4 NBA Players That Were Expected To Breakout In 2025 But FAILED...

[@kacprzakandrzej2826]

Did anyone seriously think Josh Giddey gonna have a breakout season? I kinda missed it. On the other hand, Giddey is actually playing better than I expected. The numbers don't have to back it up, he has his ups and downs but imho he does a very good job dictating fast paced offence in Chicago and is a very creative passer. I strongly believe he will improve, eventually. ;)

[@Bladephemy]

Yh they did think that NOT ME THO

[@kacprzakandrzej2826]

@@Bladephemy neither did I

[@bojanglesfries]

He's pretty much the same player he was in OKC.

[@princeshawn1330]

People thought he might put up decent numbers because of his increased role, but not necessarily because he is a much better player.

[@WillToNihilsm]

Josh Giddey is Joe Ingles who can't shoot

[@00tucksgiven11]

Jalen has improved in every area including defense and shot selection and now Udoka is taking FVV off the ball and Jalen is thriving. This won’t age well buddy.

[@jerb9254]

Jalen is too inconsistent. You can’t be great one week and then absolute ass for the next two. That’s his issue. He needs to be solid consistently.

[@RobCortez0416]

​@@jerb9254fair, but he hasn't been ass so that point doesn't hold. His off nights are him not scoring a lot. In the past when his shot wasn't falling he would turn the ball over a lot and bring nothing else to the game. That isn't the case anymore. And, he's been really good the last couple of weeks. Previously this didn't happen until March.

[@jerb9254]

@@RobCortez0416 Time will tell, breh. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@bomb4011]

@@RobCortez0416he has been ass wdym lol that’s why all Houston media say the highs are crazy high and lows are really low. As of late the play has been great still inefficient but overall a improvement from the last 2 years

[@maximusorbis2548]

I’ll be back in 3 months when he flops like always shooting 43 percent from the field with mid defense. Bum

[@bry4510]

Josh Giddey is having a solid year

[@Bdog_45]

numbers pretty much the same as OKC. He's still below average on three levels on offense. average, at best on defense, dude hasn't gotten better at all

[@meanlikawolvrne1776]

PDF file 😂

[@mrawesome7175]

He’s been putting up solid number as of recent . I would have said Keegan Murray though instead

[@aaronpeters6209]

Poor scoring/shooting efficiency neuters his passing value. Defense is mediocre. On/off #'s reflect this.

[@clipcorleone_7thdayfamilia]

This dude is a super casual. He should be doing chess videos

[@christocolumbo8866]

Jalen green has been putting up +20ppg on a winning basketball team so what is this guy talking about 🤦🏾‍♂️ 😂😂

[@bomb4011]

@@christocolumbo8866 you must not be watching, the 20+ ppg is cuz he started the first games of the season scoring 20+

[@pitongus]

Jalen Green has been really good for the Rockets this season, and has been hooping the last 4 or 5 games. It's gotten popular to shit on him for no apparent resson.

[@zion9247]

The thing is he has a great week followed by a horrible week or month.

[@bkelly625]

He’s been up and down just like his entire career… idk why ppl feel the need to overhype him he hasn’t been bad but definitely not “really good”… Right now he’s a significantly worse Zach LaVine

[@jm18803]

should be a allstar by now he was the second pick

[@euroteknique12]

Nobody's shitting on him. Everything said is true. In a redraft he'd be the #10 pick. He's an inefficient SG who can't defend and doesn't do anything on the court besides score. He'd be a great spark plug off the bench. You're not winning big games with Jalen Green as your starting SG and his low IQ and horrendous shooting.

[@Aventsdor]

@@euroteknique12nah his defense has been amazing

[@htown11465]

I don't see how anyone could have watched OKC in the finals last year and thought Giddey would have a breakout season. I was just hoping he would stop being bad.

[@mjad7]

Giddey was never projected to be a massive breakout player. He is what he is

[@acgaming1413]

Nobody thought Josh Giddey was going to break out. We all knew what kinda of player he was.

[@brrazzy8417]

They just need to trade Lavine, and that’s when I think Josh Giddey will finally get back to his year 2 form

[@aaronpeters6209]

Check the on - off's. They say Lavine is an obvious positive for the team. Guddey neutral to negative. On top of his poor scoring efficiency & mediocre defense.

[@crg1573]

Giddey been playing pretty solid

[@RafiqWashington-tx7id]

He's been playing horrible. He's shooting 44 % and 31% from 3

[@nicktheballer4]

Terrible timing with Jalen Green going off buddy

[@zion9247]

29 is mid but good for jalen, either way he's super inconsistent don't be surprised if he goes on a week hot streak followed by a month cold streak

[@Noodlezoop]

@@zion9247 29 is never mid and efficiency is what he needs to focus on. We know he can score

[@ShaqsonYT]

Wait until next game lol

[@raimeihakke6552]

He's shooting 42 from the field dude lol

[@zion9247]

@Noodlezoop if that's his ppg that's not mid thats amazing, but if that's considered a great game for you that means ur mid.

[@Ragekiddd]

Green doing good wym we’re 2nd in the west lmao

[@gerardocampo6010]

Green is the top scorer of the second seed in a stacked western conference. He is even an above average defender this season, and teams can't target him on offense. Narratives these days are made by stat sheet watchers who don't watch the whole game. Smh do your research youtubers. Can't you afford a league pass?

[@ugarbagebro3912]

He’s dogshit lmao your in denial

[@josephham5216]

Jalen Green is doing just fine. He is an above average defender and scoring the most points on his team. If he were not tasked with playing hard defense he would likely be scoring about 26 ppg. People that know though know.

[@robertjustice75]

Every video user it’s about a rocket but as a team no one thought we’d be second in the west

[@stvnevn]

Glad people in the comments are backing up Jalen. I get he’s not a superstar, but there is a big gap separating him from the rest of the players mentioned in this video

[@atsk3281]

About Giddey and Bulls- go look Vooch and Zach shooting %. Giddey has for sure a part on that.

[@aaronpeters6209]

Lavine and Ball seem to be positives. Giddey is neutral to negative. Shooting & scoring efficiency is poor. On/off's are mixed. Wouldn't want to play him without Ball or Lavine.

[@johangarcia6168]

I can tell your just a box score watching casual Jalen green has been taking way better shots this season and has improved a lot on the defensive side

[@EkueKouevi]

Rocket fan cope for green is crazy yes he is a good player and can go on a high scoring streak but stop hyping the guy up. JG is a good player nothing more nothing less it been 3 years since he's been draft and he been the same JG you need to except that he just a good player not this star player he was meant to be.

[@frogboi6590]

Talking down on an nba player when you dont know the difference between except and accept is crazy. Jalen is NOT the same player he was his rookie year and it’s very obvious you don’t watch games. Stop watching the box score and you’ll realize that Jalen has improved in all facets of his game. He had a cold start to the year, but since then has been an all star level player. Form your own opinion brother

[@bkelly625]

@@frogboi6590 He is nowhere near All-Star level stop that…. He’s been pretty solid and has improved some areas especially defensively but overall he’s a worse version of Zach LaVine right now and Zach won’t even make All-Star most likely

[@EkueKouevi]

@@frogboi6590 Lol your the Fan's i was talking about fan's that over hypes JG when he just a good player. Him being slightly better mean nothing when rockets fan say he going to player like his may version just except that he just a good role player

[@maximusorbis2548]

@@frogboi6590get his meat out yo mouth bros not gonna let you hit😂😂😂. He’s shooting 41 percent from the field bro and this is year 4. The Rockets are successful in spite of Jalen Green not because of him

[@BloodlessWolf]

What's scary about Jalen Green is when he looked good, he looked unstoppable, like MVP level unstoppable. Do the Rockets eventually give up on him when even Cam Whitmore looks more consistent. possibly missing out if he ever figures it all out? What if he never puts it all together or, worse yet, only becomes good enough to be highly paid but not good enough to lead any team?

[@Noodlezoop]

Have you been watching Jalen Green this past 30 days? I don't believe so.

[@Bdog_45]

who cares he'll be mid the next 30 days

[@Noodlezoop]

@Bdog_45 maybe. Watch and see

[@agirotto1]

Too streaky.

[@zion9247]

Wym since dec 5. He shooting 43/31 horrible 3 point percentage and below avg fg for 21.2 ppg 2.3 apg thats super mid, he's horrible at mid range but a great finisher ngl but with not so much of a passing abilities

[@Noodlezoop]

@@zion9247 20 PPG/44 fg/35 3-pt%/4 rb/2.5 asst/57 TS% after a poor Nov. I think Ime figured it out. He's given him more responsibility and staggered some of the Fred/Jalen minutes. Has had a phenomenal start to 2025. I love watching these young Rockets figure it out. Even Reed made lemonade out of lemons in the Gleague this evening.

[@RobCortez0416]

Bad take on Jalen Green. His shooting has been inconsistent (actually pretty good consistently the last few weeks), but he's playing good ball. In the past when his shot is off, he turned the ball over, he didn't play D and was basically useless. That's not the case anymore. His defense has been great and he's turning the ball over a lot less. Plus he's starting to make good reads. The fact is the Rockets have a bunch of young dudes that would look better individually on other teams (especially Jabari), but have worst records. He's the leading scorer on one of the best teams in the league. You're usually on point with videos and not victim to media narrative. Sucks to see you with such a miss.

[@eugenepalmer7284]

This guy don’t even know what his talking about. why would you post this?

[@cameronshaw5480]

i’m watching this like wat jalen averaging like 28 for the past two weeks and giddey jus got two triple dubs, u can always tell who watch basketball and who jus look at numbers

[@AlexCruz-zf1qn]

Jalen green in this list is insane ! This kid is the best player in a 2-3 seat in west, kid is 23-24 age with improvement and incredible shoot creation 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@PeachBeef]

Jalen critic her is silly. Dude is playing the most winning basketball of his career.

[@jerb9254]

Notice how almost every defender of Jalen Green and his inconsistency is a biased Asian or Houstonian. 🤣😂 The man is great for a week and is ass for the next three. GREAT players play great almost every night. Jalen Green went 2nd and isn’t even in the top 7/8 of his draft class, as of today.

[@stvnevn]

7 out of his last 10 games have been good. He is playing great almost every night lol

[@jerb9254]

@ 7 of his last 10, huh? 🤔 His longest lil hot streak? That just means that his next 11 games, he’s gonna be cheeks as usual. 🤣 Gaylen is a highlight machine. That’s it. He’s fun to watch on occasion. Highlights and dunks don’t win games and championships. He is not HIM, breh. He’s probably the third best player on his team. Y’all gonna defend him until he’s inevitably traded.

[@stvnevn]

@ third best but he leads the 2nd seeded team in the west in scoring😂 you’d think they’re team record would be worse considering how much of a liability you make him out to be and how important he is to their offense

[@clipcorleone_7thdayfamilia]

Everybody knows you are casual. First off most of your Jalen clips are of him wearing a jersey number he stopped wearing years ago. Also the past 7 games he's at like 25 6 4 and 49% fg percentage and 40% from 3. You had 2 whole months to say these things about him but you wait til he starts playing good😂. Do your credibility a favor and stop reporting on the Rockets. Just do LeBron videos or something

[@bizzyboomin9277]

Meanwhile green been cooking lol

[@noelmarin208]

Jalen Green has been ballinnnnnnn

[@MrEueu89]

That Mark Williams take is crazy ngl

[@Raider2Pac]

For the Warriors, it's Podziemski who is the massive disappointment. Kuminga's expectations have always been iffy, why he has no contract

[@Bethbutucancallmechandra]

Should have named it 4 players expected to bust all on my face but didnt

[@woozy1811]

as he’s posting this jalen green is having an amazing start to 2025 and is proving to be an all star. jalen green hate is so forced.

[@certes7826]

He is not an all star. A few good games dont make you one overnight. I truly hope he breakouts someday but for now he isnt that much better than during his rookie season.

[@brrazzy8417]

This is the literal problem with Jalen Green he goes on these runs why can’t he just be that version of himself for the whole season

[@NebraskaPoliceDepartment]

Not consistent enough. The Great Players Do It Every Night

[@Cranks38352]

Bro he does this every year. He’s mr. Inconsistent

[@jakasmalakas]

All star? 😂

[@walidtrovoada9843]

Jalen Green’s defense has improved a lot this year, you clearly are not watching the games 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[@jwalker1]

Being a bulls fan Giddey certainly needs to be a better consistent player and can make some very bone headed passes but more recently he has been improving on defense which is huge and with lonzo on the court with him it’s really fun to watch. I still think he can improve given some time under the bulls

[@RafiqWashington-tx7id]

Why couldn't he improve with the coach of the year last year? It's been 4 years and he's worse this year than last

[@josephmarcos5]

Typical, the dude that has EVERYTHING good to say ab the Spurs and Wemby giving awful takes ab Jalen Green and the 2 SEED ROCKETS🚀

[@josephmarcos5]

Like tell me you don’t watch ball without telling me you don’t watch ball😂

[@mathwithsirji]

This dude hasn't been watching the Rockets.

[@Bape420]

you are misinformed about Jalen and i’ll be waiting for your apology

[@tjdakidlive]

A video about how bad Jabari and Jalen has been playing yet they are 2nd in the West…

[@tzvonar]

This is the first time hearing about Mark Williams :D

[@ronaldrenearmstrong9872]

THINK ONE MORE YEAR FOR GREEN LOOK AT ANTHONY EDWARDS...

[@gabec4699]

😆 green will never be good

[@matthieusaade3616]

As long as Draymond Green is there no young guy will break out

[@SatxrnWins]

Tell me you don’t watch the rockets without telling me u dont watch the rockets🤦🏾‍♂️

[@henryburns7003]

What’s good

[@stevestevenson654]

Chill out bro

[@henryburns7003]

@@stevestevenson654 you chill

[@Oliv1820]

Jalen Green = Swaggy P

[@gabec4699]

Josh Giddey is a good player not yet great. He’s much better rebounder than the PF, he’s best PG Bulls have. His shooting will improve and will be great then. Bulls should sign him before be breaks out. Bulls are much worse without him

[@Bdog_45]

The dude is bunz on offense, can't shoot, can't finish, can't create for himself, who cares about rebounding, when your below average on offense and defense

[@gabec4699]

He’s shooting better than Caruso 😅, at 44%, better than many highly payed players like Klay Thompson, he’s impactful

[@farhan007]

Jalen Green has the same scoring efficiency as Alperan Sengun this season and probably is a better defender than Sengun.

[@maximusorbis2548]

He isn’t a better defender and Sengun averages more rebounds and assists.

[@farhan007]

@maximusorbis2548 he's definitely a better defender. Watch how often opposing offenses try to get Sengun switched on to the ball handler.

[@maximusorbis2548]

@@farhan007 that’s the case for every center besides a select few bro.

[@coldeyy]

Everyone on my fantasy team…

[@jasonking971]

Giddey really isnt far off from being Draymond Green statistically. Not kidding....go look. He avg's like 3pts more but every single other stat is insanely close. FT% i believe isnt close too.

[@jasonking971]

Let's not forget Draymond use to be a better scorer tho. So ya.

[@maximusorbis2548]

Using Mr triple single for a benchmark for stats is embarrassing

[@jasonking971]

@maximusorbis2548 it is lol not sure who all expected him to be a great scorer. Def wasn't me.

[@ted_shelton]

It’s like the g league ignite was a complete failure lol

[@onebigadvocado6376]

Calls on a Josh Giddey breakout year aged faster than his GF

[@Therealjimcramer]

Lame

[@ZanecoolratingsYousif]

YTNM: OKC will win the chip and the X factor is J dub

[@erwinsmith3870]

Dude the rockets are the 2 seed

[@JauneCrimson-rt6pm]

Giddey to the lakers

[@sethwiniarski6081]

Meanwhile Jalen Green put up 29 and 8 tonight 🤷‍♂️

[@WillToNihilsm]

He does it once or twice a year. Such a waste of potential

[@Bdog_45]

tomorrow he'll be 5/22

[@MotivationalMedia09]

@@Bdog_45 nah u hating, he average 23.6 ppg last 10 games, also he is leading the team in points at 20 ppg

[@maximusorbis2548]

@@MotivationalMedia09last 10 games but for the season he’s shooting 41 percent from the field

[@Therealstokely]

YTNM