With the NBA regular season entering its final week, a lot of discussion will not only center on the possible play-off match-ups but also on the regular season awards. For Phoenix Suns power forward Markieff Morris, he deserves to be named the league's best sixth man because the Suns were not expected to battle for a playoff berth at the start of the season.
Via AZCentral.com, Morris made a statement for his case: "Coming off the bench with energy, scoring, rebounding, making my teammates better and winning games, especially when we were supposed to win 17."
He continued: " When you're supposed to win 17 and you got a guy like me averaging 14 points and we might pull off a playoff run 15 or 16 games above .500. "
He said the Clippers, with Sixth Man favorite Jamal Crawford, and Chicago Bulls with back-up bigman Taj Gibson, were going to be good regardless of the contributions of the said players.
"Y'all thought we were going after a Number 1 pick. I think I deserve Sixth Man Award for the team success."
Morris, who is averaging 13.7 points on 48% field goal shooting, 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists this season, has also scored more points than any other player coming off the bench. His total points scored this year is the fourth-highest in Suns history, behind other Sixth Man of the Year winners Leandro Barbosa, Dan Majerle and Eddie Johnson.
His coach, Jeff Hornacek, says of Morris' contributions: "He's a big key for us. We expect him to dominate with that group. He's done a great job and that's why we have success."
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