what the hell are you even talking about? Ime would bench Jalen all the time for bad defense and bad offense. Jalen got benched so much there are youtube thumbnails with Jalen and benched with arrows pointing to jalen green. Suns coach took Jalen out for regular rest. you dont have to lie to make a point and im a jalen green apologist.
He would get benched when Udoka first got here but once they had that bond Udoka would let Jalen do w/e he wanted. Those benchings happened in 2023 they were pretty rare last year. Sure Ott benched Jalen for rest but it also when when he started doing his fadeawat stepbacks B2B early in the shot clock. His mins were so arbitrary 22:58? If they were benching him for rest it would usually be an even no.
Jalen is a good kid. He's just somebody who can't get you a bucket in the clutch like KD. I wish him the best, but what I saw from him in his first game was all of the same things from last year. A lot of 3s, drives, and no midrange. Well maybe 1. He's still enamored by the 3 ball. He should take the time and learn how to score at all 3 levels. That's what we have now in KD a go to that scorer at all 3 levels. Best of luck to him though.
I'm happy for him that he had a good debut game but at the same time, this is the Jalen experience. His really good game is 10-20FG. You can EASILY see his next 2 games be like 5-18 or 3-8 with 3, 4 TO. He has to shoot well (and even that is 10 for 20) to have an impact. He is still very young and still continue to get better (while KD will decline eventually) but this is so on brand with the Jalen I know. Now, from Rockets org standpoint, obviously hope team sucks and we get a high draft pick
