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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Adam Morrison couldn't take it anymore. Heckled all night as he sat on the bench in street clothes in Miami, nursing a sore knee, the Charlotte Bobcats rookie turned to a fan behind the bench — the one who kept calling him "white trash" — and made an obscene gesture.
That moment in a meaningless late-season game was the boiling point in a disappointing year. Weighed down by the pressure of being the No. 3 pick in the draft and a role model for youngsters with diabetes, Morrison struggled. He averaged 11.8 points but shot only 38 percent, playing with a body not quite ready for the rigors of an 82-game schedule.
"It was a little difficult at times not being able to perform like I wanted to and kind of hearing the whispers and whatnot," Morrison said Monday. "But that comes with being a high draft pick. I'm just looking forward to this year and getting a new start, turning over a new leaf."
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