![]() Houston won comfortably 111-91, with Green leading all scorers with 25 points and Cunningham finishing with 20 points. The Rockets and Pistons squared off last week in a marquee summer league game featuring Green and Cunningham. You’re going to stay in the gym and then go back to your apartment.” There are not many things you can do in Detroit like that. I wouldn’t be stepping outside in Detroit. The only time I had to get away for myself was in my apartment. I didn’t have any time to get away for myself. “In the bubble, I didn’t really have anything to do but just stay in the gym. With Detroit, it felt like I was just going back to the G League bubble, and I just got out of the bubble. “I felt a lot more comfortable in Houston. 1 pick, but as for the location, I didn't want to be in Detroit,” Green told Yahoo Sports. Green, who spent last season with the G League Ignite, worked out for only two teams prior to the draft: Houston and Detroit. It’s likely why Green hasn’t forgotten about the Detroit Pistons, who bypassed him and took Cade Cunningham with the No. That aggressive edge and chip can manifest itself within legal - and unfortunately - illegal proceedings.įresnans understand they are not a big city, but they demand your respect for their contributions to California from agriculture, to education, to their music, and to the athletes they produce.īeing overlooked is not taken too well in those parts. Sandwiched right in between Los Angeles and the Bay Area, Fresno does come with a bit of an inferiority complex which creates a natural aggressive edge with a chip on one’s shoulder. But I was just in the gym the whole time.” Green ready to send message in the NBA “My sophomore year, I knew I wanted to play basketball and do something with it in the NBA and I just kept the main thing the main thing and stayed in the gym. “I think my support system kept me from and really just locking in on the main thing,” Green told Yahoo Sports. To avoid being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he occupied a space that felt safest to him. His social media accounts grew exponentially, and it made going out in public difficult. Green became a star while attending Fresno’s San Joaquin Memorial High School for his first three years before transferring his senior year to Prolific Prep in Napa, California. They think it’s some nice little city, but really it’s not.” I always mention that part because people just don’t know about Fresno. “I say Fresno is a small city, it’s small-minded but with a lot of good people,” Green told Yahoo Sports. So when Green is explaining his city to his peers, here is his best description. There’s so much more in the world, and it’s important that we know that.” The cons are you can develop a tunnel-vision way of thinking. Also being from Fresno, if you get comfortable, it can hinder you and hold you back later. And if you don’t step outside or haven’t been prepared to leave Fresno, that’s when you can get into trouble. “However, there is a whole world out there that exists that many here have never, and will never, experience. “Fresno is a really close-knit and loving community,” Day told Yahoo Sports. He is one of the city’s legendary hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs born and raised in the town. Greg Day - better known by his stage name “Diego Redd” - provided a brief synopsis of Fresno. The city isn’t small enough to be classified as a “where everybody knows your name” town, but it’s small enough to where one may know the name of a close relative, and depending on the activities involved, that close proximity could potentially be dangerous. It's more than four times that of LA, San Diego, San Jose or San Francisco, and higher than the next four largest California cities, too, apart from Oakland.” According to Fresno’s ABC 30 in March, “Fresno's homicide rate per 100,000 people is among the highest. Gang activity and poverty have always been embedded in the city, but there has been an uptick in crime and murders over the last decade. (Joe Scarnici/Getty Images) How Fresno shaped Jalen Green Houston Rockets rookie Jalen Green was shaped by his upbringing in Fresno, California, and wants to send a message that he's the best rookie in the 2021 draft class. ![]()
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