[The Players Tribune] Jalen Green: "It’s nothing but love for the Rockets.. I mean, I grew up here, for real. Some dudes just be saying that when they get traded, but I really came here at 19 years old still eating Skittles before games, and I’m leaving here as a father. It’s been a time, y’all."
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Original Title: [The Players Tribune] Jalen Green: “It’s nothing but love for the Rockets… I mean, I grew up here, for real. Some dudes just be saying that when they get traded, but I really came here at 19 years old still eating Skittles before games, and I’m leaving here as a father. It’s been a time, y’all.”

You know what my favorite thing about Houston is? It’s really a city of go-getters. People from the outside, they don’t get it. They might look at H-Town as slow or Southern or whatever. But if you actually live here, you understand that it’s people from all over the world down here just trying to get their piece of the pie, and that’s why this place has such an amazing creative energy. The food, the music, the way people are …. Houston is one of the most underrated places in America, bro.

I almost don’t even want to hype it up too much, because we gotta keep our thing our thing down here, you know what I mean?

I loved being a Rocket, for real. I almost can’t believe I’m talking about H-Town in the past tense. But that’s life in the league.

Listen, nobody likes to get traded. But I can honestly say that I get it, bro. This is a business, and if I was up there in the executive chair, I probably would’ve made the deal, too. I think it’s a better situation for both sides, and I’m just excited to get it popping with Book, and to create that winning culture that we figured out down here in Houston.

What’s that thing that people are always saying in these moments? Don’t cry because it’s over? Smile because it happened? Bro, I’m smiling. It’s nothing but love for the Rockets. I’m sorry I gotta try to bust y’all ass now, but every time I see y’all, it’s gonna be love. I mean, I grew up here, for real. Some dudes just be saying that when they get traded, but I really came here at 19 years old still eating Skittles before games, and I’m leaving here as a father. It’s been a time, y’all.

Source: https://www.theplayerstribune.com/jalen-green-nba-basketball-houston-rockets-phoenix-suns