You could make the same argument for any other player in NBA history. Iverson, Kobe, McGrady or Carter would all have taken significantly more 3s in today's era. In addition, Lavine and Beal's 3PAr is nowhere near as high Jalen Green, even in their last few seasons. In Beal's last 3 seasons, only 31% of his shots were 3s. In Lavine's last 3 seasons, only 41% of his shots were 3s. For Green, 48% of his shots are 3s in his rookie season alone. The rate at which Green takes 3s as a percentage of his shots far exceeds even Anthony Edwards in his rookie season (42% of his shots were 3s). In addition, most players tend to attempt more 3s as they develop, not less. Green is attempting 48% of his shots from 3s as a rookie already. It's reasonable to believe this will increase to 50% or more (which would make his 3PT attempt rate closer to the likes of Steph Curry) especially if he can further improve his shooting.
I love how you grouped Tmac with bunch of guys that actually won a playoff series and had a true shooting percentage above 55 percent.
How about Ja Morant then? I know Ja doesn't shoot 3s as much and gets to the line more but that's a much better comparison than Zach SCRUBine I'll take a jalen green to ja morant comparison anyday. Zach just isn't in this class of players.
Nope. Morant is an otherworldy facilitator compared to Green. A true PG who averaged 10 assist in college, and 7 assist his rookie season. It's like saying K.Leonard is a similar player to LeBron, they have a lot of similarities in their offense but there's a HUGE gap in the playmaking. LaVine is a much better comp as he's more of a true 2G, with that being said, LaVine is also a superior facilitator compared to Green coming into the league, hopefully Green can develop his handle and passing to reach LaVine's level as near 5 apg guy
Right now Lavine/Beal hybrid is the closest comp. If he reaches that level it’s an absolute win. If he goes above that we could have an all timer
This why this is the best forum on the internet. You get random hilarious **** like this, can you imagine somebody just seeing this and not understanding any context? You win my guy.
not really that bad of a comparison, especially with the progress Lavine has made to this point to be better since being in the league. Shouldn't be much of a fuss at all
I was impressed with Green's passing at the beginning of the year, I stopped really watching during the losing streak, did Green not continue the play making he was doing? I never really thought of Lavine as a playmaker, he just puts so much pressure on a defense he gets people open for easy shots, did not know he was a 5ast pg guy.
His passing is rudimentary imo, he throws good bounce passes in the PnR here and there, but his vision seems limited when he tunnels on scoring. I don't recall him throwing many passes to the corners based on how the opposing team rotates.
Fine, I'll take this bait. Not like we haven't all be grinding this axe here for 15 years. T-Mac was a triple double threat who had a decent rebounding and assist rate although he is thought of as a pure scorer. If Jalen Green ends up being Tracy McGrady we should be ecstatic. Much of what you said about McGrady we could probably also say about Anthony Davis on the Pelicans. Now let's not surround Green with washed up role players and use our picks to build a versatile team with multiple points of attack and two way players so teams can't constantly double him. Teams win playoff series.
*checks stats* Zach is averaging 25 and 5 and has been suffering with a near injury for half the season. Jalen can average a thousand points for all I care. I just need this team to bring us some Ws. And as for the Beal comparison; Beal is/was amazing, but the Wizards are continuous garbage so it's nullified.
If he ends up Tracy McGrady, we will be looking at a decade of first round exits. Tmac was a chucker and sucked donkey balls. He was less efficient than Russell Westbrook, had less assists, had less rebounds, and had less playoff success. Tmac was a very poor man's Russell Westbrook. https://stathead.com/basketball/pcm...m=0&player_id1=mcgratr01&player_id2=westbru01
When he came into the league he was touted as a combo guard and was listed as a PG his rookie season. He averaged over 5 assists per 36 his rookie season. Like Green, he's not a natural PG. When you're as athletic as they are, and can score as they can, the only way you don't average 4+ assists when getting starter minutes is if your IQ is rock status. I expect Jalen to get quite a bit more attention next season when the scouting reports adjust, and when that happens his assist should start to go up.
There were so many clanks on the rim during a certain portion of the season when a player shot from a Green pass. Wide open over and over. It leveled out at the end of the year though to something more normal.
