Chris Morris (basketball)

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Christopher Vernard Morris (born January 20, 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a former professional basketball player. In his 11 season (1988-1999) NBA career, the 6' 8" forward played for the New Jersey Nets, Utah Jazz, and Phoenix Suns. He is a graduate of Atlanta's Douglass High School where his jersey has been retired and played for the Auburn University Tigers. He retired with 8,184 total points.

Morris is notorious for shattering a glass backboard during a regular season game. In 1993, at Continental Airlines Arena, as a member of the Nets, Morris shattered a backboard with a slam dunk. Bizarrely, in two other games that season (one of them at Continental Airlines Arena), visiting Orlando Magic rookie center Shaquille O'Neal had two thunderous dunks that caused damage to the equipment. The supporting beams snappped, causing the entire backboard and shot clock to buckle from it and fall forward.