Markieff Morris has been playing really well for the Lakers since LeBron James and Anthony Davis got hurt. How well? So well that his teammates are publicly lobbying for him to be paid more money.
Any pay raise is going to have to wait until free agency begins in August, but there is no disputing that — as the third-least expensive Laker that the team signed last summer — Morris has been a bargain for this team, especially over the games since James was injured. He knows that, and it turns out that he could have made more than the $1.