Jalen Green

2022 - 10 - 25

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Are Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr. right for each other? (The Dream Shake)

The Rockets have one of the most exciting young backcourts in the NBA, but is it going to work long term?

On the other hand, if this is a bottom-three team again in 2022-2023, it’s time to call off the experiment. Porter Jr. Two combo guards can possibly cover the same ground as a pure point guard and a pure shooting guard. The Rockets don’t need to make this decision yet. Moreover, Porter Jr. To my eye, Green makes quicker reads than Porter Jr. Any questions about this team can be viewed through at least two lenses - what’s better for the team in 2022-2023, and what’s better for the team in the future? Many modern point guards in the NBA are of the score-first variety, and that’s fine. Staggering the two becomes more or less viable in the context of the guards on the roster. Throughout the first two games of the 2022-2023 season, Coach Silas had not put Jalen Green on the floor for a single possession without Porter Jr. The most-used lineup featuring one starting guard without the other uses the same frontcourt, subbing Daishen Nix in for Porter Jr. Up until Saturday’s loss to the Bucks, we didn't have a data point to answer this question.

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Watch: Eric Gordon uninterested as Rockets teammates Jarabi ... (The Indianapolis Star)

Eric Gordon is a 33-year-old NBA veteran who has seen a lot. He was an Indiana Mr. Basketball and one-season star at Indiana University.

Maybe the Rockets need some sideline drama. But now they're in rebuilding mode, with 38 wins in the last two-plus seasons. The 33-year-old shooting guard is in his seventh season with the Houston Rockets.

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Rockets Game 4 Notebook: The Dawn Of A New Big 3? (Sports Illustrated)

The trio of Jalen Green, Kevin Porter Jr., and Jabari Smith Jr. led the Houston Rockets to their first victory of the season Monday night against the Jazz.

- Smith took the helm as the Rockets starting center with Burno Fernando (left knee soreness) and Alperen Sengun (illness) out against the Jazz. Through the first three games of the season, Utah had averaged a season-high 125.7 points per game. He said he wanted to see Smith play center in hopes of creating more pick-and-pop opportunities for the rookie. He also had three steals in the win. But Nix's on-court attributes gave Houston a secondary-floor general to control the pace of the game while Green, Porter and Eric Gordon were sidelined. He is so physical when he gets into the paint, Daishen can make a pass for somebody else or can finish. Smith drilled four consecutive clutch free throws to secure a victory for the Rockets. "We were just competing," Smith said. I had to believe in myself and knock them down." But more importantly, Smith's performance and late-game heroics at the free-throw line have instilled trust within the Rockets' coaching staff and teammates. "Once he did that, that opened the door for me a lot more. While the potential of Houston's backcourt was on full display,

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Rockets insider: Trust in a confident Jabari Smith Jr. pays off (Houston Chronicle)

Rookie Jabari Smith Jr. helped close out the Rockets' win over the Jazz on Monday, Houston's first win of the season.

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