Adam Morrison Ready to Resurrect Career With Wizards

Be on the lookout, collectors. One day, Lakers  2009 and 2010 title rings could be found on eBay.

There are some who suggest Adam Morrison, who didn't play an NBA Finals picosecond during either of the Lakers' last two title seasons, didn't deserve being fitted for rings. Morrison doesn't necessarily disagree.

"Maybe I'll sell them someday,'' the Washington swingman said in an interview with FanHouse before Tuesday's 97-94 win over Dallas at the American Airlines Center. "Everybody asks me the same question: Are they (the rings) even worth me having?''

"No,'' Morrison said. "I'm just saying everybody views me not deservable.''

But there's apparently still time for Morrison, the No. 3 pick in the 2006 draft by Charlotte, to resurrect his career. Morrison is in Wizards camp on a non-guaranteed contract.

"We have a couple of spots, and he's getting his legs under him,'' said Saunders, who didn't use Morrison in Tuesday's game. "If he continues to play, he'll have a good shot.''

The bad news for Morrison is wondering how this all happened just four years after he led the nation in scoring at Gonzaga. He had a reasonable rookie season in 2006-07, averaging 11.8 points although shooting just 37.6 percent. But he tore an ACL in the preseason in October 2007 and missed all of his second season.

Morrison averaged just 4.5 points in 44 games for the Bobcats in 2008-09, and then was traded to the Lakers in February 2009. That led to 1 ½ years of barely leaving the bench.

"I missed the whole season,'' Morrison said of 2007-08. "Then I got traded halfway through the comeback season to the best team. So people just think I didn't play on a bad team or something. I did get hurt.''

Morrison said it was "tough to get an opportunity'' with the Lakers but that his "time there was great'' and he "had fun.'' But he doesn't believe it's fully understood why he couldn't get any time after having been such a high draft pick.

"I led the nation in scoring,'' Morrison said. "I had a good college career. So I understood why I got picked so high. I just had a weird deal. I got traded to a team that had really good players at my position. Not just good players, Hall of Famer, legend (Kobe Bryant) and Ron Artest. It wasn't like guys on the bench were playing 20 to 30 minutes. ... Everybody looks at it like I was -- I guess I was the lone guy (on the Lakers who almost never played) -- like I was playing for a CBA team (and couldn't get off the bench).''