Jalen Green has been playing his best basketball as of late. In three straight games, he’s scored 30 points or more and achieved a career-high 33 in Friday night’s loss to the Sacramento Kings.
He’s been showing the signs of a true shooting guard and the points are coming in at the pace needed for an elite guard in the league. But is he a textbook shooting guard for today’s NBA?
His backcourt partner Kevin Porter Jr. isn’t a traditional point guard, which takes away from Green’s positional tradition as well.
But it wasn’t long ago that positional designations and roles were sacred law in the National Basketball Association.