Erick

Green

Green last played with the Jazz on a 10-day contract back in February of 2016 before finishing the season in the D-League. While he could hook on with an NBA team for the 2016-17 season, he’s not on the fantasy radar.

Green signed a few 10-day deals last season that never resulted in a guaranteed contract, so he’ll now take the guaranteed money in Europe over playing for a D-League team.

He was outstanding in Vegas with an effective field goal percentage of 55.1, averaging 16.6 points, 3.0 boards, 2.6 dimes, 1.2 steals and 1.4 triples. Green and backcourt mate Gary Harris complemented each other very well in Vegas, but both will have a tough time getting significant minutes. Green is likely going to be up and down in the D-League this season, but he has a chance to be the No. 3 point guard on the depth chart.

Green played overseas last season and had a stellar Vegas Summer League for the Nuggets where he averaged 16.6 points, 3.0 boards, 2.6 assists, and 1.2 steals. Despite his Summer League success, it will be tough for Green to crack the back court rotation in Denver next season.

His contract becomes partially guaranteed on Saturday. Green will compete with newly-added Nick Johnson for the No. 3 point guard spot. He won’t be in the rotation while the Nuggets are healthy.

Green shot 4-of-7 from the field and didn’t turn the ball over once, and he looked very poised running the Denver offense. It isn’t clear if Lawson or Nelson will miss any additional time, but Green will certainly be worth a look in deeper leagues if they aren’t cleared to play in Wednesday’s game vs. the Lakers.

He added one rebound tonight but didn’t have any assists or steals. Denver’s rookie avoided what looked like a serious injury, which is great news, but he remains a non-entity in standard fantasy leagues while Ty Lawson is healthy and starting.

It looked pretty bad and it’s almost certainly muscle related. Green was in pain right away and went to the locker room just seconds after talking to the training staff. If he’s out, Randy Foye and Gary Harris would get more minutes.

Erik Green (rest), Wilson Chandler (rest) and Jusuf Nurkic (knee) will join Arthur on the sidelines for Thursday’s exhibition. The earlier the preseason, the more likely we are to see guys on the sidelines resting, so we wouldn’t read much into any of this. Arthur and Green aren’t worth drafting in almost any league, while Chandler and Nurkic make for nice late-round targets.

The Arizona guard had some nice bright spots in Summer League and was brought over to the Nuggets in the Ty Lawson deal. Erick Green made the team. Some team will probably add Johnson.