{"id":59254,"date":"2021-07-28T19:32:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T23:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/?p=59254"},"modified":"2021-07-29T08:50:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:50:17","slug":"draft-profile-jalen-green-dont-ever-let-your-dreams-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cavstheblog.com\/?p=59254","title":{"rendered":"Draft Profile: Jalen Green (Don’t Ever Let Your Dreams Die)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

People want all sorts of things in life. When I was five, my favorite movie was National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation<\/em>. And, I was a child of highly refined taste, so naturally I wanted to be Cousin Eddie from the movie. I wanted to be called Sparky. My mom wouldn\u2019t oblige me and continued to call me my early childhood nickname of Booger instead. I never gave up on being called Sparky though or admiring the lifestyle of living in a recreational vehicle.<\/p>\r\n

I\u2019m getting married in the next year or two, and I am slowly warming my fiancee up to the idea of wearing a Cousin Eddie style blue leisure suit at our nuptials. So far we agree that I\u2019m wearing a suit. We will eventually agree that it will be blue and leisurely. I’m telling myself that because I won’t let my dreams die. I hope that Jalen Green takes this attitude with dreams too.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Jalen Green wants to go first in the draft according to sources that haven’t been named explicitly. Good for him. He\u2019s confident and he\u2019s going to need that to lean on that. If I were in the NBA draft, I’d want to go number one too. Going number one in the draft has probably been his dream for a while; I’m really hoping that the large chance of him never realizing that dream, Cade Cunningham seems to be a lock at number one to the Pistons, motivates him to move beyond his apparent given gifts though.<\/p>\r\n

Jalen was a five star recruit and the number one shooting guard in the 2020 class. He grabbed too many awards to name. He has played for the United States at the Junior level and was the MVP of the 2018 U-17 Fiba Tournament. Despite, those accolades, he said to himself, “college sucks, get money.” Those might not have been his exact words, but he thought some form of them as he signed to the newly formed developmental Ignite team in the NBA’s developmental G-League for $500,000.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Green is entering the draft this season standing 6’6″ weighing 178 pounds and sporting a wingspan of 6’7.” He put up decent numbers playing alongside other lottery hopeful Jonathan Kuminga and washed out vets Jarrett Jack<\/a><\/strong> and Amir Johnson<\/a><\/strong> on the way to eight wins and seven losses.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The Pros for Jalen Green<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Green is among the most athletic guys in this draft and really knows how to use his athleticism, which is honestly his number one skill. His physical prowess lets him finish in a variety of ways around the rim, usually contorting his body rather than going through players. He reminds me of young Derrick Rose<\/a><\/strong>. He seems to float for a second longer than his defender to finish in tough situations. He averaged 1.20 points per possession at the rim in the G-League this season past. And, he can dust guys one-on-one with a more than serviceable dribble to actually get to the rack without help.<\/p>\r\n