Ceiling: Green clears the 70-game mark, factors in the Defensive Player of the Year race and remains a viable three-point threat.

Green’s 2023-24 season was a suspension-filled mess, but you only have to travel back one year prior to that to find the last time he made 70-plus appearances. In 2022-23, the do-it-all defender always finished fourth in Defensive Player of the Year voting.

With Kyle Anderson and De’Anthony Melton added to the mix, Golden State’s defense could be stingier now, giving Green at least an outside chance of earning DPOY honors for the second time in his career. As long as we’re being optimistic, let’s also leave open the possibility that he’s a credible perimeter shooter for the second consecutive season (39.5 percent this past season, albeit on low volume).

Floor: Green can’t stay on the court or shoot, and the Warriors don’t have enough spacing to work around his shooting limitations.

Green played 55 games this past season and 46 in 2021-22. He’s not exactly a lock to hit 60 games, in other words, and any suspensions that come his way could be extra harsh given his history.

When he’s on the court, it’s possible he won’t be quite as helpful, since opponents no longer have to account for Klay Thompson’s shooting. Spacing could get tight—especially if Buddy Hield can’t force his way into a significant role—and Green, a career 31.9 percent three-point shooter, would only add to the congestion.