THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

[mvossman]

I think Green can work out. Pretty much the only thing preventing him being a solid bench option is the development of his 3 ball. The problem is I think he's on of those slow burn types because he doesn't have that alpha time mentality, you can see how timid he is a lot of the time on the court. I feel like those types are just naturally slow developers. I don't think he develops into a proper NBA player until he's 23-24 where he could maybe be some semblance of his namesake Danny Green, probably with less shooting ability, but a bit more playmaking (this talk of him being a 3rd ball handler option sounds disastrous to me, he's nowhere near good enough as a ball handler or creator for that). I'd have more confidence in Jaden Hardy taking 3rd ball handler duties than Green, despite that also being a very suboptimal solution, Hardy 100% has one of the most advanced handles from this draft and is directly NBA translatable I think. Problem is we don't necessarily have the time to wait for that because we need to improve the roster now, and it's not like we are not waiting for development on an end product that is that much of a needle mover. He's a decent trade piece in a cupboard full of bad trade pieces.

I don't know that i'd move Green for Thybulle, because I expect another year of development to where Green is just solid enough offensively to warrant more playing time in a playoff run than he got last year, so you aren't moving the needle much as Thybulle has the same problems, and Green is obviously 4 years younger with more scope for offensive development. But including him in any move for someone like Harris that also includes Thybulle is a no brainer.

I was with you on everything until that last paragraph.  Green and Thybulle struggle equally on offense, and there is reason to believe Green has more upside in that area due to youth and playmaking potential, but Thybulle defense is so elite he has unquestioned NBA value.  I want to take another look at Green, but if we could send him out for Thybulle I think you have to pull that trigger.