Rockets reporter: Jaylen Green repeatedly emphasized to me that the Suns will arrange for him to play the starting point guard

The Athletic's Houston Rockets reporter Kelly Iko talked about Jalen Green, who had just joined the Phoenix Suns, in the new season in his radio show "The Iko System". Iko said: After the Rockets and the Suns completed that big deal, I immediately had a conversation with Jaylen Green. He repeatedly stressed to me that the Suns basically intend to give him the position of point guard in the new season and provide him with a lot of opportunities to hold the ball. Previously, according to local Phoenix media Arizona Sports 98.7 reporter John Gambadoro, the Suns are expected to start point guard in the new season, rather than Devin Booker.

In the NBA regular season last season, Green maintained full attendance in 82 games. During his 32.9 minutes of playing time, Green averaged 21 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.3 blocks, and had 2.5 turnovers and 1.5 fouls. He shot 42.3% from the field, 35.4% from three-point shooting percentage and 81.3% from free throws. In the playoffs, Green played 7 games in total, with averaging 31.3 minutes per game, averaging 13.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.3 blocks. He also had 1.4 turnovers and 0.9 fouls. His shooting percentage was 37.2%, his three-point shooting percentage was 29.5%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 66.7%.

Judging from Green's performance last season, he showed outstanding scoring ability in the regular season. He was able to score in various ways, and his stability in outside shooting has also improved to a certain extent. But the problem is that Green has made very limited progress in passing and organization, and his performance on the defensive end is also very disappointing. The most important thing is that Green played a disaster-level game during the playoffs, which seriously dragged the team down in most games. Such a bad performance directly led to the team's defeat of the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs and was directly eliminated.

In fact, Green and Booker have a high similarity in terms of characteristics. Both players are excellent scorers. Booker's passing ability and organizational ability are slightly stronger than Green, but as a starting point guard, his ability is not as expected. Therefore, we do not understand what the Suns' intentions are to arrange Green and Booker to partner in the backcourt and arrange Green as starting point guard. No matter how you look at the combination of these two people, you will encounter huge trouble and will not achieve twice the result with half the effort. I don’t know what will happen next season, and what will Green perform at the point guard position?