	6th	30.2	.490	.167	.900	7.5	1.7	0.7	0.8	9.8
2018–19	Oklahoma	5	0	11.8	.313	.286	.778	2.6	1.0	0.2	0.6	3.8
total		24	19th	25.5	.419	.316	.820	5.9	1.5	0.7	1.0	9.8

Web links

Commons : Markieff Morris  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Markieff Morris - player profile on basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from February 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Sources: Markieff Morris tweet clinched NBA's decision on $ 10K fine
3. ↑ WIZARDS ACQUIRE MARKIEFF MORRIS
4. ↑ NBA star of the Wizards was actually injured - did Markieff Morris let his twin brother Marcus play? Retrieved February 25, 2020 . 
5. ↑ NBA: Los Angeles Lakers officially sign Markieff Morris. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .