THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

[DanSchwartzgan]

ONLY BASED ON TWO PAINT DRIVES...Green looked way more confident in the paint than previous.

One he made a lay up(no contact but had to adjust slightly...so for NBA standards should be nothing) and another he made a great pass for a score.

Only issue is...he still seems pass happy and I think if I can figure that out NBA teams can.  If Josh Green dashes to the paint...1) hes not confident in traffic so most likely will miss a contested layup 2) he is looking to pass...so just be handsy and you can most likely disrupt an attempted pass.   Its really that easy with him in the paint.

I will grant the Green Homers this(and I am a Green supporter whom wants him to succeed but thinks he has major offensive warts) he looked more confident tonight offensively.   His handles werent improved...but his confidence in going to the lane were.  

If this kid can figure out a 3 ball before his next contract we might have a player

I’ll take 9 points and 4 assists (14.75 and 6.5 per 36) on great shooting splits all day.  I wonder what some of those decisions he made might have looked like with normal spacing.  

I thought Bullock missed a great highlight reel opportunity for Josh on his missed layup.  Josh was coming in for a monster slam on the left wing and Bullock decided to challenge the big.  How differently do we look at last night if Reggie makes a little dump off and Josh scores points 10 and 11 (and maybe gets the and-one) on a highlight reel dunk.  

I didn’t see anything that particularly worried me last night.