Marcus Morris introduced to Boston media

[CelticsElite]

https://youtu.be/G4ZN50qVA10

[green_bballers13]

My "not really a hot take" hot take: this year, Morris will be a better player than Jae Crowder ever was for the Celtics. I think Morris is an underrated player that can hit the next level as a super glue guy on a good team. This is his time to prove if he's a legit NBA starter, and Brad will help him succeed.

[moiso]

My "not really a hot take" hot take: this year, Morris will be a better player than Jae Crowder ever was for the Celtics. I think Morris is an underrated player that can hit the next level as a super glue guy on a good team. This is his time to prove if he's a legit NBA starter, and Brad will help him succeed.

I highly doubt that Morris will be better than Crowder.  I can't believe how underappreciated Crowder was for us.  At least Morris is an NBA player.  We had a thread saying that G leaguer Olejeye will be better than Crowder.

[green_bballers13]

My "not really a hot take" hot take: this year, Morris will be a better player than Jae Crowder ever was for the Celtics. I think Morris is an underrated player that can hit the next level as a super glue guy on a good team. This is his time to prove if he's a legit NBA starter, and Brad will help him succeed.

I highly doubt that Morris will be better than Crowder.  I can't believe how underappreciated Crowder was for us.  At least Morris is an NBA player.  We had a thread saying that G leaguer Olejeye will be better than Crowder.

I think Crowder was a gritty player and played above his pay grade. He made some big defensive stops against Lebron. Last year, I thought he was pretty average. Going forward, I thought he should come off the bench instead of Gordon Hayward and Marcus Morris. I like Morris' size and ability to stretch big men out to the perimeter.

[moiso]

My "not really a hot take" hot take: this year, Morris will be a better player than Jae Crowder ever was for the Celtics. I think Morris is an underrated player that can hit the next level as a super glue guy on a good team. This is his time to prove if he's a legit NBA starter, and Brad will help him succeed.

I highly doubt that Morris will be better than Crowder.  I can't believe how underappreciated Crowder was for us.  At least Morris is an NBA player.  We had a thread saying that G leaguer Olejeye will be better than Crowder.

I think Crowder was a gritty player and played above his pay grade. He made some big defensive stops against Lebron. Last year, I thought he was pretty average. Going forward, I thought he should come off the bench instead of Gordon Hayward and Marcus Morris. I like Morris' size and ability to stretch big men out to the perimeter.

But Crowder is simply a better player than Morris.  Far better shooter from the field and the 3point line.  Better rebounder.  Doesn't focus on long 2's.  And getting production that outweighs a salary is great thing.  Isaiah outperformed his paygrade.

[Alleyoopster]

My "not really a hot take" hot take: this year, Morris will be a better player than Jae Crowder ever was for the Celtics. I think Morris is an underrated player that can hit the next level as a super glue guy on a good team. This is his time to prove if he's a legit NBA starter, and Brad will help him succeed.

I highly doubt that Morris will be better than Crowder.  I can't believe how underappreciated Crowder was for us.  At least Morris is an NBA player.  We had a thread saying that G leaguer Olejeye will be better than Crowder.

I think Crowder was a gritty player and played above his pay grade. He made some big defensive stops against Lebron. Last year, I thought he was pretty average. Going forward, I thought he should come off the bench instead of Gordon Hayward and Marcus Morris. I like Morris' size and ability to stretch big men out to the perimeter.

But Crowder is simply a better player than Morris.  Far better shooter from the field and the 3point line.  Better rebounder.  Doesn't focus on long 2's.  And getting production that outweighs a salary is great thing.  Isaiah outperformed his paygrade.

Agree, Crowder was under appreciated by many Celtics fans. Haven't watched Marcus play all that much. Thus, I wouldn't be the right person to compare the two.

I would have kept him and used the money that was used on Hayward to pick up more talent via free agency. Then, that would have messed up the trade for Kyrie. Regardless, Cleveland did much better than they should have in that trade. 

[Chris22]

Morris, Baynes, Semi, Yabu,...Danny added some muscle to the Celtics.

[jambr380]

My "not really a hot take" hot take: this year, Morris will be a better player than Jae Crowder ever was for the Celtics. I think Morris is an underrated player that can hit the next level as a super glue guy on a good team. This is his time to prove if he's a legit NBA starter, and Brad will help him succeed.

I highly doubt that Morris will be better than Crowder.  I can't believe how underappreciated Crowder was for us.  At least Morris is an NBA player.  We had a thread saying that G leaguer Olejeye will be better than Crowder.

I think Crowder was a gritty player and played above his pay grade. He made some big defensive stops against Lebron. Last year, I thought he was pretty average. Going forward, I thought he should come off the bench instead of Gordon Hayward and Marcus Morris. I like Morris' size and ability to stretch big men out to the perimeter.

But Crowder is simply a better player than Morris.  Far better shooter from the field and the 3point line.  Better rebounder.  Doesn't focus on long 2's.  And getting production that outweighs a salary is great thing.  Isaiah outperformed his paygrade.

I loved Crowder on the Cs, but I didn't love him before the Cs. I think Stevens put Crowder in the best situation to succeed and I hope he can do the same with Morris.

One thing for sure, pre-Cs Morris was definitely better than pre-Cs Crowder.

[Smartacus]

My "not really a hot take" hot take: this year, Morris will be a better player than Jae Crowder ever was for the Celtics. I think Morris is an underrated player that can hit the next level as a super glue guy on a good team. This is his time to prove if he's a legit NBA starter, and Brad will help him succeed.

I highly doubt that Morris will be better than Crowder.  I can't believe how underappreciated Crowder was for us.  At least Morris is an NBA player.  We had a thread saying that G leaguer Olejeye will be better than Crowder.

I think Crowder was a gritty player and played above his pay grade. He made some big defensive stops against Lebron. Last year, I thought he was pretty average. Going forward, I thought he should come off the bench instead of Gordon Hayward and Marcus Morris. I like Morris' size and ability to stretch big men out to the perimeter.

But Crowder is simply a better player than Morris.  Far better shooter from the field and the 3point line.  Better rebounder.  Doesn't focus on long 2's.  And getting production that outweighs a salary is great thing.  Isaiah outperformed his paygrade.

We'll see, Crowder has also been living in the Boston spacing for the past 3 years, if you were to look at the 2 players when they were drafted Morris would have easily been considered the higher ceiling prospect. He's got a solid 4 inches on him after all.

You mention his focus on long twos but let's not forget that unlike Crowder he can get off those long 2's off without needing to be assisted. On top of personal shot creation, Crowder also stopped focusing on defense when he raised hit 3PT% where Morris arguably had the best defensive year of his career last year, most notably slowing down LeBron.

Morris has been both an elite glue guy and the focal point of an offense. IMO it's no disrespect intended to Crowder to recognise that Marcus Morris could become a better player than him sooner rather than later. At the very least you can say he'd be a better fit in Boston since Crowder outgrew his role. We don't need either of them to start long term and Morris should be better equipped to handle that reality,

[Sketch5]

My "not really a hot take" hot take: this year, Morris will be a better player than Jae Crowder ever was for the Celtics. I think Morris is an underrated player that can hit the next level as a super glue guy on a good team. This is his time to prove if he's a legit NBA starter, and Brad will help him succeed.

I highly doubt that Morris will be better than Crowder.  I can't believe how underappreciated Crowder was for us.  At least Morris is an NBA player.  We had a thread saying that G leaguer Olejeye will be better than Crowder.

I think Crowder was a gritty player and played above his pay grade. He made some big defensive stops against Lebron. Last year, I thought he was pretty average. Going forward, I thought he should come off the bench instead of Gordon Hayward and Marcus Morris. I like Morris' size and ability to stretch big men out to the perimeter.

But Crowder is simply a better player than Morris.  Far better shooter from the field and the 3point line.  Better rebounder.  Doesn't focus on long 2's.  And getting production that outweighs a salary is great thing.  Isaiah outperformed his paygrade.

Agree, Crowder was under appreciated by many Celtics fans. Haven't watched Marcus play all that much. Thus, I wouldn't be the right person to compare the two.

I would have kept him and used the money that was used on Hayward to pick up more talent via free agency. Then, that would have messed up the trade for Kyrie. Regardless, Cleveland did much better than they should have in that trade.

See this is were people start of over value Crowder. Teams need top tear players to win big, Crowder isn't that, Hayward is. Yes you blow a huge chunk of your cap on a few guys, but what team doesn't, just the way it is, and you can't beat that.

 We Barely got by Chi and Wash. Rondo stays healthy, we may have lost that series. And that was only Rondo. Washington was close, and it toke KO to have the game of his life for us to win it. And Cleveland out side that one win wasn't even close. And yes we didn't have IT, but if we were better it would have been more competitive. 

Crowder hasn't played the same D he had when he first came into Boston. He was horrible against Lebron last season. Brown, the rookie, was better. And on offense Crowder could hit an open three and make a straight line drive to the hoop. Hayward does much, much more and he plays solid D.

I don't think using Haywards money on a couple other players would have made this team better than they are now. You needed to have that other go to guy out side of IT. And we wouldn't have gotten Baynes which is going to be huge for us this season. He just fits really well and does what he needs to do and thats it. Morris should be the same, and is a bit under rated right now because we haven't seen him in a C's uniform yet.