Jeff Green is the most gracefully gifted athlete I can remember seeing in a Boston Celtics uniform.
He has said and done all the right things since joining this franchise, is a good basketball player and appears to be a generally good guy.
With everything he brings to the table, it is very hard to say that Green can't succeed because he is going to succeed.
Having a great 2013-14 season is close to the most obvious call one can make for Green at this point. The question isn't whether he can put up career numbers. The question is whether he is a real building block for the Celtics' upcoming restoration period.
For that to be the case, Green has a lot more to prove than an ability to score 20 points a night. Monta Ellis and J.R. Smith averaged north of 18 points per game last season, but are either building blocks to anything?
Limits as a Player
The idea that Green could simply be a "good stats, bad team" player shouldn't seem so outrageous.
The feel-good 2009-10 Oklahoma City Thunder were his only real example of pla ...
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Article written by Michael Walsh