Danny Green

Danny Green
SG/SF, 6’6, 215lbs, 30 years old, 8 years of experience

The defence is as good as ever. The offence, however, is in a two year slump. Green recovered his true shooting percentage a little bit this season, back to .537% from .492% in 2015/16, but it does not compare to the four previous seasons of being between .579% and .600%. Green shot 37.9% from three-point range, itself also an improvement on the year prior but down compared to the four prior to that, and he still cannot be relied upon off the dribble. Still, even if the efficiency never comes back like it did, Green earns his money on defence alone.

Player Plan: Two years with $10 million each remaining, the second being a player option. What was a steal of a contract has become pretty appropriate in light of his offensive regression, and while he will probably play it out, he may have value on the market.

Danny Green - Green was waived by the Cavaliers in training camp, but briefly caught on with the Spurs. He scored 6 points in 9 minutes, but was waived in favour of Ime Udoka. After this, Green was in talks to be Joe Crawford's replacement at Serie A side Bancas Teramo, but they were unable to meet his salary demands. Green remains unsigned, and because he was called up to the NBA as recently as two months ago, another call-up could certainly be possible.

In his rookie year, Green played only 115 minutes. A large part of the reason why he sat was the presence of Jawad Williams, who took most of whatever available wing minutes there were behind Anthony Parker, Jamario Moon and the guy who left. Hot Wad played 742 minutes on the season, although he did not play them well, shooting below 40% from the field and rarely passing or rebounding. Yet the Cavs benched Green in favour of Williams at almost every possible opportunity, and have brought Williams back with a view to doing it again. Minutes, again, may be tough for Green to find. Even though that guy with the TV show has left, Joey Graham has been brought in to play small forward, and Christian Eyenga has been brought over to begin his transformation into the next Kirk Snyder. Cleveland's small forward and shooting guard rotations are not good, but there are nonetheless many options there. For Green to get any minutes - and for him to even make the roster - he'll need to show he belongs in a mix that already involves Parker, Moon, Graham, Eyenga, Williams and Boobs Gibson.

Danny Green

Green barely played in his rookie season, playing only 115 minutes over 20 games. He should benefit next season from the void at small forward that Cleveland now has.