Team doctors and doc himself don't think green has the stamina to play a proper 30+ minute game yet due to his surgery.
What we're all looking for is an increase in green's minutes, which by the sound of it he's not capable of yet.
Do you have a link to this info? That is something i have wondered about but I haven't heard team doctors or doc mention this at all so i assume he can play 40 min. if he wanted to.
Tommy Heinsohn said he spoke to the doctors and they told him they were amazed he had the energy to sprint around at all, let alone for half a basketball game.
So he's obviously making amazing progress, but clearly not within the rhelms of 100% fitness yet. If anything, that should be MORE encouraging considering what he's able to do now in limited time and with limited fitness.
I love Tommy, but he says a lot of things. Jeff played 25-30 minutes in just about every preseason game, including a 38 minute game where he scored 25 points.
While stamina and conditioning may in fact still be an obstacle, I'd be shocked if he was physically incapable of playing 30-34 MPG.
The preseason is not the NBA.
From watching him he looks gassed each time he comes off the court. Several times when he is on the court in the middle of a run of plays that he should be enjoying (scoring a lot and dominating his man), he is down on his haunches sucking it in.
There is no way that he is at the peak of his physical ability right now.