Those personality traits allowed Green to quickly move up the coaching ranks during his time with Golden State and Phoenix. People with both franchises rave about what Green brings to the table as a basketball mind and a coach who can get his players to run through a brick wall. “New Orleans is going to have a really good guy on their hands that is taking control in leading that group,” Suns All-Star Devin Booker said when asked about Green during this year’s NBA Finals.