Rockets would be dumb to let Houston sports media/Blogs influence them into trading Jalen Green

alpi stock has been the highest “at this moment” ever since he entered the NBA, because he keeps getting better and never regresses for more than 2-3 games a time.

If we cashed in when the resident **** posters here wanted to, we’d have been lucky to get a first round pick. Now he’s a possible trade piece for an MVP candidate.

Green is slightly less valuable today than when we drafted him, and has never been worth more than the second overall pick in an upcoming draft.

 

I think smart move is to see if he continues to play better with Cam. No need to rush. He’s 21.

 

1. We have a 4/5 tweener that is a defensive beast and can hit a three literally right now.
2. We have a top defense playing 6 kindergartners.
3. Did Kareem run the break? Did the Showtime Lakers fast break suffer for it?

 

hey i like the guy, but not so sure if having him at center will make us a contender. First round? sure. maybe second? Good defenses can shut alpi down in the paint. and then what? he's a net negative most of the time on defense. is he worth building around? 3 is worth more than 2. With our athletes, wouldn't it be an option to just run everybody off the floor?

anyhow, by the looks of it, amen thompson or cam whitmore may be better one day.

 

I have been saying this since FOREVER. SOFs get upset when I say it but it's the truth! I think after the Pelicans game, when they bullied the Rockets inside, the Rockets had enough and they jumped on Steven Adams.

Alpi is a good player, not great. Of all the players in our lineup, he is the ONLY one who lacks defensively. And the one thing Ime wants most is defense. You can have weaker guards and forwards defensively but you can not have a weak center defensively.

 

First of all, Jalen Green is not our best player, he even is not second best player in this team.
Sengun
Vanfleet are our two best players, without them, this team's offense is bullshit.
Jalen Green

First of all, Jalen Green is not our best player, he even is not second best player in this team.
Sengun
Vanfleet are our two best players, without them, this team's offense is bullshit.

Be calm, Green only played maybe 4 or 5 consistent plays, Sengun plays like an allstar player since october 2023, in 85% at least of all our matches..

Nobody says that Lets trade Jalen Green, he will develop his game and make a leap and he will give great things to Rockets.

But saying Green is our franchise player is funny, he even is not second best player in Rockets.
Low basketball iq, almost Tunnel.vision, lacks decision making, all skillset is around shooting.
When he shoots ok, he is useful
When he bricks, he is a burden on this team.
Of course he is young and improve, but we have Sengun and VanVleet as our main guys, they are more consistent.
Right now, Green still has not proved that he is a starting SG,and one thing is scary that Amen and Cam plays 200 times better and mature than him even they are rookies...
But it is not a right time for his trade, because he has very low trade value.
I understand that you love Jalen, we all love Jalen.
But saying he is franchise player is an insult to Sengun... Sengun's hierarchy in NBA is respected by all NBA media, Green still is discussed if he deserved #2draft place in 2021.. He is right now trade bait for Rockets...

 

Jalen does have superstar potential. He also has the potential to shoot you right out of just about any game. That's the entire issue with him, you just never know which version is going to show up, and a GOOD team can't build around someone that's completely unreliable. The gamble is that if you do trade him and he does become a consistent gamer, you might have made a generational mistake. If you trade him, you better get back something really good. That's my take. You can't give him away because you're frustrated with his game at 21 years of age.

 

Oh the idiots are still out, only the truly ignorant think Alp can’t play defense. Sweet summer children

 

Let's be honest. The Rockets were dumb to pick Green with the #2 pick to begin with. Don't compound an error by waiting too late on a pivot. I judge Stone on overall team results rather than on individual draft picks. If they can package Jalen for a player who can help them make the playoffs this year they should take it, given the player is also someone who can figure into Houston's long term plans (e.g. Dejounte Murray). We still have hope that Jabari, Sengun, Cam, and Amen can turn into superstars. I just don't think Green is ever going to match the hype that was there for him when he was drafted.

 

I think Green is showing a path to consistency by now being consistent at finishing at the rim. Now his bad nights are when he's not shooting well but still consistently finishing at the rim which makes his bad nights be 7-14. Hopefully this new Green who is consistent at finishing at the rim will prevent those 2-14 type games because back then he'd get murdered at the rim AND miss his shots.

 

You really think green is a better defender than sengun? If I’m ranking our starters I’d put Sengun 4 and green 5.

 

1. He's not our best player but does have the highest upside

2. I agree, it's stupid to give up on him now. Definitely do not trade him

 

I was so optimistic with Jalen when he was drafted. I had high hopes. Unfortunately in his 3rd year he hasn't gotten better. In fact his shooting has gotten WORSE. That's not gonna cut it as a SG.

And that kind of ties into my next point... When his shot isn't falling, he doesn't add much else value on the court. His tunnel vision makes me wanna slam my head into a wall. If I'm Udoka I'm having him study the facilitating aspects of CP3, Nash, Harden, Luka, Ginobili very HEAVY. There's no reason with his quickness and athleticism he can't become a solid facilitator. That aspect of his game would do wonders for him and could elevate him to superstar status.

I know he's still young but the clock is ticking. 32% from 3... 41% from the field just isn't gonna cut it. ESPECIALLY when you're just adding 3 assists a game.

Stone has some big decisions he's gonna have to make.

 

All three are not very pleasant personalities, maybe that’s why. The difference is that TMac and Harden were good at basketball.
Tuve is just impossible not to love

 

Harden and McGrady both lazy ass****** who quit on their team

 

No, I'm dead serious. How can you call Jalen our franchise with what he's produced thus far in 2.5 seasons? You'd have to be crazy to still take Jalen at #2 given what we know today.