Jalen Green's Suns start: scoring flashes, hard October nights in Phoenix
Jalen Green is not on the injury report after he was cleared on Oct. 17. His last outing was a loss to Portland on Oct. 21, with 10 points in 24.9 minutes and a -23.0 plus-minus. He is coming off a 2025-26 season with the Suns in which he averaged 17.8 points in 32 games.
By the Suns Nightly Desk · updated 3 h ago01The story of the nightWhere things standGreen wears No.
Green wears No. 4 for the Phoenix Suns. He is a 6-4, 186-pound guard, he is 24 years old, and he has 5 seasons of experience. He came to the league from the NBA G League Ignite. Right now he is healthy and off the injury report. The October results have been rough for Phoenix. The Suns lost to Portland on Oct. 21. They lost to Utah on Oct. 16. Their only win in Green's recent games came against San Antonio on Oct. 10. Green has scored in double figures in every October game he played. The bigger questions are efficiency and the team results around him. Those are the two things to watch as Phoenix tries to turn a slow start into something steadier.
02Last season's numbersGreen played 32 games for Phoenix last season.
Green played 32 games for Phoenix last season. He averaged 17.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 25.9 minutes. He added 1.1 steals and 0.3 blocks per game. He turned the ball over 2.3 times a night. His usage rate was 30.9, which made him one of the main options whenever he was on the floor. The shooting did not keep pace with that role. He shot 42.2 percent from the field, 31.3 percent from three and 74.7 percent at the line. His true shooting mark was 51.6. His plus-minus was 1.0. That is the profile Phoenix brings into 2026-27: a high-volume scorer who gets his shots and needs to make more of them.
03The April games against Oklahoma CityGreen's best stretch of minutes last season came in late April against Oklahoma City.
Green's best stretch of minutes last season came in late April against Oklahoma City. Phoenix lost all of those games, but Green carried a heavy load. He scored 17 points in 31.5 minutes on April 19. He had 21 points and 5 rebounds in 41.4 minutes on April 22. On April 25 he put up 26 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and finished at +4.0. He closed with 23 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in 39.0 minutes on April 27. The minutes went up and the scoring went up with them. The Suns still came up short every night. For a front office deciding how much to build around him, those games show both sides of the case.
04October so farGreen's minutes have been lighter this month.
Green's minutes have been lighter this month. He scored 11 points against Detroit on Oct. 5. He had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists against Chicago on Oct. 7. His best night came against San Antonio on Oct. 10: 18 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in 28.9 minutes, a +12.0, and a Phoenix win. He sat out the Oct. 14 rematch with the Spurs. He came back on Oct. 16 against Utah with 18 points in 23.0 minutes and a +10.0, but the Suns lost. Against Portland on Oct. 21 he managed 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, and finished at -23.0. That was his worst plus-minus of the month.
05Health and the front officeGreen was listed as day-to-day on Oct.
Green was listed as day-to-day on Oct. 14 for rest. He did not play that night against San Antonio. He was cleared on Oct. 17 and is not on the injury report now. Nothing in his recent history points to a lingering problem. Off the court, his name came up on Oct. 3 when Suns executive Gregory discussed Ott, Booker, Bridges and Green. That conversation tells you where Green sits in the team's thinking: he is part of the core group the front office talks about in public. Until Phoenix makes a move, he stays a central piece of the rotation and one of the team's main scoring options.
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