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Jalen Green will be the Rockets' Numero Uno

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by kpdark, Jan 2, 2024.

  1. Stephen_A

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    More patience. More rhythm. Less wasted movement.
     
  2. Scarface281

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    Oh hell no. Lin has that by several miles.
     
  3. Ancient Moabite

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    Well I guess since you googled the 5 color code race schism created by illiterate drunks and found out its not just in black n white.......you would try to deflect and tap dance over to aliens

    Let me guess.... Those same aliens were on the boat with Colon in 1492 new world discovery of old world America?

    You don't remember me, just like you don't remember who taught you people are coloring crayons

    You are a coloring crayon crayola racist.....

    You favor the black & white civiliter mortuus over the yellow/red/brown ens legis

    The latter group is filing a crayons box civil suit against you and the other racist who black balled the other 3 colors and haven't given them a history month like Black

    The reason why there hasn't been been a White history month is because the fraud would get exposed after folks realize the term white was first used in a ''playwright'' in 1600s

    I Am celebrating Red History month next week, shooting live on Instagram from Red Land

    Now run and tell the aliens (pilgrims) that.....ASAP amigo
     
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    The highlights were fantastic ..... but I don't think he played particularly well.

    .467 from the floor - pretty solid.
    .333 from distance - mediocre
    .60 from the charity stripe - unacceptable
    0 assists.

    Those just aren't superstar max player numbers if you ask me.


    He was terrible against OKC

    25% from the floor - unacceptable
    .333 from distance - mediocre
    Made terrible decisions attacking that packed paint.
     
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  5. Corrosion

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    What did the 43 games he shot a combined 17.5% from distance prove?
     
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    I think it's because he wasn't used to playing in a fast-paced offense like that with Alpy in the game. It takes him a while to adjust his game. Even with his low shooting %, he still scored like crazy and dominated games. If you take a look at some of the games where Jalen has had huge performances, you'll see what I mean.
     
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    You are a provocateur, feeling the need to demagogue an issue rather than simply explain the facts. Enjoy your bubble!
     
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  8. daywalker02

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    Not defending Green but OKC has a cheat code this season with guard dawgs such as Dorture, Caruso, Cason Wallace, those can lock down most of the guards in the league.


     
  9. fchowd0311

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    He sure made Dort and Wallace look pretty silly




    When we hyper analyze single preseason games I think it's then fair to bring up singular regular season games.

    And when I mean he makes them look silly I mean it wasn't merely hot shooting but literally putting these dudes on skates or blowing by them like traffic cones.
     
  10. Richard Barrow

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    This was absolutely incredible to watch. No one could stop him, and that’s a fact. With a coach like Ime, we can expect consistency from him. We just need to be a bit patient. There’s no reason to panic when Jalen has already shown flashes of a superstar.
     
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  11. daywalker02

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    OKC wanted him to shoot 3s instead of going to the FT line which he only went 2 times......

    If he beats them, then he beats them.

    That was his best game in 3 years time but he still had 5 Turnovers and the Thunder score was close.

    So his superstar status is only +12? Amen had +10 and was a rookie.

    Amen had 1 Turnover and 25 points and 15 boards on 6 fewer shot attempts and no 3 pointers!

    Green made 7 threes but only scored 37 ..... Luka would have scored 50.




     
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  12. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist

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    No you're not getting what he's doing. You're fine talking about something specific. Alpi and Jalen both performed amazing in games when we raised our pace.

    What Corrosion is doing is he cherry picked the 43 lowest efficiency games of last season to find an extra way to say Jalen is inefficient. So now he can be mad double the time - at the season averages and lowest 43 games - although those numbers are saying the same thing.

    If Green's worst games improved, his average would improve too. It's all one and the same. Improvements in consistency while holding the top performing games constant is just another way of raising an average. The way he's thinking about it has nothing to do with the actual concept of consistency - which would require less good games and less bad games. No one is interested in less good games. We want a higher average efficiency. It would mean absolutely nothing to us if his averages didn't change but his lows were not as low as before.

    To put in perspective why this info he's sharing is irrelevant, Ja Morant's worst 43 games of shooting in his most recent season will also be around 20% shooting. The dude deserves his max contract. No one defines a player by this metric.
     
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    Damn!
     
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    These are betting bros. -- similar to crypto bros in selling you a dream. Interestingly enough (or not) most betting sites have Jalen in the top 10 of most improved. Somehow/someway the bust is still getting pub. Gluttons for punishment I guess --- read yesterday some degenerate dropped like 5K on the Rockets to win it all LOL -- payout 500k. Fools and their money right!?
     
  16. daywalker02

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    The best part isn't even that, I was one of the early ones that said if Jalen Green actually exploded, it would make it easier for me, because I don't have to post much and deal with those irritating arse and phony arse followers.

    Boy, I was wrong.

     
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    Interesting. Can you elaborate on your thoughts here.
     
  18. harold bingo

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    I don't even get why people release their top 100 player listings??? I can already do that myself just go to basketballreference.com and sort all players by TS%. Simple as.
     
  19. Verbal Christ

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    What other player is spurring dialogue about Gaelic languages, civil rights, sugar baby relationships, importance of efficiency, mens progressive style tips, toxic masculinity, and giving the "get off my grass" segment who is only here because they want to bad mouth Jalen and his "followers" a reason to live!

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  20. Corrosion

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    You know better - you know my post history, I've said all along that he simply needs to reduce the number of bad games to improve his overall numbers / consistency.
    It's exactly that - the high volume of bad games that are holding him back. He doesn't need to be superstar Jalen that we get for 25 games a year, he just can't be bad Jalen for 51% of the season.

    What I really want to know is what your take is when he doesn't improve after defending him tooth and nail for the past three seasons.

    What's your take when you've been wrong this whole time.
     
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