The new season has also been going on for more than a month, the Rockets' record has been up and down, they once suffered three consecutive defeats at the beginning, and were humiliated by the Magic, and then the Rockets suddenly made a force, a wave of 6 consecutive wins let us see the hope of Houston taking off, unfortunately, the Rockets have won and lost in the future, and have lost to the Clippers, Lakers and Warriors, the three popular teams in the West, this wave of 3 consecutive defeats to the Rockets exposed a lot of problems, such as the decline in defensive quality, and Jalen Green is too unstable, which also makes the outside world begin to question the Rockets, there is a view that Jalen Green is not suitable as a leader, if the Rockets still revolve around him to lead the team, then it is difficult to have a future.
We all know Green's shortcomings, as a super scorer, he lacks stability, mainly in two points, either 3-4 consecutive games sluggish, or digging a hole in the first half, and suddenly storming in the second half, such as the recent losses to the Mavericks and Nuggets, Green was so iron in the first half, and he woke up inexplicably in the third quarter, frankly speaking, for the Rockets, Green's unstable way of playing is a kind of injury, as a comparison, look at Alexander, Green is similar to him, but in terms of talent, Green is undoubtedly much better, but now the gap between the two has been fully opened, Alexander is the top scorer in the league。
The important thing is that Alexander is terrible, statistically he has averaged 30 per game so far this season6 points, and the shooting rate is as high as 54%, it is rare for a guard to have such a shooting rate, so Alexander has almost no slump, his highest score so far this season is 43 points, 15 of 22, if Green can have such efficiency, then the Rockets management can wake up with a smile in their dreams, Green's average shooting rate is only 42% per game, which is really incomparable. So the outside world's rhetoric is reasonable, Green really can't be cultivated as a leader, his positioning is only a scorer, Udoka naturally understands this truth, and he talked about Green after losing to the Nuggets.
"Green is going to continue to improve where he's improved, he's going to read the game, that's the most important thing, he's really improving in that area, whether it's passing or scoring, he's not going to make decisions in advance, he's reading it right," Udoka said. Udoka then spoke about Shin Kyung, which was very meaningful, Udoka said: "I was impressed by Shin Kyung's performance, his versatility, his passing, his scoring, he is having an incredible season, I often tell him that he is a leader on the pitch and he is going to try to influence the game in all aspects, not just scoring. ”
Comparing and evaluating these two, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Udoka attaches more importance to Shen Jing, for Green, Udoka just hopes that he will make fewer mistakes, and for Shen Jing, Udoka even directly gave him the privilege of being a leader, and the difference in treatment is obvious. The reason why Shen Jing can get Udoka's praise is that he is the best player in the new season of the Rockets, three times against Jokic, Shen Jing got 23 + 8 + 5 + 2 (block + 14 + 8 and 22 + 7 + 4 data, and when facing Brother Thick Eyebrows, Shen Jing contributed 23 + 10 + 5, in many games, the Rockets relied on Shen Jing to score at critical moments in the final quarter, and Green disappeared.
The most stable offensive point of the Rockets is Shen Jing, when the team is in trouble, we will see Shen Jing's strong singles, chiseling inside again and again, especially in the game of losing to the Lakers, the Rockets' final stage of scoring all came from Shen Jing's singles, because of this, Shen Jing has a very high tactical position in the Rockets, he needs to do the axis at the three-point line, tandem the team's offense, and the positioning is very similar to Jokic. In addition, Shen Jing also set a record, according to NBA big data statistics, as of December 2, Shen Jing can get an average of 20+5+5 data per game, and the shooting rate is as high as 55%+, which is the youngest player in NBA history to reach this data.
This is the reason why Udoka attaches importance to Shen Jing, he wants to train Shen Jing to be Jokic, in fact, look at the Rockets' lineup, they can completely imitate the style of the Nuggets, Shen Jing is Jokic, Dillon is Gordon, Smith is Porter, Green is Pope, Van Jordan is Murray, it is completely compatible, the key is whether Shen Jing can reach the height of Jokic, from the perspective of the Rockets, Shen Jing only needs to have about 8 percent of the teacher's skills are enough.