Greens value

[LooseCannon]

Paying 6-9 million per year to average players is how franchises get crippled

Only if you give them 4- or 5-year contracts.  Signing Green for one or two seasons is not a franchise crippling move.

[LooseCannon]

Wasn't Amare's contract (and therefore Amare's value as a commodity)hard to move because his contract couldn't be insured?

If that was the case because of micro-fracture surgery, what insurance company do you think is going to step up and insure Jeff Green's contract.

Jeff Green, if he returns, seems likely to be among the Celtics' top five highest paid players, so he would likely be included in the league-wide policy.  The insurance carrier can only exclude 14 players per season.  If Green is signed for something like 2 years for $15m total, there are players with bigger contracts and injuries that are much more likely than Green to be excluded from the policy.

[csfansince60s]

Wasn't Amare's contract (and therefore Amare's value as a commodity)hard to move because his contract couldn't be insured?

If that was the case because of micro-fracture surgery, what insurance company do you think is going to step up and insure Jeff Green's contract.

Jeff Green, if he returns, seems likely to be among the Celtics' top five highest paid players, so he would likely be included in the league-wide policy.  The insurance carrier can only exclude 14 players per season.  If Green is signed for something like 2 years for $15m total, there are players with bigger contracts and injuries that are much more likely than Green to be excluded from the policy.

+1, Loose...thanks for the clarification and insight into the machinations and technicalities of the number player's league-wide that can be excluded....also didn't realize that one carrier (LLoyd's?) did the whole NBA..