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Goodbye Wall! The Rockets missed twice, and the US media suggested trading Jaylen Green to the Jazz

12:49pm, 20 August 2025Basketball

Before Christmas last year, Wall said in an interview that he wanted to go back to the NBA to play and was willing to accept any role.

Wall believes that although he is not at the peak, he can still gain a foothold in the NBA and help the team. Wall once organized a trial in Orlando with another Rockets former player Rivers Jr., and although some NBA executives came to watch, they did not offer a contract.

Rookie Whitmore, who was traded to the Wizards by the Rockets, revealed in an interview that he was a Wall fan when he was a child. Now Whitmore occasionally said goodbye to professional basketball when he was a child, and he announced his retirement.

Wal, who once wore the Rockets jersey, averaged 20.6 points and 6.9 assists per game, but he is not in Stone's long-term plan. Stone wanted to train the pair Porter Jr. and Jaylen Green, but the Rockets misunderstood both times.

Wal once said when participating in the show that his old teammates, the Rockets, were a bad team, and also publicly named former teammates Jaylen Green and Porter Jr.

Wal said of his mentor to young players in Houston: I have been teaching Jaylen Green and Porter Jr., not to get used to losing, the things you avoided with the Rockets, if you go to other teams, you will be eliminated by the league. If you are traded one day and go to another team, you will know that what I said is right.

At that time, Jaylen Green and Porter Jr. obviously would not have thought that they were really traded later. Porter Jr. confidently stated on social media at that time: No. 3 and No. 4 will become Houston legends. The Rockets official social media also forwarded the news and wrote: What he said is right.

The Rockets brought Porter Jr., who was unwilling to take over by other teams, back to Houston for training, and also allowed him to serve as the team's starting point guard. As a result, the Rockets misunderstood. Porter Jr.'s personal ability is insufficient to play the important role of point guard. He still cannot control his emotions. In the end, Stone had to trade him with the draft pick.

The Rockets selected Jaylen Green with the precious No. 2 pick in the draft year, but his progress in the past four years was not as expected, and his poor performance in the playoffs dragged the team down. Many American media and fans said that the Rockets have misunderstood. They should have chosen Mobley at the beginning. In the end, Stone gave up her fantasy and sent Jaylen Green to the Suns in exchange for the league's top star Durant.

The Suns already have a top-class shooting guard in the league, and Jaylen Green is another combination. This combination is not favored. Porter Jr. can't play point guard, and Jaylen Green may not be able to do it either. They are all defenders who focus on scoring, and the ball maker and technology cannot meet the standards.

The American media "fadeawayworld" suggested that the Sun trade Jaylen Green to the Jazz and exchange it for Markanin.

Although Markanen is not the point guard that the Suns are urgently needed, he is not a shooting guard either, and he will not have a problem of overlapping positions with Booker. Markkanen has good scoring ability. He once scored 25.6 points and 8.6 rebounds in a single season, with a shooting percentage of 49.9%. Markkanen has been in excellent form recently. After returning to the national team, he has averaged 40.3 points per game in the past three warm-up games, shooting 68.6% from the field and 53.8% from three-point shooting percentage.

"fadeawayworld" says that the combination of Booker and Markkanen has a strong offensive firepower, and Dillon's defense, such a Suns have a good chance of making it to the playoffs.

Of course, for the Rockets, who hold the first round picks in the 2027 and 2029, they will not want to see this team become stronger.

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