Ira Winderman: Questionable (but not really) for Heat on Wednesday: Caleb Martin (ankle) P.J. Tucker (calf) Max Strus (hamstring) Gabe Vincent (knee) Tyler Herro (ankle). Butler (knee) and Morris (illness) off injury report.
Markieff Morris Rumors
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Markieff Morris
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Born: 09/02/89
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:245 lbs. / 111.1 kg.
Earnings: $46,507,874 ($51,984,424*)
Born: 09/02/89
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:245 lbs. / 111.1 kg.
Earnings: $46,507,874 ($51,984,424*)
02 May
Jimmy Butler available against 76ers
Tim Reynolds: Heat injury report for Game 1 Butler (knee) available. Herro (respiratory) available. Strus (hamstring) available. Tucker (calf) available. Martin (ankle) available. Morris (respiratory) available. Lowry (hamstring) out.
Markieff Morris said he simply was playing catch. To the NBA, it was a case of snatch and grab by the veteran Miami Heat forward. Ultimately, it turned into a $25,000 fine by the NBA “for interfering with live game play while on the bench, in violation of league rules.”
On the play in question, De’Andre Hunter had stumbled into the Heat bench, with the NBA ruling that Morris, not in the game at the time, restrained the Hawks forward from returning to the court. “It was just like in the flow of the game,” Morris said of attempting to break Hunter’s fall. The league ruled otherwise. “Next time, I’ll just let him fall. I guess that’s what it is,” Morris said. “I’ll just get out of the way and let him fall, even though I know DeAndre, too. “He came with a lot of force, too. He hit me hard. But next time I just got to let him fall.”
Morris said he does not plan to appeal the latest fine. “I already made a bunch of money,” he said, having earned nearly $50 million over his NBA career, even while playing for the NBA minimum this season. “I ain’t worried about that little-bitty-ass money.”
01 May
