Troubled Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris has finally received his wish and is leaving the Suns. It’s a risk but the Wizards are going to take a gamble on Morris.
The Wizards will send the Suns DeJuan Blair, Kris Humphries and a protected first round pick in exchange for Morris going to Washington.
Following from Adrian Wojnarowski and Shams Charania of The Vertical on Yahoo! Sports.
Phoenix has traded Markieff Morris to the Wizards, reports @ShamsCharania and @WojVerticalNBA.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 18, 2016
The Wizards send DeJuan Blair, Kris Humphries and future first-round pick to the Suns for Markieff Morris, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 18, 2016
Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic reports the pick the Suns will acquire is protected.
The Suns traded Markieff Morris to the Wizards for a protected 2016 first-round draft pick. It is protected Nos. 1-9.
— Paul Coro (@paulcoro) February 18, 2016
this is a big sigh of relief. The Markieff Morris drama in Phoenix is over and it's time for Phoenix to start thinking about their bright future starting with a healthy backcourt. The Suns also get a pick in this deal which has some high protections so it might end up coming Phoenix's way when all is said and done, especially if the Suns make the playoffs. They will have some money coming off the books so they could even make a run at another player to help them make another push to the playoffs.
