Just kidding But he's looking like a bonafide offensive anchor for the franchise who will just get better with time.
No ragrets. The only regret I have is I didnt hype up Jalen Green even more. Scottie Barnes Evan Mobley Cade Cunningham I kept a close eye on these guys all last season and this season. I havent seen anyone improve the same way Jalen improved. Like I'm sure those guys also improved, but the difference doesnt jump out at me. With Jalen though, just looking at him he looks a lot more jacked and bigger than last year. In terms of his shot, its just silky smooth compared to last season as well. Overall court awareness is highly improved, he making plays out there instead of concentrating on getting his. Even comparing Jalen to his peers JC and KPJ, you can see Jalen took extreme strides in just a short time. Thats what makes me real excited for Jalen, I think we are looking at a guy who has top 5 in the league potential.
Those guys were also significantly better the first half of the season. Excited about Green's potential.
You are right - but at the same time, especially Scottie was really good from game 1 on. Mobley was pretty good early on as well - Cade improved a bit as he kept playing. So Green showed by far the most improvement but he also started from the the lowest point. That being said: I always thought the most important thing is to get a player, that can get you a basket when you need it. And I still believed that Green is far and beyond above the other 3 in that department. He won‘t ever fill every stat sheet as Mobley, Cade or Scottie will, but when the game is on the line he willl be there - just as when the other team goes on a run in the 3d quarter and you need to get your team going. And another underrated aspect about him - while he can get by everybody and create his own shot, he doesn‘t have to have the ball to be effective, as he is a great spot up shooter as well.
Well they were also almost a year older. But what I'm saying is if you looked st them latter half of the season and now this preseason havent seen a lot of improvement. Like Mobley for example he is a savant on defense but meh on offense, he didnt really improve in that area still havent seen a 3 pt shot. OTH Jalen went from averaging 34% 3 pt last season to shooting 43% in 4 games this preseason. Last season he averaged 3.5 fta, this preseason he is averaging 5.3 attempts. Now you can say sample size and you're right but I also think his aggresivenes and overall bball IQ improvement can be seen even on small sample size. His TS% went from 55% to 62% which is even more impressive when you consider Bari and EG were out for majority of their games so he was basically the focus of enemy defenses.
Some Vertical and 1 Foul Acrobatic Plays reminded me of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant it is hard not to. Jalen Green has those Gifts. His Body Movement, the way he dribbles, Foot Speed, High Jumper. 90s Jordan, Kobe Bryant Career, Now Jalen Green. Every 20 years there is a Great SG, SF Julius Erving, Michael.Jordan, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James Jalen Green I feel he is Next Great One. He works extremely hard, and wants Greatness.
