Unwilling to send Jaylen Green away? The Rockets release smokescreen! The transaction value declines, Stone has a great trick

On May 7, the second round of the playoffs officially began, and the Warriors' opponent today is the Timberwolves. Not long ago, the Warriors defeated the Rockets in the playoff tiebreak and advanced to the next round. Although the Rockets are the second team in the Western Conference in the regular season, they do not have much advantage when facing the Warriors, and it is reasonable to eventually lose and be eliminated. It can be seen that the ranking of the regular season does not necessarily reflect the strength of a team, and the Timberwolves and the Warriors are examples. These two teams, which are ranked lower, beat the Lakers, third in the West and the Houston Rockets, second in the West.

For the Rockets, many players performed normally in the playoffs this season. For example, Amen Thompson, Shin Kyung, Smith Jr., and even Dillon Brooks performed well; Van Vreet opened low and ended high, leading the team to chase two games in a row, equalizing the total score. However, the only regret is that Jaylen Green is not doing well.

7 games, Jaylen Green has not scored double-digit points in three games, averaging only 13 points, 3 assists and 5 rebounds per game, shooting percentage of 37%, three-point shooting percentage of 29%, and even the free throw percentage is only 66.7% in the playoffs. It can be said that Jaylen Green was so stubborn in the playoffs, which was obviously not his true strength.

As the second-tier show in 2021, Jaylen Green was as famous as Cad Cunningham that year, and both of them were considered to have the potential to become superstars. However, now the Pistons led by Cunningham has become a strong team in the Eastern Conference, and Cunningham himself has also become one of the top ball-holding cores in the Eastern Conference; on the other hand, Jaylen Green has gradually become a marginal role in the Rockets, especially in these games in the playoffs, which has made many people lose confidence in him. Many experts and media have suggested that the Rockets trade Jaylen Green as soon as possible.

But according to the latest reports, the Rockets do not seem to be planning to trade Jaylen Green. Next season, they plan to introduce a star to join forces with Jaylen Green, so Jaylen Green still has a place in the Rockets for the time being, with his contract amount reaching 33 million next season. The Rockets don’t want to trade him, but it’s actually a helpless move.

If in the regular season, with Jaylen Green's performance and data, he still has a certain trading value. After all, he is only 23 years old and the contract amount is relatively not too high. However, his average of only 13 points in the playoffs has caused Jaylen Green's value to plummet. Even if the Rockets want to send him away this summer in exchange for superstars, few teams are willing to accept it. After all, next season is the first year of his three-year contract. Judging from his performance in the playoffs, the three-year, 105 million contract is a completely premium contract, so almost no team will accept Jaylen Green. The Rockets still believe Jaylen Green is expected to be a star player or even a top scorer. In our opinion, it's more like a smokescreen fire from the Rockets. After all, Jaylen Green's trading value has declined seriously. If the Rockets do not support him, it will be more difficult to find a team to take over during subsequent sales. Therefore, the Rockets support Jaylen Green and regard him as a long-term training target, but in fact they are expressing their intentions to other teams - the Rockets still recognize Jaylen Green's value.

At least in this way, Jaylen Green's value can be temporarily stabilized and prevented further declines, so that he can be worth more when trading during offseason. Rockets general manager Raphael Stone is also quite helpless, and he is also very smart. No one expected that Jaylen Green, the Rockets' regular season scoring champion, would perform so badly in the playoffs.

Therefore, the Rockets could only continue to support Jaylen Green. From a bystander perspective, the Rockets are more like helping Jaylen Green keep the deal value so that he can be sent off this summer.