Marcus Morris: 2014-15 Phoenix Suns Player Grades

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Mar 22, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns forward Marcus Morris (15) and head coach Jeff Hornacek against the Dallas Mavericks at US Airways Center. The Suns defeated the Mavericks 98-92. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /

Weaknesses

With Marcus Morris, the capability to be an efficient scorer is certainly there, but sometimes he falls in love with shots that aren’t his, or takes certain shots because they are open, even if that isn’t what the team needs.

And for one month, that was kind of a big problem, at least 20 days in…

Marcus Morris’ shot chart in March (33.3 FG%). Yikes. pic.twitter.com/CugpIiIECp
— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) March 20, 2015

While Morris would improve, the biggest problem, in his percentages at least, was that he took a high percentage of his shots from an area that didn’t make sense for him to be shooting in.

Despite the fact that Marcus Morris shot roughly 44 percent on threes from the right side, he ended up taking 34 MORE threes from the LEFT side, where he shot just 31 percent.

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And this was a problem that got worse and worse for Morris as the year went on. In March, 48 of his 84 three point attempts (57.1 percent) came from the left side, and in April, 11 of his 19 three point attempts (57.9 percent) came from the left.

Simply put, Morris could drastically boost his percentages and efficiency if he could learn to turn down open looks that weren’t necessarily his shot, and continue to work within the offense, although it’s not like that played too significant a factor in any of the team’s games.