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No, there are a lot of sites I like. That particular one is more about how teams play when X player is in the game. Rather than focus on Morris' stats you get a reflection on how the Suns looked with and without him and how his positional counterpart played when he was on the court. The obvious flaw those kinds of stats would be if Morris was screwed by being in really bad rotations, or if Morris were the backup to some exceptional player it would make him look bad in comparison. Seeing as Morris backed up Scola, I dont think that hurts him too much. But Morris was certainly in some horrible rotations last season, surrounded by players that almost no one could look good along side.
But was Morris also a big part of the problem? I dunno. Seeing as he played a lot of minutes with Beasley, Wes Johnson and Marcus Morris, all 3 are players I would say are abjectly terrible, Markieff is developing a strong alibi.
Like I said, I might just be wrong and judging him to harshly for circumstances out of his control... but I watch him play it still does not make sense to me. Maybe I'd be able to judge him better if there was not this other dude out there playing like garbage who looks just like him.
I think he was a part of the problem. He wasn't good for us last year and I wasn't trying to make that argument. He had some good games but more often than not he was disappointing. But he wasn't horrible IMO and he gets talked about here as if he were.
Steve