Former Kansas forward Marcus Morris of the Boston Celtics hopes coach Brad Stevens asks him to guard Cleveland phenom LeBron James during the upcoming NBA Eastern Conference finals.
“Personally, I think I'm probably the best guy defending him in the league, outside of Kawhi (Leonard),” Morris said Saturday, the eve of the series opener in Boston, as quoted by ESPN.com.
The 6-foot-9, 235-pound Morris was matched against 6-8, 250-pound James 55 times during their two meetings in the 2017-18 regular season. James, ESPN.com says, averaged 43.6 points per 100 possessions in matchups against Morris. That’s ninth-most among 39 defenders that matched up at least 50 times against him during the regular season.