Darius Morris

Rivals and ESPN included him on their lists of best overall basketball players at 77th and 100th, respectively.

The previous highest single-season assists totals in Michigan history were by Gary Grant (234 in 34 games, 1987–88) and Rumeal Robinson (233 in 37 games, 1988–89).

His average of 6.71 assists per game led the Big Ten Conference.

Darius Aaron Morris (born January 3, 1991) is an American professional basketball player, who last played for BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque of the French LNB Pro A.

Prior to attending Michigan, Morris led Windward School to the 2009 California state championship while earning the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section John Wooden High School Player of the Year Award.

As a freshman with the 2009–10 team, Morris averaged 4.4 points and 2.6 assist per game on 24.3 minutes of playing time per game.

On November 14, Morris began the season for #15 ranked Wolverines in the starting lineup, posting 11 points and 5 assists against.

While playing for the 2010–11 team, he was the Big Ten assists leader and set the Michigan single-season assist record (since broken by Trey Burke).

He earned third team All-Big Ten honors his sophomore season.

He was a 2010–11 All-Big Ten 3rd team selection by the coaches and the media.

The National Association of Basketball Coaches named him as a 2nd team All-District selection for the district composed of Big Ten schools.

Morris was raised in Carson, California.

In high school, Morris, the son of Dewayne Sr. and Robin Morris, attended Windward School.

As a brash freshman, Morris promised the media that he would be able to dunk and lead Windward to a state championship before he graduated.

Morris was invited to numerous All-star basketball camps hosted by LeBron James, Steve Nash, the National Basketball Players Association and Nike.

He was twice selected as a first-team All-State player in California.

He was also named the MVP of numerous tournaments and invited to participate in numerous all-star games, including the Academic All-American Classic.

Morris' father worked for the United States Postal Service office in Venice.

As a senior, Morris led Windward High School to the California Division V state title, posting a game-high 25 points, eight rebounds and four assists in the championship game.

Darius Morris was named the MVP of Olympic League, CIF Division 5A Southern Section Player of Year, and CIF Division 5A State Player of Year.

Also Darius was awarded a John Wooden High School Player of the Year Award, received by Jrue Holiday the year before.

He had a season-high 7 assists against Northwestern on January 10, 2010.

On December 23, 2010, Morris was one of three Wolverines to make 4 three point shots as the team set a school single-game record by making 16 against.

He also had 12 assists on his way to a double-double.

On December 27, 2010, the Big Ten Conference named Morris player of the week.

For the season, Morris also led the 2010–11 team in points per game and steals per game.

Following the 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season, Darius Morris was selected as a third team All-Big Ten selection by both the conference's coaches and the conference's media.

Morris was also a National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I District 7 All‐District second team choice.

Since the Big Ten Conference is its own district, this is equivalent to being named second team All-Big Ten by the NABC.

Following the season, Morris sought the advice of the NBA's undergraduate advisory committee to determine his draft prospects.

Morris was selected as the 41st pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers and plays the point guard position.

He has also played for the Brooklyn Nets, Philadelphia 76ers, Los Angeles Clippers and Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA as well as the Los Angeles D-Fenders and Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA D-League.

He was ranked as the 11th, 15th and 20th best high school basketball point guard in the nation by ESPN, Rivals.com and Scout.com, respectively.

Ann Arbor media felt his omission from the 67-man 2011 Bob Cousy Award watchlist was a surprise.

Morris repeated as (co-)player of the week on January 31, 2011, sharing the award with Talor Battle, after becoming the third Michigan Wolverines men's basketball player (following Gary Grant and Manny Harris) to record a triple double.

On February 1, 2011, The Wall Street Journal calculated that Morris was by far the most valuable player to his team among major conference players because his combined assists and field goals account for over 53% of his team's points.

Morris established a new Michigan single-season assists record during the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament (235 in 35 games).

On May 4, Morris announced his final decision not to withdraw his name prior to the May 8 deadline and to enter the June 23, 2011 NBA draft.

With the Vipers, he established a D-League playoff single-game assists record in 2014.

Morris spent two seasons with the Michigan Wolverines.