winforlose wrote:KGdaBom wrote:winforlose wrote:Gonna preface this by saying HELL YES!
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OK maybe he will be useful. I may have spoke too soon. Hey Note look at me admitting I could be wrong.
To be fair didn’t you block him? If he blocked you back he might not see it. Maybe he can read it off my quoting you?
P.S. Marcus is shooting 40% from deep on 2.4 attempts per game. He has shown an ability to increase the volume and keep the % respectable. He brings playoff experience with 67 playoff games. He has played real minutes this year for Philly, and has as many positive +/- games as negative. He isn’t a world beater, but for 15 minutes a night he can do a lot of good for us.
Here's what Canis had to say about MM in the article that Shrink postet above:
"2) Marcus Morris Sr., $17,116,279
Marcus Morris Sr. would certainly fill a void in the toughness and playoff experience departments left behind by his ex-Los Angeles Clippers teammate Patrick Beverley. Morris played in 59 playoff games from 2017-2021 as a trusted member of the Celtics and Clippers, and played extremely consistent basketball as a quick decision-maker in a pivotal stretch 4/small-ball 5 role in spaced-out offenses. The North Philly native holds career playoff averages of 12.6 points on 43.1/40.7/77.3 shooting splits, 5.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists to 0.4 turnovers, and 1.0 stocks in 30.1 minutes per game.
But his last big playoff run was three years ago and he’s now 34 and in the midst of a steady decline since 2021-22, the second-best season of his career. Morris put up 6.7 points on 43.9/40.0/86.1 shooting splits, 2.9 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 0.7 stocks in 17.2 minutes per game across 37 appearances (seven starts) for his hometown Sixers this season.
While his role is pretty clearly not going to reach what it was at the peak of his powers in Los Angeles, he’s still spacing the floor at an effective clip as a spot-up shooter, rebounding well, can post-up guards and lighter wings, and is capable of switching onto 3s, 4s and smaller, perimeter-centric 5s. His playoff experience, toughness and intensity would all benefit a Timberwolves team struggling with holding leads that will almost certainly play a team in the playoffs that has more playoff experience than they do.
Morris Sr. also has a lot of respect for what Gobert can do defensively after getting to know him quite well in the playoffs.
“Yeah, they’re still the same team,” Morris said, via a Sports Illustrated piece from 2021. “Ain’t nothing changed. [Rudy] protects all of them. None of them really can defend. Just funnel it to him, and it’s tough to - he’s a great player, and he does a great job of, you know, anticipation, staying down, being real solid. So, you know who they are.”
Given his salary coming in north of the NTP MLE, he could see Minnesota as a pretty viable option among the pool of teams eligible to sign him.
Morris is represented by Chafie Fields of Wasserman. Beyond McLaughlin and Clark, Anderson is also a Wasserman client."
https://www.canishoopus.com/2024/2/9/24067764/nba-trade-deadline-5-buyout-candidates-wolves-tim-connelly-anthony-edwards-rudy-gobert
