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In early-November of 2021, when he was a member of the Miami Heat, Markieff Morris delivered a hard foul to Nikola Jokic in transition. Jokic responded by hitting Morris in the back. Morris then missed roughly four months of the season due to whiplash suffered from Jokic’s shove.

Morris hasn’t forgotten the incident, despite it being nearly two years old.

“Sucker shot. That’s what we call it in my hood,” Morris said of the shove from Jokic. “Took a sucker shot. They call it snuck. He snuck me. It was a sucker shot. He’s gonna get his though. Don’t trip.”

Morris is currently unsigned, but reportedly will sign a deal to return to the Dallas Mavericks ahead of the upcoming season. Morris was traded to Dallas in the deal that sent Kyrie Irving to the Mavericks ahead of last season’s trade deadline.

Dallas and the Denver Nuggets are scheduled to play their first game on November 3.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have parted ways with J.B. Bickerstaff as head coach.

Bickerstaff led the Cavaliers to a first round series win over the Orlando Magic, but were eliminated in the second round by the Boston Celtics in five games.

Shortly after the Cavaliers lost Game 5 to the Celtics, a report from The Athletic detailed why the franchise was considering a coaching change this offseason.

Bickerstaff was elevated to head coach of the Cavaliers in 2020 following the resignation of John Beilein.