Jalen Green

And this team, you know, there's consternation about whether or not they should make a lineup change so that they get a real point guard out there.

And then there's conversation as to Colin Gillespie, should he be substituting him for Jalen Green? It's kind of the same thing.

You get the point.

But really, for me, I think having Oso Iguodaro out there just really calms things offensively.

consistency in.

I want to ask you a question because I want to get into the green discussion a little bit because from what I saw yesterday, it wasn't bad but the stat sheet doesn't really tell the entire story i would say so my question mitch is do you think he's doing enough on the defensive end and doing enough of the hustle stuff to justify him still playing starter minutes and being in the starting lineup

well last night no but i don't think we should be making rational or irrational decisions based on a game to game Theory, because I do think the game against the Trailblazers and the game against the Warriors, and I know Kellen was standing on the podium for this, against the Warriors in particular, he very much liked how Jalen Green performed.

I thought against Portland, he at least followed it up with the energy that they had in the first quarter, but he was also out there in the second quarter when things completely fell apart, whether that's specifically his fault or whatever, I don't know.

See if Phoenix would do it.

Can you get Jalen Green in a first-round pick? For New York, it's the 2033 first.

Please don't move that.

Please don't.

What the hell is he averaging this year? i pulled a basketball reference for just guys for the last thing bridges today he's averaging 17 7 and 3 46 33 81 splits like yeah those box score numbers are good when i'm watching him i don't really think he's impacting like um the win column clearly not because they are one in five to start off the year i haven't really liked the defense like he's been a solid rebounder for them as the four but he's also like not a great three-point shooter now 33 might be the best possible outcome i think he's taking way too many a night but Hey, Gillespie needs to be better.

I would still like for Canard to be more aggressive, more of the story of his career.

They haven't really gotten much out of Jalen Green this year, if anything.

Dylan Brooks has kind of been a little rocky.

So we're looking at a 12 team nine cat league.

Would you rather have Jalen Green, Devin Vassell, Andrew Wiggins, or Clay Thompson rest of season? Goodness.

He followed up and said he has Jalen Green and is debating the switch.

I think if I were you, I

might just keep Jalen Green to be honest.

Like, I think Wiggins might be just kind of like done, and his upside is not that high anyway.

Klay is so dependent on the three ball that if he only hits two threes, he's pretty much useless in fantasy.

Vassell is kind of interesting, but also Tobias Harris is going to come back.

So if you don't need those categories, then yeah.

Antonio, 12-team category league, would I consider dropping Jalen Green for Cam Johnson or Caruso? Yes.

For Cam Johnson, yes.

For Caruso, maybe.

Caruso is very good at what he does, but he's not playing more than 20 minutes, 22 minutes.

Cam Johnson should play 30 minutes for this team.

I just prefer him over Jalen Green.

I think Jalen Green is just not a good player, and I think Phoenix will figure that out, and potentially they already have.

Miles Bridges in the starting lineup, Luke Kennard in the second unit, And you can really take it a step further and say Kamal Malawat's being relied upon as much as he's being relied upon first as a starter but now as a reserve once again is new.

And Jalen Green being healthy from day one in a new situation is also new.

And I appreciate the... conversations and desire for this team to shake things up by maybe seeking an external answer but also understand that with that comes more newness and it might set you back further than you are right now as these guys are beginning to try to figure things out they have not figured them out and things aren't necessarily there yet but they're beginning to try to figure things out it's always the risk you run and as i said last night i appreciate the energy and the fervor with which people are coming with trade ideas but also ask yourself would this make sense for both teams involved because both teams do have to say yes before the trade call goes through so that is something that we're thinking about with this team and what they can do from here, what hasn't been good, what can be better.

And I just keep going back to the fact that, listen, they're showing some signs.

The moments from individuals that we've talked about that have been missing in pockets this season, we're going to see that.

Now you have that part of it, and then you have the X-team dynamics in play.

And for the Suns, you have Dylan Brooks and you have Jalen Green.

Jalen Green was heard at Summer League following the trade saying he couldn't wait to go up against the Houston Rockets.

And the Rockets will have some quicker guards coming up on their schedule, so we'll see if this trend continues.

Most notably, our old friend Jalen Green on Saturday night in Phoenix.

That'll be an interesting test.

I think the reason I'm a little paranoid about it The Rockets feel like they've developed, I don't want to say they've built the roster with the Thunder and Spurs in mind, but at least a lot of their strategies.

I don't know what, like, I don't know if there's influence from the GM or like the front office, but like Jordan not was awesome last year.

And now you're starting Malou watch and miles bridges and Jalen green.

You don't have a point guard.

You don't have an offensive rebounder.

18 minutes in Oso Godaro, 16 minutes to give

30

minutes to Jalen green and miles bridges.

It is so bad.

You

know, and somehow he has a higher ceiling than Jalen Green.

Anyways, moving on.

Yeah, well, let's talk about interesting ceilings.