He is still a good scorer, he just has to harness it into consistent games and he will be be paid 25+ million. This entitlement issue is really frustrating.
Next chapter is becoming a 6th man. The Jordan Clarkson allegations seem to have won. Hopefully we can stay above the Corey Brewer ones.
I think its important to bench Jalen so the finger pointers can focus on the root cause -- this horrible excuse for an offense.
Blowing #2 overall, especially when you reached to do so, is fire-able in and of itself. Look at Philly and Phoenix, wasting top picks on busts (Okafor, Bender, Jackson) probably cost each team a title.
I didn't know that!! Guess I need to go back on Club Shay Shay ..... Go Rockets!!! ....... ....... .......
Barring him averaging like 25 a game the rest of the way, I don't see him retaining the starting spot next season unless he actually beats out competition on merit. We are still balancing winning and developing, so he will likely be a starter the rest of the season is my guess.
QUESTION: How many years in the NBA do we give a player before you give up on them? At what age? He's 22. Is next year a contract year? Honestly . . . I think that should do it. If he cannot bring it in a contract year .. . . then I'm gonna say let it go One more year . . .a full off season with Ime . . .and a contract year .. . . HE SHOULD BE A MONSTER next year If by all star break he is not . . .. . mid season trade Rocket River
OMG VERBAL .... Are you really doubling down on an inefficient chucker?? He has a fragile mind WITH an altered ego!! The Jalen Green experiment is DOA!! The quicker we peel off the bandage the quicker the healing will occur!! The finding excuses phase is over..... I ABSOLUTELY HATE THAT WE FUMBBLED ON A #2 PICK!!! Go Rockets!!! ....... ....... .......
Bam you can feel how you want about it. You could take Jalen Green out of the equation entirely and this team would still be bad. What would be the excuse then? Jabari?
I can understand the rage but Udoka needs another offseason and probably a better management, a coordinator on Offense... We need some time to digest this inefficient season, but it was a good defensive season.
They obviously can't trade him now past the deadline. I think the focus now is whether he's hampering the development of other players. He shot 14 times last night, most of anyone on the team. I don't know how long you keep trotting that out there when it takes time away from Cam and Amen....and even more when Tari comes back, potentially. At this point the discussion isn't about waiting till the offseason...that decision has already been made. It's mostly now about playing time. Having said that, there's others advocating giving him one more year to figure it out. I'm definitely not for that.
This summer is when the Rockets move on... The Rockets will attempt to extend Jalen at 4 Years/$80 million total with an opt out after year 3 and Jalen will say "I ain't no 6th man." The Rockets will then trade him to avoid drama of 2025 Free Agency and maybe having Jalen accept the $31 Million qualifying offer that would make him a restricted free agent... Affordable Players that will be free agents that I think would provide more value than Jalen Green... Malik Monk Grayson Allen Buddy Hield Tyus Jones After watching Jalen's jump shot evolution, I don't fear that we may make a J.D. Martinez type of mistake. After 2+ years of working with this new jump shot form, he is still getting worse with more reps - because he only went half way with fixing his form and his shot is more broken than ever.
