The opponent was outscored by 64.4 points on the court! Jaylen Green s first appearance of the new season was as dazzling as the Suns!

The offseason trade between the Rockets and the Suns made many people believe that the Rockets have become a championship level, while the Suns are more skeptical. However, Jaylen Green's debut as a Suns player was extremely dazzling. This column will help you understand through in-depth data analysis.

In the first game of the new season against the Clippers, Jaylen Green only played 23 minutes, but he contributed a game-high 29 points, hit the team's most 10 goals, which was tied with Booker, and hit the team's most 6 three-pointers. With the explosion of Jaylen Green, the Suns completely defeated the Clippers in just three quarters, and Booker nodded and praised him repeatedly after seeing Jaylen Green's wonderful performance.

In this game, Jaylen Green not only has excellent statistics but also has a very obvious role on the field. His plus-minus value when he is on the court is as high as +30, which means that when Jaylen Green is on the court, the Suns are 30 points better than the Clippers.

So why was such an excellent Jaylen Green given up by the Rockets? In fact, Jaylen Green's problem has not been his skills and talent, but three obvious shortcomings. One is the lack of stability. In last season's playoffs, Jaylen Green only scored 38 points in the second game, which was very good. In the remaining six games, his score hovered around 10 points and his shooting rate was low. He also couldn't provide many assists. As a team's outside leader, it is difficult to lead the team further with such unstable performance.

The second is over-reliance on ball-holding offense. Last season, Jaylen Green only took 23.5% of his shots after receiving the ball without dribbling, 18.7% of which were catch-and-shoot from beyond the three-point line, and shots after 1 and 2 dribbles. The proportions are only 6.5% and 8.5%, which means that he has almost no off-ball ability except catching and shooting three-pointers. He is a player who urgently needs to hold the ball to perform. If that is the case, it is not a big problem. After all, Doncic and Harden are such players.

But the problem is that it consumes a lot of time holding the ball and needs to play a corresponding role. It must be able to score and assist to revitalize the team. However, even if Jaylen Green’s favorite shot is only 42.1% after taking more than 7 dribbles, he also averages only 3.4 assists per game. These are all It can be seen that his scoring and assist efficiency of the ball-handling offense are relatively mediocre. Rockets coach Uduka himself does not like to follow the route of a ball-carrying core offense. If Jaylen Green performs well, Uduka may be able to accept it, but Jaylen Green is such a player but has not yet grown up and is therefore less efficient. It is no wonder that he will eventually be abandoned.

But these are not problems for the current Suns. The Suns have not pursued quick results after the offseason personnel changes, and judging from the results of last season, they lacked ball-holding guards. Booker, as a shooting guard last season, was the player with the highest average possession time in the round. Therefore, Jaylen Green can maximize his ball-handling offense here, and the presence of teammate Devin Booker will also attract the opponent's defensive focus and allow him to perform better.

As for scoring stability, in addition to talent and golf intelligence, it also requires game experience to improve. Only when you handle more balls can you know how to handle the ball. The Rockets, who were full of talent last season, obviously cannot give Jaylen Green unlimited opportunities to grow, but in the Suns This is not a problem at all. The only ball-handling point in the Suns lineup is Booker, and Booker is a player whose scoring and non-assist ratios are very close, which means that he is needed with and without the ball instead of relying heavily on holding the ball. Jaylen Green can let go and grow here to achieve a win-win situation with the Suns.