Liam Paul McMorrow (born July 22, 1987) is a Canadian born professional basketball player.

Player profile

McMorrow is a former ice hockey player in his native Canada who only took up basketball seriously in 2008. He went undrafted in the

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but has since shown a lot of improvement in stints in leagues around the world. His most recent stint was with the

Halifax Rainmen The Halifax Rainmen were a professional basketball team based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They played in the Atlantic Division of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) and their home games took place at the Scotiabank Centre, form ...

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, where his team lost Game Seven of their championship game against

Windsor Express The Windsor Express are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, competing in the Basketball Super League. The Express play their home games at the WFCU Centre. History On June 28, 2012, the NBL announced that ...

by forfeiture. The Rainmen refused to play the deciding Game Seven at the Windsor Express’ home floor in Windsor, Ontario for "fear of their safety", following the

2015 NBL Canada Finals brawl The 2015 NBL Canada Finals brawl was an altercation that occurred prior to Game 7 of the year's National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) Finals, between the Windsor Express and Halifax Rainmen on April 30, 2015. It led to the Rainmen's forfei ...

. In June 2015, McMorrow joined the

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summer league team which participated in the

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Orlando League. In October 2019, McMorrow joined the

Formosa Dreamers The Formosa Dreamers ( zh, 福爾摩沙夢想家) are a Taiwanese professional basketball team based in Taichung City. They have competed in the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL) and play their home games at the Taichung Intercontinental ...

of the ASEAN Basketball League. He was born in

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, McMorrow played college basketball at

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and

Tennessee Tech Tennessee Technological University (commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech) is a public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie, the name unde ...

The Basketball Tournament

Liam McMorrow played for Team Eberlein Drive in the

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edition of

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. Eberlein Drive made it to the championship game before falling to Overseas Elite.

Personal life

McMorrow is the youngest of four children. He is the son of Sheila McMorrow. His brother,

Sean Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Hiberno-English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name '' Yohanan'' (), Seán ( anglicized as '' Shaun/ Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; a ...

, was a professional hockey player.

References

1987 births Living people Barako Bull Energy players Basketball players from Vancouver Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian expatriate basketball people in Taiwan Canadian expatriate basketball people in the Philippines Canadian men's basketball players Centers (basketball) Halifax Rainmen players Iowa Energy players Nanjing Monkey Kings players Marquette University alumni Oklahoma City Blue players Philippine Basketball Association imports Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles men's basketball players Formosa Dreamers players Taipei Fubon Braves players Taiwan Beer basketball players Bank of Taiwan basketball players Yulon (basketball) players Super Basketball League imports Hunan Changsha Yongsheng players Obras Sanitarias basketball players 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Canadian expatriate basketball people in China {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub