Marcus Morris is ticked Phoenix traded him away from his twin brother Markieff

Last summer, twin brothers Marcus and Markeiff Morris both signed four-year contract extensions with the Phoenix Suns and they were excited to get to play side-by-side in the Valley of the Sun. They got their chance, more than 1,100 minutes together on the court last season — and when they were on the court together the Suns were basically dead even with their opponents (+0.5 per 48 minutes, with both an offensive and defensive rating of 103.8 points per 100 possessions).

That didn’t impress the Suns, who this summer traded Marcus to the Detriot Pistons.

When Marcus met the Detroit media, he didn’t hide the fact he was ticked to be moved away from his brother, via Perry A. Farrell of the Detriot Free Press.

“This gives me a chance to branch out. In my opinion, God works in mysterious ways, and He has plans for certain people. Everybody knew how bad I wanted to play with my brother. Phoenix knew. For them to trade me without consent or telling me was like a slap in the face, because of the contract I took from those guys and the money I took from them. I’m happy to be here. I’m a Piston. I’m a Bad Boy. I’m ready to get started.”

Welcome to the NBA, Marcus. It’s a cold-hearted business at times.

Morris will get his chance to prove the Suns made a mistake, fighting for minutes in Detroit with Anthony Tolliver, likely behind Ersan Ilyasova at the four. Then again, the Suns did keep the better brother in this deal.

But before we can worry about what Marcus does on the court, he’ll have to get past the legal issues he and his brother ran into this summer — both were charged with felony assault in Phoenix. Both have said they are confident they will prevail and that there is nothing to the charges, but will not speak in detail about them.