Jalen Green

Jalen Green is genuinely one of the most exciting young scorers in the NBA right now, and I say that as someone who watched him burst onto the scene with the Houston Rockets as the second overall pick in 2021. Born in 2002 and playing like he has nothing to lose, the Merced, California kid skipped college entirely to play in the NBA G League Ignite, which in retrospect feels like exactly the right call — he needed reps against pros, not college defenses. When he's locked in, his pull-up jumper and mid-range game are genuinely jaw-dropping for a player barely in his early twenties. He's still raw in spots — shot selection, consistency — but you don't coach that kind of burst and creativity into someone. The ceiling here is legitimately scary.

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Name (English)

Jalen Green

Name (Japanese)

ジェイレン・グリーン

Reading

じぇいれん・ぐりーん

Born

February 9, 2002 (age 24)

Origin

Merced, California, United States

Height

198 cm

Occupation

basketball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Horse

High school

San Joaquin Memorial High School

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jalen/
• Xhttps://x.com/jalengreen
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalen%20Green
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58009130

Tags

• California
• basketball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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