Jeff Green is a Bad Basketball Player

I’ve been marveling at the Boston Celtics’ willingness to give away Kendrick Perkins for a couple of days now on twitter, and what Boston fans who like this deal seem to be missing is that Jeff Green is a bad basketball player. You might think a starter on a good team like Oklahoma City could be the extra athletic wing player Boston needs, but it doesn’t stand up to scrutiny once you realize that . . . Jeff Green is a bad basketball player. His three point shooting (.304) is bad, and he’s a poor rebounder. His field goal percentage (.437) is also bad. He’s bad. He’s a young guy, and was a starter on a quality young team, so he gives the superficial appearance of being one of the good young players of the Oklahoma City Thunder. But he’s not. He’s a bad player, and it’s just a coincidence that he had some good teammates.