Heading into his fourth NBA season, 2024-25 is a big year for fourth-year Houston Rockets shooting guard Jalen Green.
At a team level, the young and improving Rockets (41-41) have fairly high expectations coming off a year with the league’s biggest annual wins increase (19), relative to the previous season.
As an individual, Green is likely headed into free agency (albeit restricted) for the first time during the subsequent 2025 offseason.
So, both from a team standpoint and in terms of individual value, there is a lot to prove for the No. 2 overall pick from the first round of the NBA’s 2021 draft. Thus, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Green seems to be taking his 2024 offseason quite seriously.
Per Kelly Iko of The Athletic, Green is organizing a players-only mini-camp this week. Teammates such as Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Reed Sheppard, and Amen Thompson are among those slated to attend, and it’s a chance to build chemistry before a new season.
No players are required to be present, since training camp for the 2024-25 campaign won’t officially begin until late September in Houston. Yet, there is value in reporting to camp in shape and in good basketball form, and that’s what Green and the Rockets will try to do.
Sources: Rockets guard Jalen Green hosting a players-only minicamp in LA this week, featuring the likes of Alperen Sengun, Reed Sheppard, Jabari Smith Jr, Amen Thompson and more.
— Kelly Iko (@KellyIko) August 12, 2024
