Donte Greene

[heitingas]

rasheed-gaffney-lafayette-cash-2011 first, for Donte greene ? anyone interrested ? Ainge probably thinking what most don't think about, he fits perfect into our needs, the only negative is sacramento is already under the cap and next year they are about 16 mil in salary are they in need for this ?
Greene is a good shooter, good athlete and good IQ.
our new roster:
rondo/nate/bradley
ray/wafer
pierce/greene/quis
kg/bbd/harangody
perk/o'neal/shaq/erden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrLabdam1Uo

[Who]

Very disappointed in Donte Greene.

He should be a 20ppg threat. A guy with that athleticism + those scoring instincts. He is a mismatch problem 2 through 4. A post up threat against wings and has a quickness advantage against bigs. Nice well-rounded offensive arsenal.

Alas, the lad is an idiot who can't figure out how to attack his defenders. His failures over the past two years have also made him passive. Dampened his ambition, his aggressiveness as a scorer.

If someone doesn't get through to him soon ... he is going to waste away his talent.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

ESPN says he's 6-11 but has him listed as a SF. Is that correct?

I don't know much about him, and I realize that highlights show only the good stuff, but he seems to have good outside range, and he hit 37.7% on 3s last season.

[Who]

ESPN says he's 6-11 but has him listed as a SF. Is that correct?

I don't know much about him, and I realize that highlights show only the good stuff, but he seems to have good outside range, and he hit 37.7% on 3s last season.

Donte Greene can play at the shooting guard, small forward and power forward positions.

Sacramento used him at each position last season. I liked him most of all as a power forward but that was mostly because of the rest of the lineup rather than Greene. He hasn't found his best position yet in the NBA but he is serviceable at SG + SF + PF.

Edit: To be clear by serviceable I meant below average role player which is what Greene currently is. At each position.

[ralph]

Don't think so, In the Sac blog circles they are expecting a break out season from Donte. Teams don't usually trade guys when they expecting a break out season from them.

But Sacramento has one of the best up and coming front lines in the NBA.

Cousins/Whiteside
Thompson/Green

is the best PF/C, Combos in this league, and if Cousins becomes the superstar i think he will, then Sacramento will be a thorn in LA's side, matter of fact you guys want to give the Kings some more picks? lol

[Change]

Very disappointed in Donte Greene.

He should be a 20ppg threat. A guy with that athleticism + those scoring instincts. He is a mismatch problem 2 through 4. A post up threat against wings and has a quickness advantage against bigs. Nice well-rounded offensive arsenal.

Alas, the lad is an idiot who can't figure out how to attack his defenders. His failures over the past two years have also made him passive. Dampened his ambition, his aggressiveness as a scorer.

If someone doesn't get through to him soon ... he is going to waste away his talent.

Co-sign.

I thought he'd be fringe all-star by now. Very disappointing. Something isn't clicking for him up there. If I was Donte, I'd be calling Kobe until my hands hurt. He needs mentoring, Or else he'll be another wasted talent.

[Witch-King]

Very disappointed in Donte Greene.

He should be a 20ppg threat. A guy with that athleticism + those scoring instincts. He is a mismatch problem 2 through 4. A post up threat against wings and has a quickness advantage against bigs. Nice well-rounded offensive arsenal.

Alas, the lad is an idiot who can't figure out how to attack his defenders. His failures over the past two years have also made him passive. Dampened his ambition, his aggressiveness as a scorer.

If someone doesn't get through to him soon ... he is going to waste away his talent.

Co-sign.

I thought he'd be fringe all-star by now. Very disappointing. Something isn't clicking for him up there. If I was Donte, I'd be calling Kobe until my hands hurt. He needs mentoring, Or else he'll be another wasted talent.

He could just pull a Ron Artest and show up to the Lakers locker-room right after they have just lost Game 6 of the 2008 Finals and promise Kobe Bryant that the Lakers will not lose to the Celtics again next season as he (Kobe) is exiting the shower. According to Ron Artest, this actually happened. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NUBgEOr0rI

[Rondo9dunx]

This guy seems like exactly what we need, a tall defender that can clear the lanes. He is at least as good as Barnes and i'd kill for Barnes at this point

[Witch-King]

This guy seems like exactly what we need, a tall defender that can clear the lanes. He is at least as good as Barnes and i'd kill for Barnes at this point

lol, Barnes plays for the Lakers, sir. Surprising that anyone on this blog would still show any interest in him. Wow do I hate the 'Lakers'.

[indeedproceed]

Don't think so, In the Sac blog circles they are expecting a break out season from Donte. Teams don't usually trade guys when they expecting a break out season from them.

I think Casspi is probably the more likely trading chip, both due to his value as a player, and his value as an Israeli. Remember when all that fuss was made about Yi Jianlian going to a city with a large Chinese population?

Casspi hit the rookie wall pretty hard in Sactown last year. Harder than most. He went from having a prominent place in the rotation and a starter into being a bench guy with diminishing minutes as the season went on.

Sacramento right now is having the same argument about Casspi and Greene as this board had in 06/07 about Telfair/West/Rondo.

They're split pretty even, Casspi being the more skilled player with less athletic ability and a much lower ceiling, Greene being the more talented player with less developed skills and a questionable work ethic.

[Rondo9dunx]

This guy seems like exactly what we need, a tall defender that can clear the lanes. He is at least as good as Barnes and i'd kill for Barnes at this point

lol, Barnes plays for the Lakers, sir. Surprising that anyone on this blog would still show any interest in him. Wow do I hate the 'Lakers'.

So what Shaq won 3 championships with the lakers...


Barnes would have been a good pickup for us

[jc3celticsphan]

its baby walta!!! mcCarty! same build just a lil more athletic.. maybe he will be tommy's new favorite if! we get him

[rads2005]

Are you kidding?  I'm a lifelong Syracuse fan who saw plenty of Donte Greene.  He's okay and I guess it's great for SU that another of its players got into the NBA, but he's nowhere NEAR the hype.  He has zero intangibles, and that's deadly when the sum of his so-called "gifts" doesn't add up to what it should.

[indeedproceed]

Are you kidding?  I'm a lifelong Syracuse fan who saw plenty of Donte Greene.  He's okay and I guess it's great for SU that another of its players got into the NBA, but he's nowhere NEAR the hype.  He has zero intangibles, and that's deadly when the sum of his so-called "gifts" doesn't add up to what it should.

I'm from Northern NY and I've heard this from a lot of SU fans. They love Johnny Flynn, Carmelo, Wes Johnson...but they hate Paul Harris and Greene.

[Who]

Don't think so, In the Sac blog circles they are expecting a break out season from Donte. Teams don't usually trade guys when they expecting a break out season from them.

I think Casspi is probably the more likely trading chip, both due to his value as a player, and his value as an Israeli. Remember when all that fuss was made about Yi Jianlian going to a city with a large Chinese population?

Casspi hit the rookie wall pretty hard in Sactown last year. Harder than most. He went from having a prominent place in the rotation and a starter into being a bench guy with diminishing minutes as the season went on.

Sacramento right now is having the same argument about Casspi and Greene as this board had in 06/07 about Telfair/West/Rondo.

They're split pretty even, Casspi being the more skilled player with less athletic ability and a much lower ceiling, Greene being the more talented player with less developed skills and a questionable work ethic.

Casspi is their second best player on the perimeter. I don't see Sacramento moving him. They value him very highly plus his ability to play both wing spots (SG to SF) is a great fit alongside Tyreke Evans (PG to SG).

Donte Greene on the other hand is close to wearing out his welcome. That organization is growing frustrated with his lack of development over the past two years. It's do or dump time for Greene.