Houston Rockets star player Jalen Green is experiencing a winning streak on the court since news of him and Draya Michele expecting their first child together broke in early March.
The 22-year-old guard is his team’s second-leading scorer, averaging 19.5 points per game this season. In the March 23 matchup against the Utah Jazz, he posted 41 points, one point off his season high, helping his team win 147-119. On Monday, March 25, he scored a team-high 27 points as the team beat the Portland Trail Blazers 110-92 to win its ninth straight game.
As for what has him playing at the top of his game, the Merced, California, native previously shared, “Everyone just stepping up, everyone playing hard, you know, we chasing something right now. I think we all got the same goal. Yeah, everyone’s on board with it,” after a March 19 win against the Washington Wizards.
Jalen Green (left) fans speculate his winning streak has to do with an announcement by Draya Michele (right) of her pregnancy and rumors he fathered two more children with different women. (Photos: @jalen/Instagram, @drayamichele/Instagram)
In that game, Green happened to secure his sixth double-double of his career, a feat that unfolded after the news about him and Draya expecting the arrival of a daughter sometime in May.
When asked to describe his “hot streak,” he offered up, “I don’t know, like I said, I got a goal right now, and that’s to get to the playoffs and to win, stack as many W’s as we can before the end of the season…that’s just the main focus right now.” He eventually noted “my family, my family, my baby” as the motivation for stepping up his game.
Green did not explicitly state that the baby is the one the “Basketball Wives LA” alum is currently carrying, but some of his fans assumed she was to thank. “Bro seen he had a baby otw and turned into mj,” tweeted someone on X.
Jalen Green reveals what’s motivating him
“My family, my baby”
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“The age difference between him and his kid gonna be the same difference as him and his girlfriend,” said a second person. A third joked, “Need to get me one of these. She changed this dude life lmao.”
While a fourth individual offered up more critical commentary. " ... he still don’t know that he was a free lick for that woman which is comical these kids don’t learn he got game on the court but don’t have no game in life,” they wrote.
The Mint Swim swimwear founder has been romantically linked to the 2021 NBA draft No. 2 pick since August 2023. Michele confirmed hearsay that she was pregnant with her third child after footage of her attending a Rockets game in February fueled debates about her attempting to hide her growing bel
