he needs to start driving it to the rack more. settling for too many 3's although I actually like that he's stopped doing the mid-range pull ups. Man needs to be spend the next 2 off-seasons working on some sort of short floater though. that would add another 2-4ppg to his game easily
This is a bad contract for the rockets, however, I personally don’t think the Mobley, Cade, Barnes and Wagner extensions were justified, either. Tha market twisted Stone’s hands…
Stone did not have to extend him yet. He had the perfect opportunity to let him earn it. Yes there would be some risk another team would offer more than he is worth in RFA but that should not have forced Stone to offer more than he was worth early. The only way this extension would have been good is if Jalen proved he was max worthy.
No, he could still trade Jalen - his contract isn't out of hand, and get something of value - that is Stone's job build value. DD
I want Jabari to succeed as much as anyone, but let’s be real. What opportunities did he get in this game that he didn’t in the others? The only difference between this game and many others is that he made the shots. Hopefully he can keep it up so that we can all cheer him on.
How did his value fall in the matter of 7-8 games? Young folks of this generation. Smh. This dude does not like November.
Fans should not feel bad about how prospects work out, who are we in this game of thrones, virtually just bystanders.
I didn't say anything changed. He just happened to make his open threes. Still not the way they should utilize him. He's 6 10 and can shoot over basically anyone yet we run 0 plays for him. I would give him all of Jalen's opportunities because I just don't see how he could be worse. My comment was just based on how everyone is judging him and calling him a bust. I feel he has an untapped shot making ability that we never utilize.
Jabari has shot more than 15 times twice this season. Scoring 21 and 28 points respectively. He got more shots so yeah he did have more opportunities in this particular game. Granted it's on him to take the shots he's given and not pass off good looks. Jabari and Reed both need to shoot when they have a good look because the alternative is a Jalen or Fred chuck burger.
Not until next July from a practical perspective. I think it was a poor gamble on Stone’s part, but nothing tragic
Green would have gotten a similar deal on the open market. Not to mention, now we are not having to deal with the politics and egos involved with facing restricted free agency this summer. I disagree with the data. I know that that’s what it indicates, and I know that that is what it has indicated the last couple years. I respect that, but I think there are other factors involved. Green creates a lot of gravity, and he has been efficient shooting the ball in the clutch. I think it’s also widely excepted that he has improved across-the-board other than the shooting. I think he’s falling off of the techniques that made him successful in the preseason and the first stretch of games. This is an issue and must be corrected. He needs to go straight up and down jump shots. He needs to jump the same height on jump shots and he can’t drift. I am thinking that he figures that out over the next couple years and now it is all right to monitor that under a controlled cost. If we were to put Amen, Cam or Tari In the starting lineup to remove green, I just don’t see it being a massive improvement. I actually like the balance right now and I don’t care if he is on his fourth season, he is still young. The design of the contract is to be able to keep a look, and I have a feeling like he will be tradable if necessary.
He does draw attention, as he’s our best perimeter creator. But then, how are we #1 in the league in net rating w/o him? Is that attention and gravity really needed, then? Now, these minutes w/o Jalen are only 15 per game, so you can argue that we can’t go for 48 minutes w/o his contribution… Given the huge disparity, however, the staff HAS TO try to extend the Jalen-less minutes and see what happens. You can’t have something that is best in the entire NBA and not run it more, only to protect a guy’s sensitive feelings.
I swear the folks on this board will find any reason to b**** about our players. We are 9-4. Playing great defense. Jalen is a big part of that. The fact that our bench is beating the crap out of opposing bench players is awesome, but there's no need to make drastic changes when things are rolling. If Jalen is still shooting poorly by midseason, I'd revisit the issue. But he is part of what is working, for now, on both ends of the court.
Jalen Green is and will always be what he has already shown. The potential to get hot and take over games but on an average night mediocre at best. 18-22 mil range would have been a very generous offer for him.
I still don't understand why this is supposedly a good deal and may not just understand NBA contracts anymore. Parsons was more of a sure thing as a contributing player and signed with the Mavs for what seems like the equivalent of this contract and it was supposedly the most untradeable contract Morey had ever seen. Why is what seems like a current version of the Parsons contract a good deal now for an even riskier player? New cap rules?
I would more describe it as a fair or reasonable deal than a good one. A few years well below the max is kind of the middle ground between what some better-performing guys from Jalen's draft class got (the actual max) and totally saying "we don't believe in you at all, earn it in RFA". In any case, I don't understand why Jalen is #17 in the league for three point attempts per game. They have got to get him to cut that sh*t out. Wasting so many possessions and tanking his overall efficiency. He's not a great shooter, time to start acting like it. Be aggressive and get into the paint.
