Harden chose to leave the Rockets, where he had been playing for 9 years, which turned the Rockets from a championship-fighting team into a fish belly, and the team underwent a transformation from heaven to hell.
However, in the face of a huge gap, the Rockets did not fall silent in disappointment, and the team accelerated the progress of the trade and the pendulum, and completely entered the rebuild! And the Rockets' series of operations also gave them hope of recovery, and Olajuwon's grandfather won the lottery!
2021 is a recognized draft year, this year has Corningham, Jaylen Green, Mobley, Barnes, Sargus and many other potential newcomers to the draft, the Rockets hold the second pick, even if they can't pick the best, they can bring themselves a superstar embryo.
After the Pistons selected Cunningham with the 1st pick, the Rockets did not hesitate to abandon Mobley, Saggers and others to directly select Jaylen Green, the talented new star in the backcourt.
Green is a young man dressed as a super rookie, before entering the league, he was pinned high hopes, and even known as the existence of jordan in the upper limit and Kobe Bryant in the lower limit, even if this sentence is a compliment, it can still be seen that the potential of Green, and the Rockets are also Happy Taotao, looking forward to the birth of a new superstar on the team.
But how big the expectations are, often how big the disappointment is, Jaylen Green, who was blown to the sky before the season, the performance is not very ideal, the lack of stability in the attack is not to say, the defensive end is also a mess, the reading ability for the game is also average, in addition to excellent physical fitness, he did not show the potential of a superstar at all, and after Green messed up the All-Star dunk game, his return to the court performance is still bad.
Dunk contest 9 attempts to dunk success, Green than his predecessors Jordan, Kobe Bryant is not a star and a half, it's okay, it's a performance after all, in the field to find back.
In the first game after the All-Star, the breathless Green performed really well, facing the Magic team of the 1st to last in the East, 9 of 16 efficiently cut down the comprehensive data of 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals, and led the team forward on his own at the last moment, although he failed to win the game in the end, but showed a hint of the wind of the general, but who thought, the next 2 greens were instantly beaten back to their original form.
After losing to the Magic, the Rockets ushered in the challenge of the Clippers, facing this opponent without Leonard, George, and Powell, the Rockets played very well at first, and have been suppressing the opponent, but in the last moment, the team suffered a reversal, losing by 1 point! As the core of the team, Green played 38 minutes, only 4 of 18 shots, and the shooting rate was as low as 22.2%, which became the main reason for the team's defeat.
Next, playing against the Clippers, thinking that facing the same opponent, Green can make adjustments and changes, but he did not expect that he would pull his crotch again! In the first 3 quarters, Green only got 8 points, shooting less than 40%, that is, in the final quarter, the Clippers widened the point difference to more than 20 points, and after entering garbage time, Green only got the opportunity to brush a little point, but on the performance of the whole game, it was extremely bad.
And today, when the Rockets faced the Jazz, Green suddenly broke out again, in the 46 minutes of playing time, 11 of 16 to see 27 points and 4 assists, facing Mitchell is not at all downwind, but helpless overtime Green once again muted, the Rockets helpless to lose.
God 2 games, ghost 2 games, Green performance after more than half a season, still not much improvement, the offensive end has no stability, the performance of the ups and downs are extremely serious, even the top 5 on the rookie list can not be squeezed in, but also let the Rockets superstar dream shattered.
The Rockets have high expectations for Green, for him, the team has been laid out since last season, and this season it has hidden the team's more than 40 million annual salary, just so as not to let him delay Green's growth! The result? With the Rockets fully cultivated, Green only averaged 14.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game this season. The efficiency is also unusually low.
Green's shooting percentage this season is only 38.8 percent, ranking at the mid- and lower levels of the league, and ranks last among players who average more than 10 shots per game. His offensive efficiency and defensive efficiency are also the bottom of the league, with an average of 2.1 turnovers per game, and a net efficiency as low as -16.2, not to mention super rookies, even the list-eye show, his performance is sorry for his own order.
The upper limit Jordan, the lower limit Kobe Bryant, the NBA in the past 20 years, the point that has received such great praise, it is only Green! But this newcomer who was blown into the sky, the performance is a mess, the attack is not good, the defense is not good, the ability to read the game is also average, perhaps he still has a certain potential, but to reach the ranks of superstars, it is difficult, at least so far he has not shown such potential.