Just because you definie it one way doesn't make it so.
we're talking about subjective definitions of subjective notions about types of roles on a basketball team. It's all opinion, so when you say "it doesn't make it so" that seems a meaningless comment because there is no "so" anywhere around. There isn't any 'truth' to be found here floating in a sea of opinion
Green has been an akll star 3 times in his 8 seasons and played over 30mpg in 5 of those seasons. Ginobli has only been an all star 2 times in his 16 seasons and averaged over 30mpg in only 2 of those seasons. Not sure how you can consider one a complimentary player and the other not. Durant only won one championship with GS and Green won 2 without Durant on the roster. Green was part of their "big 3" before Durant came along and was as important as Ginobli or Parker were to the Spurs.
ok then the difference between a main player or a complementary player....IMO
I'd define a main player as one who can carry a team when the team is down or bad. Portland has maybe the worst team since Dame was a rookie, but he's putting up the best numbers of his career. His production and efficiency hasn't dropped. Dame is a core player, a main one
* Green has a career mark of .435 in FG% but he's shooting .388 this year, his worst mark in the last 7 years
* Green has a career mark of ..506 in 2ptFG% but he's shooting .457 this year, his worst mark in the last 6 years
* Green has a career mark of .320 in 3ptFG% but he's shooting .287 this year, his 2nd worst mark in the last 7 years
* Green has a career mark of .496 in eFG% but he's shooting .447 this year, his worst mark in the last 7 years
* Green has a career mark of .532 in TS% but he's shooting .491 this year, his worst mark in the last 7 years
* Green has a career PER of 15.1, but he's at 12.7 this year, his worst mark in the last 7 years
* Green has a career rebounding rate of 13.3%, but his rate is 11.7% this year, the worst mark of his career
* Green has a career mark of .132 in winshares/48, but he's at .048 this year, his worst mark in 7 years
* Green has a career BPM of +3.4, but he's at -0.6 this year, his worst in 7 years
the only area Green has maintained his norms is in assists, but that's generally a complementary skill
the difference between a main player and a complementary one shows up in comparing Dame and Green. Green is on a bad team this year and his numbers have cratered almost all the way across the board. Dame is on a bad team right now, but in all those categories where Green has collapsed, Dame is at career highs
so yeah, Green is a complementary player....IMO. That does not mean he wasn't essential to Warrior success. But that's why I said he was probably the best complementary players since Rodman