Deja Vu All Over Again

You know, when I heard that Gerald Green had been let go by the Houston Rockets, I immediately thought that it might be interesting to write something about the chance that the Celtics might take a chance and bring him back to Boston.

Then I remembered: I already wrote that post - six weeks ago.

The main point back then - that the tutelage of Kevin Garnett provided Green with the best possible opportunity to "get it" and become a serviceable NBA player - still stands; if anything, the recent additions of veterans P.J. Brown and Sam Cassell drive it home even harder. Green's first 2 1/2 NBA seasons were spent in situations where he was a young player surrounded mostly by other young players, and when he got to Houston, he was recognized as a talented young player who, in the words of Rockets GM Daryl Morey, was "going to have a tough time getting on the floor." What better place for him now, then, than in Boston, with veteran leaders who can finally show him the right way to approach the game?