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Do we like Josh Green?

Our score: 6 out of 10. Nothing harmful found and a decent public record, but there's little on the page about what he stands for, so it's a cautious six.

Josh Green is a Sydney-born, 1.98m guard who grew up in the Greater Western Sydney Giants basketball pathway, then moved to the United States as a teenager. He became a five-star recruit, earned McDonald's All-American honours and spent one season at Arizona.

Dallas picked him 18th in the 2020 draft, and he won Olympic bronze with the Boomers at Tokyo the same year. He was a rotation player as Dallas reached the Western Conference Finals, then the 2024 NBA Finals, before a six-team trade sent him to Charlotte in 2024.

The latest chapter is a bit of a merry-go-round. Charlotte moved him to Minnesota in early July in a deal that also involved LaMelo Ball, then Minnesota sent him and cash to Utah for John Konchar and Cody Williams. He's now the fourth Australian to pull on a Jazz jersey, after Joe Ingles, Dante Exum and Patty Mills.

On the harm test, we came up empty in a good way. Searches on LGBTQ+ issues, women, race, migrants, climate and politics turned up no statements, donations or campaigns from him, and his recent work is simply playing in the NBA and for the Boomers. That reads as a clean pass, but honestly it's partly because he's a private, low-key public figure.

On the good-person test, there are no lawsuits, allegations or blow-ups in what we found. The nearest thing to drama is a first-quarter push-and-shove in the Boomers' opening Olympic game against Spain in 2024, which is standard heat-of-the-moment basketball rather than a character stain. He described himself as “a quieter guy” at Utah's media day.

The real good stuff is thinner than we'd like. There's an Olympic bronze and a long grind from Sydney to the NBA, but we couldn't verify any charity work or causes he's led, so we can't give him credit for what we couldn't find.