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Last updated on November 3, 2024.
Markieff Morris is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. He played college basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks before being drafted 13th overall in the 2011 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns. He won an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020.
Once, in third grade, we switched classes and nobody knew until our mother stepped in.
I'm kind of a low-tempered kind of guy, so I ease my way one game at a time.
A team is more like a family; that's how I grew up.
I'll contribute any way I can, whether it's cheering my teammates on or being in the game.
Honestly, Detroit really wasn't on my list. I really didn't look into it much until I sat down with my brother and looked at the roster. It was kind of a perfect fit.
Our first thought growing up was that we want to be together always so we didn't want to play the same position. You see a lot of twins play the same position because they are so alike. That was a big thing for us that we taught ourselves, and luckily it ended up paying off.
I would pick any team if I could go with my brother.
I really didn't have aspirations. I was just tall.
Everybody wants to be a scorer. Everybody can't be a scorer.
We need the fans to win games. We need the energy from them to win a lot of games and we need that every night, not just certain nights.
The youth is the future, and anything I can do to give to them, I'll do it.
Me personally, I'm just trying to be the 'X-factor' that's needed. Whatever is needed out of me, I want to come in and provide.
We do our best to compete and show how good we are together. The game is more fun when I have my brother.
I'm a little bit more than just tough.
Our mom did her best to provide for us growing up.
If you can imagine being with somebody for 21 years and you both get to the NBA and have to split up, and then all of a sudden getting back together, it's unreal.
I can be on my own.
Russell Westbrook's just a wild guy.
I had a couple great years in Phoenix, man.
That's what brothers do. I expect a lot from him. We always work out together. We always do everything together. I know what he's capable of doing. He knows what I'm capable of doing. When it doesn't happen, we pull each other's cards.
My toughness comes from just being from Philly, man.
I'm passionate about winning.
Some of my best experiences have been at KU and I'm thankful for my teammates, coaches and all the people that support KU.
I have confidence every game.
I keep in high spirits and keep my confidence.
Adidas shelltoes, I always loved them.
I leave Phoenix and everybody's calling me disgruntled, but then you see my teammates that were there speak highly of me.
I can just be one of those guys that used in the mix, playing 4 or 5 if we play smaller.
I'm a tough guy. I'm ready to battle with anybody.
Any time you score all the touchdowns, you're going to be the best player.
Some games are going to be bad. You can't win every game. That comes along with sports.
When we have the LeBrons and the D-Wades, we need to be heckling them.
I'm not the type of guy that takes stuff back he did.
I'm watching a lot of film to see what I can do differently, to see how I can help when I get in the game.
The game isn't the same when we're apart.
Whenever my number is called, I'll be ready always.
I've had the iPad for a nice little minute, not into gadgets like that, though.
Just watching Steve Nash growing up, and what he did with Amare - you can't play with a better point guard than him.
It wasn't about the money. I was just playing basketball, playing with my brother, happy being in the NBA.
Sometimes little brothers and big brothers get into it.
I've gotten better every year I've been in the league, and I'm going to continue to get better, with or without my brother.
Not too big on alcohol, but if I had to chose; I like Ciroc.
I'll do whatever it takes to win.
As I move on to the professional stage of my career, I will always remember my time as a Jayhawk. Playing here has prepared me for the opportunity to have a successful career in the NBA.
I grew up - obviously I'm from Philly, where Kobe is from, so we grew up idolizing Kobe. He meant everything to us.
A couple colleges tried recruiting me without Marcus and I just shut it down right away. That was clear from the beginning. It was always a package deal.
I heard the other day that I'm the skinniest power forward in the league. I might be the skinniest, but I'm damn sure not the weakest.
It's tough to be away from my wife and my daughter every day during the bubble. So to have my brother here, it's special for me.
Philly guys have a different toughness from anybody you've probably ever met. That's what I hang my hat on.
I think girls should be paid more... they're just as talented as us.
I ain't tripping about not playing with my brother.