Here’s why it might be TIME for the Rockets to TRADE Jalen Green! | ESPN Houston

Here’s why it might be TIME for the Rockets to TRADE Jalen Green! | ESPN Houston

So the Rockets got them started a new one a new losing streak for the the Pistons uh interesting to see Oar against almen for the first time uh in their careers they played against each other interesting to see Marcus Sasser there was a big article in the paper

About him going man this sucks this losing thing I’m not used to it I never lost like this before this blows um you know and Kade Cunningham versus jayen green and all of the stuff everything that goes uh along with that it’s a really really bad basketball team and

The rockets just took care of business although Detroit started okay um but then it was just slap slap slapping the Rockets win the game before however against Philadelphia what in the bleep ja first of all why is Jack landal getting all these all of a sudden and then they were

Cut back yesterday but why was Jack lindel getting these I guess because Dylan Brooks is out right I guess so you I guess Jack l gets morees you need big guy yeah I mean there was uh I guess and beid didn’t play but yeah I guess it was

Just a big thing they just wanted uh an athletic big and you had you had him out landale is a decent athlete and you know you get switched off sometime on Tobias Harris who can play from the perimeter and I mean that game was yours to win

Was there and and what you’re talking about John is landale has the ball under the goal an easy kick out for wide open three and he tries to shoot a layup that he misses and you’re down three down three but yeah I guess you put you and

You know by the way I guess the play was pretty good because it did open up Jaylen you know there he was getting criticized a little bit for giving up the ball but it apparently you know J Jack had the ball in position to kick it

Out and have an open three look but for for whatever I mean but you can’t count on a jack Landell let me ask you this cuz the game before against Phoenix pH man cam Whitmore was good cam Whitmore was and then last night Cam Whitmore

Comes in what was he four or five again is it time is it time to see more cam Whitmore it is time I do believe it is dude dude is too good an offensive player I don’t know where I’ll be honest and look Jaylen had some some pretty

Good games like he he was better the other day it may be time to give him some of jaylen’s minutes I don’t know I mean what else are we gonna say I don’t I’m not sure when amen Thompson gets in the game he may not be ready cam

Whitmore is ready for more time now I don’t know how you get him in but you got to find a way uh well what do you mean you don’t know how you get him in you get him in like he did against Phoenix I mean he he got in or he got 18

Minutes against Phoenix well here’s the thing do you think it’s inconceivable you guys do you think it’s inconceivable that Jaylen green could be traded by trade deadline I don’t think he does this year I do think in the offseason I think there’s an above 50% % chance that

Jaylen green gets traded I honestly do especially if Cam Whitmore comes on I mean get a get a draft pick back for for Jaylen green get a first-rounder because you’ll get a first-rounder or a player if Cam Whitmore plays good he’s a better shooter than than Jaylen I mean that’s

An NBA skill that you need to have in today’s and I don’t know he’s a better player maybe than jayen green what was so funny was that they got blown out by what 16 against the Suns and and all the all the Twitter was like oh Jaylen had

23 wow Jaylen looked great he was eight for 20 Jaylen looked he was driving the bat he finally hit a couple of outside shots how about Jaylen you’re excited about a 23-point game from the number two overall pick a 16 point loss oh this is where we are with Jaylen you picking

And we’re trying to find positives because they’ve been there’s not not been a lot of them so when he has Ace night you’re going to cling on to it and hope it start of a turnaround guys a rookie he had like seven straight games over 30 points it’s not like the guy

Doesn’t have a background where we’ve seen him be an explosive score but he’s just kind of lost in well you know inside of a an offense with structure the you know the fact is he likes to play out of structure he likes to isolate and take people one-on-one

And when you play Real Basketball where you need structure uh or were you playing a system that that focuses on structure he’s just not good in it he doesn’t know how to play in it yet and he’s not a he’s not a he’s not really a halfcourt player unless he’s isolating

So well is that and maybe you know what if you’re making a long-term commitment to eay maybe maybe jaylen’s not his maybe he’s not his Le guard he just think that’s I mean you’ve seen how much he sat on the bench I just don’t think

He’s his kind of guy no I don’t I don’t I don’t think so either but for whatever reason cam I mean I don’t know what it is about cam because he looks pretty damn good every time he gets into the game and and what one thing that this

Team could use is some outside shooting he’s a young player and hard to hard for a guy like eme who’s trying to instill what he’s trying to instill and win games trust he’s hard for him to go trust that guy night after night and go your practice habits well I don’t know

What his practice habits are but he’s gonna have to show him that consistently before he goes I’m just going to give Cam Whitmore minutes yeah yep yeah cam Whitmore does maybe I I don’t know what it is about Kim Whitmore but but for whatever reason e may doesn’t believe in

Him but we’ll see if he does more and more now uh maybe maybe you’re right maybe you get some of them amen it’s hard to to you know to shoehorn Amen in when van vet is playing well and he’s got a be he was out he was out on the

Floor for 42 minutes the other night and it just I you know I don’t know how you’re GNA squeeze Amen in when he doesn’t have an outside shot at all cam seems to be perfect for this let Fred Van vet do all his stuff and leave a

Wide open look for a guy who can knock down a three but it I will see whether or not that’s the case going forward here uh with your Rockets anyway uh they win last night they win big over Detroit and they’re 16 and 15 now overall which

Is which is more unlikely the Texans at at at 9 and seven right now or the rockets at 16 and 15 a a I don’t know the Rockets bad dude when did we ever the Rockets are right at 500 when did we ever think there was a chance for them

To win nine games right we were talking about eight being the high water mark if you could be eight nine they got a chance to win 10 so if I told you the Rockets run pace for 41 wins you would have you would have believed that yeah I’m a

Believer they’re on the pace for 42 wins okay their over under was what uh 34 and a half this year so now they also is way above that they’ve had a favorable schedule too so we’ll see uh we’ll see how they hold up so the Texans they

Played the the Texans played the NFC South yeah and the AFC South the two worst divisions of they beat the they beat the Steelers and they beat the Joe bur Bengals they yeah you’re right they beat they beat the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville like they almost they had

Atics and well they had an opp you know like the Ravens are lucky they’re C they caught the Texans when they’re real lucky real very lucky Texans in the second game actually you know what you’re right you think the way the r are playing now they’re lucky

To have caught the Tex lucky they’re playing against weak-minded quarterbacks they’re not playing against guys who who basically beat Georgia single-handedly it’s either you beat Georgia or you didn’t he didn’t he didn’t basically beat beat them on offense they just didn’t win on defense

Jalen Green has had an underwhelming season so far, despite a few flashes. Compared to teammate Alperen Sengun, Jalen hasn’t developed nearly as well. Is it time to move on from the former #2 pick in favor of Cam Whitmore??

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