AUGUST 22: Green’s addition is now official, the Pelicans have announced (Twitter link).
AUGUST 20: The Pelicans are signing free agent Javonte Green, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). The 6’4″ wing with power forward versatility closed last season with the Bulls.
According to Charania, the deal is for one year. William Guillory of The Athletic adds that it will be a guaranteed minimum-salary contract (Twitter link). Since Green has five years of NBA service, his deal will pay him $2,425,403 while counting for $2,087,519 against the cap.
Green went undrafted in 2015 but caught on with the Celtics ahead of the 2019/20 season. He spent one-and-a-half years with Boston before being traded to the Bulls.
The Radford product was a key part of the 2021/22 Bulls, averaging 7.2 points and 4.2 rebounds in 65 games (45 starts). He wasn’t re-signed by the team after his contract expired in 2023 but he eventually caught back on with the organization last season when he signed a pair of deals with the Bulls to close out the year.
In his nine games last season, Green averaged a career-high 12.2 points and 7.4 rebounds. In 195 career games, he holds averages of 5.4 points and 3.1 boards while shooting a .541/.345/.754 line.
Once Green’s deal is official, the Pelicans will have a full 15-man roster of standard contract players, with 13 guaranteed salaries. All three of their two-way spots are also occupied.
With Jonas Valanciunas out of the fold, New Orleans added several bigs to their bench in Yves Missi, Karlo Matkovic and Daniel Theis. While Green doesn’t have the same size as those players, he provides another strong rebounding presence (6.8 rebounds per 36 minutes).
Does this writer know basketball? SMH Javonte Green is a SG/SF in the mold of Tony Allen, definitely not a power forward! SMH
Maybe in concept, but in practice he’s played 4 almost exclusively during his time in Chicago.
My guy, if you actually watched basketball you would know that he plays the 4.
I watch baskeball which is how I know he’s a wing who has played minutes at PF with Chicago out of necessity.
basketball reference has him as a SF. link to basketball-reference.com
statmuse, has him as a SG link to statmuse.com
realgm has him as a guard link to basketball.realgm.com
I think you get the point.
He didn’t play a second at PF with Boston. He won’t play a second at PF with New Orleans..
I’m assuming he’s likely going to earn minutes as the second choice/third choice PF.
According to ESPN their depth chart
DeJounte CJ Ingram Zion Missi
Jose Trey Herb Herb Theis
Reeves Hawkins Trey Matkovic JRE
Then you’ve also got Matt Ryan listed as their fourth choice SF. Obviously Herb can’t duplicate himself and play two positions at once either.
So as I said I expect Green to battle away for second/third choice PF minutes…
According to ESPN he’s a guard. link to espn.com
Because those sites sort **ESTIMATED** player position by height. They’ll list DeRozan as the 4 but it’s definitely Green.
He’s doing the same stuff as Patrick Williams out there, crashing the boards , cutting to the basket, and the occasional corner 3.
It’s not the writer. Today’s NBA plays small crappy ball. Green actually played PF at 6’4(should be playing PG) Today’s game is like this
Dude, he played a lot of PF for CHI as a matter of fact, so you might wanna apologise to the writer, right?
This is 2024 not 1994, teams regularly start players that are 6-8/6-9 at center and even shorter players tend to see time at the 4 or 5 depending on specific matchups during the game.
How many times have we’ve seen forwards Jae’Sean Tate (6′-4″) or Grant Williams (6′-6″) play the 4 or 5? Quite a bit actually.
I was hoping to possibly see Javonte be brought back to Boston as their energy wing off of the bench but he’ll now fill that role in New Orleans instead.
This team needs a Center. Theis starting is not it. Move Ingram to SG and trade CJ McCollum for a C and a bad contract
I know that he’s coming off of a season ending injury with Portland in 23/24 but Robert Williams would be a decent addition to their center depth if they dealt for him. With 12m & 13m still left on his deal he wouldn’t cost the Pels much in salary.
I like it
Utility Green
How will they open up 5 roster slots for him?
Also round mound of rebound
Barkley lifelong PF and 6’4”
Even won rebounding champ one year
Bulls legend