Derrick Williams Is Not 'As Good As Advertised' According To Markieff Morris

by Scott Schroeder on May 27, 2025 10:30 AM EDT in NBA Draft 2011

Derrick Williams is currently slated to go no lower than second overall to either the Cleveland Cavaliers or Minnesota Timberwolves in the upcoming NBA Draft judging from most NBA mock drafts. Still, despite averaging 19.5 points and 8.3 rebounds as a sophomore with the Arizona Wildcats this past season, the 6-foot-9 forward still has detractors among his peers.

His most notable detractor, apparently, is former Kansas Jayhawks forward Markieff Morris. Williams hung 27 points and eight rebounds on Markieff and his brother Marcus Morris when their teams met in November, but Morris apparently wasn't all that impressed.

"I didn't think he was as good as advertised," Morris told the Washington Post's Michael Lee. "He got the benefit of the calls from the ref and we had to guard him different. He definitely had a good game against us, because we couldn't guard him how we wanted to guard him, and that's what happened."

Morris also took issue with Williams' performance against the Duke Blue Devils in the NCAA Tournament -- arguably the game that put Williams on the map, so to speak -- as the Wildcats' forward scored 32 points and added 17 rebounds in a 16-point victory.

"It still surprises me. What he did to Duke, he wouldn't do that to me or my brother. I'm dead serious. He wouldn't. At all," Morris went on to say. "He's good. But if we was to work out, I would go at him and I would be able to stop him more than people would expect, you know what I mean."

Considering the typical process for the top few picks in the recent past has been individual workouts with teams of their choosing, Morris probably won't get a chance to back that up.

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I am pretty sure Morris is good for at least one Flagrant 2 on Willams year

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by Julius Coxswain on May 27, 2025 1:59 PM EDT reply actions

I disagree with this so much it isn’t even funny. How does this quote make any sense?

He definitely had a good game against us, because we couldn’t guard him how we wanted to guard him, and that’s what happened."

If you couldn’t guard him, doesn’t that mean he is too damn good? In my opinion, this is basically Morris saying “he was the best player on the court and we could not handle him.”

I think this guy is the best in the draft, he is a poor mans LeBron as far as athletic ability. Also has a sweet jump shot. I would do anything to get him next to John Wall.

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by Mr MaLoR on May 27, 2025 2:15 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah

Reading that, I’m guessing Markieff didn’t do so hot on the NBA’s version of the Wonderlic test…

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by Scott Schroeder on May 27, 2025 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he's referring to the way the refs called the game.

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by Omaha Sun on May 27, 2025 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions

He was

But that’s still not a great excuse…

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by Scott Schroeder on May 27, 2025 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Definitely not.

If you could do whatever you want on defense, a lot of great players would not look as good as advertised.

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by Omaha Sun on May 27, 2025 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

ya seriously dude be a man and just say ya he out played us cuz i wasnt aloud to tackle him ger

by ChewyFL on May 27, 2025 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I like Markieff

He tested out well in the Combine from what I saw and he seems to be a hard worker. But I don’t know what he’s trying to say here. Williams was an absolute beast in the Tourni and you simply can’t take that away from him.

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by GoldenNugget on May 27, 2025 6:31 PM EDT reply actions

When my UConn Huskies played him,

I was just praying for foul trouble, and we got it… and still only won by 2… and beat every other team we played in Tournament format. Williams was the Zona team, and second to Kemba’s incredible “put the team on my shoulders” tourney, Williams was probably second best.

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by LesterJohn on May 27, 2025 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Note to Markieff: Derrick Williams will dunk on your ass in the NBA repeatedly

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by LesterJohn on May 27, 2025 6:46 PM EDT reply actions

Markieff should probably shush

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by Rorschach44 on May 27, 2025 7:38 PM EDT reply actions

Sounds like sour grapes to me...

He had his chance to stop him…He didn’t. Can’t blame the ref for Williams hanging 27pts on your heads.

Combined, the Morris twins scored 31pts and grabbed 12 rbs in 45min total. D. Williams alone had 27pts and 8rbs in 29 min. Williams was by far the more effective, more efficient player…. I don’t buy into the “blame the refs” excuse for one minute. Williams also had 5 fouls compared to 4 for Marcus and 4 for Markeiff, so where was the alleged preferential treatment?

by 7footer on May 28, 2025 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

Im not surprised Markieff said that

He is pretty ghetto. He threw elbows all the time, and ran his mouth more than this. All this is is a case of getting beat and not willing to just take it.

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by darwithabar on May 30, 2025 8:16 PM EDT reply actions

I'm not sure people are getting where Markieff is coming from.

Of course it was a silly thing to say, but he’s just talking smack. If he had said this on the court, we wouldn’t have thought twice - guys can run their mouths though they have to back it up. But Markieff doesn’t always know where the court ends and the PR world begins.

by SagehenMacGyver47 on May 31, 2025 2:53 PM EDT reply actions