THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

[mvossman]

My deal with THJ is, he has shown to be quite a bit less than when coming off the bench. He also has shown even more less than so far under Kidd. What if he comes back from injury and looks the same as before he went out? A shooter with a less than reputation of playing defense that is shooting 33.6% from 3? That’s a disaster and is not out of the realm of possibility with players coming off injury. It would also IMO take him out of being an asset at the TDL. If he picks it up toward the end of the season and has a good postseason, THEN we’re talking about him as an asset (because his contract also drops). 

He could come out as great as you guys are thinking as well, but both scenarios are far from a sure thing.

I'm not too worried about the fairly small sample of THJ last year.  The whole team (and NBA for that matter) struggled from three the first couple of months of the season.  I do think it would make sense to put him in the opening lineup with McGee, Dorian, Bullock and Luka.  His spacing and quick trigger would fit nicely there, and Din makes more sense in 5 out lineups when he has some space to get the rim.