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Sure was nice to see Mo Pete for a bit, he’s living down in Florida, looks like he’s quite enjoying life and catching up was cool. Good kid, Mo. We got to talking, of course, about his time in Toronto and one thing he said hit home. He was remembering his rookie year and the start of his career and how much having a solid veteran crew helped him along. Not only because of what he learned on the court but what he learned about being a pro. Toronto Star

Morris Peterson 

You cannot discount the value of advice from elders and if you look around that HOTH locker room, what’s the one thing that’s missing? An old head or two. Just to help keep kids in line, like Mo told us: “I was scared to miss practice, I thought that I’d get beat up or something.” Toronto Star

Morris Peterson 

Mitchell went on to provide his version of the story. "Morris Peterson was lying on the training table. He got hurt in practice - like, slightly pulled his hamstring. I went down to the training room, where all the players were after practice getting treatment. I was talking to Mo, Vince came up behind me and put me in a bear hug, and I stumbled and fell on one of the training tables. "He starts laughing and saying, 'Coach, I got you, I got you.' And I said, 'Yeah, Vince, you got me.' And the players started laughing, and that was it." SportsNet

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Morris Peterson : R.I.P. Bill Tosheff. The NBAs first ROY(rookie of the year). 85 years of age. #Homage Twitter

Morris Peterson 

I know you probably don't want to talk too much about it but I've got to ask you. What's the next step with your NBA career? Morris Peterson: Right now I'm just enjoying my time. It's a lockout now so obviously we can't talk to too many teams. I've just been spending time with my family and enjoying myself this summer and I've been working. I'm not going to say I've retired. Booth Newspapers

Charlotte Bobcats, Morris Peterson 

Shinn: One of those questions was the team’s financial condition. Shortly after the NBA takeover, reports indicated the team was burdened with a great deal of long-term debt (about $111 million). How did the team get into that long-term debt that seemed to be prevalent? I think our long-term debt situation came when we started to try to build a team. When we first signed Peja (Stojakovic) and we signed him to a big (five years, $64 million) contract, and for the next year we wanted to take another step forward and the way to do that was to sign another free agent. And Morris Peterson was there (four years, $23 million). I talked to our GM at the time, Jeff Bower. We wanted to sign him, and it was going to cost money. We had to get rid of some other players to get our payroll down. During that time, we didn’t get rid of those players. New Orleans Times-Picayune

New Orleans Hornets, Morris Peterson, Peja Stojakovic, George Shinn 

Morris Peterson : Just got harassed by @TMZ at the gas station. At least the guy was respectful. Twitter

Morris Peterson 

Art Garcia: Bobcats waive Morris Peterson, according to league sources. Twitter

Charlotte Bobcats, Morris Peterson 

Art Garcia: Bobcats waive Morris Peterson, according to league sources. Twitter

Charlotte Bobcats, Morris Peterson 

I'm told the Bobcats filed the paperwork to waive Mo Peterson, so that should become official today. They'll hold off on waiving Sean Marks, since he'd somewhat serve as insurance should center Joel Przybilla's knee act up. Charlotte Observer

Charlotte Bobcats, Morris Peterson, Joel Przybilla, Sean Marks 

Charlotte Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins said he plans to release veterans Morris Peterson and Sean Marks, players who were picked up to make trades work Thursday. That opens the possibility the Bobcats will bring back one or more of the players they waived -- Derrick Brown, Dominic McGuire or Sherron Collins -- or possibly someone else, since they'll have room under the 15-man roster maximum. Charlotte Observer

Charlotte Bobcats, Morris Peterson, Rod Higgins, Sean Marks 

Kevin Durant: Tough day for me and my teammates...good luck to jeff green, nenad krstic, @Morris Peterson and Dj white... we will miss u guys 4 sure..damn Twitter

Oklahoma City Thunder, Trade, Kevin Durant, Morris Peterson, Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic 

Adrian Wojnarowski: Oklahoma City has acquired center Nazr Mohammed from Charlotte for D.J. White and Mo Peterson, source tells Y! Sports. Twitter

Charlotte Bobcats, Oklahoma City Thunder, Trade, Morris Peterson, Nazr Mohammed, DJ White 

Jared Jeffries in Houston supposedly is a name mentioned about returning to the Knicks. Perhaps T.J. Ford is he can find a place where someone would want him for short term. You’d say Michael Redd, though it’s questionable whether he can play. He is expected to return to try with the Bucks this week. Maybe Morris Peterson and always Marcus Banks, wherever he is now. It’s not a big field to choose from, but sometimes one guy can make a difference, like P.J. Brown for the Celtics a few years back. And in the Bulls case they may finally have become one of those teams with their surge of late that players in that situation would want to come. NBA.com

Chicago Bulls, Free Agency, Michael Redd, Morris Peterson, Jared Jeffries 

Morris Peterson : People who say Chris Bosh is not an Elite player are crazy!! He is going to work on NBATv...woww Twitter

Chris Bosh, Morris Peterson 

The signing of Royal Ivey last week put the Thunder at 16 contract players, one more than NBA rules permit teams to carry into the regular season. That means someone must go. Mo Peterson will be 33 next month but can still contribute on the court and has earned a reputation in his 10 seasons of carrying a first-class attitude away from it. Don't expect Peterson to be waived. Daequan Cook, 10 years younger than Peterson, provides much of the same assets and essentially is on a one-year trial run as a 3-point specialist in OKC. Cook figures to be on the opening-night roster as well. Since the Thunder's coaching staff and front office is pleased with the returning nine-man rotation, and No. 11 overall pick Cole Aldrich is entrenched in the long-term plans, that leaves Byron Mullens, D.J. White and Kyle Weaver as the most likely candidates to be on the outside looking in. Oklahoman

The Oklahoma City Thunder have acquired the draft rights to Cole Aldrich and veteran forward Morris Peterson from the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for the rights to Craig Brackins and Quincy Poindexter. ESPN.com

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Draft-night trade between Thunder and Hornets has been approved by the NBA. Cole Aldrich & Mo Peterson can officially join OKC. Twitter

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Morris Peterson : Congrats to Cole Aldrich on being drafted to NO, welcome to the fam. Twitter

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Adrian Wojnarowski: The Hornets will send Mo Peterson and rights to Cole Aldrich to OKC for the 18th and 21st picks, source tells Y! Sports. Twitter

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