Markieff Morris #88

Position:
PF
Height:
208 cm
Weight:
111 kg
Age:
35 yo (1989 September 02)
Birth place:
Philadelphia, United States of America
Citizenship:
American
Dalton Knecht credits Lakers veteran for support

2025-04-06

Dalton Knecht made a strong impact in the Los Angeles Lakers 124-108 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday. After a win, the young wing credited his veteran teammate, Markieff Morris, for helping him stay focused and ready throughout his rookie season.
Markieff Morris revives Jokic feud with controversial statement

2025-04-03

The longstanding tension between Markieff Morris and Nikola Jokic has resurfaced, with Morris recently making controversial remarks about the Denver Nuggets' star center. During an appearance on ESPN's 'First Take,' Morris stated, "I'm still not gonna say [Nikola Jokic] is top 20 right now." ​
Markieff Morris: Veteran not leaving Lakers due to strategic reason

2025-03-05

The Los Angeles Lakers acquired 14-year NBA veteran forward Markieff Morris from the Dallas Mavericks in the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade. Despite his limited role -- averaging just 3.7 points in 6.7 minutes over three appearances -- the LA team is not expected to waive him.
Markieff Morris re-signs with Dallas Mavericks

2024-09-08

Forward Markieff Morris has agreed to return to the Dallas Mavericks, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. The Mavericks, last season's Western Conference champions, prioritized re-signing the 35-year-old veteran. Morris has been a key leader in the locker room as he enters his 14th NBA season.
Mavericks to stretch-and-waive JaVale McGee, re-sign Markieff Morris

2023-08-22

The Dallas Mavericks are expected to make two off-season moves. Shams Charania from The Athletic reports that Mavericks are expected to stretch-and-wave center JaVale McGee.  The 35-year-old McGee averaged 4.4 points and 2.5 rebounds per game in 42 appearances for the Mavs last season. Charania also adds that Dallas is expected to re-sign forward Markieff Morris to a deal.
Kyrie Irving traded to Dallas Mavericks

2023-02-05

Two days after demanding to be traded from the Brooklyn Nets, Kyrie Irving seems to have found his new team. According to Shams Charania from The Athletic, the superstar guard has been traded to the Dallas Mavericks. Marc Cuban's team is giving up Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, a first-round pick, and multiple second-round picks, the renowned journalist reports.
Nets sign veteran forward Markieff Morris

2022-08-30

Free agent Markieff Morris has agreed to a one-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Markieff Morris, who missed 58 games last season due to an injury he suffered after in an altercation with the NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, last season played for the Miami Heat.
Markieff Morris after his comeback: 'I don't want to hear from Jokic'

2022-03-13

Markieff Morris fully recovered from the whiplash and played his first minutes after missing 58 games in a row. The veteran forward sustained a neck injury on November 8 when Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic shoved him to the court. "It's been a long process and it felt great," Morris said. "Grateful to play the game I love again. I had a lot of fun tonight. I'm upset we couldn't get the win." ...
Heat reportedly worried Markieff Morris will be out rest of season after Jokic's shove

2022-02-06

Miami Heat are concerned regarding Markieff Morris' health and haven't cleared him from the whiplash he suffered after being shoved by reigning MVP Nikola Jokic in November, according to the Miami Herald. The setback may end up keeping Morris out for the rest of the season, via the report. However, the NBA veteran is optimistic about his return, saying he will be back on the court this campaign. ...
Morris on his injury after altercation with Jokic: ‘Imagine sloppy fat boy run at full speed’ (1)

2022-01-07

Miami Heat forward Markieff Morris has missed the last 30 games since he got into an altercation on the court with Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and November 8th, 2021. The Morris brother and the reigning NBA MVP got into a fight when the Heat forward tried to stop a fast break with a forceful elbow hit to Jokic's ribs. The Serbian center then responded by shoving Morris with his back turned ...
Nikola Jokic’s brothers have bought tickets for the Nuggets’ away game against the Heat

2021-11-13

The incident between Nikola Jokic and Morris brothers took a new turn. The Athletic insider Shams Charania on the Pat McAfee Show revealed that Nikola Jokic’s brothers Nemanja and Strahinja already bought the tickets for the Miami Heat game against the Denver Nuggets in Florida. The game is scheduled on November 29. The conflict began after Markieff Morris made a dirty foul on Nikola Jokic. ...
NBA greats Shaq and Barkley defend Nikola Jokic's actions (1)

2021-11-10

Two legendary NBA players Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley touched the theme of Nikola Jokic and Markieff Morris' conflict on Inside the NBA. They discussed the altercation and stood behind Nikola Jokic. "That's called retaliation. First of all, when you hit me, don't turn around because I am swinging," said Shaquille O'Neal. "I have no problem with what the Joker did, I actually like it as a ...
Denver's Nikola Jokic suspended, Heat's Markieff Morris fined

2021-11-10

Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was suspended one game without pay by the NBA on Tuesday and the Miami Heat's Markieff Morris was fined $50,000 for an altercation in Monday's game between the players. With 2:39 remaining in a game the Nuggets appeared to have in hand while up 111-94, Morris collided hard with Jokic near midcourt. Jokic reacted by shoving Morris to the ground, with both players ...
Report: Markieff Morris agrees to deal with Heat

2021-08-03

Free-agent forward Markieff Morris has agreed to a one-year deal with the Miami Heat, ESPN reported Tuesday. Morris, 31, joins a physical frontcourt -- and team -- in Miami that includes P.J. Tucker and Bam Adebayo with Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry manning the backcourt. The journeyman Morris spent the past two seasons in Los Angeles with the Lakers, averaging 6.4 points and 4.1 rebounds in 18.7 ...

NBA

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
24/25 Los Angeles Lakers 15:28 36.1%
9/25
30.6%
7/23
84%
5/6
1.9
1.5/0.4
2.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 - 1.8 - 5.5 5.4 8 »
24/25 Dallas Mavericks 5:48 33.3%
3/9
15.6%
2/13
- 1.1
1.1/0
0.6 0.1 0.3 0.1 - 0.3 - 1.7 1 7 »
24/25 All Teams 10:57 35.2%
12/34
25%
9/36
82.5%
5/6
1.5
1.3/0.2
1.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 - 1.1 - 3.7 3.3 15 »
23/24 Dallas Mavericks 8:27 28.8%
8/28
35.3%
16/45
86.4%
5/6
1.6
1.4/0.2
0.6 0.2 0.5 0.1 - 0.5 - 2.6 2.2 27 »
22/23 All Teams 10:08 42.9%
19/44
39.4%
28/71
100%
10/10
2
1.7/0.4
0.9 0.3 0.5 0.1 - 1.4 - 3.8 3.3 35 »
22/23 Brooklyn Nets 10:34 39.3%
13/33
40.9%
20/49
100%
10/10
2.2
1.7/0.5
0.9 0.3 0.5 0.2 - 1.2 - 3.6 3.6 27 »
22/23 Dallas Mavericks 8:42 54.3%
6/11
36.4%
8/22
- 1.5
1.5/0
0.8 0.1 0.5 0 - 1.9 - 4.5 2.1 8 »
21/22 Miami Heat 16:33 54.8%
40/73
29.8%
11/37
88.7%
8/9
2.7
1.7/1
1.1 0.3 1.1 0.1 - 1.9 - 7.1 4.7 17 »
20/21 Los Angeles Lakers 19:02 51.1%
89/174
31.1%
66/213
72.1%
40/56
4.2
3.4/0.8
1.2 0.3 0.9 0.3 - 1.7 - 6.4 6.1 65 »
19/20 Los Angeles Lakers 16:42 50.9%
30/59
38.6%
42/109
79.1%
12/15
3.1
2.3/0.8
0.8 0.3 0.7 0.3 - 2.4 - 5.7 4.3 35 »
19/20 Detroit Pistons 22:27 49.9%
100/200
39.5%
75/189
77.2%
61/79
3.9
3.4/0.5
1.6 0.6 1.6 0.2 - 2.4 - 11.1 8.1 44 »
19/20 All Teams 19:54 50.3%
130/259
39.3%
117/298
77.3%
73/94
3.6
2.9/0.7
1.2 0.5 1.2 0.2 - 2.4 - 8.7 6.4 79 »
18/19 Oklahoma City Thunder 15:23 41.5%
44/106
33.3%
22/66
74.2%
21/28
3.6
2.8/0.8
0.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 - 2.3 - 6 4.5 29 »
18/19 Washington Wizards 25:58 51.6%
95/184
33.3%
48/144
78.1%
57/73
5.1
3.9/1.2
1.8 0.7 1.4 0.6 - 3.4 - 11.5 8.9 34 »
18/19 All Teams 21:06 48%
139/290
33.3%
70/210
77.5%
78/101
4.4
3.4/1
1.3 0.6 0.9 0.4 - 2.9 - 9 6.9 63 »
17/18 Washington Wizards 27:12 53.4%
276/517
35.7%
78/219
82.3%
114/138
5.8
4.6/1.1
1.9 0.8 1.7 0.5 - 3 - 11.4 10.6 79 »
16/17 Washington Wizards 30:52 47.6%
380/798
36.5%
85/234
83.3%
205/246
6.5
5/1.4
1.7 1.1 1.7 0.7 - 3.4 - 13.7 11.7 89 »
15/16 Phoenix Suns 24:46 42%
149/355
28.8%
22/76
71.5%
66/92
5.2
4.1/1.2
2.4 0.9 2.4 0.5 0.9 2.8 - 11.6 6.7 37 »
15/16 All Teams 25:27 45.8%
258/563
30.2%
47/155
73.5%
108/147
5.5
4.4/1.1
1.9 0.9 2.1 0.5 0.6 2.9 - 12 8.2 64 »
15/16 Washington Wizards 26:22 52.5%
109/208
31.7%
25/79
76.5%
42/55
5.9
4.7/1.1
1.4 0.9 1.7 0.6 0.3 3 - 12.4 10.2 27 »
14/15 Phoenix Suns 31:28 49.4%
455/921
32.1%
57/179
76.3%
177/232
6.2
4.8/1.3
2.3 1.2 2.1 0.5 0.5 3 - 15.3 12.1 82 »
13/14 Phoenix Suns 26:34 51.1%
377/737
31.6%
34/108
79.2%
259/327
6
4.3/1.7
1.8 0.8 1.8 0.6 - 2.9 - 13.8 12.1 81 »
12/13 Phoenix Suns 22:24 42.7%
221/519
33.7%
45/134
72.9%
93/127
4.8
3.2/1.6
1.3 0.9 1.3 0.8 0.6 2.6 - 8.2 6.5 82 »
11/12 Phoenix Suns 19:30 42%
131/312
34.5%
43/124
72%
76/106
4.4
3.3/1.1
1 0.7 1.1 0.7 - 2.8 - 7.4 5.6 63 »
Date Team Opponent Score MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS PF PTS EFF
117-138 26 33.3%
2/6
18.2%
2/11
-
0/0
7
7/0
2 0 0 0 4 10 2
112-115 8 100%
2/2
75%
3/4
-
0/0
2
2/0
1 0 0 0 2 13 13
104-127 10 0%
0/1
50%
1/2
-
0/0
0
0/0
2 0 1 0 4 3 -2
88-104 4 100%
2/2
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
0 0 1 0 0 4 3
113-106 3 -
0/0
0%
0/1
-
0/0
1
1/0
0 0 1 0 0 0 -1
126-130 2 -
0/0
100%
1/1
-
0/0
2
2/0
0 0 0 0 0 3 5
122-124 4 -
0/0
0%
0/1
-
0/0
0
0/0
1 0 0 0 2 0 -2
108-111 9 -
0/0
50%
1/2
-
0/0
0
0/0
0 1 1 0 3 3 -1
125-123 6 -
0/0
0%
0/1
-
0/0
1
1/0
0 0 0 0 1 0 -1
139-96 7 0%
0/1
-
0/0
-
0/0
3
3/0
1 1 1 0 0 0 3
121-104 7 100%
1/1
-
0/0
-
0/0
1
1/0
0 0 1 1 2 2 1
122-130 15 33.3%
1/3
16.7%
1/6
-
0/0
3
1/2
1 0 0 0 1 5 1
137-133 6 100%
1/1
-
0/0
-
0/0
2
1/1
0 0 0 0 2 2 2
117-112 5 -
0/0
0%
0/1
-
0/0
0
0/0
1 1 0 0 1 0 0
106-98 13 33.3%
1/3
0%
0/2
100%
2/2
3
2/1
2 0 1 0 3 4 1
102-112 6 50%
1/2
-
0/0
100%
2/2
2
2/0
1 0 0 0 0 4 6
143-113 12 0%
0/1
75%
3/4
-
0/0
1
1/0
2 0 0 0 2 9 8
121-124 6 100%
1/1
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
0 0 0 0 0 2 2
100-112 6 50%
1/2
-
0/0
-
0/0
2
1/1
0 0 2 0 1 2 0
133-136 31 75%
3/4
33.3%
1/3
100%
6/6
11
8/3
2 1 1 1 1 15 25
122-116 15 0%
0/1
50%
2/4
-
0/0
3
3/0
1 0 0 1 2 6 6
114-105 11 0%
0/1
50%
1/2
-
0/0
0
0/0
1 0 0 0 1 3 1
113-107 3 33.3%
1/3
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
1 0 0 0 1 2 0
128-117 13 0%
0/1
33.3%
1/3
-
0/0
1
1/0
0 1 0 0 2 3 0
98-112 18 -
0/0
75%
3/4
-
0/0
2
1/1
2 1 1 0 1 9 11
115-106 4 -
0/0
-
0/0
-
0/0
1
1/0
0 0 0 0 0 0 1
127-115 17 100%
1/1
50%
2/4
-
0/0
7
5/2
1 1 0 0 2 8 13
116-103 20 33.3%
1/3
33.3%
1/3
-
0/0
4
3/1
5 0 1 1 2 5 8
112-85 5 -
0/0
-
0/0
-
0/0
0
0/0
0 0 2 0 0 0 -2
94-98 6 0%
0/1
0%
0/2
-
0/0
2
2/0
1 0 0 0 2 0 -2
86-128 7 0%
0/2
50%
1/2
-
0/0
2
2/0
2 1 0 0 1 3 4
116-109 10 -
0/0
50%
1/2
-
0/0
2
2/0
1 1 3 0 1 3 2
116-125 5 -
0/0
50%
1/2
-
0/0
2
2/0
0 0 0 0 1 3 3
109-105 19 0%
0/1
33.3%
1/3
-
0/0
4
3/1
0 0 1 1 3 3 1
108-130 2 -
0/0
100%
1/1
-
0/0
0
0/0
0 0 0 0 0 3 3

NBA

MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
Totals 10:28 35.3%
12/34
25%
9/36
83.3%
5/6
1.5
1.3/0.2
1.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 - 1.1 - 3.7 3.3 15 »
Los Angeles Lakers 15:00 36%
9/25
30.4%
7/23
83.3%
5/6
1.9
1.5/0.4
2.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 - 1.8 - 5.5 5.4 8 »
Dallas Mavericks 5:17 33.3%
3/9
15.4%
2/13
- 1.1
1.1/0
0.6 0.1 0.3 0.1 - 0.3 - 1.7 1 7 »
Home game 7:53 42.9%
6/14
19%
4/21
100%
2/2
1.2
1.1/0.1
0.9 0 0.1 0.1 - 0.7 - 2.9 2.2 9 »
Away game 14:20 30%
6/20
33.3%
5/15
75%
3/4
2
1.7/0.3
2.2 0.3 0.7 0.3 - 1.7 - 5 5 6 »
Wins 6:08 22.2%
2/9
23.1%
3/13
- 1.1
1.1/0
0.7 0.1 0.4 0.1 - 0.4 - 1.9 1.1 7 »
Losses 14:15 40%
10/25
26.1%
6/23
83.3%
5/6
1.9
1.5/0.4
2 0.1 0.3 0.3 - 1.6 - 5.4 5.3 8 »
Last 5 games 20:12 40.9%
9/22
25%
4/16
75%
3/4
2.8
2.2/0.6
2.8 0.2 0.4 0.4 - 2.2 - 6.6 7.2 5 »
November 4:00 25%
1/4
0%
0/2
- 2
2/0
1 0 0 0 - 0 - 1 1.5 2 »
December 5:00 0%
0/2
100%
1/1
- 0.5
0.5/0
0 0 1 0.5 - 0 - 1.5 0.5 2 »
January 6:20 66.7%
2/3
10%
1/10
- 1
1/0
0.7 0.3 0 0 - 0.7 - 2.3 1 3 »
February 6:20 0%
0/3
42.9%
3/7
100%
2/2
0.3
0.3/0
1 0 0.3 0 - 1 - 3.7 2.3 3 »
March 17:15 33.3%
5/15
23.1%
3/13
75%
3/4
2.5
1.8/0.8
2 0 0 0.3 - 1.8 - 5.5 5 4 »
April 32:00 57.1%
4/7
33.3%
1/3
- 4
4/0
6 1 2 1 - 4 - 11 16 1 »
Versus Chicago Bulls 5:00 33.3%
1/3
- - 1
1/0
1.5 0 0 0 - 0 - 1 2.5 2 »
Versus Milwaukee Bucks 20:00 33.3%
2/6
22.2%
2/9
75%
3/4
2.5
2/0.5
2 0 0 0.5 - 2.5 - 6.5 5.5 2 »
Versus Oklahoma City Thunder 4:00 - 0%
0/2
- 1
1/0
1 1 0 0 - 0 - 0 1 1 »
Versus Washington Wizards 9:30 25%
1/4
20%
1/5
- 1
1/0
0 0 1 0.5 - 0.5 - 2.5 -0.5 2 »
Versus Portland Trail Blazers 32:00 57.1%
4/7
33.3%
1/3
- 4
4/0
6 1 2 1 - 4 - 11 16 1 »
Versus Utah Jazz 6:30 0%
0/2
50%
2/4
100%
2/2
0
0/0
1.5 0 0 0 - 1 - 4 3.5 2 »
Versus Cleveland Cavaliers 4:00 100%
1/1
25%
1/4
- 1
1/0
1 0 0 0 - 1 - 5 4 1 »
Versus San Antonio Spurs 4:00 33.3%
1/3
0%
0/2
- 2
2/0
0 0 0 0 - 0 - 2 0 1 »
Versus Denver Nuggets 23:00 28.6%
2/7
25%
1/4
- 5
3/2
3 0 0 0 - 2 - 7 7 1 »
Versus Indiana Pacers 6:00 0%
0/1
33.3%
1/3
- 1
1/0
0 0 1 0 - 1 - 3 0 1 »
Versus Los Angeles Clippers 2:00 - - - 0
0/0
0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 1 »
Height:
208 cm
Weight:
111 kg
Age:
35 yo (1989-09-02)
Birth place:
Philadelphia, United States of America
Citizenship:
American
Height:
-
Weight:
-
Age:
-
Birth place:
-
Citizenship:
-