Jeff Green is not a very good basketball player

[manl_lui]

people need to stop taking a preseason so seriously. It's preseason! The games do not matter, and the last thing I want happen is a player getting injured for trying too hard at a game that doesn't matter. If he does this during the season then we have to worry.

[Coach]

people need to stop taking a preseason so seriously. It's preseason! The games do not matter, and the last thing I want happen is a player getting injured for trying too hard at a game that doesn't matter. If he does this during the season then we have to worry.

Either this is a troll post, or you have no idea what it's like to be an athlete.  You are either a competitor, or not.

[wdleehi]

people need to stop taking a preseason so seriously. It's preseason! The games do not matter, and the last thing I want happen is a player getting injured for trying too hard at a game that doesn't matter. If he does this during the season then we have to worry.

Either this is a troll post, or you have no idea what it's like to be an athlete.  You are either a competitor, or not.

NBA players take off regular season games.  Why would it be surprising that players do not play all out in a preseason game? 


And stay away from "troll post"


And I think very few of us can say we know what it is like to be a "pro-athlete" and even fewer to be a "NBA player".

[Eric M VAN]

people need to stop taking a preseason so seriously. It's preseason! The games do not matter, and the last thing I want happen is a player getting injured for trying too hard at a game that doesn't matter. If he does this during the season then we have to worry.

I wonder if Stevens told Jeff Green not to try too hard? 

[Kuberski33]

Jeff Green is not a very good basketball player, he's a great basketball player.

Eh...  My definition of "great" is a little different, I guess.  "Great" implies that a player plays at a high level consistently, relative to his peers.  That's not Jeff Green, at least not yet.  Green shows flashes of greatness, but historically, he's shown an equal number of flashes of mediocrity.

Great is a term that's so overused - especially in basketball. 'Great' to me is guys who will still beat you (and consistently beat you) - even when you defense them perfectly. In the current NBA you can count them on one hand.  I'm not even sure whether you can call Jeff Green 'good' yet by NBA standards.  But he's going to get his chance to prove himself because he probably is this team's best scorer.  They're going to need him to be good - or better.  Otherwise they're firmly in the lottery.

[ManUp]

Like any player with potential many fans have chosen to value Green for what he could be as opposed to what he has shown to be.

[crimson_stallion]

Jeff Green simply doesn't know how to create good shots. When he has a hot hand, he has the body and explosiveness to force difficult shots into the basket. At other times, he's just not a real offensive threat. I'd take Gerald Wallace over Jeff Green if not considering age and contract.

This is so laughable.

Jeff Green led the Celtics in scoring at 20+ PPG in the playoffs last season, scores over 40 against the eventual champion Heat, averaged 20 PPG across all regular season starts...but he has a single bad preseason game and suddenly he is "hot s very good player".  So silly!!!

[Tr1boy]

people need to stop taking a preseason so seriously. It's preseason! The games do not matter, and the last thing I want happen is a player getting injured for trying too hard at a game that doesn't matter. If he does this during the season then we have to worry.

Either this is a troll post, or you have no idea what it's like to be an athlete.  You are either a competitor, or not.

NBA players take off regular season games.  Why would it be surprising that players do not play all out in a preseason game? 


And stay away from "troll post"


And I think very few of us can say we know what it is like to be a "pro-athlete" and even fewer to be a "NBA player".

Why didnt gerald wallace take a night off? Green in a blink of an eye could be coming off the bench.  Its not like its greens job set in stone. Wallace is a very good player

If green doesnt play with the same fire he ended the season, i have no doubt in my mind he will be one of the first traded.

Fans are antsy bc pp and kg are gone now. Rondo injured. Without greens top play celts def have no chance for the playoffs, and alot of fans are still hopeful

[Coach]

people need to stop taking a preseason so seriously. It's preseason! The games do not matter, and the last thing I want happen is a player getting injured for trying too hard at a game that doesn't matter. If he does this during the season then we have to worry.

Either this is a troll post, or you have no idea what it's like to be an athlete.  You are either a competitor, or not.

NBA players take off regular season games.  Why would it be surprising that players do not play all out in a preseason game? 


And stay away from "troll post"


And I think very few of us can say we know what it is like to be a "pro-athlete" and even fewer to be a "NBA player".

This is a complete cop-out.  NBA players should be able to take a night off???  When a team is trying to establish their identity?  Senior League pick up players with a regular job should be able to take nights off.  A guy making 9 million a year, in his first game of the season? Give me a break..........

[wdleehi]

people need to stop taking a preseason so seriously. It's preseason! The games do not matter, and the last thing I want happen is a player getting injured for trying too hard at a game that doesn't matter. If he does this during the season then we have to worry.

Either this is a troll post, or you have no idea what it's like to be an athlete.  You are either a competitor, or not.

NBA players take off regular season games.  Why would it be surprising that players do not play all out in a preseason game? 


And stay away from "troll post"


And I think very few of us can say we know what it is like to be a "pro-athlete" and even fewer to be a "NBA player".

This is a complete cop-out.  NBA players should be able to take a night off???  When a team is trying to establish their identity?  Senior League pick up players with a regular job should be able to take nights off.  A guy making 9 million a year, in his first game of the season? Give me a break..........

It is not about "should", it is about "is".




In the NBA, players take games off. 




There are exception.  Wallace never took a game off.  That's why he and the Bobcats were better in the regular season then in the playoffs.  They played at top level through out the season while other teams were less consistent.  Come playoff time, those other teams notched it up another gear.  The Bobcats didn't have another gear left.  They got creamed.

[dark_lord]

I didn't like the trade (Perkins for Green) back then and I still don't like it. I know the majority do, so I will get a lot of flak for this, but I think Green is more hype than substance.

this!

[Clench123]

For the kind of money Ainge is paying him, he's Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.ty. 

[kozlodoev]

I didn't like the trade (Perkins for Green) back then and I still don't like it. I know the majority do, so I will get a lot of flak for this, but I think Green is more hype than substance.

In the grand scheme of things, having Jeff Green may not be the greatest thing since sliced bread. Having Perkins instead would be worse.

By the way, Perkins is arguably also more hype than substance.

[Coach]

It is not about "should", it is about "is".




In the NBA, players take games off. 




There are exception.  Wallace never took a game off.  That's why he and the Bobcats were better in the regular season then in the playoffs.  They played at top level through out the season while other teams were less consistent.  Come playoff time, those other teams notched it up another gear.  The Bobcats didn't have another gear left.  They got creamed.

To bring this back to Green, and what makes it frusterating to watch, is that he has the talent to be a very good player.  I'd say a borderline all star level talent.  But his unwillingness to step up, and be that guy, is perplexing.  If Paul Pierce was here and took the night off, that is one thing, but for Green to do it is another

I'm hopeful that Stevens demands him to be be in attack mode 100% of the time, and if not, sit his butt down.  Maybe that will get through to him, because waiting for the light bulb in Greens head to turn on by it self, isn't working.

[wdleehi]

It is not about "should", it is about "is".




In the NBA, players take games off. 




There are exception.  Wallace never took a game off.  That's why he and the Bobcats were better in the regular season then in the playoffs.  They played at top level through out the season while other teams were less consistent.  Come playoff time, those other teams notched it up another gear.  The Bobcats didn't have another gear left.  They got creamed.

To bring this back to Green, and what makes it frusterating to watch, is that he has the talent to be a very good player.  I'd say a borderline all star level talent.  But his unwillingness to step up, and be that guy, is perplexing.  If Paul Pierce was here and took the night off, that is one thing, but for Green to do it is another

I'm hopeful that Stevens demands him to be be in attack mode 100% of the time, and if not, sit his butt down.  Maybe that will get through to him, because waiting for the light bulb in Greens head to turn on by it self, isn't working.

He isn't that player.