In an interview with Shams, Jalen Green personally admitted to being put on the trading shelf in the summer of 2023. Green believes that the Rockets still believe in him and have expressed that willingness many times, but he is still considered a tradeable object. Green was also frustrated by this.
As for Green, the controversy is indeed very large. On the one hand, his outstanding talent is there, the strongest five-star high school students of the year, the template is Jordan and Kobe, this is going to be played, then the Rockets are making a lot of money. But on the other hand, Green has proven himself to be a "brainless" player for three years, and Udoka has also said that he doesn't know what Green wants to do on the court.
Green already had a faint feeling of being abandoned. Yes, judging from the tactical preferences of the Rockets today, it is clear that they have completely leaned towards Shin Kyung. You see he's got a lot of ball-carrying opportunities every game. In the Rockets, in addition to the main control VanVleet, Shen Jing averaged 59 per game2 touches of the ball ranked second on the team. Among them, in terms of the number of ball holdings in the front court, Shen Jing averaged 44 per gameEight touches ranked first. Green, on the other hand, is only 249 times.
Is the rocket going to hold back some big move?That's right, what they want to do most now is to make Shin Kyung an ace and send him to the All-Star. On the same day, Shin Kyung won the Weekly Awards, which is also another player of the Week for the Rockets after Harden, which is of great significance. If the Rockets continue to give this opportunity and let Shen Jing play 23+10+5 data, then the All-Star status is not too much of a problem.
The reason why the rocket does this is also very simple. Because, the team needs to use the trump card of Shen Jing to quickly improve the attractiveness of the team. After all, it's easier to attract another with one star. Back then, the Heat formed the Big Three, mainly because they had Wade first. And there are very few people like Harden who are willing to go to a team on their own.
If the Rockets' vision comes true, then in the summer of 2024, the team can boldly go to the market to fish for people in the name of Shin Jing. In addition, Green is also more likely to be a trade chip. As long as it looks intentional, there are no psychological barriers to trading. In all probability, he will become a victim. Considering that this is the third season of Green's career, there is still one year left on his contract, and he can also become a restricted free agent after his fourth year, which has a lot of contract flexibility, so there will definitely be other teams to be active.
Not only Green, but another Rockets player also became a victim because of this. He's Jabari Smith. As a tanhualang, Xiao Jia has always been just a big fixed-point pitcher for the Rockets. It is true that his ability to hold the ball is relatively weak, and it is the right choice not to let him hold the ball to attack, but Xiao Jia's fixed-point projection is still quite skillful, and there is no specific receiving tactics, which is indeed a bit violent. Therefore, Xiao Jia's score is always high and low, and his shots are also high and low. This is also due to the fact that the Rockets put all their focus on Shin Kyung.
It is said that the rocket has six less, but in fact, only Shen Jing's position is relatively stable, and the others can be cultivated, and those who cannot be cultivated can also be used as trading chips. Houston is a team with championship background, and the idea of competing for the championship is still very strong. Therefore, they will certainly not be satisfied with the rhetoric of potential, which is likely to be worthless compared to combat power.
So looking at it this way, Green's trade this summer may be a high probability event.