I was looking at player rankings for my fantasy draft, and noticed several Jalens in a row. So I dug into the data! According to Real GM, all these “Jalens” are currently signed–some probably won’t make regular season rosters though.
Jalen Bridges - Phoenix Suns Jalen Brunson - New York Knicks Jalen Duren - Detroit Pistons Jalen Green - Houston Rockets Jalen Hood-Schifino - Los Angeles Lakers Jalen Johnson - Atlanta Hawks Jalen McDaniels - San Antonio Spurs Jalen Pickett - Denver Nuggets Jalen Slawson - Orlando Magic Jalen Smith - Chicago Bulls Jalen Suggs - Orlando Magic Jalen Williams - Oklahoma City Thunder Jalen Wilson - Brooklyn Nets Jaylen Brown - Boston Celtics Jaylen Clark - Minnesota Timberwolves Jaylen Martin - Brooklyn Nets Jaylen Wells - Memphis Grizzlies Jaylin Williams - Oklahoma City Thunder Jaylon Tyson - Cleveland Cavaliers
That represents 3.13% of all 607 players currently under contract. Three teams have 2 “Jalens”: OKC, Orlando, and Brooklyn.
Sadly, there are zero Juwans in the league.
white moms love naming their light skin babies any variation of “jalen”
Shout out Jeremy Lin for starting the trend
There are also currently 5 players in the NBA named Javonte, and they all happen to be the same person.
This is all J Lin’s fault.
Why do the contracts have names?
Lightskins
This is peak NBA content
We need a new statistics formula for player efficiency called Jalen.
Brb gotta visit the county office for my child’s name change application
Can confirm I was named after Jalen Rose😂
It’s an inflation of people named Jalen. A Jalenflation, if you will.
Too much time on your hands bro
J(eremy) Lin’s legacy
Are Jalen variations the most common sound-a-like names (homonames?) in the NBA right now?
How many Genghis’s? Heard he fucked all our grandmother’s grandmothers…