Toronto Raptors Player Previews: ‘Glue-Guy’ Danny Green “excited” for Toronto chapter

Weaknesses

Green’s health is, first and foremost, the biggest question mark heading into the season. Despite playing 70 games last year, some feel as though he is still not one hundred percent, hampered by a groin injury that was reportedly mishandled by the Spurs’ medical staff.

The actions (or lack thereof) of another organization’s health & wellness team notwithstanding, Toronto has a fantastic training staff that, according to Green, has done a “wonderful job” helping him get to his current state, referred to as “pretty good”.

Assuming he enters the season with a clean bill of health, Green doesn’t possess any glaring weakness. Sure, you can point to his age, but the numbers themselves don’t exactly paint an irrefutable portrait of regression.

However, “The Green Train” could go off the rails if Nurse and Co. attempt to convince themselves that Green is “more than he really is…” — that being a 30-plus-year-old, three-and-D player who shouldn’t be relied upon for consistent heavy minutes, nor should he be seen as a high usage player when he’s on the floor.

Nick Nurse will have plenty of evaluating in front of him, needing to gauge how young players have evolved from last season…he need not over think how and when to deploy one of his more well-known, less ambiguous pieces.

Managing Green’s workload will be critical, making certain he remains fresh and healthy for when the team needs him most — in the postseason.