Miami Heat: Markieff Morris Settling Into Role With Best Showing Yet

Miami Heat: Markieff Morris Settling Into Role With Best Showing Yet

Finishing the contest on Monday with 16 points, three rebounds, and an assist on 7-11 shooting and 1-4 from range, it seems like nothing to write home about. Well, that’s because it wouldn’t be, as a stand alone stat line.

However, in congruence with and in the context of what it means to the greater whole of this Miami Heat team, it’s massive. It all boils down to this.

There were a few reasons to bring Morris in, but one should have stood out more than any other. When thinking about The Morris Twins and even back to their days at Kansas, Markieff and his brother Marcus of the Los Angeles Clippers, they’ve always been very multiple and especially on the offensive end.

While Marcus was always the more perimeter-oriented or capable guy, it seemed, both he and his brother could both do a lot of the same things. To that same effect, Markieff always seemed like the one most comfortable in a power-player’s role, banging, being physical, and doing that sort of stuff.

Again, both of them were capable of both roles though, where Keef seemed more comfortable as a true stretch-four and Marcus has always seemed more comfortable as a true wing. The whole thing with Markieff Morris and his role with the Heat this year revolves around all that, who both of the twins are at their cores.

He was brought to Miami to, not only, be big, physical, and tough, as mentioned, but to also get buckets. For a team, especially considering the reserves, that has struggled with scoring, generally creating offense at times, and going stale at the worst possible times on offense, a guy like Markieff was needed.