The NBA’s free agency moratorium could be headed toward changes in the coming year or years, especially with this year’s July 6 date once again preventing a better market from forming for restricted free agents. In another case, Marcus Morris — the newest New York Knicks signing — had an eventful July within the moratorium and even outside of it.



Morris signed a one-year, $15 million deal with the Knicks last week after pulling out of a two-year, $20 million contract with the San Antonio Spurs. In his first public comments since the Spurs-to-Knicks change, Morris spoke to The Athletic about his free agency, change of course on his commitment, and he and agent Rich Paul parting ways.



“I have a good relationship with those guys and I have so much respect for (head coach) Pop (Gregg Popovich), (general manager) RC (Buford) and (assistant GM) Brian Wright,” Morris told The Athletic. “The first thing that I did when I knew I would...