Has 2023-24 Season Been a Down Shooting Year for Rockets' Jalen Green?

Jalen Green has been the Houston Rockets shooting guard for the past three seasons, but his shooting needs improvement.

Jeremy Brener | Mar 12, 2024

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Jalen Green is the straw that stirs the drink for the Houston Rockets. When Green plays well, the Rockets' chances of winning increases significantly. When he doesn't, the correlation checks out.

As a shooting guard, Green needs to be an efficient shooter, but Bleacher Report has listed him as one of the worst in the league this season.

"Jalen Green is not shy about getting shots up," Bleacher Report writes. "This season, he's 16th in the league in total three-point attempts and 25th in three-point attempts per game. When you put up that many threes while making just 31.6 percent of them (against a league average of 36.7), you take a lot of points off the board.

"In fact, Green is dead last among the players sampled for this exercise in that category...and he hasn't been much better from the mid-range."

Only Washington Wizards guard Jordan Poole ranked lower in Bleacher Report's ranking than Green.

The Rockets want Green to take shots, and he's been given the green light. But if the Rockets want to take the next step as a team, Green needs to make these shots at a higher clip than what he's given at this current moment in time.

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If Green can take the next step in the final year of his contract, he could be given an extension and a solidified spot on the Rockets as they take that next step towards contention.

While averaging 23.6 points over the previous five games, Green has had arguably his best shooting performances nailing 48.9 percent of his shot attempts.

The Rockets are back in action on Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. CT at the Frost Bank Center.

Published Mar 12, 2024

JEREMY BRENER

Jeremy Brener is an editor, writer and social media manager for several Fan Nation websites. His work has also been featured in 247 Sports and SB Nation as a writer and podcaster. Brener has been with Fan Nation since 2021. Brener grew up in Houston, going to Astros, Rockets and Texans games as a kid. He moved to Orlando in 2016 to go to college and pursue a degree. He hosts "The Dream Take" podcast covering the Rockets, which has produced over 350 episodes since March 2020. Brener graduated in May 2020 from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. While at UCF, Brener worked for the school's newspaper NSM.today and "Hitting the Field," a student-run sports talk show and network. He was the executive producer for "Hitting the Field" from 2019-20. During his professional career, Brener has covered a number of major sporting events including the Pro Bowl, March Madness and several NBA and NFL games. As a fan, Brener has been to the 2005 World Series, 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 NCAA National Championship between the Villanova Wildcats and North Carolina Tar Heels. Now, Brener still resides in the Central Florida area and enjoys writing, watching TV, hanging out with friends and going to the gym. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener. For more inquiries, please email jeremybrenerchs@gmail.com.