This year's rookies have given people too many surprises, whether it is Mobley who broke the doubt with actions, or Barnes, the raptors nova, it can be said that this year's draft is a fairly good quality level. Jaylen Green is one of the rising stars, and at the beginning of the season, Green's performance was inefficient, and he made repeated mistakes on the court, and even played a plus-minus of -37 at one point, which is the worst record of the Rockets rookie in the past 20 years, and the Rockets' fourth worst single-game plus-minus in the past 20 years. And his debut stats are not amazing, except that his excellent physical qualities have been shown, which is really bad for him to enter the league with professional experience, and he became famous in the G-League, but when he came to the Rockets as the main attacker to rebuild the team, he obviously did not qualify at the beginning of the season.
Fortunately, some of Jaylen Green's shots in the game still gave the Rockets a reason to cultivate him, and the first goal of his career was a rebound against Carl Anthony Downs, which showed Green's rare physical qualities. In the next round, when Torlian Prince tried to squeeze through cover, he made a cross-step that nearly knocked the Timberwolves flank down, and then Green was able to complete a left-handed layup. Green's talent is beyond doubt, his excellent athleticism is to convince the Rockets that they will get a good shooting guard successor, when the Rockets selected him with the eye of the list, Green was given great expectations by the fans, they believe that one day Green will bring the Rockets in ruins back to the Finals. After the All-Star Game, Green's performance became more and more outstanding, which allowed fans to see a brighter future for Green.
The Rockets have been exploring how Green can be used, silas trying to develop Green's creativity, and sometimes, in the final stages of a certain quarter, when Porter Jr. is off the field, Green will be the main ball controller on the court. But the effect is not obvious, Green not only did not get the opportunity to get the ball and shot up, but let him have a lot of unnecessary mistakes, and Green has been readjusting the shooting style at the beginning of the season, which makes his shooting rate is also unbearable, in short, green at the beginning of the season really does not meet his status. It turns out that scoring is what Green really should do, in the eight games after the All-Star, Green averaged 35.5 minutes per game, contributed 21.8 points plus 3.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals, shot 49.6% from the field, 35.9% from three-point range, and has also successfully stabilized into the top five of the rookie list, it seems that Green has indeed become another super scorer after Harden.
Green has begun to show his killer essence, in the game with the Lakers in overtime he scored 10 consecutive points to help the team win, overtime only 2 minutes have become garbage time, after the game James also praised Green, especially he single-handedly rushed into the Lakers' defensive hinterland The picture is impressive, two beautiful three-pointers and two hard impact baskets, which let people see the confidence of Green. As the game progressed, Green gradually adjusted to the intensity of the game, and he could hit more critical shots on the court. Compared to the steadiness of Mobley and Cunningham, Green seems to give people a sense of more vitality and a higher illusion about his ceiling.
Green has gone from being panicked when he first stepped on the NBA to gradually dealing with various situations on the court, and Green's post-All-Star explosion has a lot to do with the recovery of his shooting feel. As Silas said in an interview: "Green has made changes, he has shot faster and the quality has been higher. He has made great strides in his shooting choices. "Maybe the March of March that belongs to Green has already begun, Green is only 20 years old, how many players can become the core of the team's attack at this age? Even if you are as strong as Jordan at this age, there will be a lot of mistakes, Green has made progress in one mistake after another, which is the most important thing, of course, the best rookie of the season Green may not be the last candidate, but the Rockets can be thankful that they did not pick the wrong person, Green will lead the Rockets again in the future.
Speaking about the future of the Rockets, Green said: "You've all seen our recent performances, we've focused on the defense, we've played very united, our performances are a little bit of a precursor to next season and even the future, and we're just going to integrate these things. "This is not only the future of the Rockets, this is also the direction of Green's future growth, he still has a lot of flaws, his shooting is not stable, he will still have a lot of mistakes on the court, even on the defensive end Green is not a qualified player, but after Green mastered the middle distance, his scoring ability has been greatly improved, many consecutive games, shooting rate is about 50%, and the beginning of the season is already very different." And on the defensive end we can see Green's efforts, he is not watching the opponent score, he is trying to interfere with the opponent.
Take a look at how many excellent young people the Rockets have in the team today, Shen Jing, Porter Jr., Tate, Martin Jr., Green When they really grow up, the Rockets will be a terrible team, not to mention that the combination of Porter Jr. and Green has begun to emerge, this season Porter Jr. + Green played 24.7 minutes together, during this period, the whole team can score 54.7 points, shooting 45.4%, shooting 35.3% from three-point range, assists as 11.4, and winning at 21.9% The plus-minus value in the match is -6.2. These players are still not completely free from their youth, young players are continuing to improve, this is the result that fans most want to see, Houston is ready for their new era, I believe Green will change more in the offseason, although the new season is still far away, but at least the young people are worth looking forward to.