by Silas on Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:50 am
I think Jeff Green has definite all star potential. He reminds me of Lamar Odom in the sense that he can handle the ball, is big, and has the quickness to guard any 3. He's also got a serviceable jumpshot, but he is certainly has to work on creating his own jumper.
What I like most about him is how tough he is. He can pound it down low with most 4's, which suprised me. I was expecting him to be too weak to deal with most bigs, but he does a good job, and he's no wimp on the boards either.
I think early in his career like this he's going to be most valuable on the defensive end. He did a good job guarding Turkey Glue last night when they played Orlando. He's going to be able to guard lots of those big, ball handling forwards, such as he did with Odom and Turk. He may be the next Nowitzki-stopper, haha, but that's not saying much.
He's definitely entertaining to watch. I feel bad for him a lot of times, he hustles around everywhere and works his butt off, but he takes some really funny shots. He'll back down some big center and take it strong to the hoop only to get it swatted back into his face. Or, he'll back down some smaller player and make a nice fadeaway move from 5 feet and brick it. But I think he'll definitely have less of those issues as he develops.
So far, I think it was a worthy trade. I like Ray Allen so much, and so did everyone in Seattle, and I'd just feel terrible for him if he had to endure so much losing like this. I'm happy that he's winning, and I think Presti made a smart move. So far, Wally has definitely been the most valuable person out of that trade, and Delonte West has been the worst. Delonte can't seem to play consistently. He commits a lot of turnovers, and he takes a lot of pull up jumpers. He plays exactly like Earl Watson, except he has more talents and a significantly lower basketball IQ, and at the point guard I think the IQ is much more important.
But to answer your question, I think Green is great. I don't think he's going to be as good as Durant, but I think he's still going to be all star good some day. He's got so much strength and quickness, and it certainly seems like he's willing to work very hard and listen to PJ.