What Does A Successful Season Look Like For Jalen Green? Will He FINALLY Take The Superstar Leap?
Jalen Green’s future with the Phoenix Suns hangs in the balance. What does success look like for the young guard this season?
Benjamin Garcia and John Voita (@SunsJAM ) break down expectations for Green’s performance, efficiency, and potential impact on the Suns’ lineup. They explore scenarios if he underperforms, debate possible benchings or trades, and discuss how Green’s development could shape the team’s future. The conversation touches on defensive strategies, rotation adjustments, and the pressure on head coach Jordan Ott to make it all work.
Tune in for an in-depth analysis of Green’s crucial role and how it could make or break the Suns’ championship aspirations.
0:00 Intro: What does success look like for Jalen Green?
5:39 Efficiency and playmaking crucial for Green’s success
11:54 Green as secondary scorer alongside Booker
18:15 Can Green be a serviceable defender?
24:05 What if it doesn’t work out? Benching Green?
28:28 Odds of Green being benched or traded
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21 Comments
Sup Ben hyd man
start talking about how bad devin booker is
Are we stuck with Ben full-time now?
Same fate as PHNX Suns.
doesn't matter how good book is this year he can't do it by himself
I tried to watch this show but you both are way off on Jaylen Green. Come back to this when he’s the best player on this team most games this season! Book will of course ball out but Green will more just watch
Nah! To harsh for JG…. He’s the best player Houston wasted….
Jalen green isn’t gonna get benched lol
Are there holes in his game he needs to work on? Yes. Was he also the leading scorer and #1 option on the 2nd seed in the west? ALSO YES. Wouldn't it be nice if he does the same with the Suns and THEN we wonder if the same thing happens in the playoffs that did last spring?
Book had the same narrative in year 4. Year 5 is a benchmark. I'd say Jalen will break out this year. Him getting traded would be extra motivation for him to improve. The sky is the limit once he reaches his ceiling.
Only way Green doesnt get benched is if he really improves his defense which is not unrealistic. So many people are so down on this team and I think they are not seeing the forest through the trees…its a team of young, athletic, big players around Devin Booker with Jalen Green as the #2 option…thats not a hopless < 20 win team…its just not. Its all going to come down to Ott TBH, will they buy in to a defensive mindset and scheme, will they move the ball on offense? If the answer to those questions is yes…they compete for a playin spot, if its no…they probably with 25-30 games.
Hope you enjoyed your vacation, John!
Dillon Brooks was better than Jalen Green last year?! OK – I'll check back in a few months when you stop borrowing Jackson Gatlin's hater notes…smh. Be better.
5 star platform here
Ask a 20pts shooting guard to play point guard. That sounds familiar 😂😂
I’m curious to know how much of his inefficiency is due to bad habits being created from when he first got drafted and HAD to be that guy. Maybe… just MAYBE.. being on a new team and environment will help get rid of those bad shot selections that he’s used to taking. I know we’ve been waiting for that leap for him for 3-4 years now, but he might’ve just had the wrong tools to make it. The negativity around him this early is unwarranted in my opinion.
I really can’t wait to see your insane cope an hype when Jalen starts off hot and he makes u a believer an then disappears
Green was the best on Houston so stop hating
We forget Draymond was a Dpoy for a reason and if Jalen can improve his passing it’ll open up new lanes for athleticism
I know this dude did not say that the leading scorer of a team is the fourth best person on the team. Nobody on that team was an efficient scoring. How can you be an efficient score when every defense knows? You’re the only option for scoring a team has outside of the center who was almost as any efficient?
Saying Green isn't efficient is like saying water is wet. It's not a lazy take, but a superficial one. His last couple years: you don't think the Rockets team/coaches/fans have asked him to be more efficient? If tackling the Green subject again be good if the guest has fresher takes.
The question I have is, what is PHX's mandate on being good next year. If Green's bad shot volume end up hurting the team, what leash does the coach put on him. If the rookies are also bad, do Suns still play them for development sake, even if the losing starts to wear on Booker? And if Suns ends up being meh, is Booker going to make a thing for not getting voted into All Stars?