Danny Green
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Player Facts

Height: 6'6"
Weight: 215lbs.

Wingspan: 6'10"

Date of Birth: June 22, 1987
College Experience: UNC (4 years)

Selections

All Star: 0
All-NBA: 0
All-Defensive: 1

Player Grades

Speed/Explosiveness: 4
Physical Strength: 7
Positional Size: 8
Positional Wingspan: 8
Paint Scoring: 4
Midrange Scoring: 4
Three-Point Scoring: 8
Dribbling: 3
Passing: 4
Perimeter Defense: 7
Interior Defense: 6
Rebounding: 5

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> Intro

> Threes Galore

> Spot-Up Success

> Veteran Defense

> Counting Stats

> Playing Bigger

> Transition Defense

> One-Trick-Pony Offensively

> Shooting Gripes

> Beacon Bacon

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STRENGTHS

Intro

The 6'6" vet is a longtime 3-and-D player. Danny's scoring breakdown is almost exclusively comprised of the long-ball. On defense, the three-time champ a smart and versatile wing with a plethora of contribution areas.

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Threes Galore

While his offensive game is pretty much limited to knocking down threes, he does it very well. It is no coincidence that Danny has been a starter on multiple championship teams.

In general, he's been a premium offensive glue guy from his earlier years alongside Tony Parker and Tim Duncan to his later ones alongside LeBron James and Anthony Davis, then Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid and more.

The sharpshooting guard tends to have a dominating percentage of his makes be of the assisted variety. From 2012-2013 to 2021-2022 north of 80% of his buckets were assisted every year. Part of this is being on well-coached teams that move the ball, the other part is a testament to his prolific catch-and-shooting.

Spot-Up Success

He's a certified marksman with a quick and high release. Danny has flung in three-balls from all over the half-court across his NBA career. The savvy veteran ensures his feet are set on his knees are bent in anticipation of the pass.

Looking zone by zone it is clear Danny is far from being exclusively a corner sniper like a P.J. Tucker. Via kick-outs from Kyle Lowry, Pascal Siakam, and Fred VanVleet, Green drilled 105 above-the-break threes on 42.2% shooting (2018-2019). Getting back to the corners, he resides in the 40% to 50% range season-by-season.

Green cans his spot-ups on both the fast break in the half-court. Looking broadly, his overall 98th percentile place in 2018-2019 for spot-up shooting is remarkable. His catch-and-shoot three clip was a blistering 47.4% that year.

Veteran Defense

He'll guard a few different positions for you. Danny Green's cerebral defensive style is used against bigger, faster, or stronger players. When faced with an iso, he gets into his stance and targets the ball for a stab at it once exposed.

Never the most explosive or laterally gifted athlete, Danny has made a living being positionally sound. He doesn't hang his head nor let up after getting beat. The 6'6" guard collects some back-tap steals and the odd swat from behind this way.

Danny locks in to bother his man, hounding players as soon as they pick up their dribble. A 6'10" reach aids his disruptive intentions here.

As just one of Green's many wise defensive tricks, he'll step right in front of players that expect to make a simple pass. This throws him off, unaccustomed to that level of ball pressure in these scenarios.

Counting Stats

By the numbers, Danny's contributions remain clear. His 313 deflections across 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 combined are plenty. During the latter campaign, he contested 232 threes, recovered 49 loose balls, and added five charges taken.

Playing Bigger

He's also no slouch in the post by any means. Green resists bigger forwards with his strong body. With strength and veteran craft, Danny defended the same number of post-ups as center Hassan Whiteside in 2018-2019 with a lower points per play conceded.

He's always been one of the better shot-blocking guards in the Association. Green's size, length, and intelligence as an off-ball defender all play into this. The once-Tar Heel peaked at 1.1 blocks a night in 2014-2015 then again in 2017-2018.

Transition Defense

Danny is an excellent transition defender. His hustle to get back, timing, size, and smarts are all contributing factors. Green will aggressively ram his hand onto the ball as opponents gather. All in all, his 126 "stocks" (steals + blocks) in 2018-2019 and 117 in 2019-2020 are impressive at guard.

WEAKNESSES

One-Trick-Pony Offensively

Danny Green's offense essentially begins and ends with him being a three-point shooter. He cannot create for himself or others reliably due to a subpar handle. He doesn't try too much either, wisely opting to stay within his role.

Green is not an attack-the-closeout type of perimeter player. He would much rather take an escape dribble/sidestep to flee the defender. This makes him a lot more predictable off-the-catch.

His rim finishing isn't horrible but it's far too infrequent to be considered a notable part of his game. Green lacks a ton of bounce or burst to even get himself going downhill in the first place. With a lackluster float game too, opposing defenses can sit on the pass or be happy with a Danny shot inside the arc.

Playmaking is another problem area for Danny. The right pass will be made 9 times out of 10 with Danny Green as long as it's simple. Higher-level reads outside of the occasional nice lob are not something in his game nor is any pick-and-roll creation for others/himself.

Shooting Gripes

Even within his strength, there are some points of contention. There is some streakiness to his shooting that can put him in some mini-slumps. Additionally, he needs someone else to do the dribbling/penetration for him in order to pump out a clean look for him from long range. Danny took 4 catch-and-shoots/night versus only 0.8 pull-ups in 2019-2020 (lower accuracy on the latter too).

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