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Case for Trading Up to get Alperen Sengun

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Medicine N Music, Jul 3, 2021.

  1. CXbby

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    Amused that this is the first time you have heard a draft prospect name drop. There’s literally another kid comparing himself to Kobe when he wasn’t even a positive player in the g league and hasn’t accomplished 1/10 of what Sengun did.
     
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    Dang this thread getting weird. When he is out of the league in 3 years, we will all look back at this thread and wish we were nicer to eachother.
     
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    #1 prospect in Kevin Pelton’s stat based rankings. He had Lamelo 1 and Halliburton 2 last year.
     
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    You know a thread is getting squirrely when a guy named "CertifiedTroll" is worried about the direction it's taking ...
     
  5. Shark44

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    Who's got an Insider acct?
     
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    Apparently CX does because he knows who is ranked 1st. But he mad :mad:
     
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    Third highest all time rating only behind Luka and AD. At this point I’m fairly confident that Sengun will be a better player than Green.
     
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    Sounds like he could be one of those prospects that go 8-12 and be the steal of the draft. The Spurs must be praying he makes it to 12.
     
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    man that is one hell of a list. I wish the rockets could get green and him.















    trade wood and picks pleaaaase!
     
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    NO, its a slim chance green will ever amount to the level of the player Christian already is. Christian is a good player, you can win it all with him on the roster, keep him and build the continuity and familiarity.
     
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    who could bite this of the teams that have top 5 picks?
     
  12. kevtse

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    Another bait for the Pistons, after Darko Milicic.
     
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    I wouldn’t say slim. There is a decent chance he gets somewhere close to him though down the road. There is 0% chance you will have to give him a giant contract in 2 years though. All the while Wood decreases chances of a good pick next draft.

    I think you should stockpile great young players and take as many swings as you can in that regard until you start giving your picks back to the Thunder again.
     
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    Kenneth Faried and Dejuan Blair!?
     
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    I thought the same thing, I guess you can't nail them all.
     
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    Don't international scouts say Turkish League is on the come up and gotten better in terms of competition.

    His Wikipedia page says he's Turkish league MVP this year; that looks impressive.

    Normally I'm not sure about international players taking American jerbs, but seems promising so I'm OK if Rockets pursue.

    p.s. Looks like someone the Spurs would get.
     
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  18. CXbby

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    Alperen Sengun is my new Marcus Morris. This is the hill I'm dying on. He will be a top 3 player in this draft come at me.
     
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    I remember your advocacy for Morris on draft night that year. He was a late bloomer; love his game now, but took some time.

    I wasn’t with you on Morris that night, but I’m with u on Sengun. I think he’s a high upside player; too much potential to pass up. Don’t think he makes it out of the lotto though so we’d have to pull a serious move to get him.
     
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    I think the Grizz moved up to take him at 10. Can we move up to number 9 or 7 to grab him? would have to include wood.
     

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