On 3-of-16 shooting, jaylen Green's deafening thuds, the Houston Rockets at home were humiliated by the San Antonio Spurs by 30 points. The Rockets are no longer the undead little strong, the Spurs are not the old strong team that guaranteed the playoffs, and losing in this way to a team that is also struggling outside the playoff circle, The Appearance of Space City being defeated is too undignified.
As a result, for a while, public opinion poured in, and the spearhead was directed at the inefficient and outrageous new science list. In fact, compared to the hot-eyed play in the last game of 11 shots, Green threw at least three goals in this campaign, which is already a big improvement. What makes rocket fans even more speechless is that jaylen Green, who carries the future of the rockets, as a pure scorer, has not reached double digits in three games, with only 10.8 points in the nearly 8 battlefields, shooting 32.2%, and the three-point shooting rate is less than 20%, as low as 18.4%. This has to make people think deeply, half a season has passed, what has Green Jr. practiced?
To that question, how Rockets coach Silas replied, "Yeah, he's not hitting a lot of shots right now, but he's improving in other ways. Very official answer, right? Even Jaylen Green himself did not believe this statement, and after the fiasco against the Spurs, Green did not leave the stadium but returned to the court to practice shooting after his teammates left. After all, he also understands that if he wants to base himself on the NBA, he can't just rely on the same "wash cut and blow" hairstyle as Kevin Porter, but also have similar skills. Although the personality of Porter Jr. is a big trouble, at least the key ball is not ambiguous.
Looking at Jaylen Green at this stage, what does he have? Organizational prowess has proven as early as the Summer League that it is not at the NBA level at all, and correspondingly, the ability to hold the ball is completely inadequate. What is even more worrying is that the proud physical talent and ability to run and jump, because there is no matching confrontation ability, it is often impossible to successfully complete the end in actual combat.
Say good upper limit Jordan, lower limit Kobe Bryant? The more the Rockets management looks at it now, the more they feel that they are being fooled and lame, and then look at the fact that Mobley is playing well in the Cavaliers now, it is really angry. As a team that has a tradition of dominating big men inside, if Mobley had been chosen at that time, perhaps the Rockets today are a completely different story.
Looking back at Jaylen Green's scouting report, it was impressively written template Eddie Jones. Considering that Jones is best known for being squeezed out by Kobe Bryant, the Lakers chose black mamba between the two to achieve a good story, and many people were still upset about Jaylen Green at that time. Now it seems that Eddie Jones is going to jump out and say: Thank you, I was offended. Eddie Jones has been selected for the best defensive second team three times, the best defensive first team once, and the all-star team three times in his career, and judging by Jaylen Green's performance now, it is suspected of touching porcelain.
For Green, the most unfavorable thing is that in the environment of the Rockets, he seems to have no chance to turn over. Today, the Rockets' training strategy is completely free-range: knowing that Jaylen Green's ability to hold the ball is poor, even the most basic fixed-point cover tactics are not arranged for him, and it is completely impossible to see any tactical tilt on him. With Green's recent low hand, it is often seen that he receives the ball on the outside line, pauses for 3 seconds in confusion and then passes back, and the naked eye can see that Green Jr.'s confidence is going down.
Not only could Silas not help, but he also added fuel to the fire. Don't look at him in front of the media seems to be helping little Green to say good things, pit him is not soft. Turning the jazz's game, Green Jr. hadn't played since the middle of the third quarter, during which he didn't feel any physical discomfort, but Silas just stuck him on the bench. In fact, Silas is also right to do this, in the face of huge record pressure, he can't take care of so much, learning Vogel's "sending a lineup that thinks he can win" is king. Predictably, between helping Green Jr. grow and ensuring his position is solid, Silas will not hesitate to choose the latter.
Poor Jaylen Green, whether this baby can get out of the mountain or not depends on its own creation. This kind of practice is either to practice super giant, or to completely practice, after all, the NBA has never lacked the physical quality of men with exaggerated running and jumping ability, and what is missing is the star who combines human ball. Why Wiggins's talent did not succeed in the Timberwolves in the end was also because he did not meet his own Bole, and the upper limit of his talent could not be fulfilled. Today's Jaylen Green is following the same old path as a mouth brother.
There must be water in the title and the eye of the list. Summer league and preseason battles, when Cunningham was very uncomfortable because of the slow rate, once thought the water was fixed, Jaylen Green won a good review with his explosive scoring ability; more than half a season passed, the champion gradually got better, and Green hit his head in front of the rookie wall. It is really thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi. In the same class, Mobley, Saggers, Cuminga and others are getting better and better, and it is clear that Jaylen Green has fallen behind.
Stop comforting yourself with the phrase "Think of Shin Kyung as a show and Green as the No. 16 show." The Rockets have reached a time when they need to make trade-offs, whether to change Jaylen Green's training strategy, starting from the basics and trying to train him into a high-quality pure scorer; or to continue to practice super-giantly, and if they are unsuccessful, they will become ren; or they will put the future in a more distant tomorrow and wait for their true destiny again. If you were Rockets management, how would you choose?