Markieff Morris didn’t have a role with the Dallas Mavericks last season. It likely wasn’t what the veteran journeyman power forward envisioned after the Brooklyn Nets traded him to Dallas with Kyrie Irving. Dallas was a team with a desperate need for physicality in the frontcourt, and Morris had a reputation as a tough player, sometimes to his detriment. Instead, he was a nonfactor.
Morris, who recently turned 34, found himself sitting at the end of the bench watching the action on the court with Dallas. He rarely took off his warmups to check-in.