On December 30, Beijing time, the NBA announced the latest issue of the rookie list, magic's No. 8 show Wagner rose from no. 5 to the top of the list, raptors' No. 4 show Barnes and cavaliers' tandem show Bagley ranked second or third, and Rockets' jaylen Green returned to the top ten.
Green's return to the top 10 from the rookie list has a certain relationship with the two games that returned from injury, but if you look at the data, Green's performance can return to the top 10, but in the scene, Green's youth and childishness are very obvious.
In the Rockets' loss to the Pacers, Green played 25 minutes, shooting 7-of-14 from the field and 6-of-9 from three-point range, with 20 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers.
In the Rockets' loss to the Lakers, Green played 38 minutes, shooting 8-of-16 from the field, 4-of-9 from three-point range, 4-of-5 from the free throw line, and had 24 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 foul and 2 turnovers.
From these two games, Green has made great progress on the offensive end, especially the offensive efficiency, Green has improved his three-point shooting rate, and this season Green's three-point shooting rate is only 31.6%, mainly in the opening stage, Green's three-point projection is extremely unstable, good and bad, and the stability of the offense is not good.
Green at the beginning of the season, the aggressiveness of the attack is insufficient, mainly based on jump shots, there are few cases of holding the ball to break through, on the one hand, Green's confrontation ability is not strong, the ability to break through into the end is very general, on the other hand, Green's offensive skills and offensive skills are not enough to support a stable ball holding breakthrough, but the two games of the comeback, Green obviously strengthened the proportion of holding the ball to break through the attack frame, and use the speed to step over the opponent, good at creating physical contact, to obtain fouls, from this point of view, Green's ball skills are improving, At least the feeling of attack gradually getting better.
Green has such a change, on the one hand, related to his own training, and the observation of the game off the court, on the other hand, related to the Rockets' platoon arrangement, when Theis fell out of the rotation, Brooks entered the rotation, becoming a player who opened up space on the offensive end, which was extremely conducive to the play of Green and Porter.
Green's ranking on the rookie list has improved, mainly because of offense, so Green's problems on the defensive end are still very obvious.
Green's single defense position and defensive scale are not good, often appear to be a step by the opponent, this is the accumulation of time, this is the problem of defensive position, Green not only has a poor defensive position, but also in the change of teammates, often change the wrong position, resulting in a large vacancy for the opponent, sanctioning Green's ability to change defense.
Green's defense and co-defense are very bad, obviously there is no sense of reinforcement and co-defense, when Green is on the court, the Rockets must configure a defensive guard for him to help Green wipe his ass.
However, in the game, Green showed excellent bouncing ability, showed a strong physical talent, Green is very good at playing offensive and defensive conversions, and the viewing of air contact with teammates is very good.
From the current point of view, Green is still in a semi-finished product, not formed, the improvement of the offensive end, it can be seen that Green is improving, the defensive end of Green still needs to improve, need to accumulate games, this is the process of growth and the cost of growth.