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Seeing Green in the future
Should Jeff Green be a serious building block of the Celtics?
We all know the Celtics are rebuilding and are trying to find the players that will help push the team back into stardom. Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley and Jared Sullinger are players that first come to mind. But what about Jeff Green. Is Jeff Green a player the Celtics can build around?
Let me first say that I think at the right price everyone on the Celtics is for sale. I think Rondo, Sullinger and especially Bradley can be moved if the right deal is made. So I wouldn’t be surprised if Green is traded if the right deal comes around. But is Green more of a trade chip to Danny Ainge and the C’s, or is he a building block that the C’s want to keep for their future.
I AM IRON MAN
Green is still only 27 years old, which people forget since he sat out the 2011-12 season with his heart condition. For perspective, Rondo is also 27 years old. Green still has a lot of basketball ahead of him and he looks poised to take full advantage of it.
Green is asked to do a lot on this young Celtics roster, especially with Rondo recovering from ACL surgery. He’s asked to lead the C’s in scoring, on the court, and in defense. Yes Bradley is a great lock down defender, but Green is more often than not on the other teams best player (LeBron, Carmelo, Durant, etc).
He is a freak athlete. Celtics’ haven’t had a player like Green in a long long time. He can drive the ball with one dribble and go up to for a filthy dunk. Look no further than the win against Cleveland a few days ago where Green threw down a huge alley-oop from Jordan Crawford. With years of Pierce taking is jump shots and KG working the post, it is exciting to see a player that can go up and make the huge dunk to get the crowd going and get people excited about the C’s again.
I want the Celtics on Sport Center Top 10 more often. I’ll say it. We need to be exciting! It’s entertainment! And Green can certainly entertain.
SCORING AND JUST A TAD MORE SCORING
Jeff Green scores. And when he doesn’t, the Celtics feel it hard. While Green has only failed to score under double digits three times this season, those three game the Celtics lost badly, 87-77 to Detroit, 109-85 to Houston, and 106-88 to Minnesota. A knock against Green is that sometimes he can just disappear, which is hard for a 6’9” SF averaging 16.7 PPG to do.
Here are his numbers through the first 19 games of the season:
There are two things that stand out to me looking at this chart. First is his scoring. 16.7 doesn’t quite do justice to the games Green has pieced together this season. Green has had six games where he’s scored over 20, including a 31 point performance vs the Cavs. He has also had seven games above 15 points. If Green is a future building block, he will need to improve his constancy in scoring, but not drastically. I’m not asking for 20 PPG, but high teens, like 18 PPG, would be a perfect spot to be. Rondo returning and giving the C’s another scoring threat will certainly help the defense from focusing on Green.
The next big thing is his shooting percentage. 44.6 is a good FG%, for comparison Durant is shooting 44.1, while only attempting six more FGs a game. That and his ability to hit super super clutch shots make Green a piece of this Celtic’s team that would be hard to trade away.
LOOK INTO MY CRYSTAL BALL
So what does the future hold for Green and the Celtics. One things for sure, this will not be the Celtics team at the end of the season. Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries, Marshon Brooks, even Avery Bradley could all be gone come the trade deadline. This team will look a lot different and with Ainge at the helm, who know what it could look like.
That being said, Green, Sully, and Rondo (please please please Rondo) look like real pieces to the C’s future plans and could, and should, be a part of the C’s moving forward.
Green gives you a true scoring threat at the SF who can also play top notch defense and hit the clutch buzzer beating shot. I wish I could find a stat, but Jeff Green seems to make a lot of highlight plays and for better or for worse, that will keep the Celtics’ on everyones mind, and help keep this team relevant as they go through the rebuilding process.
We all know the Celtics are rebuilding and are trying to find the players that will help push the team back into stardom. Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley and Jared Sullinger are players that first come to mind. But what about Jeff Green. Is Jeff Green a player the Celtics can build around?
Let me first say that I think at the right price everyone on the Celtics is for sale. I think Rondo, Sullinger and especially Bradley can be moved if the right deal is made. So I wouldn’t be surprised if Green is traded if the right deal comes around. But is Green more of a trade chip to Danny Ainge and the C’s, or is he a building block that the C’s want to keep for their future.
I AM IRON MAN
Green is asked to do a lot on this young Celtics roster, especially with Rondo recovering from ACL surgery. He’s asked to lead the C’s in scoring, on the court, and in defense. Yes Bradley is a great lock down defender, but Green is more often than not on the other teams best player (LeBron, Carmelo, Durant, etc).
He is a freak athlete. Celtics’ haven’t had a player like Green in a long long time. He can drive the ball with one dribble and go up to for a filthy dunk. Look no further than the win against Cleveland a few days ago where Green threw down a huge alley-oop from Jordan Crawford. With years of Pierce taking is jump shots and KG working the post, it is exciting to see a player that can go up and make the huge dunk to get the crowd going and get people excited about the C’s again.
I want the Celtics on Sport Center Top 10 more often. I’ll say it. We need to be exciting! It’s entertainment! And Green can certainly entertain.
SCORING AND JUST A TAD MORE SCORING
Jeff Green scores. And when he doesn’t, the Celtics feel it hard. While Green has only failed to score under double digits three times this season, those three game the Celtics lost badly, 87-77 to Detroit, 109-85 to Houston, and 106-88 to Minnesota. A knock against Green is that sometimes he can just disappear, which is hard for a 6’9” SF averaging 16.7 PPG to do.
Here are his numbers through the first 19 games of the season:
There are two things that stand out to me looking at this chart. First is his scoring. 16.7 doesn’t quite do justice to the games Green has pieced together this season. Green has had six games where he’s scored over 20, including a 31 point performance vs the Cavs. He has also had seven games above 15 points. If Green is a future building block, he will need to improve his constancy in scoring, but not drastically. I’m not asking for 20 PPG, but high teens, like 18 PPG, would be a perfect spot to be. Rondo returning and giving the C’s another scoring threat will certainly help the defense from focusing on Green.
The next big thing is his shooting percentage. 44.6 is a good FG%, for comparison Durant is shooting 44.1, while only attempting six more FGs a game. That and his ability to hit super super clutch shots make Green a piece of this Celtic’s team that would be hard to trade away.
LOOK INTO MY CRYSTAL BALL
So what does the future hold for Green and the Celtics. One things for sure, this will not be the Celtics team at the end of the season. Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries, Marshon Brooks, even Avery Bradley could all be gone come the trade deadline. This team will look a lot different and with Ainge at the helm, who know what it could look like.
That being said, Green, Sully, and Rondo (please please please Rondo) look like real pieces to the C’s future plans and could, and should, be a part of the C’s moving forward.
Green gives you a true scoring threat at the SF who can also play top notch defense and hit the clutch buzzer beating shot. I wish I could find a stat, but Jeff Green seems to make a lot of highlight plays and for better or for worse, that will keep the Celtics’ on everyones mind, and help keep this team relevant as they go through the rebuilding process.
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