Gerald Green was an Ex-Teammate and Ex-Classmate of mine from Gulf Shores Academy. And the only thing that stunted his growth if this statement is even to be true at all, would be his former coaches and also sports-analyst type-casting him as just a dunker. I do believe that it was Charles Barkley who said something along the lines of Gerald Green being just being a dunk-contest type of player or type of person, but please do not quote me word for word on this thing. And this way of thinking is so unfair and so untrue t00. Because he was so much more than just those things that I just referenced. He could also sh00t his azz off on the court, and especially behind the three point line as well. He could also pass, steal, block, and plus he could even play good man to man defense. He was and still is thee real deal & complete package in B-ball U-all.
Not a bust IMO when you consider he was the 18th pick, the longevity of his career, several double-digit scoring seasons, and the fairly average production of others in that draft. Love the Bugatti analogy. Among several automotive analogies I've heard in your videos.......you must be a car guy as well!
@@dontdoittoyoself6786 The Pacers team he was on he was elite for 2k. I would bench David West for offensive scoring and have Green, PG-24(PG-13), and Danny starting to make the Pacers fun and elite for 2k.
Matter of fact i consider him a great success storythe more i think about it. A guy that failed hs a year and couldn't get eligible really had very little choice as far as college or the NBA so he went to the league and lasted for years.
Mmmmmm naw definitely not a bust. Dude worked his ass off when he was on the court. One of the few players you can see him improving from year to year. Just too late in his career. One of my favorite players
many high school draftees had the same issues that Green had. In the Gilbert Arenas podcast episode with Dwight Howard, Gil and Dwight say that you stay the same person you were when you were drafted, as it is difficult to relate with much older teammates and you just hang out with the younger guys. That was an interesting point
I was so bummed when the Suns traded him and kind of gave up on him. He was electric for us, not since Matrix/STAT had we had a high flyer like that. He was fun to watch.
Do Jermaine O’Neil he could have been an all time great but things such as the malice at the palace, late development for playing for Portland and injuries stunted his growth. Also, thePacer organization has never did enough to take the extra mile.
I want every guy that makes the league to but I'm especially biased towards those from my hometown. Gerald had all the tools to be more than a solid rotational player but like you said team fit and lack of experience in the game prior to the NBA hampered his development.
I remember the first time I ever saw this dude. The days before social media really. The 05 all american dunk contest and the announcers were like that was a basic dunk. Then they saw the mark on his arm where he put it all the way in the basket and went back and gave him a 10 🤣 one of the last players to go pro out of high school. Him and lou will.
Another player that was deemed as "The Next Tracy Mcgrady" just based off his athleticism & shooting ability. Hate he didn't pan out, I was hyped to have him join the rockets in 2008. Just didn't last long tho. It's weird how he was touted as 6'8" coming out of high school lol but got to the league and was 6'6". Usually it's the other way around.
I was just wondering how Kenneth Faried wasn't on some NBA roster since he basically has a similar skill set to Montrez Harrell...& then I seen that highlight of him getting dunked on by green. DAMN
Gerald Green is definitely not a bust, he was draft at number 18 which does not have high expectations. The number 18th pick is like the 3rd round of the nfl draft. Someone played 12 years in the nfl and was drafted in the 3rd round is not a bust. Green has been a good contributor throughout his career.
One time for the 06-07 Celtics Tony Allen Gerald Green Al Jefferson Kendrick Perkins Rajon Rondo Wally Szcerbiak (spell check) Paul Pierce Sabastian Telfair Delonte West Leon Powe Brian Scalabrine Allen Ray Ryan Gomes Theo Ratliff Michael Olowakandi Just wish they had time to grow...
I remember when he came out. I think 05 or 06. He came out, I believe with Martell Webster. Green was compared to T-Mac. His hops are extremely underrated.
Sometimes it is not the player, it can be who you play for and the situations. A pro coach should always coach to a players strong points, improve the weak points. Not every NBA player is a star. But if you have guy with a motor, you groom the guy..
The NBA never actually groomed him like they've done most. He was on a lot of win right now teams and they just wouldn't play him. He had the same package that all the great have but they didn't trust in his game. Good player bad situations.
I was so sure he was going to be sixth man of the year when he moved to Miami that I ordered a jersey. He had an excellent preseason but he had some incident in his hotel that derailed him again.
I love all of your videos on things like this. Very good and informational. I would like to see you do a stunted growth on Channing Frye. That will be dope.
I'll do you one better, do you know a guy that go by the name of Ben Gordon! That would be a great stunted growth video bc a lot of bulls fans thought he was going to murder the scene alongside D.Rose. but he left and was never ever the same again.
Good video fr but Gerald green didn’t get discovered until he got picked up from the G league and got signed to the nets. He did his thang with the New Jersey nets and that got him notice so you left that out bro
heres my thing, there has been tons of players with not even half his talent who got their chances to be great as full time starters and i still dont understand how he didnt get multiple chances as a top 1% talent level guy. his fg% wasnt great but it wasnt horrible either. i just dont get it.
Gerald Green is a phenomenal dunker to me during his prime. I don’t really see Green as a bust he was just a regular player to me with talent, but I didn’t know he lost his ring finger...ouch.
Nah they were rebuilding at that time, but they had pierce who was a legit star and end up winning some games, antoine walker has already been traded but was re-aquired later that year because the celtics are still in the playoff mix, the celtics was torn with rebuilding with young dudes like green, al jefferson, delonte west, tony allen , or making the playoffs, the celtics end up being the 3rd seed in a bad east conference losing to the pacers, ainge isn't as stupid as you think, green was part of their future , but since KG is on the block, the celtics have the pieces for the trade which sounded appealing at that time, al jefferson is already a decent young big and the unlocked potential of green
If he wasn’t missing a piece of his ring finger, his handles would of been waay better and he would of been waay better as well. He’s not a bust and I’m hoping to see him back on a nba roster
Also being that I play in college I can tell you I am not learning shit in terms of basketball. What college does do is allow me to train and use a grade A facility. So when you say go to college and learn that is extremely overrated....
Not a bust, but not as good of a player as people made him out to be. He still had a long career as an athletic 3 and D wing, which is inspiring due to the fact that he's missing a finger. Puts things into perspective about talented of a basketball player he was, even if he was never a star.
I feel like Gerald Green would’ve been a much better player if he went to college. He lasted long in the league just off of talent and athleticism. If he was more fundamentally sound he would’ve been scary
Defense and passing, he had a ceiling of a potential star, but only his offensive game evolves, still a decent player , liked him when he was a young man in boston and his second run with the team with isaiah thomas led celtics in 2017
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Didn't know about Green's finger injury. Green was such an explosive leaper; downright pogo-stick! Some other great leapers (not necessarily great dunkers) I remember were Michael Wilson (Memphis), Jeff Trepagnier (USC), and Stanley "Sticks" Robinson (UConn) who sadly passed away recently RIP.
Gerald Green could have been the next Kobe Bryant but the league wasn't ready for another rag's to rich's NBA Super-Star so they intentionally stunt his growth by sending him on a world tour and that was very shady man. 😒🤔
First of all collage players/ coaches don’t know shit . It’s a lot players that stayed in college and still don’t know how to play . The problem with the draft is that nba teams draft players that have super talent like green but they don’t match the system . That’s the problem with the nba
gerald green looka scared when he play back.when he ia still young. I think.he is afraid he might missed a shot or piased the coach. He.only get his courage.when he play in.houston. Thats we never get to see hia full potential.
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@Magic Mushroom he is not a bust he was a soild role player
@Magic Mushroom maybe top 5-10 picks are supposed to be stars. He got picked 17th so a role player with longevity isn’t too bad a career.
@Magic Mushroom are you kidding me
Gerald Green was an Ex-Teammate and Ex-Classmate of mine from Gulf Shores Academy. And the only thing that stunted his growth if this statement is even to be true at all, would be his former coaches and also sports-analyst type-casting him as just a dunker. I do believe that it was Charles Barkley who said something along the lines of Gerald Green being just being a dunk-contest type of player or type of person, but please do not quote me word for word on this thing. And this way of thinking is so unfair and so untrue t00. Because he was so much more than just those things that I just referenced. He could also sh00t his azz off on the court, and especially behind the three point line as well. He could also pass, steal, block, and plus he could even play good man to man defense. He was and still is thee real deal & complete package in B-ball U-all.
Not a bust IMO when you consider he was the 18th pick, the longevity of his career, several double-digit scoring seasons, and the fairly average production of others in that draft. Love the Bugatti analogy. Among several automotive analogies I've heard in your videos.......you must be a car guy as well!
He still has the best alley oop windmill dunk ever in a nba game when he played for the Nets 🔥
Gerald Green was a really amazing dunker in his prime, the guy just walked on air
He reminded me a lot of J.R. Smith once upon a time.
Jr smith could never jump that high though
This man was a straight up demon on 2k
Yea, I hated using the common talented teams so I would play with the Suns and put up 40+ with Gerald Green.
I used to destroy my cousins in 2k14 and 15 with the suns yo 😂
@@dontdoittoyoself6786 The Pacers team he was on he was elite for 2k. I would bench David West for offensive scoring and have Green, PG-24(PG-13), and Danny starting to make the Pacers fun and elite for 2k.
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I used to cook with him on 2k9. And live 07 when he was still on the Celtics. He had a real nice game in addition to being an athlete
I personally don't consider him a bust. Since he did last 12 years.
He was a decent journeyman ... not great but decent
Definitely not a bust. No matter what he sayin about #1 HS he was the 18th pick. Look at where most 18th picks end up.
Matter of fact i consider him a great success storythe more i think about it. A guy that failed hs a year and couldn't get eligible really had very little choice as far as college or the NBA so he went to the league and lasted for years.
@@db-hj9cu its not where you drafted its what you do after you get drafted,
@@Dantana773 expectations are relative to where you get drafted
Mmmmmm naw definitely not a bust. Dude worked his ass off when he was on the court. One of the few players you can see him improving from year to year. Just too late in his career. One of my favorite players
Facts my boi. Green Is/Was Solid !💯💪
Yeah I agree. He hit his stride kind of late in his career.
I loved him in Boston and he will always be “my guy”
many high school draftees had the same issues that Green had. In the Gilbert Arenas podcast episode with Dwight Howard, Gil and Dwight say that you stay the same person you were when you were drafted, as it is difficult to relate with much older teammates and you just hang out with the younger guys. That was an interesting point
I was so bummed when the Suns traded him and kind of gave up on him. He was electric for us, not since Matrix/STAT had we had a high flyer like that. He was fun to watch.
Do Jermaine O’Neil he could have been an all time great but things such as the malice at the palace, late development for playing for Portland and injuries stunted his growth. Also, thePacer organization has never did enough to take the extra mile.
Man that pacers team would have won a chip had it not been for that
Im glad gerald green got a 2nd wind in houston some yrs back. Hes a solid player.
I want every guy that makes the league to but I'm especially biased towards those from my hometown. Gerald had all the tools to be more than a solid rotational player but like you said team fit and lack of experience in the game prior to the NBA hampered his development.
I remember the first time I ever saw this dude. The days before social media really. The 05 all american dunk contest and the announcers were like that was a basic dunk. Then they saw the mark on his arm where he put it all the way in the basket and went back and gave him a 10 🤣 one of the last players to go pro out of high school. Him and lou will.
Lou Will too?!? Wow never knew.
@@MrKelly-ll1lx do your research
Basketball research lol
@@lilshaan6252 You did it for me🤣. God bless 🛐✝️
@@MrKelly-ll1lx just cause you said it so nice , my bad dawg . You ain’t know tho? Him and JR were supposed to be goats
One of the best dunkers in nba history
I was about to request this one. Good looking JC!
Another player that was deemed as "The Next Tracy Mcgrady" just based off his athleticism & shooting ability. Hate he didn't pan out, I was hyped to have him join the rockets in 2008. Just didn't last long tho. It's weird how he was touted as 6'8" coming out of high school lol but got to the league and was 6'6". Usually it's the other way around.
He another legend in Houston he was a OG fasho when I was in middle school 💯🙏🏾
I didn't Think Gerald Green was not that thought but he can dunk like crazy his leaping ability was amazing
I was just wondering how Kenneth Faried wasn't on some NBA roster since he basically has a similar skill set to Montrez Harrell...& then I seen that highlight of him getting dunked on by green. DAMN
Gerald Green really wasnt da best shooter,but he did his part doe.💯💯💯 his leaping abilities was crazy🤘🤘🤘🔟
wow! I never knew that he had a missing ring finger..thanks Stunted Growth.
I rock with green. Ain’t know bout that finger. Crazy. He was still putting up buckets
Being on losing teams and getting traded a lot really cost a young player a lot of development and money
was awesome to watch, especially in Phoenix
Great vid. You can literally do a series on all these celtics draft picks. And I'm sure there will be more looking at the roster now
Gerald Green is definitely not a bust, he was draft at number 18 which does not have high expectations. The number 18th pick is like the 3rd round of the nfl draft. Someone played 12 years in the nfl and was drafted in the 3rd round is not a bust. Green has been a good contributor throughout his career.
Emeka Oxafor was the first pick of the Bobcats era that Growth was Stunted badly once injuries and Kemba got drafted. His feature should be next
One time for the 06-07 Celtics
Tony Allen
Gerald Green
Al Jefferson
Kendrick Perkins
Rajon Rondo
Wally Szcerbiak (spell check)
Paul Pierce
Sabastian Telfair
Delonte West
Leon Powe
Brian Scalabrine
Allen Ray
Ryan Gomes
Theo Ratliff
Michael Olowakandi
Just wish they had time to grow...
I remember when he came out. I think 05 or 06. He came out, I believe with Martell Webster. Green was compared to T-Mac. His hops are extremely underrated.
All the reason you stated make sense.
If he play in today's nba, he can be on an nba roster, athletic and can shoot.
Him and Vince Carter have the hops and birthday in common
one of my favorite high flyers 🔥💯
Gerald green was not a bust he was a great defender and also a soild role player.
Sometimes it is not the player, it can be who you play for and the situations.
A pro coach should always coach to a players strong points, improve the weak points. Not every NBA player is a star. But if you have guy with a motor, you groom the guy..
The NBA never actually groomed him like they've done most. He was on a lot of win right now teams and they just wouldn't play him. He had the same package that all the great have but they didn't trust in his game. Good player bad situations.
That was some great advice for young players
I was so sure he was going to be sixth man of the year when he moved to Miami that I ordered a jersey. He had an excellent preseason but he had some incident in his hotel that derailed him again.
I love all of your videos on things like this. Very good and informational. I would like to see you do a stunted growth on Channing Frye. That will be dope.
I can’t consider someone a busy that played as many years as he played in the NBA. 12!!
I'll do you one better, do you know a guy that go by the name of Ben Gordon! That would be a great stunted growth video bc a lot of bulls fans thought he was going to murder the scene alongside D.Rose. but he left and was never ever the same again.
My favorite player to ever play in the NBA, no fucking lie.
What about when he filled in at Pf for the playoff Celtics?
I never even knew he was missing part of his ring finger until this video.
He played professional ball for 12 years. How is that a bust?
While missing a finger too
Majority of the players coming fresh out of hs don’t last half as long as he did in the league...
Good video fr but Gerald green didn’t get discovered until he got picked up from the G league and got signed to the nets. He did his thang with the New Jersey nets and that got him notice so you left that out bro
Do one on North Carolina's Joe Forte.
Did bro check it
He went to my Highschool freshman year
Gerald Green averaged nearly 9.7 ppg with 9.5 fingers for 12 seasons. That’s not a bust in my eyes…
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heres my thing, there has been tons of players with not even half his talent who got their chances to be great as full time starters and i still dont understand how he didnt get multiple chances as a top 1% talent level guy. his fg% wasnt great but it wasnt horrible either. i just dont get it.
IDC Gerald got Bodiesssss...Man the way he used to Flyyyy!!!
He's a millionaire and had a good career definitely not a bust!!!
Do one on Scottie Thurman!!
He wasn't a bust had nice career
For the record, bro 6'8". Love your content tho. #JudahTribe #843Geechee
Anyone know about the rumor about green sleeping with Tracy Mcrady wife when he was a rookie and that’s why he got traded.
No bust at all💯
I wanted the warriors to pick him up
I think I speak for all rockets from the city fans when I say that we shouldn’t have released Gerald green this year
Amen!
He was playing for his HomeTown.
Y’all forgot he only had 9fingers
im not even from houston and i agree wit you
@@shyglizzy9047 what tf was that supposed to mean?
Gerald Green was a beast with the Phoenix Suns
Yes he was!
And he was a beast in miami. Idk what stunted talking bout.
Facts I always use to use them in 2k14 with him and dragic
Gerald Green was not a beast in Miami lmao
You know who was a beast in Phoenix and Miami. Yup Goran Drajic.
I never knew about his finger.
I remember him blowing the cupcake candle out years ago.
Gerald Green busted his ass after being out of the league for years. Alot of respect to this man right here.
This guy wasn't a bust, teams tried to make him a specialist instead of just letting him play...
Gerald Green is a phenomenal dunker to me during his prime. I don’t really see Green as a bust he was just a regular player to me with talent, but I didn’t know he lost his ring finger...ouch.
I met Gerald Green when he played for the Pacers... he signed stuff for my kids and was super cool... he was humble & appreciative to his fans...
That Suns team was so fun to watch, barely missed the playoffs.
He certainly wasn’t a bust. Just under achieved. I still think he deserve that most improved player award when he was with the suns
If the Celtics were in a "trying to win now" phase why draft him if they knew how raw he was and needed time to mature his mind and develop his game?
Cuz the nba is a joke ill watch any basketball but the nba
Nah they were rebuilding at that time, but they had pierce who was a legit star and end up winning some games, antoine walker has already been traded but was re-aquired later that year because the celtics are still in the playoff mix, the celtics was torn with rebuilding with young dudes like green, al jefferson, delonte west, tony allen , or making the playoffs, the celtics end up being the 3rd seed in a bad east conference losing to the pacers, ainge isn't as stupid as you think, green was part of their future , but since KG is on the block, the celtics have the pieces for the trade which sounded appealing at that time, al jefferson is already a decent young big and the unlocked potential of green
He was a useful trade chip for them so it was a good pick in the end.
@@GDCDGC yup
teams just do that sometimes
MY GUY.. played AAU ball with him summer of '04.. Houston Elite
Hell naw he ain't no BUST.
Is y'all insane?
Gotta do Martell Webster now he was in the draft with Gerald
Sadly it looks like Mo Bamba will be on your channel soon!
We already giving up on him as a Magic fan
Yea facts, I honestly never seen him on the floor lol
He never seems to play any minutes to know what is wrong with him. He was meant to be Rudy Gobert with an outside shot.
He was drafted by the wrong team. As a knick fan it looks like Obi Toppin MIGHT be heading the same way...
@@RonnyTheGamer I see obi being stromile swift
He's had a pretty solid career. Despite having 9.5 fingers
Agreed
Everywhere he went he produced but for some reason he never got burn
Dude was a fucking beast when he was consistently dropping buckets
He made it to the NBA with a missing finger and still one of the best dunkers ever
He didn't have it inside of him to put together a complete game. The game never got easy to him, but he was a great athlete.
I Can't call him a bust but never lived up too his potential .
If he wasn’t missing a piece of his ring finger, his handles would of been waay better and he would of been waay better as well. He’s not a bust and I’m hoping to see him back on a nba roster
Also being that I play in college I can tell you I am not learning shit in terms of basketball. What college does do is allow me to train and use a grade A facility. So when you say go to college and learn that is extremely overrated....
Not a bust, but not as good of a player as people made him out to be. He still had a long career as an athletic 3 and D wing, which is inspiring due to the fact that he's missing a finger. Puts things into perspective about talented of a basketball player he was, even if he was never a star.
Take off your jewelry when you play kids..
I feel like Gerald Green would’ve been a much better player if he went to college. He lasted long in the league just off of talent and athleticism. If he was more fundamentally sound he would’ve been scary
Real rap a team like Duke, NC, it seem like most Duke players are very fundamentally sound
I always saw the talent but it seemed like he was held back from a bad reputation for being a ball hog. So he learned to be a good role player.
This was a good stunted growth
Appreciate ya
Defense and passing, he had a ceiling of a potential star, but only his offensive game evolves, still a decent player , liked him when he was a young man in boston and his second run with the team with isaiah thomas led celtics in 2017
he commited to osu their first original big commit but 15 years later they get cade which was their blessing
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Wassup Stunted Growth. Can you make a video on Jordan Crawford from Xavier🙏🙏💯💯
Hey. I did him
No he wasn't a Bust. He just didn't have the right fit!. Great episode. Do Harold Minor.
Didn't know about Green's finger injury. Green was such an explosive leaper; downright pogo-stick! Some other great leapers (not necessarily great dunkers) I remember were Michael Wilson (Memphis), Jeff Trepagnier (USC), and Stanley "Sticks" Robinson (UConn) who sadly passed away recently RIP.
he could have been a Zach Lavine type player to me..and every dunker should know..DO NOT EVER dunk wit a ring on!
Mann I’m from Houston and it crazy but this my favorite hooper 🤘🏾
Gerald Green could have been the next Kobe Bryant but the league wasn't ready for another rag's to rich's NBA Super-Star so they intentionally stunt his growth by sending him on a world tour and that was very shady man. 😒🤔
First of all collage players/ coaches don’t know shit . It’s a lot players that stayed in college and still don’t know how to play . The problem with the draft is that nba teams draft players that have super talent like green but they don’t match the system . That’s the problem with the nba
gerald green looka scared when he play back.when he ia still young. I think.he is afraid he might missed a shot or piased the coach. He.only get his courage.when he play in.houston. Thats we never get to see hia full potential.
Not a bust. Good complimentary player, but just couldn't get in a consistent system that compliments his skillset.
You say the ones that last can do more than one thing...
How do you explain Pj Tucker?
Literally only stands on the corner and shoots the 3 lol.
Not even a bust. Had the career I wish I had
Great video. Shout out from SoCal.
Gerald Green is not a bust… the way he played in Phoenix proves he was worth having on the team & how great he is as a dunker 🏀