09-05-2023, 01:05 AM
(09-04-2023, 11:04 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: You make two good points here. These numbers are similar to what Green puts up any time he gets 30 minutes (which was about 1/3 of his games last season). He doesn’t need to take a leap. He just needs opportunity.
Your other good point is he knows his role. Some mistakenly call this passivity. Your numbers indicate he’s appropriately deferring to our two All-NBA level players when they are playing and appropriately showing more when they aren’t. It is pretty much exactly what you’d want out of a youngster who projects to be a high level role player.
I think he's a really good fit here and I think the probability is that he becomes at least a solid starter.
As to value, Dorian Finney Smith received a contract extension last summer for 4 years, $56 million. He was 28 years old and likely to be past his prime at the end of that extension. Josh Green is still developing but already offers much of what DFS does- good defense and high-efficiency shooting. He also can handle the ball and pass better than Dorian ever could. His defense may not be quite as good as Finney-Smiths was but I think it projects to be with experience.
I don't understand why I'm apparently the only one on the board who expects Josh to receive more than the MLE on his contract extension.