Jalen Green does something not seen by a shooting guard since Michael Jordan

When it comes to Jalen Green, it's been a confusing year for Houston Rockets fans.

They felt defeated. Your average Rockets fan had at least sold some Green stock. Who could blame them? He was consistently underperforming.

So much for that.

Lately, Green has been sensational. He's averaging 28.7 points while shooting 51.2% from the field and 47.2% from long-range across 10 games in January. Green was this month's Western Conference Player of the Week. He has arrived. It isn't too late to buy those stocks back, but they'll be costly.

Green isn't just playing well. He's on a historic run.

He's doing things we haven't seen since Michael Jordan.

Green joins rare air during hot stretch

Any time your name is mentioned in the same breath as Michael Jordan, you're doing something right. He's widely regarded as a candidate to be named the best player in NBA history.

Moreover, these statistical markers aren't arbitrary. This is real. Eight consecutive games scoring 25 points with a True Shooting % (TS%) of 60% or more means something. Only a remarkably talented player could hit those marks.

Green has silenced doubters. He's made it official - he is legitimate. He's Michael Jordan now.

...Right?

Green needs to work to stay consistent

Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Yes, Green's January stats are sensational. In December, he averaged 19.3 points while shooting 32.6% from three-point range.

We could play the sample-size game all day. Isolate this group of games and Green looks like a superstar. Isolate that group, and you're not going to like what you find if you're a Rockets fan. Won't the real slim Jalen please stand up?

Here's the reality: Green has been inconsistent. His lows are frightening. They'll have Rockets fans questioning what they'd only recently seen with their own eyes.

Nobody should over-index the lows, but don't presume the highs to be the median either. Green doesn't have to play as well as he had in January for the rest of the year:

He does need to generally play better than he had in December.

Either way, I don't mean to rain on this parade. To reiterate: Green could not go on this run if he was not exceedingly talented. This is a player who could - and arguably should - make multiple All-Star appearances in his career. Green should be one of the best scorers in the National Basketball Association.

Who else is getting Michael Jordan comparisons?