Marcus Morris Sr. planning to be a helping veteran presence for the Cavaliers

Marcus Morris Sr. planning to be a helping veteran presence for the Cavaliers

It was announced earlier today that the Cavaliers have signed Marcus Morris senior to a 10-day contract he was the 14th overall pick in the 2011 Draft by the Houston Rockets and appeared in 37 games this season with the Philadelphia 76ers before being traded to the Spurs in February and ultimately waved let’s

Hear now for Morris on his opportunity now with the Cavaliers um I have a great relationship with uh JB um he was one of my coaches actually my first two years in the NBA uh over in Houston so uh we had a great relationship man we’ve been talking for

The past couple weeks just talking basketball and uh just been watching the games been a big fan of basketball so um when I tapped in I was like man uh I think I could help and he was like well we allowed to have you and I not the

Rest’s history I know you did just get here um but what has your message been from JB um or Kobe about your role on this team I think just you know coming just being a veteran being myself uh I’m a natural leader just being a you know

Birh a for guys and uh getting ready for this run I’ve been in playoffs a bunch of times in my career um a lot of young guys who just being around just helping hearing my voice and uh I mean also performing on the court and playing

Against some of these guys and just your impressions of this team what have you what have you learned so far um great defensive team very great dis team a lot of guys uh along um uh you know to get up and down point guard c special obviously DG can really play uh really

Control the team and you know it’s just a great group of guys good mixture um uh excited to be here

Marcus Morris Sr. explains why he joined the Cavs and how he feels he can help the squad going forward.