Why don't C's bring Gerald Green for a workout?

[Greenbean]

As it stands now the C's are going to have to cut someone (wafer, lasme) that would have probably made the team last year.  They certainly aren't lacking for quality players.

Very well put.

Why would we make room on the roster for a guy that every NBA team has  =taken a look at and passed on?

The guy has serious flaws in his game that prevent him form being a contributor to winning basketball.

[KG_ended_Bias]

It's funny how everybody's last impression of a 20yr. Old basketball player is the one that's sticking. Geez guys the Gerald was not that bad for a Guy fresh & Green out of high-school. The problem is Kobe Bryant & Lebron James tainted the minds of you all as what production should look like from a kid who shoulda at that time be a Sophomore in College. I'm not so foolish,  Gerald had like 8 20pt. Scoring games and 2 30pt games. That's pretty good for a 20yr.old, He was drafted as a scoring gaurd not Ron Arrest or Scottie Pippen. That's woulda come in time in our system had we not given up on a kid.

[Jon]

If we were going to go the way of retreads, I'd actually be more interested in Antoine Walker.

I can just picture the eastern conferance finals and we are playing the heat.  Halfway through the 3rd walker starts clanking 3's

Antoine is the ultimate love/hate relationship for me as far as celtics go.

That trade is all banking on gody being able to permanently replace BBD for the long run. 

Hmm...for this year only, would I rather have a suddently-coachable, non-chucker, role-player Toine for 1/3 the salary on a non-guaranteed deal, or BBD?

Tough call.

And in the scenario I originally suggested, he wouldn't be playing in the Eastern Conference Finals.  As I said very specifically: Walker would eventually be a Carr-like towel-waver.  I was simply suggesting that signing Walker would make Big Baby even more expendable, and quite frankly, even without Walker, Big Baby may be expendable when Perk comes back. 

But assuming we sign Walker and traded Baby (and someone else) for a big 3, Walker would get bumped from the rotation when Perk returns. 

[Dolomite133]

The only way I sign walker is on a pay-per-smart-decision basis. Set quotas for turnovers and fouls and tell him if he exceeds either he makes nothing. But if he comes in under those numbers we'll pay off his gambling debts.

[Roy H.]

It's funny how everybody's last impression of a 20yr. Old basketball player is the one that's sticking. Geez guys the Gerald was not that bad for a Guy fresh & Green out of high-school. The problem is Kobe Bryant & Lebron James tainted the minds of you all as what production should look like from a kid who shoulda at that time be a Sophomore in College. I'm not so foolish,  Gerald had like 8 20pt. Scoring games and 2 30pt games. That's pretty good for a 20yr.old, He was drafted as a scoring gaurd not Ron Arrest or Scottie Pippen. That's woulda come in time in our system had we not given up on a kid.

If Gerald is a legit NBA player, why have the Celtics, Twolves, Rockets, Mavericks, and Lakers (summer league) all given up on him?

I think you're correct that initial expectations for Gerald were too high, and I also agree that he showed some offensive promise.  However, the issue was that he never got better, and from media accounts, he never really even tried to improve.

[guava_wrench]

It's funny how everybody's last impression of a 20yr. Old basketball player is the one that's sticking. Geez guys the Gerald was not that bad for a Guy fresh & Green out of high-school. The problem is Kobe Bryant & Lebron James tainted the minds of you all as what production should look like from a kid who shoulda at that time be a Sophomore in College. I'm not so foolish,  Gerald had like 8 20pt. Scoring games and 2 30pt games. That's pretty good for a 20yr.old, He was drafted as a scoring gaurd not Ron Arrest or Scottie Pippen. That's woulda come in time in our system had we not given up on a kid.

You don't know that he would have become anything.

There are so many borderline players who are here, why worry about a borderline player who is in Russia?

[crownsy]

It's funny how everybody's last impression of a 20yr. Old basketball player is the one that's sticking. Geez guys the Gerald was not that bad for a Guy fresh & Green out of high-school. The problem is Kobe Bryant & Lebron James tainted the minds of you all as what production should look like from a kid who shoulda at that time be a Sophomore in College. I'm not so foolish,  Gerald had like 8 20pt. Scoring games and 2 30pt games. That's pretty good for a 20yr.old, He was drafted as a scoring gaurd not Ron Arrest or Scottie Pippen. That's woulda come in time in our system had we not given up on a kid.

Why do you suppose the other 5 teams that had him on thier roster, and none of the other 25 teams in the league, can find a spot for him then?

Sometimes the simplest solution is the right one. Gerald is not a good enough basketball player to play in the NBA right now. mabey a light goes off and he gets it while overseas and starts to try to pay attention and give effort, but until then, he is what he is.

[CoachBo]

We gave up on Green?

Guffawwwwwwwwww.

Gerald had the lowest basketball IQ I've EVER seen in the NBA, a terrible work ethic and absolutely zero interest in learning anything - from multiple accounts in multiple locations.

Face it. He was a wasted first round draft choice who dropped  the Celtics in the first place for a very good reason. He couldn't play. Period.

And no one gave up on him. He wasn't capable of staying in the league. Why people insist on trying to rewrite the truth about this guy escapes me.

[jarufu]

Are we up to thread 212 yet?  I'll send this to the printers so ..

It's early in the morning but here's one FWIW!!

I didn't get the opportunity to see a lot of Gerald in action (before NBA ILP) but from what I understand he seemed like a net-negative contributor who wouldn't expand his game beyond dunks .. not Celtics ball or even NBA ball (not even run 'n' gun) so no thanks!

[Chris]

Because he's terrible.

[Tai]

It's funny how everybody's last impression of a 20yr. Old basketball player is the one that's sticking. Geez guys the Gerald was not that bad for a Guy fresh & Green out of high-school. The problem is Kobe Bryant & Lebron James tainted the minds of you all as what production should look like from a kid who shoulda at that time be a Sophomore in College. I'm not so foolish,  Gerald had like 8 20pt. Scoring games and 2 30pt games. That's pretty good for a 20yr.old, He was drafted as a scoring gaurd not Ron Arrest or Scottie Pippen. That's woulda come in time in our system had we not given up on a kid.

Of course. It's the Celtics' fault that Gerald Green isn't on a NBA squad. It's the Celtics' fault that Gerald Green's only NBA quality was dunking and he didn't expand beyond that. I can only assume you're a very nostalgic Green fan who may or may not have bought his jersey. That's fine. That doesn't mean the Celtics had any use for him once they realized that what they were seeing was what they were getting. Same for other teams.

[Celtics18]

Gerald Green had a very sweet looking jump shot to go along with his insane athletic ability.  It's still kind of a mystery to me that he was unable to put it together and make himself an NBA player. 

I always liked Gerald, and I wish him the best over in Europe.  Who knows, maybe someday he'll figure it out and make himself an NBA player.  I haven't checked his age, but I think he's still relatively young.

[Roy H.]

Apparently, Gerald just made his season debut in Russia.  He went for 7 points on 3-for-9 shooting, with 2 turnovers and 4 personal fouls in 21 minutes.

http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=RUS&PlayerID=74684

The guy isn't an NBA-level player.  Last year, he averaged 16.3 points and 3.8 rebounds in Russia, which are more respectable numbers, but not the type of stats a legitimate NBA player should be putting up against extremely weak competition.

[EJPLAYA]

Why won't this ever end?!?!?!?!?

[kenmaine]

So I don't come to Celticsblog for a few months, and when I come back there are STILL Gerald Green threads.
There must be an Antoine thread here somewhere if I look around a bit.
How about giving Sherman Douglas a tryout for backup pg- I always liked his game.