Jeff Green’s early season was defined by extreme marginalization, reducing the aging forward to an erratic garbage-time cameo. When his legs were under him, he could still execute as a reliable spot-up threat. This was obvious on 11/01 vs BOS, when flawless perimeter shooting yielded 6 points and a +2.9 impact score. However, those brief flashes of veteran savvy were frequently swallowed by glaring athletic decline. During an eight-minute stint on 12/05 vs PHX, his lack of offensive aggression and slow defensive rotations resulted in a distinctly negative -4.5 impact. Even when gifted a season-high 15 minutes of run on 02/25 vs SAC, his box score production was entirely deceptive. He scored 5 points, but sluggish transition defense and a chronic failure to close out on shooters dragged his impact down to -0.9. Green is surviving purely on basketball IQ, but whenever his corner three isn't falling, the physical costs of putting him on the floor become impossible to ignore.