While Jalen Green “continues to make good progress” in his recovery from strained right hamstring, he will be out at least two or three more weeks, according to Suns, who announced that the fifth-year guard will be checked out again at that point (Twitter link via Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic).
The hamstring has been an ongoing problem in 2025/26 for Green, who initially suffered a strain early in training camp, then aggravated it during his ramp-up process in mid-October. The 23-year-old sat out the first eight games of the regular season, played 23 minutes in his debut in early November, then aggravated the injury again a couple days later about seven minutes into his second game.
This is the first concrete update from Phoenix on Green since the team said he would be reevaluated in four-to-six weeks on November 11. Head coach Jordan Ott admitted last week that the Suns were playing it “pretty safe” with Green after he multiple setbacks.
Green, who was doing some on-court work last week, had been quite durable over the first four years of his career. He played 67 games as a rookie and 76 in his second year, then appeared in 82 games each of the past two seasons.
Green was traded from Houston to Phoenix over the summer as part of the Kevin Durant mega-deal. He’s earning about $33.6MM in ’25/26 in the first season of a three-year, $105MM rookie scale extension that includes a $36MM player option for the ’27/28 campaign.