For Houston, they waited for Yao Ming to be another high-ranking rookie, the former america's first high school student, and the expectations of the outside world for Jaylen Green are self-evident. Embark on a trip to Space City, and after Harden, The City sees new hope. But the rookie's first year was not so smooth after all, Green's doubts have not stopped from beginning to end, the road to growth is doomed to be uneven, step by step!
Almost half a season later, what kind of tactical position Green is in in this rocket and whether the performance is worthy of the expectations of the outside world, and then we will use the data to restore the truth and understand the strength of this genius list more income! (The following data is as of January 10)
As the two brightest stars of the 2021 draft, the comparison between Green and Cunningham has never stopped, let's compare the two's all-round data:
Jaylen Green: Averaged 30.2 minutes per game, 15.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 0.6 steals, 0.2 blocks, 2.4 turnovers, 39.8 percent shooting percentage, 32.1 percent three-point shooting percentage, 81.8 percent free throw percentage, 48.4 percent effective shooting, 53.4 percent true shooting percentage
Cade Cunningham: Averaged 32.2 minutes per game, 15.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.3 steals, 0.6 blocks, 3.7 turnovers, 38.1 percent from the field, 31.0 percent from three-point range, 83.6 percent from the free throws, 45.2 percent from effective range, and 48.2 percent from the field.
If we talk about comprehensiveness, Cunningham, who is known for his organization, is obviously better, and has also had a triple-double performance of 13+12+10 in a single game, but it is clear that Green is the better one in terms of efficiency. In fact, the shooting rate of the two shots, free throws and three-pointers is almost the same, and one thing that must be noted is that Green only has 12.7 shots per game, while Cunningham's data is 15, but Green's efficiency is better is a commendable point, less shots, in exchange for more points. The eFG% + TS% two-shot rate Green was 3.2 + 5.2 percentage points higher than the champion. Although among the 25 rookies who are all included in the statistics, they can only rank in the middle and do not match the status of the top eyes, but Cunningham's efficiency is even lower. Green scored 0.51 points per minute and was the only player among the rookies to > 0.5 P/M, compared to 0.47 Cunningham and Green, who had a 8.5% difference in points.
Looking at Green's high-level stats, the assist rate of 12.1% and the assist ratio of 11.5 are decent, but the 0.9 assist-to-turnover ratio is really a bit undeserved, which means that the Rockets 0 will add one more mistake for every assist they send. The offensive efficiency of 96.6 and the defensive efficiency of 115.8 are the video of the league's countdown, and the net efficiency value of -19.2 is also quite eye-catching, in the eyes of the outside world, Green is now low offensive efficiency, defensive ten thousand stabbing. An embarrassing statistic is that in the games Green played for the team, the team only won 3 of them, a total of 23 losses, and the Rockets' record of 8 wins and 7 losses when Green was absent, this comparison is also quite obvious.
But anyway, 23.1% of the game share is really unacceptable, when you see the Pistons' role player Olynyk, nuggets' No. 26 show Hyland's USE% is higher than Green, just want to ask the Rockets coaching staff, is it really green to cultivate? Cunningham's figure is nearly 3 percentage points higher than Green's, and there is no harm without comparison. Under Silas's tactical system, Green is not the indispensable person, and even Kevin Porter and Wood have a more important tactical dominance position than Green. If there are fans who often watch the game, they know, especially in the fourth quarter, Green's ball possession is really very little, often the state of smoking in the bottom corner. In the final 5 minutes of the game (<5 points difference), Green's 22.7% utilization rate was even lower than average, and the number of shots was even rarer. The list should not be like this, but under the coaching philosophy of Silas, Green does not have his own core position, even if the team management has clearly cultivated young people with the coaching staff, but this does not work, just look at the situation of Shen Jing, it is also a good seedling with unlimited potential.
Green's outside shooting is still not stable, even if the three three-point line outside the area can be higher than the league average, but it is still almost interesting. The top of the arc along the three areas is Green's most accustomed shot point, the left 45° shooting rate is only 17.4%, the positive arc top position 40 shots 18 hit the target 45% shooting rate is a proper hot zone, 35.4% of the right 45° three-point shooting rate is decent. The mid-range is also an offensive means that Green must strengthen, the basket 3 feet to the three-point line area, Green has accumulated 97 shots to only hit the target of only 18 goals, shooting a dismal 18.6%, which means that as long as you do not go to the bottom of the basket, the defender can let you go for two points. Among all the players in the same area who have made more than 80 shots, Green is already at the bottom level, and even a rookie should not be such a data sheet.
Of course, it must be said that Green's impact on the basket is the best in the same rookie, and the only drawback is that the proportion of his total shots is relatively low. With an interior shooting percentage of 54.3 percent and a Paint Zone shooting percentage of 56.0 percent, an average of 5.2 percent of interior shots per game is indeed the upper-middle level among defenders, with an average of 3.7 free throws per game to rank ninth among Western Guards. Green's speed is also very similar to his first step is very similar to maddy, coupled with a slender body, whether it is a small hit or a normal alignment, his breakthrough success rate has a certain degree of certainty, but he personally prefers to float outside to shoot, which is also a place that needs to be changed.
Green's talent and potential are still there for all to see, but there is still a little more patience and potential. I believe that Yao Mai, after Harden, there are still a large number of Chinese fans still pay attention to the Rockets, perhaps a feeling, but also for the No. 11 above the Toyota Center. Green is the hope of the Rockets, but also the future of the Rockets, Silas or you give enough players and core positions Green, good adjustment, look forward to the day when Space City re-launched!