Touchdown within the Detroit Pistons is a dream come true for Monte Morris.
And when he came upon he’d be shipped to MoTown by the Washington Wizards this offseason, the child inside him abruptly jumped with pleasure and delight.
“It is at all times been my dream to play for the Pistons. It is the place I grew up.”
Morris absolutely is aware of what he is saying as he hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan, which solely wanted about two hours of journey to succeed in Pistons video games at their former house of the Palace in Auburn Hills.
Throughout Morris’ childhood, Detroit was one of the highly effective groups within the NBA and boasted its “Goin’ to Work” banner that gained them the 2004 championship. Ben Wallace, Chauncey Billups, Rip Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace and Tayshaun Prince had been a terrorizing five-man crew with their stifling and bodily defensive dominance.
Now, the veteran guard can solely hope he’ll function an essential a part of the hometown crew’s reclaiming their misplaced glory.
