Awesome that someone mentioned Vin Baker and Lafrentz in this thread. Couldn't make me happier.
Haven't posted in a while, but I read Kane's perspective in another thread and here again, and I think he is spot on. I take more issue with Green than Lee, and never saw Lee as more than a filler...
but Green doesn't have a motor, and in my humble opinion, I don't think he has the chops to be a big-time player. The guy oozes basketball player... he looks the part, he has that Jesus Shuttlesworth aura about him, and when he is locked-in, he does something that turns heads.
Overall, I think the guy has an NBA body that will fit a 3/4 depending on the match up, he has the talent, and he has the bball IQ. He just doesn't have the drive, that X factor that, as someone else mentioned in another thread, a guy like Posey (not nearly as talented) does and will therefore have a way bigger impact on the game.
I thought this prior to the season, feel the same way now (perhaps even more so). I do believe it was an awful signing, and I hope the culture of our team can influence his attitude/personality a bit, but I think we have seen what we are going to get from Green. He will be super inconsistent, largely disappoint, and at times turn our heads. Never did like Ainge, and I think he definitely dropped the ball here. I wonder what Doc thinks of Green right now, and the vets as well...