[washingtonismoney]

I don't know if Jeremy Green's decision to leave early should be held against Dawkins or viewed as an extenuating circumstance, but I think it's clear his absence hurt this team.

I'm actually not sure of this. The question is how it would affect lineup decisions. If Jeremy Green's presence causes Mann's minutes to (nearly) disappear then it'd be a brobdingnagian gain for the team. If it doesn't, then I'm not sure we're much better off. Green was a gunner who never passed, and it's very hard to get efficiency gains from that type of player. (Especially for our offense. The big gain from gunners is when you have absolutely no one who can get you shots at the end of a shot clock. But Randle and Bright can do that in a pinch. So I'm not sure Green helps much and might even hurt us in the long run by depriving Randle and Bright the opportunity to develop.)

[washingtonismoney]

I don't know if Jeremy Green's decision to leave early should be held against Dawkins or viewed as an extenuating circumstance, but I think it's clear his absence hurt this team.

I'm actually not sure of this. The question is how it would affect lineup decisions. If Jeremy Green's presence causes Mann's minutes to (nearly) disappear then it'd be a brobdingnagian gain for the team. If it doesn't, then I'm not sure we're much better off. Green was a gunner who never passed, and it's very hard to get efficiency gains from that type of player. (Especially for our offense. The big gain from gunners is when you have absolutely no one who can get you shots at the end of a shot clock. But Randle and Bright can do that in a pinch. So I'm not sure Green helps much and might even hurt us in the long run by depriving Randle and Bright the opportunity to develop.)