Earlier, the NBA officially announced a list of candidates for a series of awards this season, including the best rookie candidates Barnes, Mobley and Cunningham, which also means that the Rockets' leader Green is completely missing the best rookie of the season. Of course, it is not surprising that Green did not make this best rookie, although he took the best rookie as one of the goals of the season at the beginning of the season, but before the All-Star Game, Green performed quite badly, the offensive efficiency was inefficient, the defense was targeted, the plus-minus value was almost the first in the team, although the average score was 14.1 points per game, but the shooting rate was only 38.7%, the three-point shooting rate was 31.1%, and even once people thought that he was a parallelist.
However, after the All-Star Game, Green made great progress, he averaged 22.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, shooting percentage rose to 47.6%, three-point shooting rate of 38.7%, especially in the end of the season 7 games, the veteran's absence allowed him to get more performance opportunities, 5 consecutive 30+ performances, and even in the last game of the season against the Hawks, he hit 40+ to become the first rookie of the season. Even because of his poor performance in the first half of the season, with his post-All-Star performance, Green should not have much suspense in being selected as the best rookie in the case of missing the best rookie.
However, from the voting data released by the US media, Green almost fell out of the best rookie lineup, of which Cunningham, Barnes, and Moblee had a 100% vote, Wagala Jr. had a vote rate of 97.83%, And Green had a minimum of 73.91%; the rookie second team Geddy was 60.78%, Jones was 56.52%, Tosunmu 43.48%, Hyland was 41.3%, and Duvalt was 28.26%. Look at green and vagra and then look at the gap between Green and the second team of Gidy, I feel that the Rockets' show is somewhat unpopular in the league.
Remember not long ago, Bill Simmons, who had the voting rights in the NBA Awards, specifically attacked Green, saying: "F-k Jalen Green, I don't care if you score 40 points, your team has a record of 20 wins and 62 losses. But I have to say, congratulations to you Herbert-Jones. Simmons believes that Jones is compared to Green, although he has only averaged 9.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game this season, but the Pelicans have a better record and a better performance on the defensive end, so Green is not eligible for the best rookie team.
To be honest, this does have some impact on Green, but with his performance this season, he does deserve to be selected as the best rookie, after all, this honor needs to consider more personal performance, and the end of the season Green is not up to all rookies, even if you look back at the entire season, he scored 20+ and 30+ games more than other rookies. But this also reminds Green that he needs to have a good relationship with these reporters in the next time, which will also be of great help to him in the future.