THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

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Green slowly replaced Ntilikina in the lineup in the last couple of month of the regular season but after the Jazz series Kidd went back to Frank. And I would argue that with both of them being no shows on offense the decision was all about their defense. For the limited role of 5-15 minutes per game all out pressure on the opposing teams best ballhandler/scorer Josh wasn´t the Mavs first option.
But this year we might be looking at a different role and hopefully the game will start to slow down for him on both ends.

I think the replacement in the playoffs was pretty simple and not much to do with defense.  Josh refused to shoot open threes, Frank would pull the trigger.  

It's a preseason overreaction on my part, but Josh doesn't seem to understand how to insert his aggressiveness into games.  He's at his best when he's scrambling.  That seems to be an easy delineation between overthinking (when to be aggressive) versus not thinking/just playing (scrambling).  

I love to be the party pooper and I was always skeptical of the offseason Josh Green hype.  The preseason so far has confirmed my feelings.  As always, I'm usually wrong but the pumpkin watch is still on.

Further, the Mavs are a would be contender so there are only so many development minutes to go around.  I'd prefer those minutes go to the ones with the most upside.  It's why I'd prefer Josh over Frank at this point even if what Frank gives you game in and game out is more consistent, I think Frank is pretty much a finished product.  In that same vein, I'd take Jaden over Josh.  Maybe that's "new toy" syndrome.