TRADE: Christian Wood (1yr/$14.3M) to DAL | #26+SB+Boban+Chriss+TB to HOU

[SleepingHero]

I don't get why so many people seem so deadset on trading Green. He has more upside left than just about anyone on the roster but he probably doesn't have that much trade value at the moment because he wasn't ready for his first real playoff minutes. 

He went from 45.2% from the field and 16% from deep in his first season to 50.8% from the field and 35.9% from deep this last season. So he soiled the bed in the playoffs, so did Brunson the year before. He's got a lot more offensive upside than Frank the Clank, who has yet to shoot 40% from the field after 5 seasons. If you're patient Green might actually turn into one of those coveted two way guys

Green is 21. DFS shot 37.2% from the field and 29.3% from deep when he was 23, but he made slight improvements in each and every season after that. I'm willing to be patient with Green because he showed offseason improvement which shows his future trajectory is heading the right way

I don't believe I'm deadset on trading Green but rather, and I'm going to borrow from one of Dan's favorite phrases, you have to give something to get something.

I like Green A LOT. I think his impact is vastly underrated by people who don't peruse this board frequently. We all see his positives, some more believers than others. 

BUT, you have to ask yourself, does Green fit the timeline for a team that wants to win it all next year? If not, how many years will it take him to be that guy based on what we've seen so far? Does he ever get there? Of course he's improved vastly in his first 2 years, but I also recognize that Green basically started as low as one can from a career standpoint, being largely non-existent. He's now a fringe role player. 

These aren't guys that we should prioritize that much. Improvement is rarely linear in the NBA. There's a chance where Green comes out next season and plays awful for 35 games and then all of a sudden everything clicks and he's a 15ppg guy nightly with great defense. There's a chance he'll never crack 1000 points in the NBA. It's all a risk. 
One of Derek Harper's favorite saying's is "This is a 'what have you done for me lately' league." And it's obvious Green had some moments, but I'd trade him 100 times out of 100 if he's needed to complete a deal for a playoff ready wing and I don't/shouldn't think that's a controversial opinion.