Where did it suddenly come from? Dunking and blocking all over the place.
He's a very good athlete, but he is unable to translate it on offense due to his lack of ball-handling ability, tbh..
If Green could handle the ball at even a D-league level player, he would be a different player, and the Spurs wouldn't have him right now..
if it's steroids he needs to start sharing, especially with Tiago
He just knows where to be now, tbh
Missed the last 2 seasons hum?
HGH baby!
his defensive athleticism is good
doesnt have the footwork or handles like Leonard to be slashers
and it probably wont ever change
It's a concentration issue. Shots at the rim are more contested than threes, usually. Green has always had enough athleticism to be a decent finisher, but he is not a great athlete by NBA standards.
If you didn't know he could block shots, you weren't watching him last year. He's a really good rim defender for his position. Some people have forgotten how good Green was last year.
Where are the people wanting JJ Re now?
what if he became that "break out star" the spurs are looking for instead of leonard
Green's always had that. As long as he's not dribbling the ball you have a chance to see it.
Not going to happen. But if he were more consistent, he could be tremendous as a role-player. A less athletic, but much-better shooting Iggy.
Right it was a joke. I do think however he can exceed most of our expectations
Great hands tonight on D, but never will have the handles.
As far as his jumping and dunking, below avg. for his height at this level. His positioning and lateral movement on D allow him to get the most out of his length.
He needs to get the Pete Maravich dribbling and shooting VHS that I found on ebay years ago. He's athletic enough, he has good feet but his shot isn't always there. He's better without the ball, catching and shooting or running the break for a layup, he can't take the ball off dribble and lay it up though.
Green and Leonard were about equal from a ball-handling standpoint last year, and Leonard has far surpassed him. Green's what he is, and he's proven that he's not a choker, and he's an elite defender when he really puts his mind to it. Not likely he adds anything to his game to make him a star. Leonard has a legit chance to do that.
I think people hold his ceiling down to make Leonard's look higher. They don't need to, though. Green has a high ceiling. So what if Leonard's is higher?
He did have a couple of dunks that have surprised me so far in this series.
Good point. Green's still really young, I would venture to say he can even improve his ball handling some and be a little more of an offensive weapon. The defense we are witnessing from him in this series is a true thing of beauty
Green is the better at defending the fast break than any player I have ever seen. I'm not going to write a long story about it, but he's just damned good at breaking up breaks, blocking fast-break layups from behind, and stalling the break long enough for some help to arrive. Nobody is going to have a high success rate defending one-on-two, but even when the opponent scores, he plays it well, and he never gives up.
He's always been a good shot blocker for his size/position. He used to make more big plays, but he gambled more - which will keep you on the bench, when the coach is Gregg Popovich. But he's capable of getting blocks on any given night. He has also gotten better at slapping the ball away from the back side, and he's given Steph Curry a world of in this series doing that. Curry doesn't lose possession every time, but he has to lunge to re-gather it, and it's thrown him out of rhythm and forced him to pass.
It doesn't look like he's progressed offensively this year, as much as I had hoped. Last year, the Spurs were running the Alley-Oop to him some, and it worked pretty well several times. He blew one of them, and Parker said, "No more this season." I wish they would revive it for Game 6. The Warriors would never see it coming, and it's a play that really quiets a crowd.
Which is funny because I think Green is worse at running the fast break than any player I've seen.
Sure didn't look like it tonight.
He and Leonard need to work on their ball handling a bunch this off-season,
He doesn't lead the break well. Mostly because he waits too long to dish it, and gets called for charges way too often. But he's not bad on the break if someone else is facilitating.
But those are two different skills. Start watching him defend the fast break. He's technically very solid, and his athleticism shows. I appreciate the out of the effort he gives, on those seemingly lost causes.
I have no CLUE but him finishing is an EXCELLENT SIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!
Is his lack of ball handling skills a confidence problem or coordination problem? His layup samples lead me to believe its a coordination problem, but maybe I'm wrong? Thoughts?
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