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Jalen GreenPhoenix Suns · #4

Guard · 6'4", 186 lb · Merced, California · Age 24 · 5th season

Jalen Green is an explosive, athletic scoring guard who joined the Phoenix Suns after his career with the Houston Rockets. The No. 2 pick in 2021, he was the first marquee prospect drafted out of the G League Ignite, made the All-Rookie First Team, and rose to a roughly 22-point scorer in Houston before pairing with Devin Booker in Phoenix.

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Jalen Green
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Phoenix Suns · #4 · Guard
Jalen Green
Season avg17.8 pts · 3.6 reb · 2.8 ast · .422 fg
Career avg19.9 pts · 4.2 reb · 3.3 ast · .422 fg
Live win probability76ers 65%
Balladex model · projected 120–117 · 98.4 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
23.1pts
4.7reb
3.9ast
35%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Jalen Green
Phoenix Suns · Guard
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VJ Edgecombe
Philadelphia 76ers · Solid defender
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Jalen Green — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Explosive Scoring Guard · Impact 57
Jalen Green is an explosive, athletic scoring guard who joined the Phoenix Suns after his career with the Houston Rockets. The No. 2 pick in 2021, he
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Offense
D
Defense
C
Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Average creator
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Scoring
Strong scorer
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Rebounding
Below average on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Average spacing
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Perimeter D
Average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Below average at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Jalen Green stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN▬
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL▬
20%
3
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC▬
12%
4
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA▬
4%
5
Victor Wembanyama SAS▬
3%
6
Anthony Edwards MIN▬
2%
7
Tyrese Maxey PHI▬
2%
8
Jamal Murray DEN▬
2%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #176 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
57Impact index
136Star score
Career scoring average19.9 ppg
Seasons in the index5
Accolades on file2
No. 2 Draft pick (2021) · 1× All-Rookie First Team (2022)
Stat explorer

Jalen Green — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
17.8 PPG
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Playmaking
2.8 APG
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Rebounding
3.6 RPG
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Shooting
.313 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Jalen Green

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  68% confidence
18.1
pts
15.6–20.6
3.6
reb
2.6–4.6
2.8
ast
2.0–3.6
25.3
min
proj
57
gp
health
.422
fg%
~base
.337
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 5-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 17.8 → projected 18.1 PPG
Minutes / role
-0.4
Development (his trend)
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Age curve
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Live context
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Net vs last season+0.3 PPG
Everything it reads
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5 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 24 — applied per stat
curve
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 82 / 82 / 32 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Jalen Green career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2021-226731.917.33.42.6.426.343
2022-237634.222.13.73.7.416.338
2023-248231.719.65.23.5.423.332
2024-258232.921.04.63.4.423.354
2025-263225.917.83.62.8.422.313
Career33932.019.94.23.3
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
—raw PPG
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—in 2026 pace
why
Player DNA + compssimilarity model
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Phoenix Suns built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

46–36proj record
#7conf seed
+2.1net rtg
114.5off rtg
112.6def rtg
76%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Core trending improving. Defensive anchors: Mark Williams, Jordan Goodwin.
How his role moves
Projected 46–36, 7th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
57 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
2 accolades
No. 2 Draft pick (2021) · 1× All-Rookie First Team (2022)
Act IV

The Ballad of Jalen Green

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

Feb 9, 2002

The beginning

An explosive, athletic scoring guard — highlight-reel offense, now paired with Booker in Phoenix.

Phoenix Suns

Turning pro

Drafted 2nd overall, 2021 as a Guard.

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An explosive, athletic scoring guard — highlight-reel offense, now paired with Booker in Phoenix.

Chapter

The first player drafted out of the G League Ignite, Green went 2nd overall to Houston in 2021.

Chapter

He made the All-Rookie First Team and became a leading scorer.

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Green's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Active
Height
6' 4"
Weight
186 lbs
Experience
5th Season
Draft
2nd overall, 2021
Born
Merced, California
Age
24
Jersey
#4
Beyond the game

Green is of partial Filipino descent through his mother — the third NBA player of Filipino heritage — and became a father in 2024. A highlight machine since his teens, he was a decorated youth international (a FIBA Under-17 World Cup MVP) before his landmark path through the G League Ignite.

His on-court identity is explosive athleticism and scoring — an elite leaper with a quick first step, highlight dunking (a Slam Dunk Contest finalist), and versatile perimeter scoring, drawing comparisons to explosive guards like Zach LaVine. His efficiency and shooting consistency are the swing skills, but his scoring ceiling and youth give him high upside alongside Booker.

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The person

An explosive, athletic scoring guard — leaping, highlight dunking, and versatile perimeter scoring.

Explosive athleteAn elite leaper and highlight dunker with a quick first step.
Scoring guardRose to around 22 points a game in Houston.
Efficiency swing skillShooting consistency is the key to his ceiling.
Verified profiles & sources
WikipediaNBA.comBasketball-ReferenceESPN
FAQ

Jalen Green — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Jalen Green, answered.

What is Jalen Green known for?
Explosive athleticism and scoring — an elite leaper and highlight dunker who rose to around 22 points a game, and the first player drafted out of the G League Ignite.
How did Jalen Green join the Suns?
He was traded from Houston to Phoenix in 2025 as part of the multi-team Kevin Durant deal.
What is Jalen Green's development area?
Shooting efficiency and consistency — his athleticism and scoring are established, but improving his percentages is the key to his ceiling.
Jalen Green career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
83%
5 seasons
Last 3 seasons
80%
50 games missed
Games missed
71
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
steady
Availability by season
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21-22
76
22-23
82
23-24
82
24-25
32
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is steady — 80% of games over the last three seasons, low of 39% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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