And even then, I still think some team will offer him the max or very close to it.

Memphis being good in Ja's absence means nothing to me, because Ja was having an All-NBA level season before he had to sit. And Memphis is deep and well-coached in a weak West. Ja will be a max player for his whole career unless catastrophe strikes.

Green, way too early, who the hell knows, but no one expected him to be a winning player year 1 anyway. They expected him to be, well, what Anthony Edwards was last year.