The performance of the Houston Rockets has been up and down this season, and Jalen Green, as the core of the outside, seems to be the epitome of the whole Rockets team. In the first half of the season, Jalen Green was repeatedly abandoned, and it seemed that the light was completely overshadowed by Alperen Shenjing, until March this year, after Alperen Shenjing was injured, Jalen Green shined and led the Rockets to 11 consecutive wins, but unfortunately both his personal data and team performance seemed a bit short-lived.
The U.S. media also listed the template situation of the future development of Jalen Green of the Rockets, believing that it is not a big problem for Jalen Green to reach the lower limit of the former Tanhua OJ Mayo. The most realistic and reliable object of comparison is former Warriors boss Monta Ellis, and his ceiling is Rockets legend Tracy McGrady.
OJ Mayo, who was a former prospect, was originally talented, but he averaged 18.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.1 steals per game in his first season, and was selected for the rookie team, which is already the peak moment of OJ Mayo's career. After that, he was basically used as a substitute, and he was the sixth man of the team, and in the second half of his career, OJ Mayo had trouble off the court and was directly banned from the league, only playing in the NBA for 8 years in total, and leaving the league after the 15-16 season, which is also a pity.
Monta Ellis is like an upgraded version of OJ Mayo, he was quite confident when he was younger, and even released himself as the second best player in the league, second only to Kobe Bryant, and even LeBron James can't compare to him. Of course, in terms of overall performance, especially offensive performance, Monta Ellis does have two brushes, he has averaged 20+ points per game in many teams, especially in the 09-10 season Monta Ellis as the boss of the Warriors, he can average 25.5 points and 5.3 assists per game, and Stephen Curry gave Monta Ellis as a deputy at the beginning of his career, which shows his offensive and scoring ability, and is even the biggest All-Star pearl in NBA history.
As for Tracy McGrady, at his peak health, he can be said to be a top-three superstar in the league. Tracy McGrady's biggest black spot may be that he never led the team past the first round of the playoffs, but that has a lot to do with luck and poor management. As the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, Jalen Green has a grade gap with Tracy McGrady in terms of scoring, organization, defense and leadership temperament.