Jeff Green makes basically 9 million over the next two years of his contract. He plays very solid D, does not miss games and is not in any way a headache to the team. He also plays out of position a ton and did not have Rondo out there to help him much this year. Basically he is absolutely worth 9 million a year. Here are some other Small Forwards and what they are paid. I am leaving out Carmelo, KD and LeBron as clearly you would take any of those guys over Green.
Rudy Gay: 17 Million
Paul Pierce: 15 Million
Luol Deng: 15 Million
Josh Smith: 13.5 Million
Richard Jefferson: 11 Million
Nicolas Batum: 11 Million
Danilo Gallinari: 10 Million
Gerald Wallace: 10 Million
Shawn Marion: 9 Million
Thaddeus Young: 9 Million
Those guys all get paid more than Green. Would you take any of them over him? If you would it would be close. Right below him are guys like Ersan Ilyasova, Trevor Ariza, Tayshaun Prince, John Salmons. All of them make between 7 and 8 million. I would not take any of those guys either. Basically there is Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Harrison Barnes and Ironically Gerald Green who make less and you would most likely take over Green. That means you could easily say Green is a top ten SF. For 9 million I call that a good deal.