Darius Morris Discussion

wcsoldier81 wrote:Rooscooter aka The Morris and Ebanks killer ( I agree with his assessment on both players though )

Weezy wrote:

Rooscooter wrote:

Weezy wrote:Well, he's definitely got an NBA body, just hope he can actually get a better NBA mind at some point, figure out how to slow down and play in control.

The body has nothing to do with being able to play the game..... or at least not that much to do with it.... Where Morris is failing isn't in his physique or athleticism..... it's in fairly basic skills and fundamentals..... I've never seen a point guard at this level that continually plays with his head down.... also his ball handling is below average at best and his passing is not fundamentally sound at all..... All things he can work on to gain the skills but from last Summer League to this one he hasn't really progressed one bit... unfortunately.....

His overall game isn't at the NBA level.... it doesn't take much watching to see that.

I agree with you, jeez. All I meant is that he has the height and strength to not be out of his league in the NBA, but that's clearly not close to enough because he constantly looks lost and out of control out there, I just said I HOPE at some point he could actually put that body to use instead of wasting the clear physical ability. I mean at the very least he's not undersized like Glock and doesn't have that also going against him, he's got no physical liabilities/deficiencies standing in his way. Dayum though, somebody is not a Morris fan.

The opening preseason contest for the Lakers, on Oct. 7 vs. Golden State in Fresno, is now a mere 41 days away, meaning the number of players at the Lakers facility will continue to climb.

According to the team’s strength and conditioning coach, Tim DiFrancisco, the following Lakers have been regulars at the practice facility of late: Devin Ebanks; Andrew Goudelock; Jordan Hill; Darius Morris; and Metta World Peace.

DiFrancisco expects newcomers Antawn Jamison, Chris Duhon and Jodie Meeks in the weight room and on the court after Labor Day.

As for the two incoming All-Stars acquired in summer trades?

Steve Nash is expected to be in Los Angeles in mid-September, and plans on working out at the team’s facility.

Dwight Howard is currently doing his therapy/rehabilitation from back surgery at a facility in the Westwood/Century City area of L.A. At some point, he will transition over to working with Lakers head athletic trainer Gary Vitti, the team’s head physical therapist Dr. Judy Seto and the rest of Vitti’s staff (a time has not yet been set). Lakers spokesman John Black said Howard will not be doing any basketball/weight workouts until he’s cleared medically, and that there is no target date for any of that at this point.

Pau Gasol* is expected to return to Los Angeles at the end of September, while Kobe Bryant is more than trusted by the team to make his own work out arrangements for the offseason prior to training camp.
*You can follow Gasol’s Twitter feed to find out where he is in a given week.

We’ll have more for you on the player front in the coming weeks as the Lakers ramp up for 2012-13.

Doc Brown wrote:
I feel like a couple of the guys (MWP / Ebanks / Morris) have been putting in some major work this offseason. Hopefully it pays off....

Psychobroker wrote:It's good to see the guys that need the work in there working... but where's Steve Blake???

Weezy wrote:
Lol point taken, hopefully you're out of that mess by now.

therealdeal wrote:This kid is getting cut up. Hopefully he's enough reason to get rid of Blake and buy out Duhon next year... that's pretty much my ceiling of expectation from him.