3:40 - Jalen takes out 3 dudes with the foul. 6:20 - Jalen alley-oop from Cade 8:46 - Jalen fouls while defending 10:51 - Jalen takes it coast-to-coast for the layup and foul (misses FT) 12:20 - Jalen with a nice pass for a layup 12:37 - Jalen gets fouled (?) ... not sure wth happened here, but he gets subbed out at that point. 32:30 - Jalen checks back in 38:43 - After some matador defense, Jalen gets the rebound, pushes the ball upcourt, tries an alley-oop that fails, gets the rebound, misses the jumper, gets the alley-oop dunk 41:50 - Jalen rebound to end the game
Cade look okay. (insert Scola meme) Jalen had some good flashes but his defense still needs a lot of work.
Cade looked smooth running the offense. My craziest dream is that Amen can run an offense like that (and get a jumpshot in the process). I love me some oversized, high-IQ PG's. Agree on the Jalen D for the most part - from what little I saw of it, since the camera wasn't focused on him exclusively. The USA Team usually loses to the Select team throughout the history of this, so them losing doesn't bother me. That being said, this USA team could be in trouble. lol. We'll see.
They look like themselves a bit still. Cade looks a bit more in command but doesn't trust his jumper. Looked better defensively. Jalen looks like a wizard on offense but his defense still looks like Amen's jumper. Shies away from contact, does the Harden matador thing....really hoping Dillon, Ime and Fred can fix this about him.
Yeah, Cade has a good chance of turning out to be the best of his class. His size and poise reminds me of ... Amen Thompson.
Cunningham looked good. Nice to see him back on the court, even if it's just a scrimmage. It looked like the offense was basically Cade taking it in and scoring or passing it to the rolling big man (Duren, I think). Everyone else, including Jalen Green, was playing a complementary role, so I think it would've been hard to stand out. On the other hand, Green looked pretty small and skinny. He looked like high school kid playing with bigger guys.
This is what I was thinking. Cade looked so good because he was the offensive hub they made it a point to get him the ball after every rebound. JDub got a rebound looked right at Green for the outlet but waited and searched for Cade. Im just impressed Jalen got so many good highlights with how much Cade dominated the ball. Pritchard as back up had almost as many highlights when was checked in as Cade's backup. Green looked smaller than everyone else, but he wasn't playing small. Jalen was the only other player on the select team with highlight tape.
Isn’t that the purpose of him being there? Accountability is the best teacher. Will there be any change? Will he be a complete player? Time has shown very little change to his defensive skills. If it never happens, he is still a useful player as a 6th man. His contract is coming up. As of now, he is not a max player or top prospect on the team. What are the Rockets going to do moving forward? That is way many are judging.
The purpose of him being there is to learn and and grow. He's literally with the team that's there for practice. He's also there because most young players who are involved with these activities improve in some way, and it's not necessarily defense. Many of the players there are not good at defense yet. Cade Cunningham and Paolo Banchero can't guard their position if their life depended on it (so far in their career), that doesn't mean we can't notice what they do well. They can improve what they're not good at or they can further improve at what they're good at. It's all a bonus for Jalen, even if he just picks up 1 or 2 pieces of wisdom. It's just so stupid that our own fans can't see what Erik Spoelstra and Steve Kerr see in him. These fans think they have some special eye for talent that those two coaches don't lol. Feel sorry for those fans.
Notes as I watch the game: - Damn I didn't realize adopted Houstonian JVG is there too. He's definitely going to get in Green's ear about defensive fundamentals. This is going to be so awesome for him. Most young players who do this have a career year right after. - Jalen Green is visibly more muscular than he was end of last season. - No one is playing proper defense except the guys who are negative offensive players. You guys are such drama queens. It's like you watched the game just to seek out something Jalen didn't do well. - When Cade was out of the game, the team kept looking for Jalen to create. - IIRC Jalen made all but one shot. On the offensive foul - which arguably wasn't an offensive foul - Jalen had a great assist. Look forward to more of these. How often are they going to scrimmage?
There’s a reason why we all wanted the first pick to draft Cade. Just a better basketball player. I wanted Jalen over Mobley, but sometimes I wonder if that was the right decision
