Monte Morris was born on June 27, 1995), and his hometown is Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. He is an American professional basketball player and a point guard. He joined the NBA on June 23, 2017.
In college, he studied at Iowa State University (2016-17 season) and averaged 35.3 minutes per game, scoring 16.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.5 steals, shooting 46.5% from the field and 37.8% from three-pointers.
In the 2017 NBA Draft, he was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 51st pick in the second round, and then completed his NBA debut, played 3 minutes and scored 1 assist. Morris is an excellent leader with few turnovers, good rebounding ability and three-point shooting ability, high free throw percentage and good steals. But his body is not strong enough, and his defensive ability needs to be improved. (2018-19 season) played 82 times on behalf of the Nuggets, averaging 24 minutes per game, scoring 10.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 0.89 steals, renewing the contract with the Nuggets in advance for 3 years and $2,700