LOS ANGELES — Skip Robinson remembers the moment Bones Hyland first met Marcus Morris Sr. with vivid clarity, because seeing a middle-schooler issue a challenge to an NBA player 11 years his senior, before so much as saying hello, is not something that is easily forgotten.
It was nearly a decade ago and Robinson, as the coach of Hyland's Philadelphia-based Amateur Athletic Union team, asked the guard about his goals. The response was matter-of-fact, and assured: the NBA. Robinson happened to know someone who understood what that would take: A decade before then, Robinson had coached an AAU team featuring Morris and his twin, Markieff. He brokered a meeting.
"We were in the gym getting prepared for a tournament and I had the twins come up and Marcus is like, 'Who's the best kid right now?' I'm like, 'I think Bones has the most potential.'
