Kelly Iko

If you've watched Jalen over the years, that's the biggest key to having to seeing the games he has that are productive. When he gets cooking early, you know, the Rockets kind of feed into him more. They allow him to progress and go through his reads, and they play off of his aggression. And ironically enough, you know, that thing started early defensively. He was locked in on Curry.

He was in the passing lanes. Two jump balls in the game. Two jump balls and just being aggressive as – that lead a defender and that kind of fueled his offense because it gives you more juice, more energy to want to score and want to be that go-to guy.

He was in the passing lanes. Two jump balls in the game. Two jump balls and just being aggressive as – that lead a defender and that kind of fueled his offense because it gives you more juice, more energy to want to score and want to be that go-to guy.

He was in the passing lanes. Two jump balls in the game. Two jump balls and just being aggressive as – that lead a defender and that kind of fueled his offense because it gives you more juice, more energy to want to score and want to be that go-to guy.

And obviously, you know, given the kind of player he is and the kind of person he is, you understand that he's extremely confident in his own abilities. And this is the biggest time of the year where those big time players show up. So,

And obviously, you know, given the kind of player he is and the kind of person he is, you understand that he's extremely confident in his own abilities. And this is the biggest time of the year where those big time players show up. So,

And obviously, you know, given the kind of player he is and the kind of person he is, you understand that he's extremely confident in his own abilities. And this is the biggest time of the year where those big time players show up. So,

impressive for him to come back and respond after you know the last five games that's where he was averaging i think like 5.25 points a game and just not looking the kind of score that we know him to be so yeah for him to go and have that kind of performance he really galvanized the group and now heading into game three they should be full of confidence that they can have a similar type performance

impressive for him to come back and respond after you know the last five games that's where he was averaging i think like 5.25 points a game and just not looking the kind of score that we know him to be so yeah for him to go and have that kind of performance he really galvanized the group and now heading into game three they should be full of confidence that they can have a similar type performance

impressive for him to come back and respond after you know the last five games that's where he was averaging i think like 5.25 points a game and just not looking the kind of score that we know him to be so yeah for him to go and have that kind of performance he really galvanized the group and now heading into game three they should be full of confidence that they can have a similar type performance

I think the biggest thing now is trust, trust in the coaching staff, that renewed sense of communication and honesty between those guys and seeing the deficiencies in his game and where he needed to improve on defensively. Because, you know, early on when he first got to Houston, it was a common thing to take him out end of games whenever he needed to get a stop.

I think the biggest thing now is trust, trust in the coaching staff, that renewed sense of communication and honesty between those guys and seeing the deficiencies in his game and where he needed to improve on defensively. Because, you know, early on when he first got to Houston, it was a common thing to take him out end of games whenever he needed to get a stop.

I think the biggest thing now is trust, trust in the coaching staff, that renewed sense of communication and honesty between those guys and seeing the deficiencies in his game and where he needed to improve on defensively. Because, you know, early on when he first got to Houston, it was a common thing to take him out end of games whenever he needed to get a stop.

And as a player, your pride and ego is affected by that. That happens five, six, seven times because in this day and age, that becomes a label on you. So what Jalen did is have those hard talks with EMA, have those hard talks with Ben Sullivan, the coaching staff, and figure out exactly what he was doing wrong defensively. And now you're seeing his tendencies are improved.

And as a player, your pride and ego is affected by that. That happens five, six, seven times because in this day and age, that becomes a label on you. So what Jalen did is have those hard talks with EMA, have those hard talks with Ben Sullivan, the coaching staff, and figure out exactly what he was doing wrong defensively. And now you're seeing his tendencies are improved.

And as a player, your pride and ego is affected by that. That happens five, six, seven times because in this day and age, that becomes a label on you. So what Jalen did is have those hard talks with EMA, have those hard talks with Ben Sullivan, the coaching staff, and figure out exactly what he was doing wrong defensively. And now you're seeing his tendencies are improved.

His reaction time has improved. The overall IQ has improved. And because of his size and length and his speed, If he's able to lock in defensively, it really raises the ceiling more than anyone else on that roster because of what he can do offensively as well. Right. And given his I guess his ceiling, you know, as a potential, you know, a one guy.

His reaction time has improved. The overall IQ has improved. And because of his size and length and his speed, If he's able to lock in defensively, it really raises the ceiling more than anyone else on that roster because of what he can do offensively as well. Right. And given his I guess his ceiling, you know, as a potential, you know, a one guy.

His reaction time has improved. The overall IQ has improved. And because of his size and length and his speed, If he's able to lock in defensively, it really raises the ceiling more than anyone else on that roster because of what he can do offensively as well. Right. And given his I guess his ceiling, you know, as a potential, you know, a one guy.

These are the games that you have to show that your teammates can trust you in because this is the first time all of you are going to the playoffs as the young core. It's going to be a lot of information that's going to be carried over to the offices now will affect some of our decisions, future contracts, stuff like that. It starts now.