Jalen Green is a walking dichotomy.
The high schooler’s on-court persona—the brash showman who never met a player he didn’t want to posterize, the guy who yells after volleyball-spiking opponents’ shots against the backboard and pulls off in-game between-the-legs dunks before smiling at the cameras on the baseline—seems made for the spotlight.
Yet off the court, Green shies away from the notoriety. “I just love to hoop,” the 6' 5" combo guard says. “All the extra attention that comes with it—it’s not really my thing.”
It may seem like an odd mentality for an 18-year-old who is, for all intents and purposes, famous.