Strengths: Green exploded onto the scene in this his senior year becoming the leading scorer in all of college basketball while going from being a 2nd round prospect to a likely first round prospect ... At 6’4, 185 pounds, Green has below average size for an NBA shooting guard but does have good length ...

What is so impressive about Green is that he improved his efficiency drastically in each year of his 4-year career ... Coming off the bench his freshman year, he shot 29% from the floor, 27.5% from 3 point range, and 68% from the line. His senior year, he improved to 48% from the field on over 17 shots a game, 39% from 3-point range, and 82% from the free throw line. Was a highly efficient player on a high volume of attempts ...

An extremely quick and crafty player that pushes the ball in transition attacking the rim, which is when he is at his best ... A tremendous 1 on 1 player with a bevy of moves at his disposal ...

Is comfortable spotting up or shooting off the dribble with solid shooting form. Shows good movement without the ball and uses screens efficiently. Has improved as a passer in his 4 year career, averaging almost 4 his senior year on a solid assist to turnover ratio. Is especially good at finding the open man off of the pick and roll ...

VT Coach James Johnson is a huge fan of Green’s work ethic and notes his ability to makes smart decisions on the floor.

Weaknesses: A combo "tweener" as Green shows much better scoring ability than facilitating and lacks ideal size at the 2 ...

Only 180-185 pounds (Curry is 185) with little strength. Will definitely need to get stronger if he wants to keep bigger guards out of the lane and get himself into the paint on offense ...

Bigger defenders can body Green rather easily and knock him off balance when penetrating ...

Is a below average finisher with contact and will need to improve his floater to be effective at the next level ... There are questions about whether Green will be able to guard any position in the NBA ...

Will need to keep up his improvement as a passer because he will likely be forced to play some point guard. Although very quick, Green does not possess great jumping ability so will have to learn how to score around bigger and more athletic defenders ...

Seemed to focus more of his energy on offense this year opposed to defense, leading to less effective numbers on a per minute basis ...

Green has shown the ability to be effective when having the green light at all times offensively, but how much being relegated to a secondary role will affect his efficency remains to be seen

Curry's senior year he shot 45 percent and averaged 28.6. He shot .876 from free throw line. .387 from three.

Green's senior year, he improved to 48 percent from the field and averaged 25 points per game on over 17 shots a game, 39% from 3-point range, and 82% from the free throw line.

Ball... I mean... Stats don't lie.

misterearl wrote:exerpts courtesy of nbadraft.net

Strengths: Green exploded onto the scene in this his senior year becoming the leading scorer in all of college basketball while going from being a 2nd round prospect to a likely first round prospect ... At 6’4, 185 pounds, Green has below average size for an NBA shooting guard but does have good length ...

What is so impressive about Green is that he improved his efficiency drastically in each year of his 4-year career ... Coming off the bench his freshman year, he shot 29% from the floor, 27.5% from 3 point range, and 68% from the line. His senior year, he improved to 48% from the field on over 17 shots a game, 39% from 3-point range, and 82% from the free throw line. Was a highly efficient player on a high volume of attempts ...

An extremely quick and crafty player that pushes the ball in transition attacking the rim, which is when he is at his best ... A tremendous 1 on 1 player with a bevy of moves at his disposal ...

Is comfortable spotting up or shooting off the dribble with solid shooting form. Shows good movement without the ball and uses screens efficiently. Has improved as a passer in his 4 year career, averaging almost 4 his senior year on a solid assist to turnover ratio. Is especially good at finding the open man off of the pick and roll ...

VT Coach James Johnson is a huge fan of Green’s work ethic and notes his ability to makes smart decisions on the floor.

Weaknesses: A combo "tweener" as Green shows much better scoring ability than facilitating and lacks ideal size at the 2 ...

Only 180-185 pounds (Curry is 185) with little strength. Will definitely need to get stronger if he wants to keep bigger guards out of the lane and get himself into the paint on offense ...

Bigger defenders can body Green rather easily and knock him off balance when penetrating ...

Is a below average finisher with contact and will need to improve his floater to be effective at the next level ... There are questions about whether Green will be able to guard any position in the NBA ...

Will need to keep up his improvement as a passer because he will likely be forced to play some point guard. Although very quick, Green does not possess great jumping ability so will have to learn how to score around bigger and more athletic defenders ...

Seemed to focus more of his energy on offense this year opposed to defense, leading to less effective numbers on a per minute basis ...

Green has shown the ability to be effective when having the green light at all times offensively, but how much being relegated to a secondary role will affect his efficency remains to be seen

Hes no Curry but he can be very good. If I was doing the Knicks draft--id put up my 3mm$ and see if I can come back with Green and Muscala. We really need two offensive players one in the backcourt one in the frontcourt. Im not looking for super stardom from day 1 but each of these players can help NOW and also grow with the team and build a core foundation for the next set with Shumpert. Sometimes we say I wish we had this player that player--but I think this can be executed by the Knicks--we would need a willing partner but there will be teams wanting out to save money for the cap room. We need the infusion of young legs.

BRIGGS wrote:

misterearl wrote:Learning Curve

BRIGGS - in your opinion, what is the skillset (or personality trait) that separates Curry from Green?

Their numbers, at similar points in their college careers, appear to be damn near equal, with Green on an uptick.

Green has the confidence of a top 5 pick. He believes hes the best player on the court and that is a skill.

Again, this is just my opinion, im no expert. Ive watched about 10 of VTech games and over 20 Duke games. I wasn't impressed with either to be honest. I think Kelly is a sleeper, Plumlee will be a better pro than college player.