{"id":117212,"date":"2025-01-10T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=117212"},"modified":"2025-01-10T12:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:48:51","slug":"young-rockets-star-has-an-impressive-streak-to-start-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/10\/young-rockets-star-has-an-impressive-streak-to-start-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Rockets’ Star Has an Impressive Streak to Start 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Houston Rockets star Jalen Green<\/a> has shot over 40% from the field every game<\/a>\u00a0in 2025. That’s five straight games of at least passably efficient basketball from the erratic young star. Moreover, only one of those games was against the kind of teams that Green usually gets his numbers against \u2013 the Washington Wizards. Is Green preparing for another deployment of the Dunkstronaut<\/a>? Let’s dive into Green’s impressive 2025 start.<\/p>\n

Young Rockets’ Star Jalen Green Has an Impressive Streak to Start 2025<\/h2>\n

In 2025, the Rockets have played the Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and, most recently, the Memphis Grizzlies. Those are all competitive teams with playoff aspirations. They also played the Wizards. A five-game sample size may seem small, but it’s still the largest streak of consecutive games shooting over 40% from the field that Green has managed this season.<\/p>\n

In fact, you’d have to go all the way back to March of last year, when he put together two such stretches<\/a> of exactly five each, the only such streaks he had all season. He had some longer ones<\/a> in his rookie season, but since then, five is the longest he’s been able to string together. Green normally oscillates between exceptional highs and excruciating lows. Seeing him play consistently well to start the year has been refreshing.<\/p>\n

Green Still Prized By Rockets Front Office<\/h3>\n

One could argue that Green still has the highest ceiling of all of the Rockets’ young players. While potential All-Star<\/a> Alperen Sengun<\/a> is the team’s best player right now, Amen Thompson<\/a> would be the main competitor for the highest ceiling. Thompson is a more complicated archetype to build around though.<\/p>\n

A superstar version of Thompson looks more like the Rockets’ own<\/a> miniature Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, a skinny (that is, even skinnier<\/a>) Zion Williamson<\/a>, or a confident, near-DPOY<\/a> Ben Simmons<\/a>. As good as that sounds, that’s a difficult offensive skill set to accommodate in a wing.<\/p>\n

A superstar version of Green could play anywhere. A lead ball-handler, an isolation scorer, a shooter, and a serviceable defender. It makes sense to value that ceiling. Then, of course, there are the highlights that blow the roof off and let in his legions of young fans.<\/p>\n