Well, I'm thinking that Jeff Green will become Boston's new whipping stick, unfortunately.
In GF1819's dictionary,
a whipping stick is a player on the Boston Celtic's roster that is lambasted when BOS loses..but when he plays well, it is barely mentioned. It is even reasoned away that his "good" play was the result of something else, lol.
As long as I've been a fan, we've had a few:
Antoine Walker.
Tony Allen.
Now, I can see Jeff Green becoming that player. While I can certainly understand the money slant, I don't think it's fair to just jump on the man after this loss.
There were other factors involved with this loss other than Jeff Green. He didn't play great, but Bass went 4-14.
And I do love Bass as a player.
If we would've had Rajon, BOS takes this game. I'm upset about the loss, but I'm not about to go "Bad-Jeff Good-Jeff", like we had with Tony Allen, lol...
And then TA left for MEM, and he's thriving.
While I respect the OP's post, I don't agree with it at all - not after one game.