![]() Green had every chance to prove he should be part of the former class. It has been a season of evaluation for Celtics president of basketball Danny Ainge as he’s had to decide which players will be part of the future foundation, and which ones will be on the move this summer as he looks to accelerate the rebuilding process. I’ve just got to continue to go at it."Īsked how can go about making those types of quarters more the norm than the occasional brilliant flash, a particularly sullen Green responded: "Just continue to do the same thing - attack." "I was just being aggressive," Green said of his third quarter. Green then faded down the stretch with only two more points on 1-for-5 shooting the rest of the way. He was magnificent in the third as he hit 6-of-9 shots, including two 3-pointers, on his way to 17 points. He then disappeared in the second quarter with only one shot attempt in seven minutes. He shot 2-of-6 in the first quarter as the Celtics went down 32-15 in the opening 12 minutes. On Wednesday, the story of Green’s season - and perhaps his career - was told all within one game. That’s a compliment to those other guys." That’s really what separates the Carmelo (Anthonys) of the world, and the (Kevin) Durants and LeBron (James), that they can do it every single night. ![]() "There are a lot of guys that aren’t going to score 27 a night that have that ability to do it on a given night," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. He struck for 27 again on 11-of-18 shooting against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday, then delivered a 3-for-16 shooting clunker at Indiana on Tuesday. It’s been the familiar inconsistencies that have told the greater story of his season.įor every 27-point game like Green had against Indiana on March 1, there is a follow-up like his four points on 2-for-7 shooting against Golden State in the next contest. The numbers have been solid, if unspectacular - 17.0 points and 4.7 rebounds per night. But, in the end despite his 27 points in the game, it wasn’t enough - just as Green’s overall body of work this season has not been enough to suggest he will take it to the level his athleticism and skill set has always promised he could. He scored 17 points in the third quarter as the Celtics cut a 24-point deficit to as low as nine points late in the session. Wednesday night’s 116-92 loss to the New York was the latest example of how Green can look so good for stretches, but has not been good enough to show he can be a franchise player for the Celtics. Unfortunately for Green, he has not been able to be "that guy" that often despite every opportunity to make this his team this season. BOSTON - Jeff Green took center stage on media day this preseason and said he wanted to be "that guy" for the Celtics in the wake of the trade that sent future Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce to Brooklyn.
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