Article: No question, doubts: Although he has successfully dealt with diabetes for years, some still wonder if Adam Morrison can survive an 82-game NBA grind.

Byline: Marlen Garcia

Jun. 18--Adam Morrison can answer the questions until his voice is strained, but he still will have skeptics who doubt his tall, slender body can handle the grind of an NBA season while he's fighting diabetes.

The Gonzaga junior, a likely top-five pick in the June 28 NBA draft, is tired of dispelling misconceptions about Type 1 diabetes. He was diagnosed with the disease at 13. The myth is "your body won't be able to hold up," he said last weekend at the NBA's predraft camp in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The reality is "every doctor says you can live a normal life with diabetes," he said. "I've never heard one say you can't. ...

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