With the rocket's leader show Green against the Lakers, 32 points to refresh the career high, many fans also have higher expectations for Green, especially in the recent period, Green's presence on the court is obviously much higher than the beginning of the season, there are more balls on the court, and many times they will be swapped with the role of Porter Jr. as an offensive launch point to organize the team attack. Green's performance has also improved significantly in the data, reaching 24% in the entire march, ranking the highest in the team, which is also more efficient than his use in any month, and there is also a certain increase in the number of assists.
And this season, Porter Jr. has been questioned after transforming into an organizational guard, his vision on the court is limited, in many cases there will be hesitations between personal offense and assist teammates, which makes it difficult for him to play the most efficient, after the recent swap of his role with Green, the individual is indeed sharp on the offensive end, especially in the game against the Heat, Porter Jr. got 22 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist, including 7 of 15 shots, 5 of 11 three-pointers, so in the eyes of many people, Porter Jr.'s most suitable way to play is to play the No. 2 position to unleash his scoring potential. This means that Porter Jr. has failed to transform point guard, but letting Porter Jr. play the No. 2 position will overlap with Green's position, so the most ideal solution for rocket management is to split his partner with Green and let Porter Jr. play the sixth man.
But the team's general manager Stone may not think so, although the level of Porter Jr.'s organization of tandem teams this season has not reached the elite level, but his ability has indeed improved a lot, the most important thing is that the chemistry between Porter Jr. and Green is getting better and better, we can look at a set of data, this season Porter Jr. + Green averaged 24.7 minutes per game, the two can contribute a total of 54.7 points and 11.4 assists, of which the shooting rate is 45.4%, and the three-point shooting rate is 35.3%. The overall plus-minus value is -6.2. This is also the rocket's third-highest scoring duo, but if you narrow the data to the last 8 games, the overall strength of the duo of Porter Jr. and Green has improved tremendously, contributing 71.3 points and 14.5 assists in 29.4 minutes, including 48.3% shooting, 36.9% three-point shooting, and only -0.7 plus-minus.
From these two sets of data, it can be seen that the effect of Porter Jr. and Green is getting better and better, and in the recent game, Porter Jr. did not control the ball as he did at the beginning of the season, and the two will properly swap roles, so that there are at least two benefits. The first can confuse the opponent on the court, because there are two points on the court that can attack with the ball; the second is to improve Green's ability to hold the ball and release his potential, which is also true for Porter Jr.; as the two young players that the team focuses on cultivating, the team's management will not easily make the decision to split the two, and then there is that after removing Porter Jr. from the starter, the team does not have the right person to replace this position at this stage.