Gerald Green, who signed a one-year contract with the Celtics this offseason, has battled nagging injuries and has fallen out of the rotation in Boston less than two months into the season, as Steve Bulpett of The Boston Herald details. Although Green refuses to “second-guess” head coach Brad Stevens, he admits he’s not used to sitting so frequently.
“It’s hard to get in a rhythm when you don’t even know when you’re getting to play,” Green said. “And then it’s kind of tough to get in a rhythm when you do play, you’re only playing, you know, you can count your minutes on one hand. So it’s tough. I’m not really used to it, but it’s something I’ve got to go through right now.”
While Green waits for his shot to contribute, let’s round up a few more notes out of Boston…
- In an appearance on CSNNE, veteran reporter Jackie MacMullen says that if the Celtics want to trade for Sixers center Nerlens Noel, they wouldn’t have much trouble doing so, but suggests that it still makes sense for the team to wait and see if any better opportunities materialize by the deadline.
- If the Celtics were given the opportunity to pry DeMarcus Cousins away from the Kings, there would be plenty of risk to consider, but it’s intriguing to imagine what he could do in Stevens’ system, says ESPN’s Chris Forsberg during an appearance of his own on CSNNE.
- As much as they’d like to bolster their roster, the Celtics don’t appear to be in any rush to move Amir Johnson to make that happen, according to a CSNNE.com report. Johnson, who has been something of an underappreciated contributor for the C’s, is in a contract year and will hit unrestricted free agency in 2017.