Darius Morris

Darius Morris
Darius Morris
Morris drives on Cory Stanton (2010-11-30)
Los Angeles Lakers
Point guard
Personal information
Date of birth January 3, 1991 (1991-01-03) (age 20)
Place of birth Los Angeles, California
Nationality American
High school Windward School,
Los Angeles, California
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College Michigan
NBA Draft 2011 / Round: 2 / Pick: 41st overall
Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Pro career 2011–present
League National Basketball Association
Career highlights and awards

Darius Aaron Morris (born January 3, 1991) is an American professional basketball point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. Morris was selected as the 41st pick to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2011 NBA Draft.

Morris had completed his sophomore season with the Michigan Wolverines basketball team for the 2010–11 team. He was the 2010–11 Big Ten assists leader and is Michigan Wolverines all-time single-season assist record-holder. He earned third team All-Big Ten honors as a sophomore.

Morris led Windward School to the 2009 state championship while earning the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section John Wooden High School Player of the Year Award. He was a 2010–11 All-Big Ten 3rd team selection by the coaches and the media. The National Association of Basketball Coaches named him as a 2nd team All-District selection for the district composed of Big Ten schools.

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High School

In high school, Morris, the son of Dewayne Sr. and Robin Morris, attended Windward School. Morris was invited to numerous All-star basketball camps hosted by LeBron James, Steve Nash, the National Basketball Players Association and Nike. He was twice selected as a first-team All-State player in California. He was also named the MVP of numerous tournaments and invited to participate in numerous All-star games, including the Academic All-American Classic.[1] Morris led Windward High School to the California Division V state title, posting a game-high 25 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the championship game.[1] Darius Morris was named the MVP of Olympic League, CIF Division 5A Southern Section Player of Year,[2] and CIF Division 5A State Player of Year. Also Darius was awarded a John Wooden High School Player of the Year Award,[3] received by Jrue Holiday the year before.[4] He was ranked as the 11th, 15th and 20th best high school basketball point guard in the nation by ESPN, Rivals.com and Scout.com, respectively.[5][6][7] Rivals and ESPN included him on their lists of best overall basketball players at 77th and 100th, respectively.[6][7]

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Darius Morris
PG
 Los Angeles, California Windward School (CA) 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) 188 lb (85 kg) Aug 11,
2008 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 20 (PG)   Rivals: 77, 15 (PG)  ESPN: 100, 11 (PG)
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:


College

Morris against the 2009-10 Kansas Jayhawks (12-19-09)

As a freshman with the 2009–10 team, Morris averaged 4.4 points and 2.6 assist per game on 24.3 minutes of playing time per game.[8] Three times he scored in double digits, including his first career game. He had a season-high 7 assists against Northwestern on January 10, 2010.[9]

On December 23, 2010, Morris was one of three Wolverines to make 4 three point shots as the team set a school single-game record by making 16 against Bryant University.[10][11] He also had 12 assists on his way to a double-double.[10] On December 27, 2010, the Big Ten Conference named Morris player of the week.[12] Ann Arbor media felt his omission from the 67-man 2011 Bob Cousy Award watchlist was a surpise.[13][14] Morris repeated as (co-)player of the week on January 31, 2011 sharing the award with Talor Battle, after becoming the third Michigan Wolverines men's basketball player (following Gary Grant and Manny Harris) to record a triple double.[15][16] On February 1, 2011, The Wall Street Journal calculated that Morris was by far the most valuable player to his team among major conference players because his combined assists and field goals account for over 53% of his team's points.[17]

Michigan Wolverines men's basketball
Single-season 200 Assist Club
Player Season Games Assists
Morris 2010–11 35 235
Gary Grant 1987–88 34 234
Rumeal Robinson 1988–89 37 233

Morris established a new Michigan single-season assists record during the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament (235 in 35 games).[18] The previous highest single-season assists totals in Michigan history were by Gary Grant (234 in 34 games, 1987–88) and Rumeal Robinson (233 in 37 games, 1988–89).[19] His average of 6.71 assists per game led the Big Ten Conference.[20] For the season, Morris also led the 2010–11 team in points per game and steals per game.[21]

Following the 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Darius Morris was selected as a third team All-Big Ten selection by both the conference's coaches and the conference's media.[22][23] Morris was also a National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I District 7 All‐District second team choice.[24] Since the Big Ten Conference is its own district, this is equivalent to being named second team All-Big Ten by the NABC.[25]

Following the season, Morris sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects.[26] On May 4, Morris announced his final decision not to withdraw his name prior to the May 8 deadline and to enter the June 23, 2011 NBA Draft.[27][28][29]

Pro career

ESPN's Chad Ford described Morris at a legit 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) as the biggest true point guard in the draft.[30] Morris was selected by his hometown Los Angeles Lakers with the 41st overall selection in the 2nd round of the 2011 NBA Draft.[31]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "4 Darius Morris". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. http://www.webcitation.org/5ztW9aMHx. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
  2. ^ Snaer, Leonard share top D1AA honors; March 31, 2009 [cited April 12, 2009].
  3. ^ Bolch, Ben. Boys' basketball: Leonard among Wooden Award winners; April 07, 2009 [cited April 12, 2009].
  4. ^ CBS Interactive. High School Winners [cited April 12, 2009].
  5. ^ "Darius Morris". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/42995. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
  6. ^ a b "Darius Morris". Rivals.com. http://rivals.yahoo.com/basketballrecruiting/basketball/recruiting/player-Darius-Morris-67844;_ylt=AgYjdC0.PSNI.N3bG8qkZE7SO5B4. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
  7. ^ a b "Darius Morris". Scout.com. http://michigan.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=8&c=1&nid=3222058. Retrieved 2011-03-07. 
  8. ^ "Darius Morris #4 G". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=45979. Retrieved 2011-03-04. 
  9. ^ "Darius Morris #4 G (2009-10 game log)". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/ncb/player/gamelog?playerId=45979&year=2010. Retrieved 2011-03-04. 
  10. ^ a b "Bryant U 71 (1-10, 0-1 NEC): Michigan 87 (10-2, 9-0 home)". ESPN. 2010-12-23. http://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=303570130. Retrieved 2011-02-03. 
  11. ^ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 8. http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
  12. ^ "Michigan and Ohio State Claim Weekly Conference Honors: Michigan and Ohio State earn conference recognition". CBS Interactive. 2010-12-27. http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/122710aac.html. Retrieved 2010-12-28. 
  13. ^ Rothstein, Michael (2010-12-20). "Cousy Award watch list omits Michigan guard Darius Morris and has other questionable calls". AnnArbor.com. http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/the-list-of-cousy-award-candidates-omits-michigan-guard-darius-morris-and-has-other-questionable-cal/. Retrieved 2011-02-03. 
  14. ^ Estes, Ben (2010-12-20). "Morris left off Cousy Award watchlist". Michigan Daily. http://www.michigandaily.com/content/morris-left-cousy-award-watchlist. Retrieved 2011-02-03. 
  15. ^ "Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State Earn Conference Recognition: Michigan's Darius Morris and Penn State's Talor Battle share Player of the Week while Ohio State's Jared Sullinger earns Freshman of the Week honors.". Big Ten Conference. 2011-01-31. http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/013111aaa.html. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
  16. ^ "Michigan 87, Iowa 73". ESPN. 2011-01-30. http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310300130. Retrieved 2011-02-01. 
  17. ^ "College Basketball's One-Man Gangs". The Wall Street Journal. 2011-02-01. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703439504576116132745965592.html?mod=googlenews_wsj. Retrieved 2011-02-03. 
  18. ^ "Postgame Notes: #3 Duke 73, Michigan 71". CBS Interactive. 2011-03-20. http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/032011aaf.html. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
  19. ^ "All-Time Records". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. p. 6. http://www.mgoblue.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/mich/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/bkm-all-time-records. Retrieved 2011-01-16. 
  20. ^ "2010-11 Big Ten Conference: Conference Basketball Statistics". CBS Interactive. http://www.bigten.org/sports/m-baskbl/stats/2010-2011/confldrs.html. Retrieved 2011-03-21. 
  21. ^ "Michigan Wolverines Stats - 2010-11". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/130/year/2011/michigan-wolverines. Retrieved 2011-03-21. 
  22. ^ "Big Ten Releases All-Big Ten Teams: Purdue's Johnson named Player of the Year". Big Ten Network. 2011-03-07. http://www.bigtennetwork.com/dpp/sports/basketball-mens/big-ten-releases-all-big-ten-teams-201137. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
  23. ^ "2010-11 All-Big Ten Men’s Basketball Team". CBS Interactive. 2011-03-07. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/weekly-release.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 
  24. ^ "National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2011 Division I All-District Teams" (PDF). National Association of Basketball Coaches. 2011-03-09. http://www.nabc.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nabc/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/D1AllDistrict2011. Retrieved 2011-03-10. 
  25. ^ "2008–09 NABC Division I Men's Basketball: District Realignment". National Association of Basketball Coaches/CBS Interactive. http://www.nabc.org/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nabc/sports/c-baskbl/auto_pdf/2008-09NABCDistrictRealignm. Retrieved 2011-03-10. 
  26. ^ "Darius Morris asks for draft advice". ESPN. 2011-03-28. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6266825. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  27. ^ Rothstein, Michael (2011-05-04). "Darius Morris officially leaves Michigan basketball for shot in the NBA". AnnArbor.com. http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/darius-morris-officially-leaves-michigan-basketball-to-try-for-the-nba/. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 
  28. ^ Rothstein, Michael (2011-05-04). "Analysis: 5 reasons Darius Morris is making the right decision to leave Michigan for the NBA". AnnArbor.com. http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/former-michigan-guard-darius-morris-is-making-the-right-decision-leaving-for-the-nba/. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 
  29. ^ Snyder, Mark (2011-05-04). "Michigan's Darius Morris to remain in NBA draft". USA Today. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/05/darius-morris-nba-draft-michigan-wolverines/1. Retrieved 2011-05-05. 
  30. ^ Kamenetzky, Brian (2011-06-23). "Lakers select Darius Morris with 41st pick (UPDATED)". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/20549/lakers-select-darius-morris-with-41st-pick. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  31. ^ Rothstein, Michael (2011-06-23). "Los Angeles native Darius Morris chosen by hometown Lakers in second round of NBA Draft". AnnArbor.com. http://www.annarbor.com/sports/um-basketball/michigan-darius-morris-nba-draft/. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 

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