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This is a big year for Green.   He is a good rotational player but can he make the next jump to being a good starter or end of game player?  I hope they resign him regardless, but that answer may determine how strongly he is on our future plans.  I was a little surprised that if Thybulle was not matched that he would have been the starting 3 to begin the year, per some reports.    While Thybulle may fill the need of defender better, I think you can make a strong case Josh is the better player.

As far as fit goes, I think Green fits much better in a fast paced offense with a lot of passing and movement.   That is a little tricky when playing with Luka.  But I don’t think being in the DFS role is the best use of Green.   

Cato said something a few weeks ago that I agree with.  Green may be the best athlete on the team but he really is not an explosive get the ball and create off the dribble one on one.   For whatever reason, he lacks that burst.  Everything else about him screams athlete…except for that.    But with Luka, Kyrie and maybe eventually Jaden, he won’t be asked to do this much.  But he is a guy who needs touches.

I agree with all this but the one caveat I would add is that I don't think creating off the dribble and athleticism are always correlated, I think beating people one on one is usually done through creativity and fundamentals or just over powering someone.  I mean our best one on one player is probably our least athletic.

I would also say we definitely saw Green's burst when he would just kind of catch and sprint by his man on the weak side but his problem was not being confident in his finishing ability at the rim (so many crazy baseline passes from that guy).  He also used his athleticism very well on the offensive glass.  Last year made me feel like he can be that Bruce Brown type of player, just do a little bit of everything on offense and keep the ball moving and everyone connected while also playing tough D.  To your last point, I don't think we need Josh Green to be an ISO player, we just need him to be Josh Green (which still kind of requires figuring out exactly what that means at the NBA level).