How Jalen Green Led Houston Rockets In Revenge W Vs Phoenix Suns, Bradley Beal EJECTED & More

How Jalen Green Led Houston Rockets In Revenge W Vs Phoenix Suns, Bradley Beal EJECTED & More

On today’s show the Houston Rockets get the Revenge dub against the Phoenix Suns in their second Meetup in Arizona was this possibly Jaylen Green’s best game of his career Alper shingun and Fred Van both with massive bounceback performances after their struggles last game plus we get an update on the tar

Een injury situation as he set to have surgery on the leg that’s kept him out all year it’s all coming up right here at lock on Rockets this is Mission Control Houston ignition sequence start throw it up to jayen Green shenon here in his short row

Oh my that’s the no look Jabari for three and the win look at at 15 seconds guidance is internal the Houston Rockets select amen Thompson and cam Whitmore one thing I have never done is not made the playoffs and so we want to take that step here as well 6 5

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Weekly co-host NBA draft Enthusiast and die hard Houston Rockets fan Madison Moore you can track down on Twitter at Madman leaks and Madison a a very night and day Rockets team from the last time we we recapped a Rockets Suns game because we were a little dejected the

Last time we talked about this team um with the fact that you know things kind of went a little arai in that last rocket Suns game they got their Revenge though in this one a 118 109 win and when I said this team felt like a completely different team from the

Literally from the jump that’s exactly how it felt in this game because we’ve talked about the slow starts the slow first quarters not coming out with the right energy the right intensity the right physicality what all the different things that em odok has talked about a lot this season the Rockets answered

That and then some in this game came out with a huge first quarter 38-19 gave themselves a huge buffer against the Suns Jaylen had 11 in the first quarter Fred had 11 in the first quarter on his way to a really impressive bounceback game this was exactly how you wanted to

See the Rockets kind of resp respond after that that loss to Phoenix Thursday night yeah I mean I think today the Rockets or or yes so I think the Rockets with this later Phoenix Suns game really um focused in defensively and I think that was the major difference between

The two games I mean I think their attention to detail in the game plan that first game uh Suns kind of Hit the rockets in the mouth they couldn’t score but also their defense was pretty poor their backside rotations were pretty poor um their attention to detail in the

Gate plan getting the ball out of the Stars hands Devin Booker and uhh Kevin Durant was was pretty poor I mean uh Booker ended the first quarter with I think 20 points well it was poor it was poor early right like that was the isue

They they let him have 20 in the first they basically spotted him 20 points and then they woke up and they’re like okay maybe we should like actually you know game plan for Booker yes exactly and so and that’s what I’m talking about it’s that that defense and attention to

Detail out the gate and we this these slow starts have been a thing uh for the Rockets so it was good for them to have really good attention to detail and I think they stuck to the plan getting the ball out of their hands early making other guys initiate the offense which

Actually caused a lot of turnovers a lot of forc turnovers and really got the Rockets offense into Rhythm getting out and running a lot of Fast Break points for the rockets and of course Jaylen green would have uh with a spectacular game and a good start early yeah

Absolutely 28 fast break points for the Houston Rockets in this game 19 points scored on 19 Suns turnovers yeah this this was a game where they really did lock in I thought from the jump they were they they were locked into this game it wasn’t one of those games where

You know they they mess around for the first quarter 15 minutes whatever before they wake up and decide to get back into it right they brought the right energy from the jump and that’s what’s great is it kind of afforded them a bit of that buffer right to where when Phoenix came

Back had a stronger second quarter than the Rockets did right a 25 to6 uh you know uh frame there in the second second so the Rockets not so great there in that second quarter but it afforded them that buffer zone to where at you know it’s kind of eerily similar to the last

Game only the Rockets were kind of the Suns in this one where you had the big first quarter and that’s what gave you enough breathing room to survive the lapses in the second in the third to weather the storm as the Suns kind of came roaring back and got close to you

Know almost taking the lead there about halfway through the fourth quarter it was n what 99 8 99 98 or something like a onepoint game halfway through the fourth quarter Suns rally they were right there and this was you know after all the we’ll get into the the drama the

Ejection Beal Jaylen we’ll get into that in a second but to have the Rockets have you know that that just that breathing room was so important for this team and a big part of their success in this game I know we talked about the defense but really Jaylen green offensively in this

Game that this is what we’d kind of we we’ve seen flashes of it right but this is when we talk about what we need to see from this team and what we were hoping to see as far as like a year three leap from Jaylen green this is

What we were hoping to see right is just when you see this version of Jaylen play when he’s so Elite when he’s so effective at scoring the ball when the outside shot is falling and it’s opening up the rest of his game he really is he looks unguardable at times right 34

Points 12 of 23 shooting he was six of 12 from downtown he was getting his teammates involved he was rebounding I thought even though he only had four assists in this game I thought his reads were were really incredible he was doing a great job breaking down the defense

Making those extra passes right those hockey assists kind of things um and Oka talked about that postgame right highlighting the fact that Jaylen did a phenomenal job of just steering the offense at points in this game yeah I think that was the biggest difference in jaylen’s uh uh this game uh Jaylen had

In the previous game he had with the Suns both were spectacular shot making displays right we both had but the little things that Jaylen has honestly gotten really good at on this team and that have been kind of overshadowed by his poor shooting right but these the

Little things that he’s over the course of this season gotten really really good at the the the backside rotations the solid defense uh the the uh ex the the just creation offensive creation getting the moving the ball getting hockey assists that that sway that gravity that

Jaylen has he was able to combine that in that second game with his incredible uh shot making ability and this is the Jaylen green that we hope to someday get consistently and that it it combined for a masterful game from jayen there’s to me there was a big difference between

This jayen and the Jaylen we had the previous game which he both put up great numbers but now you have a more complete game when you add on the little things that every that that we’ve been seeing him get better at we’ been seeing him he’s you know a lot of people don’t

Realize but jayen has gotten a lot better defensively he like a lot better with his rotations and then his reads honestly have taken a leap over the course of this year I honestly his his creation using his gravity other than shingon he’s the only other player that

Has that type of gravity and can actually create for the rest of the offense to get into Rhythm and so it was good to see him not just take a whole lot of shots because he’s hot but actually letting the game come to him and affecting it in multiple different

Ways and which just showed a really impressive uh showing for Jaylen green and honestly is the reason we won this game yeah last game it kind of felt like Jaylen was almost forced to be the offense because nobody else could get anything going because nobody else could

Generate their shots he was the one guy and we talked about this last pod is just he’s the one guy on the team that can consistently generate his own look now whether they’re good looks or bad looks that’s a different discussion he can generate his looks though at will

This game he let the offense kind of come in this felt like the perfect kind of he’s the tip of the spear he’s the the the Forefront of the attack and when the offense is coming when he’s knocking down the shots this is how good it can

Look and this is why when we get a taste of it we’re like oh man like like if we could get this consistently then yeah the Rockets clearly are a year three jayen green leap away from be from you know rather than being a team that’s on

The outside looking in of the playing they could have very easily been a team that’s in the mix for the play and or even potentially you know that that six seven seed kind of territory if we had gotten this version of Jaylen green consistently throughout the season and

That doesn’t mean you know 34 points every single game it just means this this type of jayen that lets the game come to him that knocks down the shots that he’s given that makes those it’s not even about like him collapsing the defense and doing all this hard work

It’s the little extra passes right like you know when the ball is moving around the perimeter not holding it and then and then taking a bad shot right making sure you’re making that next pass to the corner to get a wide so instead of a good look you’re getting a great look in

The corner or the little like noticing you know how aggressive he was about making it a point on Sun’s free throws to get in from the three-point line and help on you know help rebound at the free throw line right it’s such a simple thing but just crashing the glass on a

Free throw right so that you can get out and run if it’s a Miss um those little things that he doesn’t and in addition I know you mentioned the defense I really did like you know some of the possessions especially late that he was ding up on on Devin Booker I thought he

Was doing a great job on switches you know really getting a hand in his face um it’s really hard to guard Devin Booker period for anybody um but when you do have that level of speed and athleticism that Jaylen has even though he can get bodied sometimes by bigger

Players right knocked off his spots whatever you should still be able to keep up with quicker smaller faster guys and it felt like he did a good job of staying with Booker and giving him good honest contests on a lot of his shots making him work for a lot of his buckets

Um seven of 17 on his way to 24 point in this game before he unfortunately left uh due to injury that that weird you know moment near the end where he he he and Royce O’Neal like he stepped on Royce O’Neal’s ankle and then he went I I look hopefully Booker’s okay never

Want to see injuries to anybody he went straight back to the locker room haven’t seen or heard an update from the Suns on him but it you know um I actually I take that back I think I saw X-rays were negative or something so hopefully nothing serious for for Devin Booker but

This was this was an impressive win we got more to talk about from this one though because Alper and shingon came back in big way after his ejection and his frustration with his six fouls last game he had a Stella he had a much stronger bounce back game in this one we

Saw the good version of Fred Van vet again got to talk about him uh additional thoughts from this one as well as we’ve got an update on tari een finally set to undergo surgery on the leg that has been keeping him out all season we’re going to get there in just one

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Game obviously Jaylen green was the tip of the spear he was fantastic with his 34 points but it was also getting the contributions from the other key guys that they needed in alprin shenon and Fred Van which Alp much better game you know in this meet up or this rematch

With the Suns after the you know the foul trouble keeping him on the bench for so much of last game and then getting frustrated with the six foul which you know we talked about it it was kind of a BS call it is what it is gets ejected lets his frustrations known

Comes back this game much better all-around performance 21 points 10 boards couple assists couple steals um he he faded a little bit after the first quarter he had eight quick first points I believe three of five in that first quarter so only 13 across the rest of

The way but he kind of didn’t he didn’t need to be the scoring fulcrum as much in this game because Jaylen and Fred took on a lot more of the scoring burden and even more so of the playmaking burden with Fred having yet another his 13th I believe uh 2010 game of the

Season Fred Van 24 points 11 assists in this game eight of 15 shooting uh this was one of Fred’s best games of the season and this is why you see it’s it’s frustrating when we see the inconsistency from Fred where you have the bad games from Fred but then you see

The good games and you’re like all right this this is why you’re being paid 40 million plus to have these kind of games to steer the youngsters in the right direction yeah it was good to see Fred get back on track he kind of hasn’t been himself since he’s returned from injury

And this is the Fred we’ve come accustomed to see in all the year it probably just took him some time to get back in Rhythm and he had the three-point shot going but more importantly and that’s really important for Fred he’s typically not off you know

What I mean but uh that was really important he got the three-point shot going but more impressively Fred got alperin back involved offensively in this game in the second half there was some special moments I thought where Fred found himself in the middle of the defense and

He had an easy mid-range or you know he could have forced a shot and he just made a way to get it to shenon in a in a creative manner where shenon could go oneon-one from the elbow from the free throw line and he he worked guys out uh

From those positions and it just wasn’t your traditional dump it down to shenon and let him go to work because that hasn’t worked anymore because teams are triple teaming him now right so that he found some very creative ways to get shenon the ball in one-on-one situations

Where he could go quick quick and score and I thought that was a real a credit to Fred Van vit’s uh high IQ you know what I mean just just really good uh basketball plays from from Fred Le keeping everybody in this team involved and that led to better defensive effort

As well I think uh usually Alp plays better defensively once his offense is clicking as well and as you know he got going in the first first quarter so I really want to just tip my hat to both of those guys and and and look that shouldn’t be the case you shouldn’t you

Know we talked about this you know before it’s just you know you shouldn’t let your offense dictate your defense or your engagement or whatever you should be locked in as much as possible but let’s face facts that’s that’s sometimes the case right it’s sometimes you you

Will you’ll hang your head on defense if you’re if you’re struggling offensively if you’re letting the refs get in your head whatever you’re going to be more susceptible to taking a playoff or not being you not not paying attention defensively or not giving 100% effort whatever not excusing and not saying

It’s okay it’s just a fact of the game right it’s something we deal with uh it’s human nature right you get bogged down mentally you’re dealing with stuff whatever not excuses it just is what it is what I what I’m curious about and I want your thoughts on this I I really

Felt like alpie kind of I couldn’t decide I couldn’t make up my mind if alpie was wasn’t being like physical enough or strong enough there especially in the fourth quarter when the Suns like went small and they were even like guarding him at times kind of they were they were running like that

3-2 Zone and we we saw it in the first matchup they were doing it a little bit in the fourth quarter as well and then alpie would kind of get the ball in the middle of the floor sometimes and then you’d have like KD picks him up and it’s

Like at the free throw line and we saw like multiple possessions late in the fourth where I I wasn’t sure it didn’t look like KD was fouling him but at the same time like there were some missed buckets late that I thought I kind of was scratching my head I was like Alp

Should be able to bulldoze KD down low like there shouldn’t be I know KD’s long he’s seven foot good wingspan but I wasn’t sure if it was so what did you think about alpie like you know the just his play there late in the game specifically um I can’t I I don’t really

Recall many of those I mean so the The Possession three possessions late in the game and he finally got a bucket on the third one I think it was in the fourth quarter but it was like two POS two three possessions in a row before that

Where it felt like Fred was kind of forcing the issue trying to get Alp yeah getting him the ball trying to get him in the middle of the floor and it also came like it was it was kind of one of those because it came off the

Heels of the Rockets had a couple possessions where like I think Fred had hit a three on the wing um you know to open up you know kind of open up the Zone a little bit uh then Dylan came down and hit another three on the other

Wing a little bit later on but it was kind of in between some of those possessions they were trying to get the ball to the inside right collapse The Zone and I wasn’t sure if it was just a you know shingun just missing a couple shots that he normally makes or if he

Was really actually like struggling with with KD or if it was like you know KD was fouling him and I didn’t notice like it was one of those where it was just it was peculiar because I really thought like Alp should have been able to be more dominant down the stretch of this

Game and that’s why I said earlier he had the quick eight first points but he kind of faded as the game went along despite Fred’s desire to keep him involved offensively yeah I think I think that’s something that I think Alp has been struggling with lately his

Finishing at The Rim just hasn’t been the same as it was the first half of the Season uh I think the you know like the first you know 30 40 games he really was at an All-Star level and since guys have shown him multiple looks his rhythm and

Touch around the rim is kind of just uh not been as good right and so maybe it’s just more of that but I think he was aggressive I thought it was creative to get him into some of those one-on-one situations and I and I from

What I saw I saw him him make some of those plays as well so I’m I’m not I wouldn’t read too too much into it that’s what I say about it I will say one final note here just on the just the individual production standpoint uh am

Min Thompson nice nice kind of you know game again from him great defensive presence but just you know he was a bit of a non-factor last game which is kind of rare right we we’ve become so accustomed to a man having such a big impact on these games as a rookie mind

You right this is a rookie we’re talking about and yet when he when he has a game or two where he struggles or his impact feels a lot less than it’s surprising and that was one of those games last game right where it’s like you look and

You realize you’re like wow a men didn’t really do anything in this game like you don’t really remember him playing even and that I can’t remember the last time that that happened so to have him come out have this game right some some strong defensive impact he had nine

Points five boards had a few assists um had four steals Off the Bench that was you know a nice way for him again I think collectively the rocket first off I’m sure they got a very uh firm chewing out from Oka after the way last game

Went um and then again just to respond in this game right we talked about it last game they didn’t have the uh composure down the stretch last game right they they they were able to claw their way back in they were you know a couple possessions out from tying things

Up with the Suns last game they couldn’t get over the hump right and they kind of lost their composer especially at the end uh eeme Jabari with the technicals about halfway through the game like it was one of those games shingun ejected they they struggled mentally I think

They beat themselves in certain aspects mentally this game the Suns beat themselves right Bradley Beal for whatever reason I don’t even I don’t even remember seeing what happened was just mad that he was getting cooked by Jaylen like I don’t know what it was oh see that stuff had been building for a

While because the refs were swallowing the whistle once again in these games and they were allowing guys to be physical and Jaylen green was playing really really physical good good one-on-one defense on Bradley Bill and he was frustrated that he couldn’t get pass and he couldn’t get scoring he

Couldn’t get going at all this game and Jaylen green was had been his primary Defender up until that point and this is what I talk about a lot of this stuff goes under the radar of how good Jaylen has been defensively um in some of these uh possessions but he had stopped build

Like three or four possessions before that that initial possession uh with with the issue so Jaylen stopped uh stopped Bradley Bill Bradley was upset about it and then when he during the inbound uh Jaylen was talking a little smack you know about like yeah yeah I’m

Here I saw it during the I didn’t see the build up to the inbound yes so so the inbound was about the previous play where Jaylen had stopped him and he actually Bradley Bill had actually stepped out of bounds the refs missed it you know and he kind of just like took a

Terrible shot but Jaylen was like yeah I’m here and that’s where the whole Kobe moment comes right and then Bradley trying to fight back and get in his head actually let Jaylen get in his head and you know he and he took a shot at Jaylen up top um

And I’ll say this bro that’s weak bro like don’t put your don’t put your hands in people’s face you know what I mean like no no matter how much you’re struggling in this game dog don’t don’t put your hands in folks fa face and for Bradley Bill to basically push slap

Jayen in his face was was uncalled for and that’s why I think the refs assess two technicals because that guy he needed to be out of the game because that was just above above the neck you know what I’m saying is just of course it was it was an intentional shot above

The neck that’s that’s uncalled for that’s an immediate ejection for sure but but it was weak even before he decided to throw his hands right because he did the ball thing like he did the ball fake thing and it was even like the Matt Barnes went with Kobe right Matt

Barnes did a quick pump fake at Kobe’s face and brought it back Beal did like a he tapped like like twice right like like on it you know kind of in his face then on his head like like he was really he really jayen was in his head rentree

Like bothering him so so shout out to Jaylen for for maintaining you know his aggressiveness right because and this is this is the kind of game where you get that Glimpse right we saw we see how good Jaylen can be we see the peak this

Is why you know the people who are still holding out Jaylen stock you know you see this type of production you’re like okay this is future star potential for sure but it’s also nice to just see him have a bit of that Swagger back right like when when when Jaylen got drafted

When we saw him in summer league you know I was in person I saw him play in Summer League you know sing him there his rookie year sophomore year whatever he had a Swagger about him right he had a confidence about him and and this year

Because of you know the Rock trying to mold him and and you know break him down and build him back up with Oka trying to make him a more well-rounded player I think that confidence took a bit of a hit right that Swagger wasn’t quite the

Same as it was the past couple years so this is one of those games where hopefully it’s something that he can build on hopefully it’s not just a flash in the pan which we’ve seen those before as the problem we’ve seen these games where he has you know two or three

Really really hot ones in a row and then kind of regresses and goes back so if this is something that he can build and he said it postgame he said this is who we’re trying to be every single night so keep those words true play like this

Every single night come out with that right intensity energy physicality all that you can be this team every single night you have the talent to be this team every single night it’s up to the players to deliver on that though coming up we got final thoughts from this one

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Easy and final segment here at locked on Rockets your daily podcast home for everything Houston Rockets basketball now before we get to our news about tar een and and what’s going on with his lower leg uh very quickly here uh just some thoughts on the other two rocket

Starters because we spent plenty of time on Jaylen shenon and Fred deservedly so uh Dylan Brooks jabarus Smith Jr I I I really thought that even though you you look at their you know their numbers their production in this game uh you know 14 points for Jabari 11 for Dylan

Brooks overall shooting numbers five of 11 from the four for Jabari Dylan Brooks four of 10 shooting they were both first off they were Mo they were both much better in the second half than they were in the first half they were kind of non-existent offensively in the first

Half but again that a little bit by Design right like if you’ve got if jaylen’s going if Fred’s going if alp’s going you don’t need those guys taking shots right those guys are ancillary pieces at least by Design in this Rockets offense I’m not saying Jabari is

An ancillary piece I’d still like him to you know be a bit of a bigger piece of this Rockets offense but uh we’ll save that my gripes for another day uh you know talking about the Rockets offensive hierarchy point is they played their roles I thought they played their roles

Perfectly in this game right they took they took the shots that the defense gave them they didn’t force anything and I think that’s the key word they didn’t force anything and when I say that I’m to we’re talking mostly about Dylan Brooks right stay in your lane do your

Job do what you’re supposed to do this is the first game in a while for DB where like he wasn’t out there doing the most on the court and that was kind of a pleasant sight to see for sure yeah I mean for me I thought they had solid

Games I mean Dylan Brooks I think he played his role like he was supposed to he took good shots within the offensive game and I thought he competed on defense that’s all you really can ask for for Dylan Brooks and Jabari Smith and so to me I don’t think they had bad

Games and not uh I think they were pretty good and Dylan Brooks a teami plus 21 you know what I mean like so that just goes to show you know that guy wasn’t a negative out there on the court he was he produced he was he was a part

Of positive uh basketball out there so I just thought they both of them had a pretty good game they could have hit a couple more threes but you know you miss and make it’s a miss a make League sometimes you make them sometimes you miss them all right well time for the uh

The disappointing news here we we’ve we’ve kind of we speculated on this for a while it kind of felt like this was coming down the pipeline but now we have the official update tar een for the remainder of the season officially um he is apparently there was a benign growth

On his lower leg bone uh that was pre-existing but flared up due to getting hit so the injury that he had that he sustained earlier in the preseason when he crashed he landed Hit the Floor uh in the Pacers game that preseason game uh and then that’s the

Same injury that held him out the the you know uh was being classified as a uh leg what was it uh soreness stiffness I I forget what the what the medical terminology was for it all season long but basically the leg injury that kept him out all year turns out it was a

Benign growth um and so that’s why he’s been having this residual pain discomfort all that that’s why he hasn’t been able to come back um so he is expected uh to get surgery on this and he’s going to be out for four months uh so surgery is coming Monday uh we we

Don’t know we don’t have any update on how the surgery’s gone yet or anything obviously because it’s coming this week um so it’ll start off I this is really disappointing but at the same time I’m also very happy to hear that it’s not something more severe right like I was I

Was really worried that this was going to be something you know some type of an injury that he was going to have that was going to plague him for the rest of his career something that was going to me because he was an Iron Man his first

Year right played all 82 games one of only 10 players in the entire NBA to do so we know about his contributions when he’s on the court so hopefully this is a situation that just you know he gets the right surgical consult has a good surgery no complications out for four

Months timeline wise he should be what we’re in March right now he should be good to go for uh you know easily for the start of training camp next year long as as long as there’s no complications nothing crazy going on uh and that’s the important thing is I

Think this season you probably chalk it up to an L they still have a chance and we’ll talk about this more next episode the Rockets actually have the uh fifth easiest remaining strength of schedule uh for the season so we’ll spend a little bit more time talking about that

Next episode about the Rocket’s chances to actually still make the play in tournament this year but yeah thoughts on and just the news Madison yeah so for me uh this context this understanding that there was a benign growth that kind of made this injury more tricky and more

Less textbook than expected I’m no doctor but you know don’t make me bust out the Dr Madison Moore like all right there we go there yeah you’re right you’re right I have a doctor but I’m I’m no MD okay so but to me that makes this injury a lot more

Tricky and it seems like when it got re-aggravated since it had not been giving him problems previously in his career yet they thought maybe just some rest would allow the swelling to go down and the pain to go down and he could and he could continue but it seems that this

Benign growth did not allow for the healing like they would have liked it to heal um and so they’re going to have to you know have surgery to really get this under control um but I I think that was a tricky injury for the Rockets to deal

With that was that’s that’s a tricky thing it’s not going to be so textbook because of U of it being not a not a normal bone right you know what I mean so it’s really unfortunate but hopefully um him getting in fixed will uh bow better for him his long-term career you

Know a lot of times and he’s really young so it should be able to heal a lot better so hopefully it’s a full recovery and he’ll be even stronger moving forward you know one of the things that we kind of speculated and I I myself had

Felt this way and I know many others have felt this way it did at the time until now we know now that the situation is fully transparent you know it’s nice to know all the information this is a part of the reason why I wish NBA teams and by

Extension all sports organizations were a bit more transparent with the injuries to their players because if we had known the situation they had to have known about the growth for for months now right like they and so they they probably they they knew about it initially but it it flared it was

Causing issues which is why it made the injury trickier than before which is why they kept feeding us the same line over and over where he’s basically you know he was you know game to game for so long then he was out indefinitely then he was

Ramping up again and so we didn’t know what the hell was going on we were like what’s the deal with this injury it felt kind of Kawai esque where we were like okay maybe he really is the second coming of Kawai because you got this weird injury that’s just going to keep

Him out all year a kid but but seriously now that we know the full transparent situation I I I would like to resend any of my previous comments about you know just wondering did the Rockets medical staff mishandle the situation I I really do it does genuinely feel like what you

Said right they thought that because he’ played on this for his entire career beforehand no issues whatsoever they thought that just rest you know time away from the game no stress to that leg it would go back to normal and it would heal properly and then he’d be able to

Play again on it clearly that wasn’t the case whatever aggravated the the you know the benign you know situation it it’s okay and I think that or the benign growth I should say it it’s not like a a completely Mis manage situation right they they thought they had a proper

Approach they thought they had a way to get tar back this season rather than doing some kind of invasive procedure early on that would have sidelined him for the four month now the issue is is if you had done the surgery right away you could have him back like you know a

Month ago I don’t know however long it would have taken if you if he would have been out four months then you could have had him back in like February if You’ done it right out the gate right when it happened um so they they risked it they

Tried to go the safer route the non-surgical route which is probably T’s preference when you think about it because he’s a guy that wants to play he doesn’t want to miss time nobody wants to miss time nobody wants to undergo surgery um so understanding all that and getting the full context of the

Situation um I I think the Rockets did their due diligence and they tried to handle it as best they could unfortunately it played out the way that it did but it’s good to hear and good to know that it’s nothing more serious and that you know hopefully tar e no

Complications knock on wood he’ll be back 100% you know in time for next season and he’s got to be back for next season because look this season you know maybe there’s a plan push maybe there’s not next season is going to be where the real money is made because that’s where

We’re going to see hopefully another version of the sea you know be able to take another step forward into phase two but Madison you know the drill with that let everybody know where to track you down at man man come follow me on Twitter at X madman leaks come talk

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How Jalen Green Led Houston Rockets In Revenge W Vs Phoenix Suns, Bradley Beal EJECTED & More

Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) is joined by weekly cohost and NBA Draft enthusiast Madison Moore (@MadManLeaks) to discuss the Houston Rockets getting a good revenge dub against the Phoenix Suns 118-109 led by Jalen Green’s 34 points in one of the best games of his career. How the Rockets got off to a strong start on offense AND slowing down Devin Booker and Kevin Durant defensively, Jalen letting the offense come to him and using the three-ball to open the rest of his game, forcing turnovers and playing in transition, Alperen Sengun and Fred VanVleet with strong bounce back games, Rockets maintaining composure and frustrating the Suns leading to Bradley Beal’s ejection after taunting Jalen, Tari Eason injury update as he’s set to have surgery on his leg and more.

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