There has never been a guarantee that Stephenson will be a star. The same can be said for Green, let me make that clear first.
Stephenson was in a great situation in Indiana with a GM who believed in him. The same GM made the rest of the team believe in him too. Let's not forget it wasn't long ago that Stephenson was the end of the bench guy giving LeBron the choke sign like he actually made a different in the game himself. Stephenson was on his way out of the league had it not been for Bird's mentoring.
On player beefs. Yeah, there's instances in practice (from what we read since I'm sure 99% of us have never seen a full NBA practice) where players mess around and get in each other's face. That stuff ends in practice and can make the team better chemistry wise. Obviously the opposite happened for Indiana upon jettisoning Granger and picking up Turner. The team went to garbage after that and the lockerroom atmosphere was cited as an issue by the team's mainstays in West and Hibbert.
*Supposedly* players on Indiana currently wanted nothing to do with Lance being brought back to the team via trade this season. That speaks volumes if you ask me.
On the Shumpert/Stephenson comparison...well they're uncomparable trade wise. One is on his rookie deal still while the other is on year one of a $20 million dollar contract with a team option in year three. That alone makes Shumpert more valuable. Less money and arguably the same production as Stephenson this year.
On the idea of Green for Stephenson or some sort of package....No. Green will net so much more in return than will Stephenson. Stephenson makes more, produces less, and can arguably be labeled as a direct cause for the Hornet's misfortune this year. I can name many more teams that need a capable, effecient SF than a ball-stopping SG (LAC, OKC, NOLA come to mind solely in the West).
This three guard lineup idea is fooey. The team that runs it best may have to trade one of their PGs before the deadline, looking at your Phoenix, so I hardly would concede that I wanna watch anything like Stephenson, Turner, and Smart. Dragic, Bledsoe, and Thomas is only successful because they can all shoot. I don't like Stephenson, Turner, or Smart shooting right now to be honest.
Clearly, Charlotte and Stephenson don't fit. I thought it would be a great fit before the season began and push the Hornets towards the top five seeds. Boy was I fooled. It's not just Lance, obviously the loss of Tolliver and McRoberts, stabilizers on that team, haven't done the Hornets any good either. But this only makes me believe that Lance needs the perfect situation to suceed. I don't think Boston is that situation at all and I'd rather not give up our first, or second best player, in return.