Adam Morrison looks for one final chance in NBA
dissing on adam morrison but best situation that he could end up is the most improved player for this year and the worst is he could play somewhere in the philippines dleague as an import(not that i want to see that happen) cuz i dont or he could end up being 6th man of the year depends if he could end up having offense and having enough mins per game for him to achive that though i never followed the guys career i am rooting for the underdog(adam morrison) hope he could bounce back after a few bad years in the nba
imo morrison would make a good end of the bench guy he seems too really want another chance bad and those type of guys are great practice players whos gonna bring it every day at practice and b a good role model too develope younger players j offs like anthony randolph continue too b a waste of a roster spot but because of their so called potential continue too get a chance why not give someone who is busting his azz and would give a team everything he has another chance
He probably would've been a Marvin Willaims type guy in the sense that he'd be a high drafted player that might get you 10-13 points a game but that's about it, solid bench player, but unfortunatly that knee injury right before his second season really hurt him, I hope he's able to make somthing decent out of his NBA career.
It's kind of funny, people really do leave out the fact he blew out his knee and missed a whole season. So much so that I had forgotten that he had until I read this article. He was never that athletic to begin with, and that really hurt him as a player. Especially because he was such an aggressive scorer who took a lot of contact and got to the stripe a lot.
I hope he gets a shot, he was a fun guy to watch in college. I feel he's a borderline NBA player at this point in his career, but he's 6'8'' and can hit an open jumper. Sometimes a team need is all it takes for a player like him. Look what Steve Novak has done in New York, a few years ago he was considered one of the worst players in the league while struggling to get minutes for the pre-Blake Clippers, being in the right system and having the ability to hit a long jumper can do wonders for a guy's career.
Red Star could not wait to get rid of him last year. He played zero defense and hogged the ball. They were losing almost every game with him. They finally got rid of him and replaced him with a "Euro scrub" (words of the basketball gurus of NBA only fans).........
from then on they played good basketball and won a lot more games. They were a vastly better team once they got rid of him.
Then he went to Besiktas and totally sucked. He was so bad that they had to cut him from the team.
Keep in mind NBA only fans, that neither team played in Euroleague. I am talking about medicore leagues by European standards like the Adriatic League and the Turkish League, and a low level league by European standards like the EuroChallenge - and he was not cutting at that level.
After Besiktas got rid of him, they went on to play much better without him also.
For Besikitas, Morrison averaged 12 ppg and 3 rpg. He shot 52% on 2 point shots and 36% on 3's. He also didnt play that many minutes. Doesnt look like he sucked to me. The team also went 10-4 with him in the lineup. After looking up some information he left the team on his own and they didnt cut him. Then again I am a NBA only fan so I am probably an idiot liar.
Besiktas did in fact not cut him. He left because of a lack of playing time
http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2012/04/report-adam-morrison-besiktas-close-to-parting-ways/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Morrison#Be.C5.9Fikta.C5.9F_Milangaz
Coach Ataman confirmed that Adam Morrison left the Turkish team due to lack of playing time. Former NBA champion landed in Turkey last January as replacement of Kemp, injured. When the forward returned to action, Morrison became the sixth foreigner of the team. 'He asked us to leave because he didn't want to be anymore the sixth foreigner of the team' said Ataman.
Yeah, only one season before the knee injury. But it was a terrible season. He shot just terribly. He worse than most point guards at hitting the boards. And then he didn't do anything else assist-wise or steals or blocks. In college he was always taking these tough shots because he couldn't really take his man and yet he was still taking a ton of shots. The thing is in college he had this great touch and he made all these tough shots. I don't know why the touch left him in the pros. Maybe the shots just got that much tougher.
But the Euro stats are pretty good. Maybe he got his touch back. The Nets would be a good spot for him and the type of team trying build some hype and get some buzz. Morrison helps with that even if he only plays garbage time.
Six years after being tabbed a franchise cornerstone in Charlotte, Adam Morrison looks dramatically different playing a secondary role for Brooklyn in the summer league. The mustache is gone, and so is his luster after a remarkable career at Gonzaga, a high-scoring tenure that encouraged the Bobcats to take him third overall in the draft.
What Morrison is now is another on the list of Michael Jordan’s draft mistakes. He was never an impact player for the Bobcats, after some considered him a Larry Bird type because of his length and shooting ability. That was a lot of pressure, especially after Morrison blew out his left knee following his rookie season.
A career that began with promise quickly turned sour, those shots of Morrison at the end of the Lakers’ bench during their two most recent title runs a reminder of his decline. Morrison hasn’t played in the NBA in two years and it’s been more than three since he scored at least 10 points in a game.
He has spent the last two years in Serbia with KK Crvena Zvezda and in Turkey with Besiktas Milangaz, and less than a week before his 28th birthday, Morrison, one of the oldest players in the summer league, is giving the NBA one last shot.
He has spent the last two years in Serbia with KK Crvena Zvezda and in Turkey with Besiktas Milangaz, and less than a week before his 28th birthday, Morrison, one of the oldest players in the summer league, is giving the NBA one last shot.
“It’s highs and lows definitely, but yeah, I still enjoy it,” said Morrison, who scored 917 points as a rookie but just 283 in the NBA since. “It’s tough, but I look at it in a way that my problems as far as basketball are really not that big a deal compared to other people’s problems. I sincerely mean that. And you know, I was on a good team [with the Lakers]. So it wasn’t like I was on a really bad team and still didn’t get an opportunity. Just didn’t get minutes. I understood and we were loaded, that’s what happens.”
Morrison keeps his two championship rings in a safe, but he was obviously an afterthought. The player who was thrown into the deal that sent Morrison from the Bobcats to the Lakers (Shannon Brown) became a key contributor off the bench for Los Angeles, making Morrison’s two-year stint there appear even more uneventful.
But Morrison believes he still has game. He averaged 5.2 points and 19.2 minutes through the five summer league games for the Nets, and headed to Las Vegas this weekend to play with the Clippers’ summer league team, hoping to secure any role on any team, but one that will keep him in the United States and near his two daughters.
“I just need somebody to take a chance and give me an opportunity,” he said. “I’m a good teammate. I work hard, so hopefully somebody will give me an opportunity to show that. It’s tough when people say I was just terrible and I was just no good. A lot of people leave out that I missed a whole season and then got traded to the Lakers. So, that part is tough. But for me, I know what happened, so that’s just how it is.”
After missing home the last two years, Morrison said he will likely retire if does not make an NBA roster.
“I kind of made it either NBA or turn the page and do something else with my life,” he said. “Whether that’s coaching, I’m not sure yet. If I don’t make it in the NBA, I can look myself in the mirror and say I gave it an honest shot. After that, I think I’m just going to stay and coach.
“Europe is tough. It’s hard. I’ve got two little daughters. I mean, the people are really nice. Not knowing the language, not knowing where everything is at, and the stuff you take for granted being in America, it’s crazy. It’s one of those things you have to experience because once you get over there, turn on the TV, there’s one English channel. And it’s, ‘Hey, I want to be [in the States],’ but it’s a 17-hour flight to get back.”
Morrison undoubtedly has had to humble himself to return to the summer league. There are players as much as nine years younger (Detroit’s Andre Drummond) participating, making Morrison feel like a fossil.
“I was looking at one of the [roster] sheets and I saw [birth years] ’90, ’91, and I got one or two more years to show and if not, the door’s closed. I had some bad luck and part of it is I didn’t prepare myself after my rookie year. It’s just how it is.”
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/07/14/adam-morrison-tries-score-one-final-opportunity/WM3HSJGGoiOhSvNjrKYAsJ/story.html