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Is Gerald Green's NBA Career Over?
Is Gerald Green's NBA Career Over?
This is probably a little late, but I thought I'd start a discussion here about it.
Earlier in the year, the Houston Rockets waived underachieving former high-school standout Gerald Green.
When drafted by Boston in 2005, Green was seen as having the potential to become a Tracy McGrady-like player. Whilst he has shown flashes of awesome athleticism and scoring ability, the rest of his game has lagged behind, and he has ultimately not lived up to expectations so far in his brief NBA career. His only real tangible achievement is a win in the 2007 Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest.
Whilst Green was in Boston, I read a couple of reports where Danny Ainge and co. mentioned that he was full of potential, but everything else was lagging behind. I thought that him coming to a (relatively) veteran team such as his hometown Rockets would help him realise his potential. However, they don't seem to want him now, so we might never know.
IMO, Green should definitely have gone to college. He backed out at the last minute from a verbal agreement to attend Oklahoma State, and then went straight to the NBA. Whilst he was very highly touted coming out of high school, his projected potential is very far from being reached. He's very unpolished. He is virtually non-existent on the defensive end, and really just relies on his athleticism and talent on offense. If he'd attended (and stayed) at college, he'd currently be an excellent Junior for the Cowboys (and Eddie Sutton might still be coaching at Ok St.).
He's still only 22, and still has great potential, but his game is very raw and unpolished. So then, do people think this is the end of the road for Gerald Green as far as the NBA goes?
