The Rockets Have a Jalen Green PROBLEM…

The Rockets Have a Jalen Green PROBLEM…

Yo what’s going on y’all it’s con back here again today with another episode of after the buzzer the show where I recap the NBA games from the night only six games across the NBA on Wednesday but a lot of topics I want to cover in this one some story lines I’ve been meeting

To talk about so thought I’d go ahead and still make the recap and in particular I want to focus on one team who’s been having a pretty good season so far they’re surpassing my expectations they are way surpassing what they’ve done the past couple of Seasons it feels like they’re on the

Right track but there’s one player on the team that’s been immensely disappointing so far a guy that I thought could break out someone who I was super high on coming out of the draft and in year or three of his career he’s having maybe his Worst season yet I

Want to talk a little bit about his future on the team where the Rockets go from here and if this is the beginning of the end for him as a core piece of this squad but first leave a like And subscribe if you enjoy hit the notification Bell so you don’t miss out

Future videos and as always would love to hear your takeaways Down Below in the comments let’s go ahead and kick things off with Suns versus Rockets Phoenix was in desperate need of a big win in this one they’ve been abysmal as of late since they started off hot they’ve lost

Consistently they lost an embarrassing fashion to the Mavericks on Christmas day to fall a game below 500 there was trade rumor surrounding Kevin Durant they needed something to quiet the noise and this was a good win they went to Houston beat a Rockets team that’s been consistently very good at home

Dominating one of the League’s best defenses they led by double digits for the entire second half Kevin Durant goes out there puts up a 2710 16-2 triple double I guess trying to silence some of the narratives that he’s not a big fan of his teammates at this point Deon

Booker puts up 20 points four rebounds and seven assists Eric Ordon who is apparently asking for a bigger on this team drops 27 points a lot of those coming in the first half to help the Suns establish that big lead uh Oka asabuki huge shout out to him he’s been

Great for them recently as a backup big who’s been getting some spot minutes and in this one he was the number one big Off the Bench Drew Eubank did not play in this game and he goes out there and puts up 11 and five like some of his

Minutes maybe he’s found a role in this team and the Suns do get a pretty good win over again a Houston team that’s been really good at home maybe this is a momentum builder for them they’ve got Bradley Beal coming back soon maybe this is the beginning of the turnaround

Although I need to see some type of sustained success before I believe in this team again meanwhile on the other side you have the Houston Rockets who like I said in the intro have been putting together a pretty good season so far with this loss they fall to 15 and

14 they’ve lost five out of their last seven games they’re coming a little bit back down Earth after their hot start to the season but even still it’s been a great season of growth from the Rockets Al shenon has emerged as an Allstar caliber player he built on that case

Tonight 24 points five rebounds one assist and two Steals on N9 of 18 shooting big game from him he is becoming a special talent in this league and feels like he’s probably the franchise guy going forward cam Whitmore a young player who hasn’t played much for the Rockets this season spent a lot

Of time in the G League put up 12 points in 17 minutes great offensive boost for them I’d like to see him get a few minutes here and there because as good as the defense has been the offense is wildly inconsistent and hey maybe cam Whitmore can be a bucket getter for You

Off the Bench would love to see him get some more opportunities freden fet struggled just 10 points from him in this game there was no Dylan Brooks which was a big reason why the defense really struggled for them he’s a huge tone Setter it was also the second half

Of a back-to-back so it’s not the worst loss in the world one thing that does make it worse is that Jabar Smith Jr seemingly sprained his ankle partway through this game and he was looking really good before hurting his ankle he’s been looking so good as of late one

Of the most underrated breakout candidates so far this season the numbers don’t jump off the page but he’s been really good defensively he’s been way more efficient it feels like he’s finding a great role on this team so hopefully he gets better soon doesn’t miss a lot of time because it would suck

For a guy who’s having a fantastic sophomore season one rocket who’s deserving of a shout despite the blowout is jayen green he came in here tonight against Phoenix and had one of his better games of the Season definitely one of his best games in quite some time

With the way his year has been going 23 points five rebounds and three assists just eight of 20 shooting but he shot six of 12 from Deep which is really nice to see from him with how inconsistent he’s been from the outside really over the course of his entire career had some

Really great plays left and right I thought this was a pretty promising game from Jaylen green which is great to see because so far this season Jaylen green has been really really bad and especially as of late over the Rockets last 10 games jayen green including this

Game where again he played pretty well is putting up 12.9 points per game 3.7 boards and three assists with two turnovers per game while shooting 32.8% from the field and 25.9% from Deep he also only played 27.6 minutes per game over those contests because he just hasn’t been good enough to get big

Minutes for a team that’s trying to be competitive right now oku has been benching him down the stretch in favor of other guys like Atari e or a number of other Rockets players who are just more competitive and bring more on both sides of the ball his offense which is

Supposed to be his calling card has been wildly inconsistent most games it’s just been straight up bad sometimes the shots are falling you’re like hey this guy could be really good but most Knights it just feels like he doesn’t really have any rhythm out there there are times

Where he’s really passive and refuses to go get the ball and other times where he’s like okay I’m going to finally be aggressive but gets a little bit too tunnel vision and takes some shots that are very ill advised and then the defensive end he’s really not providing any resistance whatsoever he’s never

Been a good Defender over the first few seasons of his career but now that The Rock Rockets are a really good defensive team and they’ve got a number of guys that can hold their own it becomes way more noticeable and again these are mistakes that if he was making them the

Past couple of years which he was they’re not as big of a deal because the Rockets were bad they were tanking they were trying to get top picks but now they’re trying to be more competive they’re in the midst of a really tough playoff play and race in the Western

Conference they need guys that can do something on either side of the ball and so far this season Jaylen green really hasn’t been able to do anything on either side on the season he’s averaging a career low in points per game field goal perc three-point percentage and

Minutes in a year that I thought was going to be his breakout season I thought the addition of Fred Van would be huge for him for the past few years he hasn’t really been playing alongside a playmaking point guard but now he had someone who could handle the ball get

Him some off ball looks just set him up for easier shots than he’s ever had in the past you’ve also got Al shenon who showed a lot of Promise as a playmaker last year and coming into this season with e OD DOA in place I feel like it

Was going to be a big year for Shen gun who’s playmaking could also really open up the game for Jaylen green not to mention that both those guys guys in addition to like you know Jabar Smith Jr maybe taking a jump Dylan Brooks being in the equation like there are all these

New offensive options around him which even if his numbers theoretically dropped should allow him to get better looks thereby raising the efficiency a ton I thought even if his point total didn’t jump up to like 25 points per game or something like that he at the

Very least would be a lot more efficient but instead he’s in the midst of one of the most inefficient Seasons out of anybody in the NBA right now his performance has been a big cloud hanging over what has otherwise been a really good rocket season so far Fred vanon Dy

Brooks have both look like fantastic signings dyl Brooks in particular who is not only still a great defender but finally has figured out when to take shots he’s doing it way more efficiently I didn’t like the signing I’ll be honest not many people did but dyl Brooks has

Proved me wrong he’s been fantastic Fred Van vet has been a veteran leader that’s gotten a lot of guys to step up Jabar Smith Jr like I referenced earlier has looked more and more like the player they drafted him to be as this all-around Swiss army knife Defender

Shot crater release valve on the three-point line he’s doing all those things at a pretty solid level so far as still one of the younger players on this roster alrin shenon again looking more and more like an All-Star and maybe like a player that can be their franchise guy

Oka has been a great addition for them as a head coach other players like for example Atari een have also looked great this season it’s been a year of jumps of strides for the Houston Rockets as a team as a franchise as a core but jayen

Green hasn’t really been part of that as I’m currently recording this video the Houston Rockets are 15 and 14 good for the eth seed in the Western Conference they’re tiwer with the Lakers at nine half a game up on the Suns at 10 and warriors at 11: and they’re five games

Up on the Memphis Grizzlies at 13 who are currently trying to storm the way back into the playing picture so while they’ve been pretty solid so far they are kind of teetering on the edge right there of being a playing team or being a lottery Squad it’s really tough every

Game matters and if the Rockets want to go ahead and take the next step even if it’s not this season say they missed the playoffs missed the plan whatever it doesn’t really matter regardless of what happens for the Rockets this season I think it’s been a success but for them

To really take the jump over the next couple of years the they need guys to break out into stars shenon is done it Jabari Smith feels like he’s on a path to being at the very least a really solid role player Jaylen green is someone who has to take some kind of

Jump for this Rockets core to reach its true potential he was drafted second overall a couple years ago when he was picked he was supposed to be the franchise guy a lot of people saw him as a future scoring champion type of player that was a constant thing that people

Said about him you know going into the summer league coming out The g- League ignite just being drafted by this rocket team he was looked at as one of the future best scorers in the NBA but despite the insane athleticism the flashes that he shown just All Around

Talent it feels like he showcases a lot throughout his career he hasn’t become a good player quite yet and I’m not giving up on him being a good player but the Rockets needed to happen sooner than later if he wants to be a long-term piece of this core they are rapidly

Ascending and they’ve got a big decision to make this off season this off season is when he can go ahead and get a BigTime contract extension if the Rockets want to go ahead and offer him it and you would think they would at least a few years ago when they drafted

Him it was like oh that would be a no-brainer if you asked someone back then but now I don’t really know what kind of money they offer him because as much potential as he shown at moments he has yet to put it together consistently

And if you give a lot of money to Jaylen green and he doesn’t turn into anything you’ve severely handicapped this team that feels like it’s got a lot of potential from adding a bigname player in the future so they’ve got a decision to make it’s a big rest decision for

Jaylen green to try and go out there and show that he can be a part of this score that he could be one of the stars and if the Rockets want to reach their Troop potential over the next few years they need Jaylen green to break out into that

Star type of player at this point I guess it’s just a waiting game maybe this performance which again was solid this was one of his better performances as of late maybe it’s one that’ll go ahead and get him back into Rhythm that will get the ball rolling and he’ll end

Up having a pretty solid season but I’m just not feeling very optimistic about him for the rest of the year about the upcoming seasons in his career he’s still really really young I’m not giving up on him by any means but it’s probably disappointing for the Houston Rockets as

A franchise that Jaylen green hasn’t taken that next up when a lot of other guys are just imagine where they’d be right now if Jaylen green was playing up to the all-star caliber level that a lot of people thought he could reach this season they probably be a top four team

In the Western Conference and be absolutely terrifying but instead they’re hovering right around that planing range which again still great for the way the Rockets have played the past couple of Seasons it’s a great step forward but Jaylen green right now is a problem that they have to think about a

Little bit and maybe he just ends up being more of a bench scorer maybe he’s a trade trip down the line as a young piece that another team takes a chance on if the Rockets decide later on to go out there and try and add an EST star to

This Core group of guys to take them to the next level which would be a shame cuz again I was a big believer in Jaylen green he just has not been good moving on from that game I’ve got a couple more I want to go in depth into before rapid

Fire first one is Thunder versus Nicks you know me I’ve got to talk about my Oklahoma City Thunder especially because they just got a huge back-to-back set of wins they beat the Minnesota timoll blowing them out and then tonight beat the New York Knicks who are really good

Team they moveed to 29 on the season the Knicks made it interesting in the third quarter in parts of the fourth but by the end the Thunder end up winning somewhat comfortably jayen Williams sets his career high with 36 points I think he shot 13 of 17 from the field was

Completely dominant five five from dp’s nearing a 50490 season with the defense he’s been putting up nearing 20 points per game I’ve said for years that dub is or I guess only two years which technically I guess is years uh Jaylen Williams I’ve been saying is going to be

A future Allstar he’s starting to reach that level now I think within the next couple Seasons he makes a game and his impact is unbelievable people don’t talk enough about what he does for this team Shay also ties him for the the highest scoring game he has 36 points seven

Boards eight assists only player other than Allen Iverson and Michael Jordan at this point to have 10 straight games of 25 plus points and two steals not just a legit MVP candidate but he is firmly in the top upper echelon of that race as one of the top 10 players in the world

For jet hren 22 points five rebounds one assist with four blocks just a ridiculous defensive Force creating some ridiculously difficult shots as well when people talk about Chad hren being only set up by his teammates and not really doing much shot creation of his own that’s just not true I’ll show a lot

Of highlights in this section of the video so you can see that because Chad had a ridiculous game in terms of selfshot creation also for the Thunder as a team they had just four turnovers which is the lowest Mark by I believe any team in the NBA so far this season

They took care of the ball they scored efficiently they played decent enough defense to get the win huge W for the Thunder who continue to stay up there with the timberl and the nuggets as the top three teams in the west and they’re currently on Pace for 56 wins I tried to

Be objective before the season I think I projected us to win 46 games be a six seed but I mean hey if we keep playing like this not much is going to stop us from being one of the top seeds in the Western Conference as for the Knicks

Their top guys were The Usual Suspects Jen Brunson 24 points four rebounds and seven assists although he did have some rough turnovers in there Julius Randle kind of similar things some rough turnovers but 25 points nine boards and two assists they did what they could to keep the Knicks in this game but

Ultimately wasn’t enough partially because RJ Barrett was really bad 14 points four rebounds and four assists with five turnover shooting five of 14 from the field and one of seven from Deep there were multiple times in this game where the Thunder were perfectly content just letting him shoot a wide

Open three we have double on some guys or send more pressure over leaving RJ wide open in the corner because we just weren’t expecting him to hit those shots which he really hasn’t this season he started off really hot and it felt like oh this may be the RJ barar breakout

Season building off a great playoff run he had for the Knicks last year but instead he’s fallen off a cliff again looking like the same inefficient wing and in this game he probably shouldn’t have been playing late Tom Tibido took Emanuel quickly out who is one of the

Nick’s best players tonight in favor of RJ Barrett you could see quickley was kind of upset about that he kind of put his head down ran back to the bench didn’t do anything crazy but it was very clear that it somewhat bothered him and I don’t blame him quickly was a big

Reason why the Knicks were ever in this game in the first place after the Thunder were destroying them early on he was fantastic and just in general quickly deserves better he went from being the second place finisher in sixthman of the Year voting last year being one of the Knick’s most important

Players to now getting less minutes than last season I don’t understand that it feels like he’s got a world of potential he’s really good defensively he’s efficient he does all the little things that this Knicks team needs but instead he gets benched in moments where he probably shouldn’t be benched he doesn’t

Get rewarded with minutes I don’t know it feels like he may be on his way out for the Knicks because I know he’s going to ask for a big contract in the off season but if the Knicks let him walk I think that’d be a massive shame you got

To find a way to keep him and meanwhile for RJ Barrett they probably got to find a way sooner than later to try and move off of his money because I just don’t think he’s a fit on this Team final game I want to go in depth into is Cavs

Versus Mavericks mainly because in a game with no darus scarland no Evan Moy no Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs being down 20 at one point there down double digits with 7 minutes to go down seven with 5 minutes 21 seconds to go the Cavs

Find a way to go ahead and get a win it was a huge clutch Time Performance mainly from Caris sver who had his monthly game where he looks like an All-Star 29 Points two boards and seven assists the Cs announcers said something like he’s one of the few guys in the

League that can go out there and carry your whole offense which most nights maybe not but tonight did seem to be the case Jared Allen also had a monster game 24 points 23 boards and six assists to go with two steals he was wrecking everything for the Cavaliers out there

Being fantastic on the defensive end as well there was one stretch where the Mavericks couldn’t buy a bucket for what felt like 5 minutes and a lot of that was the rim protection of Jared Allen down low he was fantastic LCA donic did his best in this game they went really

Cold as of late the Cav swarmed him he had 29 Points in the first half only finished with 39 but he did add seven rebounds six assists two Steals and two blocks which is a fantastic stat line the Cavs just continued to send doubles and a lot of pressure at him over the

Course of the second half and particularly down the stretch especially on the last possession of the game where the ball gets inbounded to luuka they sent two atam nobody really comes to the ball he finally gets the ball to Seth Curry who ends up getting blocked Cavs

Go on to win they need to get him some more help still Kyrie Irving coming back will do a lot for this team but even with Kyrie back I still feel like the Mavericks need a bit more of an extra piece for this team a consistent guy

They rely a lot on role players who can sometime have big games like sometimes Tim Hardway Jr looks Unstoppable although other nights he looks like he can’t buy a bucket like for example tonight I just think they need more consistent weapons out there lucu is very visibly frustrated after the game

Ended getting this loss because it’s not a game that they should go out there and lose the Cavs were missing three of their top five players maybe even their three best players and they still couldn’t find a way to beat them to wrap up the rest of the games the Bucks

Dominate the Brooklyn Nets due to 3210 and8 from Giannis 273 and 10 from Chris one of their better games of the season this Bucks team is really rolling right now the Raptors blow out the Wizards by 30 with 26 points from OG 20 12-8 from Scotty Barnes and 226 and 11 from Pascal

And finally the Sixers get a win with without Joel MB due to 22 points from Tobias Harris 15- 10 from Paul Reed 22 from Melton and 23 from Tyrese Maxi taking down the Orlando Magic who are on a bit of a skid as of late with all that

Being said those are my thoughts on the games from tonight let me know Down Below in the comments what your takeaways were also let me know what you think about the jayen green situation should they trade him should they hold on to him what would you give him in the

Off season in terms of a contract extension should they just wait until next off season and see how he plays the year following and just what do you think of the Houston Rockets in general do they need Jaylen green to become a star to reach their potential or you

Think they can still do that even if he never becomes the player that he seemed to potentially be coming into the draft leave a like And subscribe if you enjoyed hit the notification Bell so you don’t miss out future videos I appreciate you watching I’ll see youall later real one say back

The Houston Rockets are in the midst of one of their better seasons in the last few years. Alperen Sengun has become an All Star type player, Dillon Brooks and Fred VanVleet have been great additions, Jabari Smith Jr is looking better and better, and Ime Udoka has been a great coach. However, amongst the success, Jalen Green is having his worst season yet when many thought he could be in for a breakout campaign. With him being extension eligible this offseason, the Rockets have a decision to make on Jalen Green and whether or not he can be a franchise cornerstone. Let’s talk about it.

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0:00- Intro
0:49 – Rockets vs Suns
10:36 – Thunder vs Knicks
14:19 – Mavericks vs Cavaliers
16:10 – Final Recap