Currently in great trouble with five defeats in seven games, the Doncic Mavericks still can’t leave the soft underbelly of the Western Conference. But in the radius of satisfactions this year, there is still the young Australian Josh Green, considered more and more as an important piece in Dallas.
How to better surround Luka Doncic?
This is the eternal question that punctuates the news on the side of Dallas. A question that weighs perhaps more than ever today in view of the current results of the Mavs (only 10th in the West with a truly disappointing record of 15 wins – 16 losses) and… the performances of former Maverick Jalen Brunson on the New York side. Thus, we should hear a lot of the Texas franchise in the transfer rumors between now and the trade deadline of February 9, but without seeing the name of Josh Green appear.
Indeed, if we are to believe the insider Tim Cato de The Athleticthe 22-year-old fullback (out for five games due to a sore elbow) is very popular in the Dallas front office, so much so that he is considered the “third most important player” on the roster behind Luka and Spencer Dinwiddie. We are not on the status of untouchable, but it still shows the place taken by Josh Green with the Mavs in his third NBA season.
If the 18th choice of the 2020 Draft does not panic the counters with his 7 points on average in 20 minutes of play (25 games played, 1 tenure), he has enough qualities to be considered today as a valuable role player. in Dallas, and potentially a very important piece alongside Doncic in the future.
- First quality of Green, he knows how to shoot 3-pointers, as shown by his 44% success rate from the parking lot this season.
- Second quality, he knows how to defend on the man, which already gives him a nice little tag of 3&D player. And we know how much 3&D profiles are sought after in the NBA, even more so when it comes to surrounding a metronome like Doncic.
But Josh Green, he’s also showing flashes that might lead us to think he’s able to extend his game. We sometimes see him take advantage of the threat he represents at 3-point to put the ball down and attack the basket, or even make his friends play through not uninteresting playmaker qualities. Suffice to say that there is real potential to be developed at “Mr. Electricity”, whose responsibilities have continued to increase since joining the NBA in 2020.
Unless there is a big opportunity on the transfer market that can offer a real lieutenant to Luka Doncic, Josh Green is one of the players that the Mavericks really want to keep in order to build the best possible team around the Slovenian. His role should thus continue to grow, and there’s a chance that we’ll soon be talking about him beyond the borders of Dallas.
Source texte : The Athletic