Minutes will be tight, but it will be interesting to see how the Mavs value Green. Who they target in FA/trades may tell us some of the story.
Green, for the most part, was pretty positive in the second half of the season. I said prior to the playoffs that it was likely the playoffs would be too much for him. And it was. It happens to a lot of young players, but I think that is especially for a player with Green's skills and his weaknesses. You would like to see him continue develop on the court and not back to a deep bench guy. Going into the his third year, you would hope he would beat others out for playing time. Difficult with guys with big contracts in front of him. Last year, I said he would be behind my internal development chart if he didn't earn playing time. They signed Sterling but I said he should beat out Brown for playing time. He did. Now in his third year is where you want to see a jump. With limited playing time, that is going to be hard.
So start of the season may be hard for him for playing time, if he is still here. But if he is not a regular part of the rotation after the trade deadline, then I would consider that a bad sign.
edit- Let me add that Green does some unique things on this team. Plus, he is the type of low contract this team will need to fill out the roster too. I think he is 50/50 if he makes it here. He has the tools to be very good man on man defender, but he is not there yet. He is a little like a young puppy out there. He needs to understand leverage, body positioning and other tricks of the trade to go with his quickness and activity.
His shooting is a big concern. I said last year he was not as bad of a shooter as he showed last season. I am not sure he is as good as he finished this year. Some of his misses and free throw misses were so off that it gives me pause.
Lastly, for such an athletic guy, he looks pretty unathletic trying to score at the rim. This is my big concern for him. There are time where I want to see him use his body and length and seal a defender off at the rim. He really is really lacking at this right now.
Green, for the most part, was pretty positive in the second half of the season. I said prior to the playoffs that it was likely the playoffs would be too much for him. And it was. It happens to a lot of young players, but I think that is especially for a player with Green's skills and his weaknesses. You would like to see him continue develop on the court and not back to a deep bench guy. Going into the his third year, you would hope he would beat others out for playing time. Difficult with guys with big contracts in front of him. Last year, I said he would be behind my internal development chart if he didn't earn playing time. They signed Sterling but I said he should beat out Brown for playing time. He did. Now in his third year is where you want to see a jump. With limited playing time, that is going to be hard.
So start of the season may be hard for him for playing time, if he is still here. But if he is not a regular part of the rotation after the trade deadline, then I would consider that a bad sign.
edit- Let me add that Green does some unique things on this team. Plus, he is the type of low contract this team will need to fill out the roster too. I think he is 50/50 if he makes it here. He has the tools to be very good man on man defender, but he is not there yet. He is a little like a young puppy out there. He needs to understand leverage, body positioning and other tricks of the trade to go with his quickness and activity.
His shooting is a big concern. I said last year he was not as bad of a shooter as he showed last season. I am not sure he is as good as he finished this year. Some of his misses and free throw misses were so off that it gives me pause.
Lastly, for such an athletic guy, he looks pretty unathletic trying to score at the rim. This is my big concern for him. There are time where I want to see him use his body and length and seal a defender off at the rim. He really is really lacking at this right now.
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