The tandem Jalen Green – Alperen Sengun is he the future of the Rockets? Many are still perplexed, because it was in the absence of the pivot that the guard played his best basketball last season…
“I love playing with Alpi” yet assures Jalen Green. “We had our ups and downs, but I was the one who was terrible last year, while he played well all year. It was me trying to find my place in a whole new system. The matches that we won when we both scored, those are the ones that we will see again in the playoffs. »
To recreate a dynamic like Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic.
“You see Jokic and Jamal Murray? I'm not saying we're like them but hey, everyone compares Alpi to Jokic. So why can't I be like Jamal? I'm not saying that's what I want to be at all costs, but just to be someone he can lean on. He’s a double threat every night. »
A double threat which led the Nuggets to the title in 2023, and which the Rockets would therefore logically like to replicate. Provided that the connection develops in Texas as in the Rockies, while Alperen Sengun was extended for five years… while Jalen Green only obtained a three-year contract, with a “player option” on the last year of the contract. Which means he can become a “free agent” from 2027, and many see his contract as an “asset” that Houston could use in an exchange.
| Jalen Green | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2021-22 | HOU | 67 | 32 | 42.6 | 34.3 | 79.7 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 17.3 |
| 2022-23 | HOU | 76 | 34 | 41.6 | 33.8 | 78.6 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 22.1 |
| 2023-24 | HOU | 82 | 32 | 42.3 | 33.2 | 80.4 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 19.6 |
| 2024-25 | HOU | 8 | 34 | 39.7 | 38.2 | 84.2 | 0.4 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 22.6 |
| Total | 233 | 33 | 42.0 | 33.9 | 79.6 | 0.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 19.9 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
