29 Points in 20 Minutes!!!!!! With 6 boards and 3 steals!!!! How do you guys think he compares to Wafer/Strawberry?
Damn Thats pretty good but still the preseason and he has more talent then both wafer and strawberry jus give hiom more time
Of course he's better and way more talented that both of them. It just didn't work out with him because he didn't show the necessary maturity and work ethic to earn a roster spot. But he definitely has the skills and talent to atleast provide a support role to an established team like Dallas.
I was at the game and he was amazing. Jumping right over Mikki Moore and anyone else that got in his way. Also stroking the three. I wish we kept him.
I thought his post was pretty intelligent. I'm still trying to figure out why you had a problem with it. looks like I'm not alone either. maybe you're the problem.
Green's problem is mental. If you put Mike Harris's brain in Greralds body you would have the second coming of Jordan. But alas he is immature and thinks to much of him self.
I remember when we cut him, people were saying that it might have been what he needed to rededicate himself to being a real NBA player. I'm not sure why we didn't invite him for our Summer League team, though. I guess since we already had Donte Greene, we didn't think we needed another player who was similar.
similar name? I think they both have different games. One's an average slasher swingman and the other is a big shooter in the Rashard Lewis mold.
if you watch the highlights from the mavs-kings game, gerald looked like a stud. hitting mid range Js, spotting up for 3, and a sick drive for the dunk. wish we could've kept him, his potential >>> strawberry, wafer, or any other guy we might pick up as 12,13,14, or 15th man.
More likely he meant an athletic project type of player. Gerald and Donte both have lots of talent, but neither one were going to get a lot of pt on our team.
LOL ... you know, I'm not sure which is which in that description. Both are above average shooters, both are athletic, both can finish. Donte may have a little more size, Gerald a little more quickness. But they're pretty similar in the role they would have played on our team.
I guess that's true for our team. Either way i never understood why we didn't bring him back this summer. Ideally no one in those last few roster spots is gonna get much pt. Why not take a chance on someone who has alot of room to grow? I think most people were just put off by his arrogance but JR Smith had the same problems and he improved vastly (not saying he's that good).
Actually, Morey stated multiple times that Green is a very hard worker. Green was cut because Yao went down and they had to make a cut to get a big man. Cutting Green was the most logical choice. Morey also stated that the Rockets staff were saddened when they had to get rid of Green. I don't know where you are getting that he lacked work ethic.
Feigen wrote the following back in March after he was cut (source): [rquoter] The Rockets did not intend to do Gerald Green a favor by cutting him. They needed a bigger body, and they needed it now. They released Green on Saturday to make room for Rice product Mike Harris. But Green should take this as the day his career was saved. He was replaced by the guy he needs to become. If Green played, practiced and most of all competed as hard as Harris, he would not be unemployed today. He has a sweet shot and can jump out of the building. Another team will likely take another shot to teach him how to play. It could be the Rockets. "We have no formal plans for Gerald in the offseason except we will take a close look at signing him," Rockets general manager Daryl Morey said. "We feel the same way about Gerald now as before - lots of potential." Teams are not giving him away because they can't see the potential. It's there. But he has not shown that he sees what it will take to bring it out of him. He is a good guy, certainly not a bit of trouble. Green does what he is told. There is no defiance in him, so in that sense, someone can work with him and push him. He takes direction. But he has not shown the level of drive he will need to succeed at this level. The NBA also should look at his struggles and reach a similar epiphany. Commissioner David Stern did not want to unduly influence kids to join the NBA before they are ready, which Green did with his jump from Gulf Shores Academy. But the NBA has been entirely willing to let them fool themselves to think they have arrived when they give them starring roles in the dunk contest. Green is not a cautionary tale, but neither is he a guy who plays and practices as if fighting for a job. He came home to Houston as local star, first-round pick and sensational dunk champion. Saturday, he became a former Rockets guard. With all that talent, he is far from out of chances, but he needs to push himself in order to move his career in a positive direction. [/rquoter] I'm not sure if that's just an uninformed opinion, or he based that off what he heard from Rockets coaches. He usually seems to be a pretty good mouthpiece for the Rockets, and I don't think he'd say something that negative about a Rockets player unless there was truth in it.
I'm not saying he doesn't work hard. Not at all. But maybe he's not working hard ENOUGH. That may mean humbling yourself even further if you already haven't by taking advice from Tmac, watching extra hours of film, working on little parts of your game, etc. I don't recall ever reading an article focusing on his work ethic, although that doesn't mean I'm calling him out on that regard. Hell, you HAVE to work hard in order to just make it to the NBA, especially for a college skipper like him. Of course he has worked hard, and that shows in his shooting mechanics, which has always been pretty good,even coming out of his school. But his he has never been able to pull it all together in practice otherwise Head would not be here right now instead of Green. So I'm just saying maybe he hasn't put in that EXTRA EXTRA effort (like Yao does every year) to become better. But I still wish him the best.
Green had issues of maturity, if he sorts those out he can be a super star in the NBA, he has that talent. But the crew he hung out with, and the things he was doing early in his career got him cut. He has all world talent, at least below the shoulders.... DD
