Kelly Iko

And he just looks like the game is slowing down. And you want to see that going from year three to year four. Everyone compares it to Anthony Edwards and the leap he took in year four. Now, obviously, it might not be the same because of different circumstances, but Jalen is a guy that...

And he just looks like the game is slowing down. And you want to see that going from year three to year four. Everyone compares it to Anthony Edwards and the leap he took in year four. Now, obviously, it might not be the same because of different circumstances, but Jalen is a guy that...

And he just looks like the game is slowing down. And you want to see that going from year three to year four. Everyone compares it to Anthony Edwards and the leap he took in year four. Now, obviously, it might not be the same because of different circumstances, but Jalen is a guy that...

When you put everything together, you kind of see exactly why he's the sort of player that the Rockets pinned their rebuild hopes on. Because he's so electric. He's a three-level scorer. You can get from end to end. And you see now he's playing engaged defensively. That was one of the biggest questions of his career. Was he going to be a defensive liability for all these years to come?

When you put everything together, you kind of see exactly why he's the sort of player that the Rockets pinned their rebuild hopes on. Because he's so electric. He's a three-level scorer. You can get from end to end. And you see now he's playing engaged defensively. That was one of the biggest questions of his career. Was he going to be a defensive liability for all these years to come?

When you put everything together, you kind of see exactly why he's the sort of player that the Rockets pinned their rebuild hopes on. Because he's so electric. He's a three-level scorer. You can get from end to end. And you see now he's playing engaged defensively. That was one of the biggest questions of his career. Was he going to be a defensive liability for all these years to come?

And you're seeing him engage. I think E-May has really gotten through to him in that respect. And then he's turned it out and been efficient at the end.

And you're seeing him engage. I think E-May has really gotten through to him in that respect. And then he's turned it out and been efficient at the end.

And you're seeing him engage. I think E-May has really gotten through to him in that respect. And then he's turned it out and been efficient at the end.

In a game like this in the fourth quarter where the game kind of slows down and gets bogged down, it's really possession by possession. Alperin wants to set up on the low block. He wants to try and attack either Gafford or Lively or whoever's on him. But at the same time, the way the game was going, Jalen and men, they were finding success going downhill.

In a game like this in the fourth quarter where the game kind of slows down and gets bogged down, it's really possession by possession. Alperin wants to set up on the low block. He wants to try and attack either Gafford or Lively or whoever's on him. But at the same time, the way the game was going, Jalen and men, they were finding success going downhill.

In a game like this in the fourth quarter where the game kind of slows down and gets bogged down, it's really possession by possession. Alperin wants to set up on the low block. He wants to try and attack either Gafford or Lively or whoever's on him. But at the same time, the way the game was going, Jalen and men, they were finding success going downhill.

Now it gets kind of – if you go back to – think of when the Rockets had Clint Capella and Russell Westbrook. It didn't work for a reason because – Late games, Rose wants to go downhill, Clint's in the way. It's kind of a similar thing, only that Alperin is most effective on the block.

Now it gets kind of – if you go back to – think of when the Rockets had Clint Capella and Russell Westbrook. It didn't work for a reason because – Late games, Rose wants to go downhill, Clint's in the way. It's kind of a similar thing, only that Alperin is most effective on the block.

Now it gets kind of – if you go back to – think of when the Rockets had Clint Capella and Russell Westbrook. It didn't work for a reason because – Late games, Rose wants to go downhill, Clint's in the way. It's kind of a similar thing, only that Alperin is most effective on the block.

But going small is like a tool in Ime's kit where even if you don't play the whole game that way, it's nice to have a strategy to go to switch things up when you want more spacing, when you want guys going downhill. And the key here really isn't really Alperin, but the key is Amin Thompson.

But going small is like a tool in Ime's kit where even if you don't play the whole game that way, it's nice to have a strategy to go to switch things up when you want more spacing, when you want guys going downhill. And the key here really isn't really Alperin, but the key is Amin Thompson.

But going small is like a tool in Ime's kit where even if you don't play the whole game that way, it's nice to have a strategy to go to switch things up when you want more spacing, when you want guys going downhill. And the key here really isn't really Alperin, but the key is Amin Thompson.

When he's that small ball destroyer in terms of rolling to the rim, downhill force, you saw late in the game he hit that tough mid-range floater in a time where they actually needed that bucket. Just being able to go small, EMA talked about he needed to get more space and he needed to give Fred and Jalen as much room to navigate as possible.

When he's that small ball destroyer in terms of rolling to the rim, downhill force, you saw late in the game he hit that tough mid-range floater in a time where they actually needed that bucket. Just being able to go small, EMA talked about he needed to get more space and he needed to give Fred and Jalen as much room to navigate as possible.