Marcus Morris Quotes

Once the Hack-a-Shaq works once, you know I'm going to see it again. The only thing worse for basketball than that defense is the Lack-a-Shaq offense, where I have to go to the bench because of foul trouble. There is no fun in that.

You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.

We guard the shooter. A lot of guys shoot way behind the 3-point line. We guard where the shooter is, not where the line is.

I look at like this: Any player I guard, long twos or shots like that, if they make them I still think that's good defense. You can't make those shots at a high percentage the whole game. It's just hard to make long two-pointers, step-backs, fadeaways, off-the-dribble crossovers.

Think about the deflections. The offense can't score every play. They're just trying to get a good shot. If I can deflect a pass, even if it doesn't cause a turnover, it will throw their timing off half-a-second. That half-a-second might mess up their shot.

LeBron's probably the best player in the world, so you just have to make it tough for him, make him take tough jump shots and things like that.

I knew Rick Pitino was going to make them play that outbreak, monkey defense. He's been doing it all his life.

When you put pressure on the paint, you not only score but you force the whole defense to collapse and you can make easy plays to hit shooters.

I like to get physical on defense. I like to get up on a guy as much as possible. I actually need to calm down, though.

To score three goals and not concede any is always interesting for a coach.

In Spain, you get seven clear chances a game to receive the ball and shoot. In Italy, you get very few clear balls, and you have to fight everyone to score; that makes you improve and develop.

I became a better talker on the floor, being at Duke, being in leadership with Coach K, and I think I got better defensively as the season progressed.

Guard some point guards, late shot clock, hopefully they miss.

When there's pressure on the ball, you can go man-to-man on your striker; you've got the advantage because the ball pressure means it'll be a difficult pass to play.

When you're running next to a guy who's about to lay it up in transition, you just get out of the way because you know Giannis is coming to block it.

Offence doesn't concern me. It's easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block.

My mentality when guarding a point guard was always to try and disrupt him and take them out of the offense.

My goal is to protect the basket. Most of the time, I won't block the shot but I'm going to affect the shot or I'm going to affect the way they think.

Whoever I'm playing against, I go in and try to stop their best scorer and try to get myself going on the offensive end.

My shot-blocking ability, it's really second to none.

New York basketball is about defense.

Some big teams prefer to be very strong defensively and have two, three, four counter-attacking players.

The triangle offense is more for slashers and people who like to take the ball to the basket.

I want to make sure the other point guard can't start his offense until 12 or 13 seconds. Then I've put my team in position to defend just one pick-and-roll and one pass.

In my day, defenders played you with two hands and an elbow. You're not getting by a guy, especially if he has an elbow and a hand on you and is a strong defensive player.