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The Green idea is all about who we want him to be - but not about who he actually is. Not yet. (And who knows, maybe not ever?) At some point, if you keep showing the same sort of game, it's reasonable to just figure that's who you are. It's embarrassing to see people keep making excuses for him, frankly. At some point, if he's better than he's shown, then let's see it.

We see the building blocks that seem to indicate he has the ability to be productive, but we also keep seeing a lack of productivity. His Aussie games have been no better, and it's even a step below NBA competition.

He's sorta a good defender, but there are no steals or blocked shots or rebounds to speak of, things that end possessions. That limits his impact on the defensive end to activity and perhaps getting in the way of the offensive player. He's sorta a good shooter, but the ball rarely goes in the basket, which limits his impact on that end as well.

In concept he's 3-and-D, but not enough production to be a game changer. 

He is still desirable if his contract is modest, but without production he's not that essential. The BEST of those types don't tend to get huge contracts, and Green is far from that level so far. I wouldn't offer him more than MLE money, and maybe not even that, and if he wanted more, I would make him prove it this year and then chase it as a RFA (where RFA status would tend to limit offers, and give me ability to match).

Measuring a guard's defensive impact by steals and blocked shots is unwise.  Being active and disruptive defensively is Josh Green's primary role on this team.  He is already good at that.   He is likely to improve with age and experience.  His other job is to hit open 3-pointers.  He's also good at that.  We occasionally ask him to handle the ball a bit.  I'll get to that later. 

A good 3 and D player is a necessary ingredient to winning an NBA championship.  I agree with an earlier poster who said that what we really need are two Josh Greens.

I think a good comparison for a minimally improved Josh Green would be Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.  KCP may not meet your definition of a "game changer" but he was a starter for the NBA champion Nuggets this past season.  His role there was to play solid defense and hit the open 3-pointers that Jokic created for him.  He scored 11 ppg.   He may not be a game changer but he is an NBA champion.

Speaking of Caldwell-Pope, he was also on the Lakers 2019-2020 team.  He finished that season third in total minutes for the season behind Lebron and AD.  His role was to play solid defense and hit the open 3-pointers that Lebron generated for him.  He also won a championship on that squad.  KCP may be only a good role player but he is also a two-time NBA champion.  I consider that successful and think Josh Green will at least be that level of player.  Hopefully, he can help us get a ring or two.

We don't need Josh Green to become another offensive star.  We have Luka and Kyrie and everyone else just needs to do their job well.

Caldwell-Pope makes $15 million per year.  He also is 30 years old and will never be any better than he is currently.  Josh Green is still only 22 years old and has plenty of room to improve.  I don't understand why so many posters think Josh deserves MLE money or less.

Speaking of his age, I can only find one 3 and D player in the entire NBA of a similar age that I would take over Josh Green.  That is Jaden McDaniels.  McDaniels is also 22 years old and is expected to receive an extension for at least $20 million per year.  

I think you're unnecessarily pessimistic about Josh Green based upon a mediocre showing in international play.  The Australian national team played poorly overall and their offense was disorganized and simple.  Their coach chose to feature Patty Mills and Josh Giddy, not Josh Green.  Patty Mills and Josh Giddy didn't really do much passing.  Josh Green simply did his job.

As a final point, Josh Green has demonstrated that he can be more productive when it's needed.  We really don't want him taking the ball away from Luka or Kyrie.  In games last season when Luka didn't play however, Josh Green had the following averages:

15.7 ppg        4.3  rpg      3.5 apg

That's pretty good production when we needed it.

In conclusion, Josh Green is already a pretty good rotation player for us despite the disappointing FIBA run.   He has the potential to be an above-average starter and fits very well with this roster.    I don't understand why he is so disrespected on this board.

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..and yet they are still better than us.

I think the fact that the NBA executive of the year, Monte McNair, picked up McGee so quickly makes this move look even worse for the Mavericks.  

Sometimes smart people do stupid things.  I think this was a stupid thing the Mavericks did.