Green is definitely one of our best and most versatile scorers. And it's not really that close.
He has the quickness/explosiveness, shooting touch, and some nice footwork. If Pierce still had any quickness or explosiveness at all, then the nod goes to PP, but Green is a more potent offensive weapon right now.
I'm not sure beyond Pierce who would even be in the conversation.
He's certainly more explosive than Pierce is now, but he's not more effective.
Pierce still has a higher TS% this year (Shooting 41% as he's struggled from 2 point and at the rim) than Jeff Green has ever had in his career. Higher assist rate and free throw rate as well.
Stats geek.
Green surely has a ways to go, but I'm pretty impressed with his skills (apparently that's a minority opinion), and given his skills, I'm impressed with his contract, too.
No question he needs work, but when he stops trying to fit in and starts trying to score the g-d ball, he seems to be incredibly effective and versatile. Better than Pierce, IMO, whose slowness is a factor. Pierce has generally been pretty easy to stop with a double team, too (terrible at passing out of them).
In any case, if Green keeps learning from Pierce how to get his shot off in that midrange game, he'll be a force. From what I've seen (mainly in the OKC game), he has the tools to take over games when the reigns come off.
The %ages, I'm not worred about.