Part of the benefit of NBA twin brothers Markieff and Marcus Morris signing with different teams was the more easily identifiable nature of one brother per team. Despite the Los Angeles Clippers acquiring veteran forward Marcus from the New York Knicks at the NBA's trade deadline on Feb. 6, star wing Paul George still found issue calling Morris by the correct first name.
Per ClutchPoints' Tomer Azarly:
“It was weird at first. Because I would call him Keff and it actually took a good week… it’s crazy, ‘what’s up Marcus, nice to meet you.’ And instantly after that, ‘Hey Keff!’ It’s going to take a second, give me a second. It’s cool. They’re different, but they’re the same. They have different mentalities but they are the same kind of person in terms of how they approach the game and how they play the game. So it’s dope to be teammates with both of them and see the differences and see the similarities. I think it’s pretty unique.”
Paul George on playing with Marcus Morris after playing with Markieff – “It was weird at first cuz I would call him ‘Keef.’ It took a good week. ‘What’s up Marcus? Nice to meet you.’ Then instantly after, ‘Hey Keff!… Ahh my fault, it’s gonna take a second…’ #Clippers pic.twitter.com/qnNyIZlcWY
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) February 25, 2020
Markieff and Marcus were selected with back-to-back picks in the 2011 draft by the Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets, respectively. Markieff got his wish in Feb. 2013, however, when the Kansas Jayhawk alums were reunited as the Rockets traded Marcus to the Suns. The Morris twins spent nearly three years together in Phoenix until they were separated again with Marcus traded to the Detroit Pistons in the 2015 offseason.
Since then, Marcus has sojourned to the Boston Celtics and this past summer signed a one-year, $15 million deal with the Knicks, later becoming their leading scorer until he was dealt to the Western Conference contender Clippers.
Markieff Morris was traded in Feb. 2016 to the Washington Wizards and again to the Oklahoma City Thunder before signing with his brother's former team, the Pistons, last offseason. Markieff agreed to a buyout in the past week and plans to sign with the Lakers—his brother's city rival.
So the Morris twins are, in a way, reunited in the same city at least.
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