He’s going to need to be more consistent from 3. He’s not completely one dimensional but he’s no defender. Maybe an E for effort. Would like to see a lineup of Bari, Tari, Brooks, Amen and FVV for a stretch.
For the first time in his life, a coach has taught him why and exactly how to play defense. Udoka said they haven’t finished working on defense. It’s going to take a little more time for him to become a net neutral/positive defender but the effort is going to have an immediate impact on how far his points take us. His net impact will be much better this season just because of the defensive effort. I’m expecting a big game against the Pelicans. I don’t think there’s a single player in their starting lineup that can stay in front of him in isolation. He can totally guard Herb Jones. It’s a good opportunity to have his first big game. My prediction: ~ 28 minutes, 22+ points, 5+ assists, 100% effort on defense and in transition.
I've not completely given up on him, but I fear you may be right. Either way though, this is the year he'll show us who he is and there can be no more excuses. He's now got a good coach and vets around him. And he's added the strength needed to flourish. If he (or Sengun for that matter) doesn't break out this year, I think it will be time to give up on him and hope at least one of Jabari, Tari, Amen or Cam can be that guy.
I don't even know why anyone would even consider giving up on him. Dude is on all time top 5 and 10 lists for scoring numbers before turning 21 lol.
The hell with the sky high expectations. If he is a 2nd -3rd option and does well, so be it....then just pay him accordingly. You do not give up because he is not a super star.....this is not some kiddy game. As long as he is keeping up his work ethic, doesn't hit someone, that should be alright.
Your signature tells me everything I need to know about your player evaluation skills Seriously though, I'm not sure why anyone would give up on any of our young players this early into coach Udoka's regime. Let's at least wait until the all-star break to analyze his progress.
He drives into the paint (and opposite of Harden) bounces off of somebody, loses control and is lucky to get the ball above the rim half the time. He’s got to get way, way stronger, or adapt his finishing style. The try to blow past his opponent and barrel towards the rim and pray it works out game plan hasn’t been looking to good. He needs to start thinking of passing more, floaters, evading contact. You have to create have rim pressure to be a star scorer, Green is too green for the NBA paint right now
He's not a great finisher but his foul baiting has improved which is good. But yeah he still barrels a lot into the defense. Honestly you don't need to be as strong as Harden to draw fouls, you just need to be crafty, look at Kevin Martin and Lou Williams
K-Mart has mastered the flopping skill to the highest level. He could flop AND put the ball in the basket to create and-1 plays. We saw him practicing his shot with flopping motion. That's dedication in my book.
Jalen Green is a great finisher for his age, his bad level of decision making raking in multiple defenders at the rim and the lack of spacing on the team. To think otherwise is absurd. You literally have opposing team commenters sigh in gasp when Jalen enters the lane with a path to drive because they know how dangerous he can be at the rim. Jalen Green is simply a case of a ultra talented youngster who wasn't mentally and physically ready yet to take the reigns as a high usage guard at 19-20 thrown into the fire in one of the worst situations in league history in roster experience and coaching staff standpoint. The data obviously would show bad finishing numbers in that context. Obviously the reason I have to say "for his age" is because we know he's adding mass and for his age with his underdeveloped body in his first two seasons he was fine and sometimes what electric. Yes as he grows older he doesn't have to rely on doing acrobatics every time around multiple defenders at the rim and utilize his strength. And as he grows older his decision making on reading the floor and knowing when it's a bad time trying to finish in the paint rather than pass it out is going to limit the bad attempts. And then as this team improves, there will be better spacing and easier attempts in general. He'll be absolutely fine as a finisher. Dude has a plethora of examples of using soft touch, awkward angles due to his pliability and wiggle and explosive sky high attempts due to his leaping ability.
