When the news of the Kawhi Leonard trade dropped, Danny Green felt like an afterthought. Sure, that’s not fair to someone who very nearly earned a Finals MVP with his play in 2014; a sharpshooter who was arguably the most exciting cog of a Spurs team that nearly perfected basketball in a demonstrative Finals win over the Miami Heat. It was the truth, though. The hype around getting someone like Kawhi made everything else feel secondary.
The reality was Green wasn’t playing like his 2014 self, either. After the championship, Green seemed to drift further from the Spurs’ limelight.