Weathers is starring in Poland while his twin is a leader at Heidelberg in Germany
Trefl’s Marcus Weathers dreams of playing with twin brother Michael again
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Marcus Weathers is making his way up the ranks in Europe, having reached the BKT EuroCup in just his second season on the old continent. The Trefl Sopot forward believes he can accomplish even bigger things, but one major dream would be to play again with his twin brother.
Weathers has put together a strong EuroCup debut for the Polish club, including pouring in 25 points against Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius in Round 5. All told, he has averaged 9.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 1.0 assist and a 12.2 PIR in 12 games, having returned from a five-game injury layoff in Round 17.
"I think my expectations for the EuroCup were pretty simple. I believe that I belong at this level and an even higher level. But it was just to go out there and show that I can play with guys like that – win or lose. That’s what I expected, just to compete,” the 27-year-old American told David Hein.
Weathers already had experience of playing against EuroCup and Turkish Airlines EuroLeague teams before the season. He played most of the 2023-24 campaign with Montenegro club Mornar Bar, competing in the ABA League and facing the likes of EuroLeague clubs Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, as well as Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana and Buducnost VOLI Podgorica from the EuroCup.
“I was very excited and happy to play those teams,” said Weathers, who averaged 18.1 points and 8.1 rebounds in 16 ABA League games. “My level of play rises when I go up against teams like this. It’s an underdog mentality for me. Basically, I want to prove myself against those guys. I did, and I was very happy with the result.”
Weathers was the third-best scorer in the ABA League and second most prolific rebounder, while he finished last season very strong with four 20-point, 10-rebound double-doubles in the last four games.
Weathers arrived at Mornar Bar in late November 2023 after starting the season in the Turkish second division at Ankaragucu, where he averaged 18.7 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists.
“My mind was all over the place playing there. Türkiye was a lot of highs and lows. I was playing very well individually, but our team just wasn’t built the right way or good enough to compete. So I would just question a lot of things and ultimately, I wasn’t very happy being there,” he said.
That was Weathers’s first experience in Europe after spending the 2022-23 season spilt between the Philippines and Taiwan.
While that was happening, Weathers’s twin brother Michael was debuting with Montenegro side Sutjeska Niksic. Last season his fraternal twin Michael, who is three minutes older, starred in Austria, winning the league MVP while playing for Dukes Klosterneuburg.
“I followed my brother the whole season. We are very close with each other. To say the least I was beyond proud of him and what he was doing over there in Austria because he’s been through so much. It was absolutely incredible to see him be the front-runner of his team and ultimately the MVP of the season. That is incredible, we talk all the time about that and I say: ‘Damn, man that’s insane you accomplished that,’” the 1.96-meter forward said of his brother.
Michael, a guard who stands 1.90 meters, has since moved to the German League and is playing for MLP Academics Heidelberg, a club that narrowly avoided relegation last season but is one of the surprises of this season and one of the top teams in the standings.
Marcus and Michael starred together on their high school team, finishing as the second and first all-time leading scorers in school history, respectively. They played their college freshman season together at Miami, Ohio. and then went separate ways. They took advantage of the NCAA giving players an extra year of eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic and played their fifth season again together at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
“It was the best season of my life,” Marcus remembered. “You get to go through that process with your family member and it’s hard to really trade that. Every day I woke up, I just felt honored and blessed to be playing basketball with my brother and that showed.”
The SMU Mustangs reached the second round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) and both brothers averaged at least 11.0 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists.
Marcus admitted the brothers have thought about joining forces again in Europe.
“We actually talk about playing in Europe together all the time,” he revealed. “My brother really wants that and I would really want that too. So hopefully down the road in the future – maybe in a year or two – it all aligns. That would be something extremely incredible, something that me and him would love to experience.”
When asked what a team which signed both Weathers brothers would be getting, Marcus said: “They would be getting two guys who love to work. We actually have experienced a lot – from being the ‘man' to being whatever the team needs, actually. So it would just go hand in hand with us. We are both extremely athletic and just love the game and most importantly love the people and the fans. We come from a place where those things are important and matter.”
And naturally, playing with family on the same team again – and this time with a European club – would be a dream for Marcus Weathers.