The first talented player in this year's rookie player is probably the Rockets' 20-year-old rookie Jaylen Green. While Cunningham, Barnes, Gidey and Mobley all have top-notch talent and the potential to become superstars, Jaylen Green's ceiling is undoubtedly higher. This is also the reason why the Rockets took off Jaylen Green with the eye pick, the Rockets have always wanted to find the "new Harden", especially in the moment, like Jaylen Green, such a talented, fast and explosive supernova, it is really rare.
Sadly, the Rockets are drawing to a close to the end of the season, but how is Jaylen Green doing? It can't be said to be bad, but it is definitely not excellent. Look at the players such as Cunningham, Mobley, Barnes, etc. around them, they are basically the core in their respective teams, especially Cunningham and Mowbury, who have been given a lot of opportunities. Both tactical status and plenty of playing time, even in the garbage time of some games, the Cavaliers and Pistons will put rookies on the court to brush up on the data indefinitely.
Because only by brushing more data to build confidence and find a feeling in the game, such a rookie can grow and progress faster. Apparently, Jaylen Green has no such "preferential treatment" at all. Look at what the Rockets have done, in the last two games, if you pay attention to Jaylen Green's playing time, fans must have this feeling, although the Rockets lost, but Jaylen Green did not play much time.
Against the Lone Rangers, Green played only 27 minutes, he scored 11 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists on 5-of-11 shooting; against the Pelicans also played 27 minutes, Green scored 17 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds on 6-of-13 shooting. It's worth noting that the 27-minute playing time was only concentrated in the first three quarters, and since the Rockets were far behind early in both games, Silas didn't let Green play in the fourth quarter garbage time! This was true for two consecutive games.
If it is Cunningham, Mobley or even other rookie players next door, their team will definitely arrange these rookies to play in garbage time to find the feeling of brushing data, but unfortunately the Rockets did not do this, and Green also has a hard time. I don't know what Rockets coach Silas thinks, he'd rather send some fringe players and new bench players during garbage time to brush the data than send Green to the court again. So although Green's form in the game is good, he only played 3 quarters and couldn't play any beautiful data at all.
Some of the new people who were vigorously cultivated by the rebuilt teams at that time have experienced this process of brushing the data first and then learning to win the game, but the Rockets coach Silas has not yet woken up. Maybe Silas is afraid of Green's physical weakness and his injury, but we know that Green's physical strength is not bad, he is just 20 years old, and a 20-year-old player will not have any problem playing more time. In addition, the Rockets have no winning goal this season, and they don't have to retain their strength to prepare for the playoffs.
However, the Rockets' fringe players such as the Knicks and Garruba have a lot of opportunities to play in garbage time, to put it nicely, the "egalitarianism" in the Rockets' playing time can indeed explore the potential of some marginal players, but compared to these dispensable potentials, the Rockets should give Green more playing time, and cultivating the eye of Green is the most important task. In the long run, the Rockets are bound to delay Jaylen Green's growth.