10-21-2023, 01:33 PM
(10-21-2023, 09:52 AM)Moviemavguy Wrote: Again, Green's problem is not whether he starts or not. Green's problem is he doesn't play well with Luka.
And this is based on?
Prior to the trade the Luke/Green minutes were +15.3...by far the best of any Luka pairing. The year before it was +6.1...Luka's second best combo.
After the trade last season Green was positive in a two-man lineup with either Luka or Kyrie (obviously some of those minutes overlap with both stars...and those were positive also). B-Ref doesn't break out Green/Luka w/o Irving or Green/Irving w/o Luka any more. I think you have to have Second Spectrum to do that. But, I'm not sure I'm worried about it even if the Green/Luka minutes w/o Irving were negative. It is a tiny sample with Green coming off injury, Luka hobbled and Luka/Kyrie having no idea how to play together. We signed Kyrie to $40mm per year on the belief the two of them can figure it out. Are we really worried that Green can't go back to being fantastic with Luka? Really?