Clippers power forward Marcus Morris has thrived across the 16 games he has played since replacing Nicolas Batum in the team’s starting lineup, as Andrew Greif of the Los Angeles Times details. Los Angeles is 13-3 since head coach Tyronn Lue made the change.
Ahead of tonight’s 126-115 victory over the Pacers, Morris had been connecting on 48.8% on his 6.2 three-pointers a night and 51% overall from the floor since taking over as a starter.
My production is the same, minutes (have) been the same,” Batum said of the switch. “But Marcus has been great for us. He has been even better since he has been starting.”
There’s more out of the Pacific Division:
- The Warriors have announced (Twitter link) that Brandon Schneider will replace departing Rick Welts as Golden State’s president and COO when the latter retires at the end of the 2020/21 season. Schneider has served as the Warriors’ chief revenue officer since 2018, and has spent 19 seasons with Golden State overall.
- Suns center Deandre Ayton has been a big, but subtle, contributor to the club’s newfound success this season, writes Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic. Though he is known more for his scoring and rebounding, Ayton has been able to juggle his impressive skill set with a growing defensive game and improved screening.
- Kings rookie shooting guard Tyrese Haliburton acknowledged his frustration over his team’s current seven-game losing streak, according to James Ham of NBC Sports California. “We know we’re better than this, we’ve proven we’re better than this throughout the year,” Haliburton said. “But obviously, consistency has plagued us our whole season.” With a 22-32 record, the Kings are currently four games behind the tenth-seeded Warriors for a chance at a play-in tournament berth.
Actually, it’s been poor defense that’s plagued the Kings all year, and it’s been very consistent.
Sacramento isn’t going to catch the Warriors for the #10 spot to reach the play-in tournament. But the Pelicans are only one game behind the former champs, so they’ll need a lot more big games out of Steph to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.
Since this article said nothing about the Warriors. You must be apart of the Marty McRae goon patrol of trolls. Dude, get a life.
Why are you so obsessed with the Warriors financial picture? Why do you believe that you know more about running a team than they do? It is a really weird obsession you and Marty have with the Warriors.
Ummm, Im a massive GSW fan and have been since I was 6 years old back in the RUN-TMC days – of course I am obsessed with them. I’m not trolling anyone other than mr rockets fan whos brain broke after Steph wrecked Hardens career. I literally think Steph and GSW are the greatest player/team in the league, for real. No trolling here.
“WallyWood” is the only troll around here, he’s the only person on the entire internet who cares about Joe Lacob’s tax bill, Lacob himself says he doesn’t care about paying money to put a contender on the floor. WallyWood refuses to acknowledge this, for reasons none of us can decipher.
Im pretty sure NBA would like the play-in games to feature Steph Zion Luka and Ja. Im worried for the Spurs.
PS the East play-in will feature big names like Julius Randle, Zach Lavine, Malcolm Brogdon and Trey Young. What a joke
Big names? You a fan of Melo?
The joke is you.
The East is a joke. If Steph or Luka were out East, they would be getting to finals every other year with their current squads
What’s your point? You want to start redrawing state lines?
Warriors are 14-14 against the West. 12-14 against the East. I think you’re wrong friendo.
Warriors “arent chasing wins” this season though (Kerr’s words, not mine), so their record isn’t very valid this season.
Mavs are 13-8, Grizz are 15-8,Spurs are 12-7 against the East. Whats your point?
My point is what you said about the Warriors is wrong. That was pretty clear.
When wrong, just move the goalpost.