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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers will be shorthanded for the next month with both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George shelved. On the bright side, it appears they’ll be getting Marcus Morris and Reggie Jackson back in the lineup very shortly. On Sunday, the Clippers announced that Morris tested out of the NBA’s health […]

Nikola Jokic missed Marcus Morris in the Denver Nuggets’ win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night. But he didn’t miss the opportunity to deliver another memorable performance. Jokic led the Nuggets to the close 103-100 victory to improve to 16-16, finishing with monster numbers of 26 points, 22 rebounds, eight assists, two steals, […]

The NBA’s bout with COVID-19 continues as Christmas Day nears. The latest hit comes to the LA Clippers, who already lost Marcus Morris due to a positive COVID-19 test. On Wednesday, the team announced that guard Reggie Jackson had entered the league’s health and safety protocols and would miss the game against the Sacramento Kings. […]

As if it wasn’t already worse that franchise star Paul George hasn’t played since December 6th due to an elbow injury, the Los Angeles Clippers have been handed yet another unfortunate blow. Veteran Marcus Morris Sr has entered COVID-19 protocols, per The Athletic’s Law Murray: Marcus Morris Sr. is entering health and safety protocols, team […]

Marcus Morris had one of his best games of the season on Wednesday as the Los Angeles Clippers took on the Utah Jazz. Morris’ team-high 24-point effort was not enough, though, as the Jazz made easy work of a shorthanded Clippers side, 124-103. After the game, Morris had a bit of an unsavory message for […]

The Los Angeles Clippers lost Nicolas Batum for about a week, but welcomed back one of their other forwards from a month-long absence. Marcus Morris made his long-awaited return to the Clippers’ lineup, starting Tuesday night’s game against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. Morris was announced as the Clippers’ starter pregame and, despite being […]

The NBA is still reeling after the worst altercation of this season occurred during the Miami Heat-Denver Nuggets game on Monday night. Heat forward Markieff Morris and Nuggets center Nikola Jokic were each ejected for their involvements in the shoving match late in the fourth quarter. That got both Marcus Morris and the Jokic brothers […]

Los Angeles Clippers forward Marcus Morris and Nikola Jokic’s brothers have a feud brewing. It spilled onto Twitter. Reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic was ejected in the Denver Nuggets win over the Miami Heat Monday. Nuggets star Nikola Jokic took a cheap shot at Heat forward Markieff Morris. Jokic came flying from behind Morris and […]

Things got heated between Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic and Miami Heat veteran Markieff Morris on Monday night, with Jokic delivering a cheap shot to Morris after the Heat veteran gave the Nuggets center an aggressive bump as he dribbled the ball up the court. While Morris’ contact against Jokic was unnecessary, Jokic’s shove of […]

Marcus Morris has been very vocal that his Los Angeles Clippers would’ve reached the NBA Finals last year if they were healthy. Kawhi Leonard suffered the partially torn ACL, Ivica Zubac suffered a sprained MCL, and Morris dealt with flare-ups from his knee tendinitis. The Clippers fell to the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference […]

Los Angeles Clippers forward Marcus Morris made sure to let everyone know that he’s not happy he didn’t make it to ESPN’s Top 100 players list for the 2021-22 season. After all, he firmly believes he’s one of the best 100 players in the league today. On Twitter, Morris didn’t hold back in expressing his […]

The Los Angeles Clippers’ best season in franchise history came to an unfortunate end on Wednesday night. The Phoenix Suns blew them out, 130-103, in what was the first blowout loss of the postseason. Behind Marcus Morris’ series-high 26 points, the Clippers continued to fight until they had no fight left to give. The loss […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will live to fight for at least another game in the 2021 NBA Playoffs after Paul George and company put up a valiant effort to snatch a 116-102 win in Game 5 against the Phoenix Suns Monday night. People will talk about George’s heroics in that game, but what Marcus Morris […]

Jayson Tatum couldn’t help but be in awe of his former Boston Celtics teammate Marcus Morris, who got off to a hot start for the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals against the Phoenix Suns. Morris exploded for 13 points in the opening frame of the crucial contest for the […]

The Utah Jazz started the series up 2-0 but have lost two straight games, making the series tied at 2-2. The Los Angeles Clippers have been great the past two games and the Jazz will need to make major adjustments for Game 5. Clippers stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George have taken over the last […]

The Los Angeles Clippers tied up their second-round series against the Utah Jazz at 2-2 with another commanding victory in Game 4 on Monday night. Marcus Morris had another big night with his twin brother Markieff in the house (he was there for Game 7 against the Dallas Mavericks), going for 24 points and five […]

Los Angeles Lakers veteran big man Markieff Morris wasn’t expecting to be able to watch his twin brother play live in a Game 7 in the first round of the playoffs. But because of the Lakers’ loss to the Phoenix Suns, there he was, cheering on Marcus Morris at Staples Center as the Los Angeles […]

LOS ANGELES – Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and the LA Clippers were the third best three-point shooting team in NBA history during the 2020-21 regular season. They struggled shooting for most of their first round series against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. When they needed a good shooting night the most, Marcus Morris and […]

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry made a shocking appearance for the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 7 against the Dallas Mavericks. Well, sort of. Marcus Morris actually channeled his inner Curry for an insane performance from 3-point country, banking seven of his nine triples to help the Clippers take the crucial win and advance […]

Who says white men can’t jump? Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic may not be the most athletic player out there, but he sure can get up for a rim-rocking poster when he wants to. Just ask Los Angeles Clippers forward Marcus Morris. Midway through the first quarter of the contest, Luka found his way to […]

One of the most controversial moments from last season’s first-round series between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Dallas Mavericks was when Marcus Morris stepped on Luka Doncic’s foot. One year on and Morris himself claims that this is now all water under the bridge. Before anything else, here’s a refresher on the incident that […]

Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic has forgiven Marcus Morris and moved on from their controversial exchange in last year’s playoffs in the Orlando bubble. After the Mavs officially claimed the fifth seed in the West to set up a rematch with the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the postseason, Doncic was asked […]

The Los Angeles Clippers moved up to 37-18 after a 131-124 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. Even without All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard, they secured their fifth straight win to remain in third place in the Western Conference. Without Leonard, the team used a balanced effort, with seven players scoring in double figures led […]

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is a funny guy. So much so that ahead of facing the Los Angeles Lakers, he had some jokes for twins Marcus Morris and Markieff Morris. Per Farbod Esnaashari of Sports Illustrated, Leonard toyed around with his teammate Marcus ahead of their duel with the Lakers., warning that he’d […]

Who doesn’t love a good cryptic tweet right ahead of the trade deadline? For those that appreciate those tweets, you’re in luck. Marcus Morris knows all about being on the block during a deadline. The New York Knicks moved the forward last year to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for a first-round pick. A […]

The Los Angeles Clippers bounced back from their blowout loss to the New Orleans Pelicans with a 109-99 win over the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. The win coincided with a change implemented by head coach Tyronn Lue, inserting Marcus Morris into the starting lineup in place of Nicolas Batum. Lue had been preaching and […]

LOS ANGELES — To date this season, no game has displayed the balance of the Los Angeles Clippers more than Sunday night’s 129-96 victory over the Indiana Pacers. The Clippers had seven players in double-figure scoring, led by Marcus Morris’ season-high 20 points as well as Paul George’s 20 points. Luke Kennard also pitched in 20 […]

After all the flak he received for his uninspired performance in last year’s playoffs, Los Angeles Clippers superstar Paul George is actually having a terrific bounce-back season so far in 2020-21. The 6-time All-Star is playing like his old self again and should be an early frontrunner for the MVP award according to his teammate […]

If Los Angeles Clippers forward Marcus Morris had his way, he wouldn’t have played against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday in the wake of the shocking riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Several teams performed acts of solidarity before their respective games by kneeling to denounce the violent acts of Donald Trump […]

After missing the season opener against the Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers forward Marcus Morris will be sidelined once again for LA’s Christmas Day contest with the Denver Nuggets, per Tomer Azarly: Marcus Morris won’t be available tomorrow, but every other Clipper will against the Nuggets. — Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) December 24, 2020 Morris missed all […]

The Los Angeles Clippers had a front-row seat as they watched their heated rivals Los Angeles Lakers receive their 2020 championship rings at the Staples Center on Tuesday. While it’s understandable that Clippers players were pretty peeved before tip-off of their season opener, it was the complete opposite for Marcus Morris. The Clippers forward was […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will play their season opener against the Los Angeles Lakers without a key piece in Marcus Morris. The veteran forward will be missing their first game due to right knee soreness, per ESPN. Morris failed to suit up in each of the team’s three preseason games. The Clippers ultimately snagged an 0-3 […]

The LA Clippers still aren’t over their loss to the Denver Nuggets in the 2020 Western Conference semifinals. After building a commanding 3-1 lead, LA dropped three games in a row and were eliminated from contention. The loss stung the organization enough to make significant changes at the top starting with head coach Doc Rivers, […]

There have been more than a few narratives that have popped up stemming from what turned out to be an embarrassing end to the season for the Los Angeles Clippers. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George’s inability to establish themselves as respected leaders was an issue in the locker room, and that trickled down to the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers came into the 2019-20 NBA season with championship expectations. Many tabbed the Clippers as the favorite to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy. At the very least, the mere notion of a “Battle for L.A.” in the Western Conference Finals had basketball fans salivating. Of course, it never happened. The Clippers had […]

It’s a known fact that Los Angeles Lakers forward Markieff Morris shares an awful lot of things with his twin brother, Marcus Morrus. Apart from having identical tattoos on their respective bodies, it was revealed that the Morris twins are still sharing one bank account even to this day. Marcus recently confirmed these claims on […]

The season of overspending has for the most part come to an end. Across the NBA, there are a number of front offices slapping high-fives while draining most of their cap space for the foreseeable future following the initial frenzy of free agency. To add insult to injury, some of those same teams will be […]

Despite some brief rumors about his possible departure, Marcus Morris has agreed to stay with the Los Angeles Clippers. The 31-year-old has reportedly put pen to paper on a four-year, $64 million deal. This report comes via ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Deal: 4 years, $64M, per source. https://t.co/w8keZqg6hE — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 21, 2020 This […]

Marcus Morris Sr. joins the long list of power forwards in this year’s rather thin NBA free-agent pool. The 6-foot-8 stretch four was not supposed to be in the market for another year, since he initially verbally agreed to a two-year, $20 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs before the 2019-20 campaign. However, he […]