These coaches the players spend money on are definitely full of ****. Why is he not just doing a floater?
Working on the floaters, more of a stop and pop or going full speed to the rim and having to find your best bail out pass Should be his priority.
Those videos of training are the opposite, he's just doing more of the same crap he's been doing where he tries to keep them on his hip for a bump off, but then that move isn't the shot he then does another move and then stops, and then does a fade away. They're not teaching him how to work, they're teaching him how to "do moves that look good." He should just beat his man from that first step, not slow down for the useless hip bump and either perfect a floater, or I dunno, maybe realise he's one of like 5 people in the league athletic enough to jump right over a mother****er and do that instead. Takes balls though sadly.
players should be paying donkey green for their summer workouts. pay him $50k a day to defend them like it's game 6 of the wcf (the games where he flagrant fouls and get suspended). these midgets holding a padded stick won't do much help.
Often has best wing defender on him. I posted him practicing mid range yesterday and I almost commented that the coach was keeping pad low. This video is much better.....pad high like a 6'9" Jaden McDaniels guarding him. Only way we get SF's from guarding Jalen Green predominantly is to have a SF that demands attention on the drive. An Ariza 3 & D guy can have Steph Curry guarding them. No fear of them driving. And that is how teams are guarding us.....nobody fears Dillon, Tari or Jabari drives. This is why I've pushed for a Jerami Grant, John Collins, Trey Murphy, Cam Johnson type for months
Whether he's on the Rockets or elsewhere going forward, Jalen must do the following going forward: 1 Tighten his handle so he can consistently beat guys off the dribble. He either needs a pick (which often doesn't work) or he must receive the ball in motion moving towards the basket. I think he has a decent first step (could be wrong) but he can't misdirect and blow by defenders like a 6'4 185 lb SG should be able to because he can't dribble and protect the ball well enough. 2 He must learn to relish contact and accept getting fouled while shooting not only as a win, but the best result. 3 I know this will never happen, but he's gotta play more within his actual capabilities instead of what he aspires to. Specifically, shot selection. The reason a lot of NBA players have poor efficiency is their insistence on taking shots beyond their shooting ability. I think if Udoka cracked down on Jalen and took away his freedom to take any shot he wanted, his efficiency would jump. 4 Simultaneous with the previous point, Jalen should become VERY active off the ball, wear down his defender and generate open catch-and-shoot and cut to the rim opportunities. The Rockets cannot allow him 5-6 isolation shots per game where nobody else touches the ball because he just flat out isn't good enough. If course he needs to become stronger and a better shooter. That goes without saying. IMO, if he only did the four points mentioned above, Jalen would have a breakout year.
Yeah, Jalen and Jabari offseason workout videos are so stale now after 2-3 years. Jabari's jumper always looks so sweet and Jalen does whatever against some guy with a stick and pads. Then they come back as nearly the same player doing the same things wrong.
