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Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson: Warriors G/F Klay Thompson has the interest of the Orlando Magic in free agency this off-season. He also got out of a semi-shooting slump scoring 23 points vs. the Nuggets on Sunday. “He got a short memory and he don’t care what anybody think,” says ex-Warriors teammate @MrAnthonyMorrow to @BovadaOfficial on this week’s episode of Scoop B Talks. “He’s not going to hesitate. He’s going to play the same way every time. That’s why I never worry about him when he get in a shooting slump because I’m like: ‘He’s not going to stop shooting.’ And it’s not like his jump shot just disappears.”

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Former NBA player Anthony Morrow is currently facing legal action in Charlotte stemming from a domestic violence incident that led to his arrest in mid-February. Morrow, who is from the area, is facing charges of assault on a female, assault by strangulation, communicating threats and second-degree kidnapping, according to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s office records. The 37-year-old was arrested and booked into the Mecklenburg County jail on Feb. 10 and released after posting his $15,000 bond on Feb. 12.

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According to court records obtained by local ABC affiliate WSOC-TV, Morrow was involved in a domestic violence incident with a woman inside her uptown Charlotte apartment. The documents allege that Morrow assaulted the woman, whom he was reportedly dating at the time, by “squeezing her neck with his hands” and “striking her multiple times with his fists.” The altercation reportedly resulted in the woman sustaining “scratches on the right side of her neck, a cut lip, and abrasions on her forehead.” Morrow’s attorney issued a statement to WSOC-TV, noting that Morrow “denies these allegations” and “has faith in our justice system and has every confidence that a review of the evidence will reveal that he is not guilty.”

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Joe Mussatto: More OKC staffing news: Former Thunder point guard Eric Maynor is moving from the Blue staff to the Thunder staff as a player development coach. And another former Thunder, Anthony Morrow, is taking a one-year position as lifestyle services and engagement associate.

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“He’s a Lamborghini-type athlete. You can’t ask him to be a Honda Civic,” said former NBA player Anthony Morrow, who spent nearly three seasons alongside Westbrook in Oklahoma City.

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Anthony Morrow vividly remembers one of the many times Scott Brooks ripped into Russell Westbrook. Westbrook had just completed a sloppy first half in Miami, missing seven of his 10 shots while dishing only one assist. The Thunder fell down considerably in the first quarter before battling back to make it close by the end of the second. It was the winter of 2015, a difficult time for Oklahoma City, which was fighting through injuries to remain in the playoff picture. OKC fans now callously refer to that year as “The Plagues of Egypt Season.” This team needed more from its point guard, so when it gathered in the locker room, Brooks approached him — in front of everyone.

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“It was just one of those situations that was real tense in the locker room,” said Morrow, who played for the Thunder from 2014 to 2017. “Scott came in and went right at him. … He just went in on him.” Morrow remembers Brooks’ accusations. “You’re turning the ball over!” and “We need you!” and, as he so subtly describes, “Some other choice words; you know what I’m saying?”

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Come the second half, it all changed. Westbrook sank five of his seven shots. He turned the ball over only once — and the giveaway didn’t occur until the final minute, when the game was mostly decided. Morrow doesn’t consider the turnaround a coincidence. “I’ve seen Scott chew his ass out before. And every single time that happened, Russ responded in a positive way. Every time,” said Morrow, an esteemed veteran in that locker room. “So, I think he respects it. He respects Scott. And I think that just seeing the way that they move, it was different than how they move with other people on the team. And I can understand that. Scott was a point guard. He saw something in Russ that was special and said, ‘He’s my point guard. No matter what anybody says, he’s my point guard.’”

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Anthony Slater: Andrew Wiggins will wear #22 for the Warriors. Recent players to wear it: Anthony Morrow, Matt Barnes, Glenn Robinson.

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Others have given Westbrook the blame for Durant bailing on being beloved Oklahoma City and heading for greener pastures with the Golden State Warriors, a team that is loose, shares the ball and has an elite coach. Durant is not intense like him, and others view him leaving as the belief that he couldn’t win a championship with Westbrook as his co-pilot. “It wasn’t as much to do with Russ as the media made it look like at all, I know that for a fact,” Morrow said. “He wanted to build on his legacy, he wanted to win. He felt like we tried, 10 years, it ain’t work… I could tell you that that’s how he was thinking about that.”

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Anthony Morrow, who last played regular season basketball with the Bulls in 2017 and was with the Blazers during the preseason last year, is another player who recently told The Athletic that he would welcome a call from Houston with open arms. “Absolutely,” Morrow said if he would be interested in suiting up for the Rockets. “Mike knows I love him, tell him to give me a call.”

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Anthony Morrow: Sheesh, Good luck to the Raptors in free agency after kawhi leaves after what they just pulled with Demar. No superstar wanna play for a lying a$$ organization.

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Casey Holdahl: The Blazers have waived Anthony Morrow, Isaiah Briscoe and Archie Goodwin

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Anthony Morrow: Rest in Heaven Connie Hawkins #HarlemWizard

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