Jalen Green is a bottom 10 defender in the NBA by advanced metrics. 2min of bad defense from last game is ALARMING
Jalen Green is arguably the worst defender of any starter in the NBA now. As long as his effort is this awful, the Rockets have no hope of being competitive. Fake helping and not guarding anyone, not boxing out and giving up OREBS, not engaged 1v1. Here are clips from Sacramento pic.twitter.com/5NpJQAPJeD
— Nathan Fogg (@NathanFogg1) January 15, 2023
by Draperjosh13
2 Comments
Not really alarming. Surprised Young player on bad team struggles defensively. Shocker.
Just another knee jerk reaction. Like no other NBA player has ever developed and gotten better offensively or defensively. Jesus Christ.
So much of defense is effort and intensity. Jalen has the physical tools to be a good defender, but I think the team needs a culture shift to get him there.