Markieff Morris

Markieff Morris and his temper made their preseason debut during the Wizards’ exhibition opener against the New York Knicks. Morris got into a verbal dispute with New York Knicks rookie Mitchell Robinsony; both players received a technical foul, but Morris didn’t stop there. He continued chirping his opponent which lead to another technical and Morris’ [...]

Markieff Morris played through a sprained ankle in the Washington Wizards’ Game 2 overtime loss to the Boston Celtics. That pain didn’t stop him from turning in perhaps his best performance of the postseason. He tallied 16 points, six rebounds, three assists and two steals while generally playing tough defense before fouling out in the [...]

Markieff Morris suffered a sprained ankle in the first half of the Washington Wizards’ Game 1 loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday. It was not a pretty injury, and Morris thought it was much worse, per NBA.com’s David Aldridge: [tweet https://twitter.com/daldridgetnt/status/858777344370241537] Initial perception won’t stop Morris from playing in Game 2. He wanted to [...]

Markieff Morris is once again making headlines for the wrong reasons. According to Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia’s John Gonzalez, the Washington Wizards forward was detained at Philadelphia International Airport after ‘suspected marijuana’ was apparently uncovered in his bag: [tweet https://twitter.com/gonzoCSN/status/735943108031041537] Here’s Gonzalez with more details: Morris, who was with a party that included his mother, checked [...]

Some NBA pundits thought Markieff Morris’ trade value had cratered ahead of the Feb. 18 cutoff. Yours truly was one of them. I was vocal about it. Unapologetic about it. Apparently, though, I, like so many others, was wrong. Here’s Bleacher Report’s Ric Bucher: While some media outlets portrayed Markieff’s market value was portrayed as [...]

The Phoenix Suns are finally free of Markieff Morris. Keef has made things difficult in Phoenix this year, after the team traded his brother, so he finally got his wish. He was dealt to the Wizards for a draft pick. At this point, I’m sure Phoenix would’ve taken anything just to get rid of him. [...]

Are the Phoenix Suns content to keep the (presumably still) disgruntled Markieff Morris past the NBA’s Feb. 18 trade deadline? It sure seems that way. Shoot, maybe they’re hoping to keep him and don’t want to move him at all. I mean, their asking price, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, implies as much: Multiple [...]

The Toronto Raptors will not let the NBA’s Feb. 18 trade deadline pass without a fight. An aggressive fight. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Brian Windhorst, the Raptors are still actively seeking an upgrade at power forward: The Raptors are chasing a power forward this week. Sources say Brooklyn’s Thaddeus Young, New Orleans’ Ryan [...]

Three letters are all that’s needed to describe the 2015-16 Phoenix Suns season. Ugh. Now get ready for more ugh. Markieff Morris is making headlines again for all the wrong reasons. This time, it’s for his shoving and shouting match with Archie Goodwin, which took place in a timeout huddle during the Suns’ Wednesday night [...]

Ben Simmons Phoenix Suns jerseys are about to become a thing, assuming they aren’t already taking the city by storm. Eric Bledsoe is done for the season after suffering a torn meniscus; Tyson Chandler is playing his age; Markieff Morris is either playing terrible, injured, in head coach Jeff Hornacek’s doghouse or all three; the [...]