This is coming from the reporter who broke the Markieff Morris unhappiness story:
[Markieff Morris] is prepared to do whatever it takes to force Phoenix to deal him. He likes Houston because of James Harden and Toronto because of Kyle Lowry, but he honestly doesn’t care where he gets dealt as long as he is not wearing a Suns uniform.
He is going to tell the Suns he can’t play for them, has too much hatred and animosity built up and that they won’t want him around.
Markieff is not calling back teammates and plans to be very standoffish when he reports to camp. He does not plan on arriving until he absolutely has to, so no pickup games with the boys before camp starts. He is expected to make a circus of media day.
He has told those close to him he can never be happy in Phoenix. That he won’t say a word to any of the Suns’ upper management and will have one word answers for Coach Hornacek. He will keep things short and simple.
Morris is signed to a VERY reasonable long-term contract, and the Raptors have some depth issues at PF, so there’s a natural interest here.
Given that the player is demanding a trade, his trade value is affected and teams won’t break the bank to get him as he’s on the outs anyways. A Patrick Patterson/Morris swap is something Phoenix would jump at given their predicament, but I would not even go near that trade since Patterson is a better floor-spacer, though not as good a post-player.
At the same time, would love to have Morris in addition to Patterson. Let’ see if Ujiri can pull something out of his hat. On the other hand, though, do you really want a player that’s being such a bitch?
