Jeff Green showing some 'grit + balls' ? Avg 18 pts 10 rebounds last 3 games

[2short]

This brings up a good question.
Who has been the most consistent player so far this year?

Humphries?

[SHAQATTACK]

I'm on the band wagon to start a

Lets Keep Hump Thread !


I would much rather dump Bass and keep Hump.



Save The Hump!

[Yoki_IsTheName]

I'm on the band wagon to start a

Lets Keep Hump Thread !


I would much rather dump Bass and keep Hump.



Save The Hump!

We should put our bandwagons together. I started mine in the GSW game.

#KeepHump

Like I said all the time, he's a great forward, he protects the rim too and and scraps for everything.

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

Question to the Jeff Green watchers. Isn't this the time of the season which Jeff Green normally heats up anyway?

[BigAlTheFuture]

I'm with Yoki and ShaqAttack. Hump gets a bad wrap for that Kardashian thing but he's a very good role player to have. Does all the dirty work. I'm on the Humphries bandwagon.

As for Green, I think he's looked really good this west coast road trip. There's no reason someone with his talent and athleticism should only have 5 rebound a game. But like other posters said, I want to see if he can keep this up. I know he's capable, but he needs to give 110% every night for me to be convinced.

[D.o.s.]

Also, I mean, yeah, face of an evil, soulless entertainment-exploitation empire, but I'm not sure there's much merit to hating on Humphries for the Kardashian thing.

[Fan from VT]

Always good to see a guy playing better, but...

Remember he was supposed to be a near 20 ppg player? And now we pick 3 exceptional games and he's averaging 18ppg? To put in perspective, if he were going to average 20 for a season, these would have to be below average scoring games, not his bright spots.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Always good to see a guy playing better, but...

Remember he was supposed to be a near 20 ppg player? And now we pick 3 exceptional games and he's averaging 18ppg? To put in perspective, if he were going to average 20 for a season, these would have to be below average scoring games, not his bright spots.

"Supposed to"... according to whom? Inaccurate expectations are inaccurate.

[hwangjini_1]

I'm on the band wagon to start a

Lets Keep Hump Thread !


I would much rather dump Bass and keep Hump.



Save The Hump!

This is not a zero sum situation. Both bass and hump can and should be traded away. Hump simply makes way to much salary to keep or renew. That money could be spent better else where.

[D.o.s.]

I'm on the band wagon to start a

Lets Keep Hump Thread !


I would much rather dump Bass and keep Hump.



Save The Hump!

This is not a zero sum situation. Both bass and hump can and should be traded away. Hump simply makes way to much salary to keep or renew. That money could be spent better else where.

I'm not sure you're familiar with what makes an expiring contract so desirable if you think Humphries makes way too much to keep.

[ManUp]

Great! This is exactly what green should be doing  just about every night. Glad  to see him performing well once more. He always has some games in a row such as these. Hiowever, hs history to date has been to follow them up with mediocre performances.

Hopefully this time he keeps on doing well.  Maybe Stevens has gotten through to him.

He has never rebounded this well, though.

4 double digit rebounding games since being a Celtic. No, I'm not saying he's got 6 in total now. I'm saying including the past 2 games vs. the Dubs and the Clips he now has 4 in total.

He didn't score all that well today (but the aggressiveness was there) so it's nice to see his rebounding isn't tied to his scoring.

This.

I always keep an eye on Jeff Green's rebounding numbers. It's the one part of his game that I think he could easily take a leap in with just a little effort. The guy doesn't even try to rebound on most nights the ones he gets are the ones that fall into his lap. For him to have 3 games with 8+ rebounds in a row is pretty huge. By simply being more aggressive on the boards he would become a much more impactful player.

[chambers]

Great! This is exactly what green should be doing  just about every night. Glad  to see him performing well once more. He always has some games in a row such as these. Hiowever, hs history to date has been to follow them up with mediocre performances.

Hopefully this time he keeps on doing well.  Maybe Stevens has gotten through to him.

He has never rebounded this well, though.

4 double digit rebounding games since being a Celtic. No, I'm not saying he's got 6 in total now. I'm saying including the past 2 games vs. the Dubs and the Clips he now has 4 in total.

He didn't score all that well today (but the aggressiveness was there) so it's nice to see his rebounding isn't tied to his scoring.

This.

I always keep an eye on Jeff Green's rebounding numbers. It's the one part of his game that I think he could easily take a leap in with just a little effort. The guy doesn't even try to rebound on most nights the ones he gets are the ones that fall into his lap. For him to have 3 games with 8+ rebounds in a row is pretty huge. By simply being more aggressive on the boards he would become a much more impactful player.

Yeah this was the main premise of the topic...I don't care about his points, he's pretty much always going to be a 15-20ppg scorer, in fact I think once Rondo returns to full health he'll be a 20 ppg guy-playing with Crawford and Bradley just isn't the same.

The rebounds are something he's specifically concentrated on IMO, and to get those numbers three games in a row against Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, Bogut, Lee, Speights,  Aldridge, Lopez. Numbers like that are what we'd need from him regularly to be a top 5 SF.
I have been ripping on him lately with his lackluster effort but with Rondo coming back and a continued rebounding effort could see him getting 20 and 8 regularly.
That being said, we've had similar hopes before and he's let us down.
Food for hope though.

[Boris Badenov]

In 2007 Green had a 3-game stretch averaging 11 rebounds per, including back-to-back games with 14 rebounds each.

In 2008 Green had a 3-game stretch averaging 10 rebounds per, including one game with 14 rebounds.

In 2009 Green had one 3-game stretch averaging 10rpg, another 3-game stretch averaging 12.7 rpg, and another 3-game stretch averaging 10.3 rpg.

In February 2009 Green averaged 9.5 rebounds per game for the entire month, over 12 games.

In 2010 Green had a 3-game stretch averaging 10.3 rpg.

In 2011 Green had one 3-game stretch averaging 10.3 rpg.

This most recent stretch is the 7th time in his career Green has had a run of three or more games with 8+ rebounds.

http://bkref.com/tiny/o69Yb

[Fan from VT]

Always good to see a guy playing better, but...

Remember he was supposed to be a near 20 ppg player? And now we pick 3 exceptional games and he's averaging 18ppg? To put in perspective, if he were going to average 20 for a season, these would have to be below average scoring games, not his bright spots.

"Supposed to"... according to whom? Inaccurate expectations are inaccurate.

According to many Celticsblog posters during the summer?

[hwangjini_1]

In 2007 Green had a 3-game stretch averaging 11 rebounds per, including back-to-back games with 14 rebounds each.

In 2008 Green had a 3-game stretch averaging 10 rebounds per, including one game with 14 rebounds.

In 2009 Green had one 3-game stretch averaging 10rpg, another 3-game stretch averaging 12.7 rpg, and another 3-game stretch averaging 10.3 rpg.

In February 2009 Green averaged 9.5 rebounds per game for the entire month, over 12 games.

In 2010 Green had a 3-game stretch averaging 10.3 rpg.

In 2011 Green had one 3-game stretch averaging 10.3 rpg.

This most recent stretch is the 7th time in his career Green has had a run of three or more games with 8+ rebounds.

http://bkref.com/tiny/o69Yb

great post...and just for context, green has averaged 5.2 rebounds a game for his career. so, outside those hot streaks mentioned by BB, green really must not have rebounded very well.