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Adam Morrison told the LA Times that he's not a bust and that reports of the death of his career are greatly exaggerated.
He admitted that his knee still isn't fully healed, which has affected him significantly this season, but he doesn't understand why people are forgetting his rookie season.
"That's the one thing that does bother me," Morrison, who averaged 11.8 points in his rookie season, said. "It was like I didn't really do anything that year. Then now I come off the surgery and I don't really get the benefit of the doubt until I get healthy. But this is a business and this is the pros so I understand how some people are."
To that I'd say, reports of his ever having a career are greatly exaggerated. "It was like I didn't really do anything that year." It's hard to figure out what Morrison was so proud of. He averaged 11.8 points a game but needed 12.1 shot a game to get even that. He shot 37% from the floor, barely had more assists than turnovers, and couldn't even nail the NBA three with consistency. Hell, he wasn't even a good free throw shooter at 71%. And those are just his offensive stats. Let's not even get into how routinely he was abused by opposing players on the defensive end.
I'm really not sure if pointing to his woeful rookie season is really the way to go. He'd probably be better off just saying, "Hey look, Saer Sene's not in the league anymore and Patrick O'Bryant's been waived already so it's not like I'm the worst player in that draft class."
