Marcus Morris

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Zu scored 1 point after the first quarter




and I never blamed him for the loss

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um, duh

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According to Dan Woike of Los Angeles Times, several NBA executives believe that the Clippers could make a move to bolster both their frontcourt and backcourt depth.

Rival executives believe the Clippers could be on the hunt for another physical center — a potential Finals matchup with Milwaukee or Philadelphia would demand more size — or another playmaking guard.

Ivica Zubac, the Clippers’ starting center, has been playing well as of late, but he’s still not that consistent on both ends of the floor. He’s averaging 8.5 points and 6.6 rebounds per game this season.

Moreover, although Patrick Beverley is a terrific on-ball defender, he is really not someone who can run a team’s offense. The Clippers actually have the option to put Lou Will in the starting line-up, but he has been doing really well as the team’s primary scorer off the bench.

There is no notable free-agent at the moment who could fill the Clippers’ needs, so they are more likely to make a trade or explore the buyout market in the next couple of months. According to Woike though, they could be interested in trading for Chicago Bulls veteran Thaddeus Young.

Doc Rivers and Co., however, do not really look like a team in a hurry to make moves. Although they are now fifth in the Western Conference standings, they are well aware of how good they are, so they are taking their sweet time and are being patient with everything that they’re doing.

[NippySudz]

I changed my mind. We should trade for this guy.

Moe might be a more versatile defender but Moe is anemic offensively. He is allergic to scoring.

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[nickhx2]

moe's just a guy who plays well as the third wing. so he's gonna look pretty junky when one of PG/kawhi are out.

[NippySudz]

moe's just a guy who plays well as the third wing. so he's gonna look pretty junky when one of PG/kawhi are out.

He looks junky even when they're both playing. When he is aggressive, he puts so much pressure on opponents defensive. The clippers are undefeated when he gets 10+ pts

But he doesn't look for that at all. His shooting is janky going back to Portland .

I like him as a defender for fast guards. Guys like Westbrook/rose but aside that he's Expendable.

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moe's just a guy who plays well as the third wing. so he's gonna look pretty junky when one of PG/kawhi are out.

He looks junky even when they're both playing. When he is aggressive, he puts so much pressure on opponents defensive. The clippers are undefeated when he gets 10+ pts

But he doesn't look for that at all. His shooting is janky going back to Portland .

I like him as a defender for fast guards. Guys like Westbrook/rose but aside that he's Expendable.

no matter how well you defend, you can't score nothing [and he's not much of a passer or rebounder either]

that leaves us 4 on 5

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REAL GM: The Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers are interested in trading for Marcus Morris, league sources told Marc Berman of the New York Post.

Morris signed a 1-year, $15 million deal with the Knicks last offseason.

Morris is averaging 19.1 points and 5.5 rebounds on the season.

I'm thinking Harkless's $11M expiring HAS to be part of any deal for sal cap balance. If I'm the Knicks, I think I hang up the phone if Shamet's not the sweetener in the deal.

I have bigs; I don't need Zubac. Jerome looks like a bust. McGruder and J-Myke aren't really of interest to a rebuilding team. I might hold out for the Clippers 2020 FRP too if I can leverage the Sixers' interest into a little bidding war.


https://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/7266253

Congratulations on a successful trade

Due to the L.A. Clippers being over the cap and having a post-trade Team Salary over the Tax Threshold, the 25% trade rule is invoked. the L.A. Clippers could not receive more than 125% plus $100,000 of the salary given out for the trade to be accepted, which did happen here. Also, the L.A. Clippers met the requirements of the Hard Cap rules of staying under the Tax Threshold plus $4M for adjusted post-trade Team Salary.

Due to New York being under the cap and choosing to invoke the Cap Room rule, New York could not go over the cap by more than $100,000 of post-trade Team Salary, which did happen here.

This trade satisfies the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

[NippySudz]

REAL GM: The Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers are interested in trading for Marcus Morris, league sources told Marc Berman of the New York Post.

Morris signed a 1-year, $15 million deal with the Knicks last offseason.

Morris is averaging 19.1 points and 5.5 rebounds on the season.

I'm thinking Harkless's $11M expiring HAS to be part of any deal for sal cap balance. If I'm the Knicks, I think I hang up the phone if Shamet's not the sweetener in the deal.

I have bigs; I don't need Zubac. Jerome looks like a bust. McGruder and J-Myke aren't really of interest to a rebuilding team. I might hold out for the Clippers 2020 FRP too if I can leverage the Sixers' interest into a little bidding war.


https://basketball.realgm.com/tradechecker/saved_trade/7266253

Congratulations on a successful trade

Due to the L.A. Clippers being over the cap and having a post-trade Team Salary over the Tax Threshold, the 25% trade rule is invoked. the L.A. Clippers could not receive more than 125% plus $100,000 of the salary given out for the trade to be accepted, which did happen here. Also, the L.A. Clippers met the requirements of the Hard Cap rules of staying under the Tax Threshold plus $4M for adjusted post-trade Team Salary.

Due to New York being under the cap and choosing to invoke the Cap Room rule, New York could not go over the cap by more than $100,000 of post-trade Team Salary, which did happen here.

This trade satisfies the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The power is not in the Knicks hands. They risk losing an asset for nothing. It's in the hands of morris.

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[esqtvd]

The power is not in the Knicks hands. They risk losing an asset for nothing. It's in the hands of morris.

The Knicks will get something for Morris. He can help a lot of teams. And if the Sixers are bidding too, probably something interesting, say a Zhaire Smith, a FRP. Who knows? Maybe a big 3-team trade involving Al Horford, who's not happy.

[MartinRiggs]

After seeing him yesterday,this guy gets my vote.

I am thinking lineup Lou-Kawhi-PG-Morris-Trez/Zubac. You have one guy in the paint,Kawhi takes care of midrange and 3 guys shooting threes.

[MartinToVaught]

I don't see how Morris addresses this roster's flaws. We need a point guard and could use a backup center. Morris isn't either of those.

[NippySudz]

He takes pressure on Leonard and Paul George to score. Especially in the first unit but dude is not interested in a championship anyway, from he said in his post game press conference, it sound like he wants to get paid big money. Max like dollars. Scoring a lot on the nyk will fool someone to give it to him

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[SD2042]

I admit I have an emotional connection to Harrell and would really hate to see him go

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Me too man. Clips was suppose to rebuild after the lob city era. I thought they'll be tanking.
but Lou, Gallo, Bev and Trezz... they are just too good. Hope we can find a miracle to make him stay.

I wonder tho were Harrell sign in the off-season tho.

I don't think Indy is going to shake up that team at all. They are currently 5.5 out of the #1 spot and 1.5 games from the #2 spot in the East. They are that close with Oladipo out. Once VO and his D get back, the Pacers are going to be a beast in the East. Turner and Sabonis give them the size to match up with Philly.

I think Harrell will be hard to keep long term, but I think the Clips only move him if benefits the Clips and helps Harrell contribute to a playoff team that has cap space next season. I just don't see those situations out there.

The reality that VO comes back will do wonders for Indy's morale. Keep in mind that VO has been out for a year now. He will be rusty to some extent. So it will take some time for him to comeback 100% NBA ready. That said, the Pacers are a team that can't be counted out at all. I can't say if they need much of anything in terms of trade. If they do, they will figure it out when the time comes.

[SK21209]

I don't see how Morris addresses this roster's flaws. We need a point guard and could use a backup center. Morris isn't either of those.

You're right but sometimes the clear solution to a glaring need just isn't out there. I can't think of any starting-caliber, floor-general point guard or physical, defensive center that we can realistically get for some combination of Harkless, Jerome, McGruder, Zubac and the 2020 FRP. Including Trez in a deal opens up many more opportunities but I think that is extremely unlikely. Harkless hasn't really been a problem thus far but Portland fans lamented his disappearing in the playoffs for years; if we can substantially upgrade that spot without giving up any other valuable rotation player, it's something to consider.