Let Green Walk

[KawhiLeonard]

Dude is overrated AF. Can't dribble, streaky 3 point shooter, gambles on defense, avg athleticism, overrated 1v1 defender, no midrange, no penetration, can't create own shot. He is the epitome of a system player let some other team make the mistake of paying him 50-45mil/4yr. Spurs would be alot better off giving someone like Brewer, Ellington, stuckey, Shved, Singler, Afflalo a contract for half of what green will get and spending the $ elsewhere like LMA, Love, Gasol. Green doesn't even play in late game situations its usually Parker/Manu/Kawhi/Diaw/Duncan. Can't pay 10-13$ mil to a player who doesn't finish games and except to content for a chip.

[look_at_g_shred]

Underrated imo

[baseline bum]

Dude is overrated AF. Can't dribble, streaky 3 point shooter, gambles on defense, avg athleticism, overrated 1v1 defender, no midrange, no penetration, can't create own shot. He is the epitome of a system player let some other team make the mistake of paying him 50-45mil/4yr. Spurs would be alot better off giving someone like Brewer, Ellington, stuckey, Shved, Singler, Afflalo a contract for half of what green will get and spending the $ elsewhere like LMA, Love, Gasol. Green doesn't even play in late game situations its usually Parker/Manu/Kawhi/Diaw/Duncan. Can't pay 10-13$ mil to a player who doesn't finish games and except to content for a chip.

If the system is so great why were the Spurs failing so hard to fill the spot Green does for years?

Hedo Turkoglu?
Ime Udoka?
Micheal Finley?
Keith Bogans?
Roger Mason Jr?
Richard Jefferson?
James Anderson?

These names ring a bell? Such a great system should have made them top notch role players?

[KawhiLeonard]

If the system is so great why were the Spurs failing so hard to fill the spot Green does for years?

Hedo Turkoglu?
Ime Udoka?
Micheal Finley?
Keith Bogans?
Roger Mason Jr?
Richard Jefferson?
James Anderson?

These names ring a bell? Such a great system should have made them top notch role players?

None of those Players had Kawhi Leonard.

[timtonymanu]

Dumb thread

[baseline bum]

None of those Players had Kawhi Leonard.

All but Jefferson and Anderson had prime Ginobili.

[KawhiLeonard]

Dumb thread

So how much should the spurs pay green?

[baseline bum]

So how much should the spurs pay green?

Hopefully $10 million or less.

[timtonymanu]

So how much should the spurs pay green?

What BB said. Still, you don't lose Green for nothing.

[timtonymanu]

all those ty players OP listed too as Green replacements smh

[KawhiLeonard]

all those ty players OP listed too as Green replacements smh

You are overrating green so bad. Spurs would be fine without him

[timtonymanu]

You are overrating green so bad. Spurs would be fine without him

dumb post

[Raven]

he has the finals record in three pointers made and he is the only player ever to average >.400 %3, 10p 4r 2a 1s and 1bl in less than 30minutes. i think that's pretty special.

[timtonymanu]

he has the finals record in three pointers made and he is the only player ever to average >.400 %3, 10p 4r 2a 1s and 1bl in less than 30minutes. i think that's pretty special.

No, he's replaceable. You can put ty scrubs like Shved and Singler in his place and we will be fine. - Re take.

[KawhiLeonard]

No, he's replaceable. You can put ty scrubs like Shved and Singler in his place and we will be fine. - Re take.

Those players will make a 1/4 of what green will make and will do an "adequate" Job of filling the void. It all about value buddy boy and paying Green anything over 10mil is severely overpaying. The spurs didn't get to where they are now by overpaying mediocre players. They paid the big 3 and would put cogs around them at reasonable $.

[Malik Hairston]

Dude is overrated AF. Can't dribble, streaky 3 point shooter, gambles on defense, avg athleticism, overrated 1v1 defender, no midrange, no penetration, can't create own shot. He is the epitome of a system player let some other team make the mistake of paying him 50-45mil/4yr. Spurs would be alot better off giving someone like Brewer, Ellington, stuckey, Shved, Singler, Afflalo a contract for half of what green will get and spending the $ elsewhere like LMA, Love, Gasol. Green doesn't even play in late game situations its usually Parker/Manu/Kawhi/Diaw/Duncan. Can't pay 10-13$ mil to a player who doesn't finish games and except to content for a chip.

Green ranks as an elite defender by virtually every advanced statistical measure..Synergy has him as a top 4 best 1 on 1 wing defender in the league among starters ..that + 40% 3-point shooter is virtually impossible to find..

I love fans that don't watch basketball outside of the Spurs, too..look at the names on that list

Corey Brewer is terrible at everything basketball-related outside of fast breaks, Afflalo is an awful defender and declining on offenee, Stuckey would be a poor fit with Parker and everybody else on your list sucks..

The Spurs "system" is also becoming severely over-emphasized..there are a bunch of teams in the league that make role players fit well, it's not exclusive to the Spurs..

[timtonymanu]

Those players will make a 1/4 of what green will make and will do an "adequate" Job of filling the void. It all about value buddy boy and paying Green anything over 10mil is severely overpaying. The spurs didn't get to where they are now by overpaying mediocre players. They paid the big 3 and would put cogs around them at reasonable $.

They paid Richard Jefferson 4 yr/40 million to stick around. If the Spurs can "overpay" for RJ, they can do the same for Danny Green, who has proven his value enough on this team. "adequate". Let me know when any of those replacements shut down the best PGs in the league or shoot over 40% from 3 in the playoffs. People seem to be forgetting how hot Danny was the past two runs before this year, but of course people only focus on him when he's struggling. I'm not even overrating Green. But it's amazing how some of you underrate him still.

[Darius Bieber]

Lol let Green walk and be stuck with Parker and Belinelli... Thank God OP doesn't work with PATFO. Team would be ed.

[KawhiLeonard]

Can't wait to bump this thread mid season just to say I warned u dum s. Green will be an avg SG with a bloated contract but time will tell its all semantics at this point

[bklynspursfan]

Best defensive wing tandem in the league. You dont break that up if you can help it

[Chinook]

Can't wait to bump this thread mid season just to say I warned u dum s. Green will be an avg SG with a bloated contract but time will tell its all semantics at this point

None of this is semantics.

[TheGoldStandard]

None of this is semantics.

Doesnt know what semantics means

[timtonymanu]

Can't wait to bump this thread mid season just to say I warned u dum s. Green will be an avg SG with a bloated contract but time will tell its all semantics at this point

So basically you have no good argument

[Malik Hairston]

a lot of people don't seem to understand the way the Spurs are constructed..

You want a wing that can create his own shot AND play good defense? Ok, so do I..too bad there are only 7 or 8 of them in the NBA(Butler, Thompson, George, Middleton, maybe Matthews post-injury, Kawhi, LeBron, ?)

You want a wing playmaker, regardless of defense? Ok, good luck pairing him with Tony Parker in the backcourt and especially when Boris is on the floor with them ..you want a wing scorer starting on a team that already struggles to get Kawhi enough touches?

You want Kawhi to carry the entire load on defense, which will severely affect his offense? You could play Splitter more for defense, but how do you space the floor with Parker/Kawhi/Duncan/Splitter?

Thats not even factoring the "fit" and chemistry part, too..

[Sean Cagney]

all those ty players OP listed too as Green replacements smh

Afflalo is VERY overrated, his name stuck out first.

a lot of people don't seem to understand the way the Spurs are constructed..

You want a wing that can create his own shot AND play good defense? Ok, so do I..too bad there are only 7 or 8 of them in the NBA(Butler, Thompson, George, Middleton, maybe Matthews post-injury, Kawhi, LeBron, ?)

You want a wing playmaker, regardless of defense? Ok, good luck pairing him with Tony Parker in the backcourt and especially when Boris is on the floor with them ..you want a wing scorer starting on a team that already struggles to get Kawhi enough touches?

You want Kawhi to carry the entire load on defense, which will severely affect his offense? You could play Splitter more for defense, but how do you space the floor with Parker/Kawhi/Duncan/Splitter?

Thats not even factoring the "fit" and chemistry part, too..

^^^ This.