Phoenix’s Markieff Morris targeting Sixth Man of the Year Award

Proving naysayers wrong as the team surpassed expectations, the Phoenix Suns have become one of the success stories in the NBA this year, almost making it to the playoffs amid the prediction that the team was bound to be among the cellar-dwellers early in the season.

One of the key contributors behind the Sun’s 2013-14 campaign is forward Markieff Morris. Averaging 14 points coming off the bench, Morris has been the top scoring reserve in the NBA this season and has helped greatly in pushing the squad to the brink of a postseason appearance.

Given that he was an important factor in making the franchise ride on a winning note is enough reason for Morris to believe that he’ll be a prime contender for the Sixth Man of the Year Award.

Per the Arizona Republic:

There are plenty of numbers that make the argument for power forward Markieff Morris to be the NBA’s Sixth Man Award winner but Morris thinks the one that seals his case is the win column.

“Coming off the bench with energy, scoring, rebounding, making my teammates better and winning games, especially when we were supposed to win 17,” Morris said. “When you’re supposed to win 17 and you got a guy like me averaging 14 points and we might pull off a playoff run 15 or 16 games above .500. You knew the Clippers (Jamal Crawford reference) were going to be good. You knew the Bulls (Taj Gibson reference) were going to be good, with or without D (Derrick) Rose. Y’all thought we were going after a Number 1 pick. I think I deserve Sixth Man Award for the team success.”

Morris has scored more points than any NBA reserve this season and the fourth most of any Suns sub, behind Sixth Man Award winners Leandro Barbosa, Dan Majerle and Eddie Johnson.

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