THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

[mvossman]

I disagree with him not being a hooper.   He has had shortcomings in creating off the dribble.  This may always be a shortcoming for him.   It just doesn't appear he will ever be good at facing someone up and getting a basket off the dribble.    He is finishing a little better this year and that has always been a weak spot of his game as well.

But he has always had a nice feel for the game.  He sees the court well.   He just needed confidence and to play with freedom.  You are seeing that now.    

Going back to HS, he has always showed a nice feel for the game.    Hustle/athleticism is a big part of his game.  But if you don't see his feel for the game, you are missing a pretty big part of his skillset.

I don't think there was ever much chance he was going to be able to create for himself in that manner at the NBA level.  That's why his ceiling was low.  I thought his floor was low as well, which is why I hated the pick, but its starting to look like he may end up being close to his ceiling (high quality 3&D worth MLE).  That would be a significant drafting success even if there were a couple of guys behind him that turned out even better.