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[KillerLeft]

Everything you're saying is true... but Josh still intrigues me as a defender on the opposing team's best small guard. It's situational. He needs to be more aggressive and impactful on offense though, for the intrigue to sustain itself, and transform itself into thinking that he's a must-keep on this roster.

Green is so hard to pin down, but I'm currently headed the opposite direction as you on him. 

He's TERRIBLE (truly awful) at navigating ball screens set for the guy he's defending. Worst on the Mavericks, maybe. That doesn't fill me with confidence in him as a point of attack defender, and while he has always been a good and timely help defender (probably the source of most of the good showing in advanced stats Dan likes about him), I just don't know that you can pay or build around him in that limited capacity. 

To the Green conversation happening here today, in general: I think there's reason to wonder whether DJJ's recent stretch of dominant defense and passable two-way play is sustainable. That's fair. But, if it IS, I think the claim that Green is in any way close enough to make up for losing him is laughably incorrect. I'm not proposing this, but I honestly wouldn't be shocked if Green is traded this summer. From where I sit, and almost regardless of what happens in this next series, I'm ready for heaven and earth to be moved to retain DJJ, and that is up to and including giving up on Josh Green (if absolutely necessary).