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Wizards' Morris: 'No choice now' but to work on 3-point shot

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Markieff Morris of the Washington Wizards is a career 32-percent shooter from downtown. Not terrible, but not quite optimal in the age of small ball and stretch-fours. And despite going 0-for-3 from beyond the arc in Thursday's preseason win over the Philadelphia 76ers, it's something Morris says he knows he has to work on.

"It's kind of like you have no choice now with the way the league is," Morris told the Washington Post's Candace Buckner. "You got to be able to make that shot at the four. I've been working all summer trying to get better at it, continuing to get better at it."

Morris took a career-high 2.4 3-point attempts per game last season, but that number jumped to 2.9 per contest after he was acquired by the Wizards from the Phoenix Suns before the trade deadline.

Morris, who has a reputation as a sometimes-volatile player, says he spent the summer working on drills that included pick-and-pops. New coach Scott Brooks is optimistic he can become a reliable weapon from deep.

"I've been around a lot of players that have that edge, but they don't have the skill that goes with it," Brooks said. "They're like the bully on the team ... he has the quality of having good skill along with that edge and toughness."

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