NBA: Markieff Morris dismisses any future with Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns recently stood firm on their decision to not give in to the trade request of disgruntled starting power forward Markieff Morris. Neither side is likely to budge from their positions after Morris recently revealed that there is no future for him in the Suns organization.

Three weeks removed from publicly demanding for a trade, Morris took to social media site Twitter his displeasure with the team. The stance which is supposedly stems from his claims of being excluded in the process of trading his twin brother, Marcus, to the Detroit Pistons and the organization’s widely followed courtship of this summer’s most coveted free agent LaMarcus Aldridge, who chose to align with the San Antonio Spurs.

Despite the tension between both sides, Morris has stressed that he will fulfil his duties in the contract and will show to all the functions of the organization including practices and the upcoming training camp. Nevertheless, he predicted that process will not end up all roses.

“I’ve got to show up. No question,” Morris told Sports Illustrated. “You can’t do that. I will be a professional. Don’t get me wrong. But it won’t get that far. ... I’m going to be out before then, should be.”

Just over a year ago, the Morris twins were being touted as the future of the organization after the Suns locked them up in separate long-term deals. Markieff agreed to four-year contract that will pay him roughly $8 million annually while his sibling got a lesser deal totalling $20 million for the same length. The more talented Markieff hinted at giving the team a discount in exchange for keeping his twin as a teammate but that premise eventually all became history after this summer’s developments.

The Suns went into great lengths to land former Portland Trailblazers superstar Aldridge by surprising everyone with the signing of centre Tyson Chandler and following that up with a cap-clearing trade with the Pistons that sent out Marcus Morris. The team also recently dealt with a disgruntled player in Goran Dragic who was eventually let go during last season’s trade deadline in a multi-team transaction that netted coach Jeff Hornacek’s team a new point guard in Brandon Knight.

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