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I think Mavs are in a very intersting and important decision regarding Green. I think he is facing a critical season regarding his value. If he takes another step forward, his value goes to the 15-20 mil per season range. But, if he stagnates and remains unimpressive, his value will imho drop to lower than it is right now. At some point, people stop dreaming about potential and admit that this might be it.

I have to say this world cup wasn't a good sign. Far from it being the set in stone sign of what is to come, but my optimism didn't really rise. Slovenia was hiding Luka with 4 fouls on Green and he was just able to rest with little worries, even delivering a big block, after he fell asleep on defense. Green is just somehow passive and a lot of other players got into more wide open situations than he did.

So, what is Greens value if this is it? Is he still so untradeable if this is it?

I agree he hasn't had a good showing on offense.

However, I think it's difficult to draw conclusions based on FIBA play.  

Australia heavily featured Patty Mills and Josh Giddy offensively.  Giddy is understandable as he is really talented but they played Patty Mills as if he were Allen Iverson.  They also seem to have a hierarchy where their older vets play more minutes and get more shots-  especially Joe Ingles and Patty Mills.  

The offense seemed to be let Josh Giddy drive to the basket or have Patty Mills create offense.  Green was an afterthought.   He was also recovering from two separate injuries, I believe-  an ankle sprain and an elbow injury.

He looked really active defensively as we would expect.

I think Green played well for the Mavericks last season.  He is probably our best defensive player and he hit over 40% from 3.  The 3-point shooting improvement has been tremendous.  I think we're all hoping he can become more assertive offensively but the player he became last season has a lot of value for us.  With Luka, Kyrie, THJ and Hardy, we have a lot of guys who take a lot of shots.  I think we have a need for several good 3 and D players and Green is currently our best 3 and D.  The fact that he can handle the ball, pass and occasionally make some cuts to the basket I believe makes him a quality starter.  I expect him to become our 3rd-best player this coming season.  I hope they go ahead and extend him this summer.  I like the progression he has made over the past two seasons-  even if he didn't finish last season very well.