I don’t ever post on these forums but after seeing all these replies I just had to say something. I find it really puzzling to see so many Green fans jump to his defense when the guy has done NOTHING to show for it. His game three was undeniably his best game in the playoff so far, however wanting to reaffirm my opinion that Jeff Green is way overrated by many members on this board, I watched Green for every second of the game that he was in, and watching him play, I did not see a “superstar in the making” or whatever you want to call it. For every moment he was in the game the knicks were pulling closer to the Celtics and the main reason was Greens poor defense on the NY scrubs (although the poor bench play was part of it).
As for anyone who says that Jeff Green is a good defender because Melo had such a poor shooting night, watch the game again and watch Jeff Green on defense. Everytime he guards Melo he is either hit with a screen forcing one of his teammates to guard Melo, or he gets a foul because he can't keep up when Melo decides to drive on him. In the second quarter when all the starters came out and the lead started dwindling, surprise surprise, Jeff Green's man Shawne Williams goes off for 4-4 or something like that. Watch the game again, you will see in one instance that even Roger Mason of all people schools him with a step back jumper. When Jeff Green is in the game I would rather have Rondo guarding Melo than Green.
I think it’s funny that someone brought up Green's 4 rebounds as if it were some kind of great overlooked achievement, since he's usually such a poor rebounder, but did you actually watch the game to see how he got the four rebounds. Two of the rebounds were at the end of the game in garbage time when we didn't need him to get any more and he was just padding his stats. The other two rebounds he didn't fight or even really have to jump for to get, they kind of just bounced into his hands.
His shooting and points scores is another thing that p---es me off. The guy has 9 points on 3-8 shooting and people here want to say that he is a SUPERSTAR in the making. Give me a break even scrubs have nights where they look like superstars and they do a hell of a lot better than 9 points on 3-8 shooting to get there.
I have yet to see a game where Green has been able to contribute to the Celtics in any meaningful way that some other average player cannot. He hasn't gone off for any points, but we dont need that all we need is for him to play decent and not give up the lead. Sadly his defense and poor rebounding and lack of effort to get rebounds, despite his height, means the starters have to tire themselves out after building a respectable lead.
I'm tired of hearing things about his potential or "just wait and see Jeff Green will have a great night and all the haters will shut up." Give me a break, it will take a lot more than one good game for this "superstar “ to make up for his soft play, lack of heart and lack of effort. He represents everything the celtics are not, he's soft, invisible and someone no other team will overrate or pay any attention to besides the team that he is on. He will NEVER be a star player as he just doesn’t have the attitude like he cares. He seems like hes more content with just getting by and not having people bash him than actually play hard and help his team win.
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