Green looks super excited to join the Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies announced today that, pending paperwork from CSL head office, they have acquired forward Draymond Green as part of a three team trade that sent young stud Dennis Smith to Miami.
Grizzlies are known to (perhaps to a batshit crazy extent) prioritise defense over everything else so adding a top 5 defender in Green is no surprise.
‘’Man, we had so many offers and a few good ones also. A lot of them though, required us to give up a defender (usually Trice) which we did not want to do. Adding Draymond without giving up our key defenders is a win in my book.’’ – Grizzlies GM Andrei Sanzharov said.
On top of his defensive prowess, Green is an elite facilitator and very good rebounder. Grizzlies also believe he can shoot well from anywhere on the court and bring in that toughness that the team likes at the PF/C position.
We all know about his aggression on the defensive end which results in far too many ejections this is pretty much the only weakness that I see for Green but it’s a big one. He managed to foul out opf half of the games he played this season and with us running 9 press and 9 DI – things may be tough for him. But we expect him to adjust to our style even if that means less minutes.
One thing we are not yet sure about is why he does not go to the line as often as his ability to draw contact would suggest. That is another critical activity that we think he can improve. From scoring perspective, we see a lot of Amir Johnson in him, perhaps with a better shooting ability but still quite far from inside presense perspective. Amir also struggled with personal file but, nevertheless, spend good minutes on the court, even in our system. Like Amir, we’ll need Green to become aggressive iniside and put that drawing fouls ability to good use.
In conclusion.
‘’Wow, we are going to start Green, Crowder and Adams. All absolute powerhouse defenders at their position. I know Adams would be considered somewhat weaker than others in terms of what else he is adding. But both Green and Crowder are all-around talents with Croder being more of a scorer and Green more of a facilitator at elite level. Hopefully, his passing skills will help us get better shots. Add Trice to that who is no joke defensively and we have a major defensive minded starting lineup. Need to add a big man, although I am kinda used to Cody by now.’’ – Andrei added.
Grizzlies are hoping the addition of Green will instill some energy into the team as they are currently struggling on yet another road trip.
