During the 2017 playoffs, Washington’s Markieff Morris sprained his ankle in a second-round series opener against the Celtics. The play looked harmful enough to keep the forward out for a lengthy stretch, but he returned to play 27 effective minutes in Game 2. The internet had fun with the quick recovery, hypothesizing that Morris’ twin brother, Marcus, actually took his brother’s place in the Wizards lineup.



A switch would have been close to impossible. The twins don’t look exactly alike. They once shared matching tattoos, but have since diverged, adding some slightly different ink. Still, the noise grew loud enough for Marcus, then a Piston and now a Celtic, to publicly deny the claims.



If they had actually pulled off the stunt, it would not have been the first Morris swap. Or the best — which came in middle school.



Markieff was better at math. Marcus was the superior reader. Both knew exactly what to do with that...