My biggest gripe with Green isn’t his offensive style, size, ability to defend in the post, or his rebounding rate.

And while I love his locker room chemistry, work ethic, potential and versatility…

I think he has to be the guy to take the ball inside, get hacked and pull us through in tough games like the one last night against Cleveland. No one wanted to penetrate, and we gave up the game trying to match 3s with a team on fire from deep.

I can’t get mad at a guy like Durant — who has amazing shooting ability and a slight build — for not wanting to pound the ball in crunch time. He’s our super star, his skills are elsewhere, I *want* his body preserved.

But Green is athletic enough and skilled enough that he should be able to take it to the hole and get the fouls. If he’s going to make his mark by being a “jack of all trades” he’s going to have to want the win more than anyone else.

The only player we have on our team willing and ready to play this way is James Harden. I wonder if the game would’ve turned out differently if he had been subbed in sooner in the 4th (he sat by the scorer’s table a long time waiting to come in.)

Jeff has to be willing to do this. I’m not sure what else he can bring to the table that makes him long term viable unless he makes a miraculous turn around on his per-minute production compared with other players at his position. I think that’s an unrealistic expectation.

Brendan Haywood is worth a lot more than $6 million; Nenad Krstic and Nick Collison make more than that.

No way do I want Haywood for more than $6 million over four years. In complete agreement there. But as impressive as the defensive stats have been for the Thunder, there’s a reason why true bigs terrorize our team and make it very, very hard to win. Just take a look at the teams who have beaten the Thunder this year, and aside from Houston (Don’t say Sacramento, Thompson destroyed us), they all have one very glaring thing in common and I don’t think I need to say what it is.

I do think Bosh would help immensely on offense, but it’s more of the same problems on defense (if not worse) since, you know, he DOESN’T play any!

Oh, and while we’re at it, I’d love to add a pure shooter who can space the floor off the bench and a lockdown, smart backup PG (if it’s not going to be Weaver).