THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

[mvossman]

Hmmm, I finally looked at his stats and I don’t really see what you’re saying at all. Looks like his biggest issue is his ability to stay healthy in all honesty. Last year was his most games played pretty much by far. His last 3 years of stats are pretty much perfect for the role he would play here (as far as career year last year? Most of his stats declined from the year before). He doesn’t have the flashy ppg stat that we know THJ can produce, but 12 ppg off the bench on pretty good efficiency is all we need if he’s a plus defender. He would for sure solidify our middle of the roster and then next year if he fits can sign to a smaller deal.


I would much prefer a better ball handler than Walker in the deal, but him expiring makes it less a concern.

He has been a poor defender throughout most of his career, but has improved to a little better than average the last year or two.  If I look at him a little more deeply, he was better his prior two seasons than he had ever been, so it makes me feel better that he has been trending instead of a single outlier.  Everything did come together for him last season.  He played the best defense of his career, the most games, games started and minutes of his career, and managed to maintain his offensive efficiency.  

I still think Timmy is the better player.  You can make the argument that Burks is the better fit.  A straight up trade of Timmy for Burks makes some sense as it would save 9 mil of tax (and I think Detroit can absorb the cap).  I have no interest in taking Kemba on at 10 mil.  If he gets bought out, he might be somebody to consider at vet min, but it makes no sense to save a roster spot to include him in that trade.  I will be super pissed if it turns out we told Dragic he would ride the pine because we are bringing in Kemba freaking Walker.