The Rockets have motivation to suddenly win this season. On a roster full of high-wattage prospects, guard Jalen Green represents Houston's best chance of producing a superstar.
players trudged into the locker room at halftime of what would become yet another dispiriting loss -- one of 62 for the 2021-22, then a 19-year-old rookie and No. 2 overall draft pick, chastised one of the few veterans on the team -- a player Green and others present won't identify today. Other players and coaches had noticed that veteran playing with a halfhearted selfishness. Only Green spoke up."We need you to be better," Green continued.
VanVleet is the new point guard, but the Rockets still want the ball in Green's hands. "Nothing against James," Udoka told ESPN,"but Fred is just a better fit. I coached James in Brooklyn. He's one of the smartest players I've ever been around. The words 'Ime doesn't want James' never came out of my mouth. It was, 'Let's look at the best fit.' If we want Jalen and the young guys to take the next steps, we need them to have the ball.
"I have never coached anyone like him," Brad Roznovsky, who coached Green for three years at San Joaquin Memorial High School in Fresno, California, told ESPN."And I never will again." There is low-hanging fruit to pluck. Green chucks up a lot of low-chance jumpers early in the clock when one pass or dribble would keep the offense chugging toward something better.
Observing those pickup games, Udoka would sometimes shout for Green to set a flare screen or cut to the rim. Green has flashed some instincts to cut back door when Sengun -- a clever passer -- has the ball at the elbow. Those plays hint at a decent feel -- something that should translate to passing.But they were mere flashes. Houston's offense last season was stagnant. Porter and Green pounded the air out of the ball.
Green is slim, but at 6-foot-4 with his speed and leaping ability, he could develop a Westbrook-esque style of turbocharged drives through smaller point guard defenders: But Green can become at least an average defender. He has good length, and he seems to care. His lean frame has its advantages. Harrington developed a mantra for him:"We've argued a lot," Lucas said about Green when the subject turned to defense."Jalen can guard when he wants to. He just hasn't been required to yet."
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