Jalen Green Makes Bold Statement After Phoenix Suns Trade

Recently, Green made a bold statement about the Suns (via Duane Rankin of azcentral).

Green: "People don't expect us to do anything. People don't expect us to come out the West at all. I think the situation we in just like last year... They didn't expect Houston to do none of that last year, so what's the difference?"

Suns fans will enjoy hearing Green's confidence to prove people wrong.

He is coming off a year where he averaged 21.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.4 assists per contest while shooting 42.3% from the field and 35.4% from the three-point range in 82 games.

The Rockets (who hadn't been to the NBA playoffs in five years) were the second seed in the Western Conference.

Green (who was the second pick in the 2021 NBA Draft) will form an elite scoring duo with Devin Booker in the backcourt.

Booker averaged 25.6 points per contest during the 2024-25 season.

Via Real Sports (on March 25): "Rockets are 11-1 when Jalen Green scores 30+"

The Suns finished last season as the 11th seed in the Western Conference with a 36-46 record.

They missed the NBA playoffs (and the play-in tournament) for the first time since the 2020 season (five years ago).

Via StatMuse (on March 30): "Jalen Green is the eighth player in Rockets history with fifty 30-point games."