[Mr KLC]

PHOENIX (AP) — NBA players Marcus and Markieff Morris go on trial Monday on felony assault charges stemming from a beating outside a Phoenix recreation center more than two years ago.

The twin brothers could face a maximum of nearly four years in prison if they are found guilty. A conviction would also result in discipline from the NBA, including a minimum 10 games of suspension.

Opening arguments begin Monday following the selection of an eight-member jury panel last week in what is expected to be a 10-day trial.

The trial threatens to disrupt the start of their 2017 NBA season with training camp set to begin for both players on Sept. 26. The Boston Celtics acquired Marcus Morris from Detroit in the offseason as part of an overhaul of their roster, while Markieff was a solid contributor for the Washington Wizards last year.

The Morris brothers are accused of helping three other people beat 36-year-old Erik Hood on Jan. 24, 2015. They were indicted by an Arizona grand jury that year on felony aggravated assault charges. Two of the other co-defendants pleaded guilty Wednesday to the same charges.

Police say Hood was leaving a high school basketball game when he was approached by a friend of the Morris brothers. Hood told Phoenix police the man was speaking to him when he was punched in the back of the head.

Hood ran to his car but fell down, before five men, including the Morris twins, punched and kicked him repeatedly, authorities say. All five left in a Rolls Royce Phantom as bystanders began to appear. Police say Hood was assaulted for sending an inappropriate text message to the Morris brothers' mother.

[Mr KLC]

How the heck did he get the mother's phone number in the first place?

[USCPHILLYGUY]

They both grew up in Philly....were obviously outstanding basketball players....

we call that a philly beat down

[funnyb25]

Lol...This is why everything is flawed

The twin brothers could face a maximum of nearly four years in prison if they are found guilty. A conviction would also result in discipline from the NBA, including a minimum 10 games of suspension.

[JIBBBY]

Stupid kids do stupid things.. I'm sure BLM will protest if they get convicted..

[IBetYou]

He must have been a tough guy, that they needed 5 of them to do it, including the 6'8 twins.

[VeggieDog]

TNB

[tony_come]

Mama Morris is hot

[milwaukee mike]

He must have been a tough guy, that they needed 5 of them to do it, including the 6'8 twins.

and they had to hit him in the back of the head when he wasn't looking

add cowardly to the thuggish behavior

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Stupid kids do stupid things.. I'm sure BLM will protest if they get convicted..

they are black and it's a semi high profile case so no doubt in my mind they will get off...great time to be a minority in America..

[Wheatgrass]

i wish it was the racist bennett brothers instead

i hope they both get their pilots licesnses and fly into each other

[milwaukee mike]

they are black and it's a semi high profile case so no doubt in my mind they will get off...great time to be a minority in America..

but jake we're all equal! even though every single murder suspect in st louis in 2017 is black

[JIBBBY]

Blacks are protesting now in St. Louis.. Cop got off for killing a drugged out convicted felon resisting.... Blacks rage even though they weren't on the jury and saw all the facts in the case..

Stupid people do stupid things, like when BLM protest when a jury makes a legal decision that doesn't favor the black man.. America is becoming a joke in regards to this crap..

[milwaukee mike]

Blacks are protesting now in St. Louis.. Cop got off for killing a drugged out convicted felon resisting.... Blacks rage even though they weren't on the jury and saw all the facts in the case..

Stupid people do stupid things, like when BLM protest when a jury makes a legal decision that doesn't favor the black man.. America is becoming a joke in regards to this crap..

it's all a media circus

cop had a reason to kill that guy, protestors should be more upset at the 144 murder victims in st louis that were over simple arguments or other bullshit

[JIBBBY]

it's all a media circus

cop had a reason to kill that guy, protestors should be more upset at the 144 murder victims in st louis that were over simple arguments or other bullshit

Blacks still feel a need to rage against the white man.. It shows in these protests... They wanna condemn all white cops but when they need a cop they sure love them then.. BLM is a joke.. All lives matter is what it should be..

Blacks commit the most crimes in America so naturally police are going to detain, arrest or even shoot black criminal thugs the most.. They don't wanna address that problem now do they?

When a white cop gets shot and killed by a black thug in some hick town that doesn't even make the news or is even mentioned in the media...

[funnyb25]

Lol

All goes back to racial inequality...self imposed that is

[chico2663]

they are black and it's a semi high profile case so no doubt in my mind they will get off...great time to be a minority in America..

jake, i'm a minority and i never get off.

[chico2663]

but jake we're all equal! even though every single murder suspect in st louis in 2017 is black

I thought the cop was white ?

[tony_come]

Mama Morris banging hot

[JIBBBY]

jake, i'm a minority and i never get off.

I'm a minority now too.. I'm white like you..

[chico2663]

Mama Morris banging hot

You would need a 11 inch pecker to handle that

[jjgold]

Blacks are cowards they only fight in groups

[El Nino]

Morris twins are dumb as a box of rocks and hated around here. Jury pool should be interesting

[milwaukee mike]

I thought the cop was white ?

that was in 2011

my chart is the 2017 murder suspects... in a city that's around 50/50 white/black the murder suspect ratio is 0/96

[tony_come]

You would need a 11 inch pecker to handle that

oh hell no, dont tell me you wont touch that. id hit that

[milwaukee mike]

oh hell no, dont tell me you wont touch that. id hit that

looks like she's already been hit

[Mr KLC]

looks like she's already been hit

....by a bus.

[jjgold]

Hopefully both go to jail for four years and kill their NFL career's that's where they both belong

[Mr KLC]

Hopefully both go to jail for four years and kill their NFL career's that's where they both belong

Their NFL careers are already dead. Now their NBA careers are a different story.

[JIBBBY]

....by a bus.

Is a bus..

[VeggieDog]

Is a bus..

Where's Dennis Hopper when we need him?

[JIBBBY]

Where's Dennis Hopper when we need him?

Or his son... Gonna need alot of drugs to put that whale down..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...epeatedly.html

[Flashmo]

....by a bus.

Looks like she SWALLOWED a bus

[jjgold]

Most of these guys are more comfortable in prison

A cultural thing

[JIBBBY]

Most of these guys are more comfortable in prison

A cultural thing

Got that right, need a roof over your head, dental and or medical attention, 3 squares a day and hang out with your friends you go to jail..

For a thug struggling on the streets crime does pay in that regard... Easier then getting a job.. Jail should be a living hell for everyone, not a vacation for some...