Last Updated on August 12, 2026 by Mat Diekhake

Anthony Morrow made his mark in the NBA with a pure shooting stroke that allowed him to score points in a hurry whenever he found an opening. Despite entering the league without the fanfare of a high draft pick, he turned his perimeter accuracy into a long professional career and remained a respected floor-spacing threat wherever he played.

Here is detailed information about Anthony Morrow, a sharpshooting guard known for his three-point accuracy:

Player Profile

  • Full Name: Anthony Jarrad Morrow
  • Nationality: American
  • Date of Birth: September 27, 1985
  • Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
  • Height: 6 feet 5 inches (196 cm)
  • Weight: 210 pounds (95 kg)
  • Wingspan: 6 feet 10 inches (208 cm)
  • Shoe Size: Size 16 (US)
  • Position: Shooting Guard / Small Forward
  • Jersey Number: 22, 2, 3, and others during his career
  • High School: Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • College: Georgia Tech (2004–2008)
    • Averaged 14.3 points and shot 44% from three-point range as a senior.
  • NBA Draft:
    • Undrafted (2008): Signed as a free agent with the Golden State Warriors.
  • Teams Played For:
    1. Golden State Warriors (2008–2010):
      • Led the NBA in three-point percentage (46.7%) as a rookie.
    2. New Jersey Nets (2010–2012)
    3. Atlanta Hawks (2012)
    4. Dallas Mavericks (2012–2013)
    5. New Orleans Pelicans (2013–2014)
    6. Oklahoma City Thunder (2014–2017)
    7. Chicago Bulls (2017): Final NBA stint.
  • Championship Rings: None
  • Children:
    • Anthony Morrow has two children.
  • Siblings:
    • He has one brother and one sister.

Notable Achievements and Legacy:

  • One of the most efficient three-point shooters in NBA history, with a career percentage of 41.7% from beyond the arc.
  • Scored a career-high 42 points in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2012.
  • Holds the distinction of being the first undrafted rookie in NBA history to lead the league in three-point percentage.

Player Archetype / Play Style

Anthony Morrow fit the archetype of a pure floor-spacing wing: a long, wiry 6-foot-5 shooting guard whose calling card was shot-making, especially from deep, rather than on-ball creation or physical downhill play. Georgia Tech’s own profile described him as an excellent shooter from mid- and long range with good athletic ability and a quick release, and that translated cleanly to the NBA, where he built a career as a high-end specialist marksman. Defensively, he was better suited to a team-context wing role than a stopper assignment, using positioning and effort to hold his space while offering limited disruption compared with his offensive value. Offensively, his role was simple and valuable: space the floor, punish help defenders, come off kick-outs or secondary actions, and score efficiently without needing many dribbles. His physical profile — 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds — gave him decent size for a two-guard, but his game was driven more by balance, touch and release speed than by burst or strength. In practical terms, Morrow’s style was that of a specialist scorer: stay ready, move into openings, fire quickly, and make defenses pay the moment they lost track of him. (NBA)

Scouting Report

Anthony Morrow never needed many dribbles to change a game. What stood out was how quickly he recognized the tiny moments when a defender’s head turned toward the ball, because that split second was enough for him to slide along the arc, fade to the corner, or curl off a pin-down into a perfectly balanced catch-and-shoot jumper. His release was compact and repeatable, allowing him to fire before contests could recover, and that’s why defenses often stayed attached to him well beyond the three-point line. The interesting thing is that his shooting wasn’t just about accuracy; it reshaped spacing. Help defenders hesitated to sink into the lane, creating cleaner driving angles for teammates without Morrow ever touching the ball. Once he was forced off the line, though, the offense became less comfortable. He could punish an aggressive closeout with a straight-line drive or one-dribble pull-up, but extended creation, tight pick-and-roll reads, and passing against rotating defenses were never the foundation of his game. Defensively, he competed with effort and generally understood where he was supposed to be within team concepts, rotating from the weak side and staying connected through basic off-ball actions, but opponents who involved him in repeated screening actions or isolated him against quicker scorers could expose limitations in his lateral movement and recovery speed. That’s where roster context mattered. Place him next to ball handlers capable of collapsing the defense and bigs who created solid screening angles, and his off-ball movement became a constant problem because defenders had to choose between helping at the point of attack or giving one of the league’s purest shooters even a sliver of daylight. To me, his offensive profile shared obvious similarities with Ben McLemore’s reliance on catch-and-shoot opportunities, although Morrow possessed a more dependable shooting touch and sharper relocation habits, while portions of his game also echoed Anthony Peeler, another wing who built his value by stretching defenses without needing high usage to do it. — Mat Diekhake, HeatingUp

Sources: NBA.com — “Anthony Morrow | Guard | Oklahoma City Thunder”; Georgia Tech Athletics — “Anthony Morrow – Men’s Basketball”; Basketball-Reference — “Anthony Morrow Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more”; NBADraft.net — “Anthony Morrow”