Markieff Morris (Photo : Reuters File)
Markieff Morris said all the right things during the Phoenix Suns' media day, stating, "I want to be here."
Just a couple of months removed from a series of negative tweets pertaining to the Suns' decision to trade his twin brother, Marcus, to the Detroit Pistons, a disgruntled Markieff did a 180-degree turn and decided move on with the team.
"I don't really want to talk about what happened this summer," Morris said. "I just really want to look forward to this up and coming season and glad to be back with my teammates, glad to be back with my team."
This answer was a far cry from his social media outburst in which he was fined $10,000 for a "public statement detrimental to the NBA."
The twins, Markieff and Marcus, ignited their careers in Phoenix last season, after averaging 15.3 and 10.4 points per game respectively.
"I've gotten better every year I've been in the league," Markieff stated. "And I'm going to continue to get better, with or without my brother."
Part of this success was new Suns head coach, Jeff Hornacek, and how he's established good chemistry with his players.
"He's been here a couple of years and me and him have a great relationship," Morris spoke of Hornacek.
On the other hand, the same cannot be said about the team's general manager, Ryan McDonough, in which the former Kansas Jayhawk just curtly replied with a cold, "you can ask him that, man."
The higher ups in Phoenix, as well as some of its fans, may not be happy with how the summer went by, but new acquisition, Tyson Chandler, voiced out his opinions about the matter.
"This isn't the first time a player has had miscommunication with management or any things like that," the 14-year veteran claimed. "It's not going to be the last time it happens. In our league, it seems to always work itself out and I feel like this won't be any different."
Jeff Hornacek also shared this optimism with regard to the controversy.
"If you're ever in a locker room with a group of players, guys will give each other crap for about a day and a half, then it's not even thought about again," the former Utah Jazz said. "So I don't think there's any problem whatsoever."
Markieff Morris, Tyson Chandler, and the rest of the Phoenix Suns will begin training camp in Flagstaff, before heading back to its former stomping grounds, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, for a public scrimmage on Saturday.
