“I just want to do everything that DeMar and Zach and Vooch don’t necessarily have to do,” Green said of his approach. “Guard the best player. Do all the little things. Just bring them energy. Because they’re gonna score the ball regardless. I just want to take more pressure off them.”
It’s by far the biggest role he’s had in his NBA career, which began with an end-of-bench spot on the Boston Celtics in 2019, then transitioned to Chicago when he was moved along with Daniel Theis at least season's trade deadline. And it’s a far cry from overseas stops in Spain, Italy and Germany after going unselected out of Radford in the 2015 NBA Draft.
“It’s nothing I imagined,” Green said. “Coming into this year, coming into training camp, this summer, I was around, just working on my game. Making sure they know that I’m here working. And I just feel like that’s my mentality is just do whatever you gotta do just to get on the floor.”