according to miami press through dec. there was nothing but praise for his defense as green himself states he is now focusing and guarding other teams best players-he was keeping them below their avg-not by much
its a one year contract and brad gets another reclamation project
it will be interesting to see what he does on such a defensive oriented team with brad orchestrating his role
Yeah that didn't last and he fell out of the rotation and had a solidly negative impact on their team both offensive and defensively overall last year.
He's fine as an end of bench guy to add some shooting, but he's not guarding anyone. Nor does he add much else offensively.
I don't think you are being fair with Green. Individual IQ doesn't change, but teamwork makes up Team IQ. That's on the coaches.....
His defense has improved. And lets not talk about the Celtics who lose their man back door. That's everyone with the exception of Avery Bradley...... Bradley only loses his man when he goes for steals, or overplays the passing lane.
I watched alot of Gerald Green's games in Phoenix and in Miami.
He was significantly better player than his stay as a Celtic.
Fact is. Ainge wanted to sign him last year. If he shoots threes and slashes. We've added something, we don't have.
In Miami, he fell out of favor because the management team made a commitment to develop Winslow.(after all he was rumored to be worth quite a few number one picks....heh)
And Joe Johnson was supposed to be the playoff answer in a half-court set.
With the number of people that Ainge could have signed this year, he chose Gerald.
I think we are all going to be pleasantly surprised. Or he won't be here by the Feb deadline.
