Yes, in my analysis of Jalen Green pre draft, I felt Jalen was too quick for his own good. Often took himself out of position on jab moves by the ball handlers. In football terms, always "jumping the route" by a defensive back. I needed him to slow down and he would be just fine. Credit to Lucas, Silas and others working with Green....and Green himself.
Agree, in previous games he only shot a few and missed he would try more midrange, if anything he has a nice balance.
It's almost like rookies often need time to improve and anyone prematurely projecting their careers are dumb as rocks!
Chapter 3 is going to be amazing!!!! I hear The Rock and Chris Rock are going to make a cameo appearance
While I agree they have mishandled his role tremendously I am gonna have to disagree about the finishing and handles. His fg% percentage at the rim is like 15% higher since February (in the 60s I believe) and he is in the top 10 guards/wings at that percentage and that's with like 6.6 attempts I believe, so the numbers tell a different story. Obviously there's no stat for it but just the eye test will tell you his handles have definitely gotten tighter and more confident as the year has gone by. Not sure what you're seeing there
I don't think either the eye test or the stats sheet back up what you are saying. It's okay to not agree with our coaching or front office, but don't resort to bad reads to confirm a point you already had. FWIW, I don't think there is any one way to develop a star - it undermines the fact each player has a unique set of skills to develop and you can't skip steps and move to full time orchestrator if a player is still missing other skills. Honestly, that's what is happening with Kevin Porter Jr right now - dude has SO much to work on and ends up being kind of mediocre at a lot of things and not really progressing at any one thing but rather making small improvements in a lot of areas. I think in Green's case, the guy missed A LOT of reps in his "college" season because he essentially got one month of G League experience because the pandemic cut the season and teams participating down to almost nothing while his peers playing college basketball got full seasons in. What I saw in Green in those first few weeks of the season was a lack of fundamentals - for instance he had no idea how to utilize a screen effectively - he would come out way too wide and wouldn't lose NBA defenders who could easily get through those screens or he would start too early and get his screen setter in trouble with moving screens, or maybe he was making really poor reads once he got to the other side of the screen. He can practice all of that off ball but as a lead initiator, he would have not just struggled, but struggled even MORE than KPJ as an offensive initiator if he had been cast in that role. Cutting down on TOs, making better reads, utilizing screens much better now to force the defense into advantage opportunities for the offense are all things he has worked on quietly while given the space to do it without the entire offense being predicated on his development. I think Green will be a better pro down the road, but Cade is unquestionably more ready for that role he has been given in Detroit than what Green was capable of in the offense here to start. People keep saying it, but be patient with Green - he's going to be there sooner rather than later but let's not expect him to be prime Lebron as a rookie.
I'm very intrigued by a Green - Smith / Banchero pairing. Ivey could work if Sengun is unleashed as the true playmaker of our offense, and paired with a true defensive stud 4/5 like Turner. This draft is deeper than many are claiming - @Von Rafer loves Taze Moore, projected to go undrafted. U of H product, hopefully we can scoop him up. Ownership and coaching staff aside I'm optimistic about our future.
His offensive efficiency at this point is really advanced. Focus on distribution, rebounding and defense. I think he goes for 22/5/5 next year.
I see him too often as hesitant. He still tries to throw the ball ahead and catch up to it when splitting defenders. I think his quickness in passing the ball back is because he's not used to just having the ball for long periods of time. In terms of finishing at the rim, I feel that most of that number is really a matter of him running out on fast breaks and getting alley oops/dunks. I am not sure of this, but I think that's probably what most of the number is from. That's not to say that he hasn't improved near the rim. But it's to say that it would probably be better if he was doing it all season, I think.
The 30 pts and the rest of the stats are nice but let’s talk about his defense on Murray in the 4th. Freaking locked him up
