Morrow's Road to the NBA

[Teletopez]

As a sophomore, Morrow was recruited by North Carolina, his favorite college team, but then-coach Matt Doherty resigned after the 2002-03 season and his replacement, Roy Williams, didn’t show interest in Morrow, who ended up at Georgia Tech instead.

 

Morrow’s college career undulated. A successful sophomore season gave way to a junior campaign in which, after a back injury, his scoring average slumped and he mostly came off the bench. He rebounded as a senior, with his jumper (44.8 percent from 3-point range) helping to earn an invite to the NBA’s Portsmouth, N.H., draft combine. Still, he wasn’t drafted.

 

Morrow bounced around the NBA summer league circuit, hoping his shooting prowess would attract a suitor. He caught on with the Golden State Warriors, earned the MVP of the Utah summer league then a contract for the 2008-09 season. As a rookie, he scored 10 a game and hit 46.7 percent of his 3-point shots. The next year, he shot 45.6 percent from 3, a mark of consistency the Nets noticed last offseason.

 

“One of the things that we lacked tremendously was shooting,” Nets assistant GM Bobby Marks said. “Him kind of being under the radar the last couple years in Golden State — he was two minimum contracts, non-guaranteed — we felt at the value he possessed on the court and at the salary number we were looking at, he was a guy that kind of fit (our needs).”

 

“I’ve only played with one other shooter similar to him and that’s Kyle Korver, a guy that’s just a dead-eye 3-point shooter,” Nets point guard Deron Williams said. “Guys like that are a point guard’s dream, because you’re pretty much mad when they miss.”

Colin Stephenson

[NomarFachix]

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