It's not easy being Keyon Dooling

My$hkin drops Green for Dooling

We discussed Gerald Green here; he started tonight for Jason Terry, but only played 14 unimpressive minutes. His role going forward is still unclear, though he certainly turned heads with his performances in J-How's absence.

Now Green has been dropped for the redoubtable Keyon Dooling, who competently started three games at PG for the Nets in Devin Harris's absence. Harris of course returned last night, scoring 30 points, but Dooling still got 25 minutes, scoring 10 points (though doing little else). Harris is still not 100%, so a gamble on Dooling here is not foolish, but he's not much of a playa, even with a lot of mintues. Mostly empty points, a few 3s, and 3-5 AST if running the point. He has no extra 'upside' to get excited about, and might be called 'a poor man's DeShawn Stevenson', without the excellent defense.

Judgment: We would have hung onto Green and his upside for a few more games, or perhaps picked up someone who might contribute in interesting categories. Dooling's low-neg, and will score a bit, but how much is that really going to help?

Thompson dropped after Miller's Return

my$hkin drops J-Thomp, picks up Gerald green

We covered Jason Thompson here. He looked pretty good until B-Mill returned from injury - he's struggled in 2 games since (2/2, and 7/7).

Gerald Green, former slam dunk champ, has had trouble maturing in the NBA - he just hasn't shot consistently, or done much but shoot, when given the chance. Last year was basically a waste in MIN after a pretty good sophomore effort in BOS in 2006-7. Josh Howard hurt himself, and G-Green filled in admirably, with a fine 13/12 performance. Howard may miss another game or two, and, it should be noted, is pretty generally injury prone. Even when Howard returns, Green could be useful in the second unit (especially because he does shoot quite a lot when he can). He can rebound, block, and hit 3s when he's on.

Judgment: I might have waited a bit longer to see how things shake out in Sactown, before cutting Thompson, but my$hkin may have enough middling PF-types anyway. Green will be inconsistent, and may or may not have a role when J-How returns, but there's a lot of potential here.