Cavaliers forward Marcus Morris, who is on a 10-day contract, was ejected from Monday’s win over the Hornets, according to ESPN News Services. Morris threw a high elbow that struck Charlotte center Nick Richards in the jaw.
Morris said he wanted to send a message to his new Cavaliers teammates: “There’s been a lot of grueling games and I was just wanted to toughen us up. Step in front of it like, listen this is what’s going to be expected moving forward, not just for today. Set the precedent going into the playoffs. We’re not about to have anybody coming in here and doing what they want to do. I wanted to play the game, I didn’t want to get thrown out, but I definitely wanted to put a little lick on him. I was happy the way we responded.”
We have more from the Central Division:
- The Bulls lost by two points to Washington on Monday. DeMar DeRozan was angry that his team didn’t take advantage of a matchup against a depleted team playing out the string, according to K.C. Johnson of NBC Sports Chicago. “All these games matter. You want to be playing good basketball towards this part of the season,” DeRozan said. “I’m pretty sure I’m going to be pissed off until we get back out on the court. We shouldn’t drop games like this right now. We’re resilient. But we can’t live on the edge every game. We gotta leave it out there these last 10 games. We can’t have no more excuses. We gotta play like your life depends on it.”
- Bulls forward Dalen Terry has been working on his three-point shot since being drafted in the first round in 2022. However, it hasn’t shown on the court. He’s shooting 24.1% from deep this season. “I definitely believe it’s going to be a real big offseason for me, just taking care of my shot,” Terry told Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun Times.
- The Pistons are listing Cade Cunningham as questionable and Jalen Duren as probable for Wednesday’s game at Minnesota, James Edwards III of The Athletic tweets. Cunningham has missed the last two games due to knee soreness, while Duren has sat out three games due to back spasms.
Well. That quote won’t come back to haunt Morris, will it.
Probably not. If you watch the plahe was trying to check the chest and failed to anticipate Richard’s movement. He said just enough to make it clear he was not headhunting. If anything it will put some fear into other teams. Like Morris , Thompson, Niang and Wade are also scrappers. The team didn’t have or use any of these 4 much against the Knicks last year. Add to that Allen and Mobley being stronger and more confident a rematch wouldn’t turn out the same.
‘Put some fear into other teams’ lol no one’s scared of the Morris goons, jokic made it clear that they can only do so much before they get called on it
Save that for Jokic
Pistons to sign Miles Bridges or na?
I think he’d be a really good fit, not a bad outside shot which they need, just a risk with all the charges n stuff. But I think they need a lot more than him to become competitive. The team is just bad from players to coaching to FO.
I wouldn’t be surprised if one or two of Cade/Ivey/Ausar/Duren are gone next season and used to pick up a true centrepiece.