Marcus Morris was fine, statistically. His TS% of .541 was only a little off the team number of .552, he didn’t turn the ball over much (granted he didn’t pass much, but still), he was a good defensive rebounder for his position, and he generally played good defense overall, albeit with some lapses.
On the other hand, like everyone else, I hated his shot selection and the fact that the ball stopped at him way too much. I think he does have his use on this team, but there is an open question as to how much. He could really be anywhere from about 6th to 9th, or even 10th in minutes. And that ultimately is the question about whether he should remain on the roster. If he’s in line to be your 6th or 7th man, then he should stay and you should eat the tax. If the Celtics look at it and determine that he’s really going to be behind Smart, Rozier, and Baynes, and fighting with Theis for minutes, then he should be moved and those minutes given to a combination of Semi, Yabusele, and Bird.
This is something they may wait a bit to decide (you really want to make sure Hayward and Kyrie are truly able to go at the beginning of the season, and to a lesser extent, the same is true with Theis). But while you don’t have to trade him until February, the longer you wait, the fewer options that may be available to move him to, and the less value he will have (and potentially it will be negative value). It feels like the prime time to move Morris, assuming the team is trending that direction, would be in September, leading up to training camp.
Getting back to his comment, there is room for a versatile bully. Although I would argue that Smart also can fit that description, and I’m not sure we need a team full of them.