Two days after being released by the Jazz, veteran forward Jeff Green has gone unclaimed and cleared waivers, league sources tell Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports (Twitter link). Green is now an unrestricted free agent and can sign with any team.
Green, 33, has bounced around the NBA in recent years, spending time with seven franchises in the past six seasons. While he has been a regular rotation player and occasional starter for every team he has played for, he was off to a slow start in Utah, averaging career lows in PPG (7.8), RPG (2.7), MPG (18.4), FG% (.385), and a handful of other categories. The Jazz reportedly loved Green’s professionalism, but felt their bench needed a shake-up.
Since he was on a minimum-salary contract, Green was a candidate to be claimed off waivers, since teams wouldn’t have faced cap obstacles to bring him aboard. However, few teams around the NBA have available roster spots.
While Green is a free agent for now, I’d expect him to catch on with another team on a prorated minimum-salary deal before the end of the season.
Would fit with the Clipps
He might belong with a team that might give up on the year if someone of his professionalism is not brought in to keep them going– like the Wiz last year.
But not on an aspirational team like the 2018 Cavs. Or the Celtics or IDK, Utah was his 9th team. Maybe he’s done, he’s 33 and his best PER was 15.0.
Weird. At the start of the season he was essentially saying “watch this space, you’re going to see me doing things you haven’t seen me do before’… Perhaps Quinn isn’t quite as enamoured with those new shiny new facets as Green himself is.
He’s always been a funny fit in the league… Not quite sure what his skillset is. A Jabari Parker without the ego?