Ex-Knick Marcus Morris Sr. arrested on fraud charges

Marcus Morris Sr. was arrested on Sunday related to fraud charges while in Broward County, Florida, online booking records showed. 

The NBA player and ex-Knick was picked up on a felony charge of Fraud – Writing a Check with Insufficient Funds, with the report indicating he was arrested at an airport. 

The online record also indicated that the charge is related to a case in another state and he is being held without bond. 

Other specific information surrounding the charge was not immediately available. 

This is not the first time that Morris has found himself dealing with legal issues. 

Morris had entered a diversion program due to a battery charge in 2012 and was found not guilty of assault charges related to a 2015 basketball brawl. 

Morris has played 13 seasons in the NBA from 2011 to his last appearance in the league in 2024, with time spent playing for the Rockets, Suns, Pistons, Celtics, Knicks, Clippers, 76ers, and Cavaliers. 

His most recent stops in the NBA had been with the 76ers and Cavaliers during the 2023-24 season. 

Morris played one year with the Knicks during the 2019-20 season, in which he appeared in 43 games, averaging 19.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. 

He ended up being dealt to the Clippers at the trade deadline that season in a deal that involved Moe Harkless coming to the Knicks.

Morris did end up briefly back with the Knicks last season when he signed a training camp deal on Sept. 15, only to be released less than two weeks later. 

Morris had begun appearing on ESPN’s “First Take” earlier this year. 

Morris had been a former first-round draft pick when he was selected in 2011. 

That year, the Rockets used the 14th overall pick to take Morris.