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Alperen Sengun is the Rockets' franchise player

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by AroundTheWorld, Jan 17, 2023.

  1. AlperenSengun

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    I think you can and you should make your point without referencing somebody's tragic death. After the earthquake, all the people I know are surrounded by tragic deaths and it is really not the best to see this in a basketball forum. I am not anyone to tell you what to do but I just offer my side of it.
     
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  2. Verbal Christ

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    Ok thats your right as a fan, but trying to make absolute statements one way or the other when the obvious meeting ground is halfway is where this fanbase should be instead of a bunch of extremists.
     
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    The simple fact is that if defenders think he might shoot, and respect his shot, it will make his dribble drive game more effective.

    Being better at more things is good.
     
  4. Verbal Christ

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    What a conundrum! On the one hand there are guys who say he needs MORE usage and when the opinion is offered that he should shoot MORE it turns into another Silas bashing session. Should Sengun be coming up the floor and jacking contested shots early in the clock? Nope. Should he shoot the wide open 3's regardless of what Silas thinks or says? Yup! One mopy ass post game session does not a philosophy make. If everyone else is chucking on the team - Sengun should too.

    Silas lost the team long ago anyway - its time for these guys to take their own development into their own hands and Im not buying this "Sengun is choir boy who follows instructions" bit only because its just too convenient for the SOFs to keep blaming anyone but the player.
     
  5. hakeem94

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    do you even watch games buddy.. he can drive anytime he wants and his drives are already open so keep culting

    he also have a good fake and they have to respect the fake because its something out of defenders conscious control...don't make me posting clips now and teaching you basics of basketball AND LIFE...you talk just like real 3pt culter just making what i wrote even more true
     
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    I mean, let's face it, they need a LOT of excuses to explain away how this generational franchise player scores less than 15 points in 53% of his games (including a big fat ZERO in one game) whilst continuing to bash a player who scores more than 15 points in 80% of his games who's apparently a total bust...
     
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    Still don't know how every single poster doesn't have this person on ignore. Like how do people go through a GARM thread without this person on ignore? It's literally impossible.
     
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    Why doesn’t Sengun simply throw soup at Silas so he can play however he wants?
     
  9. Verbal Christ

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    Well Sengun apparently is the BEST player from the last 2 drafts so that type of fan ego will never allow for reality to rule. Rarely do you hear these guys just admit that Sengun can have bad games too - there is ALWAYS an excuse as to why. Its off putting beyond repair.
     
  10. hakeem94

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    and you just did the same thing as me, you brought up someones tragic death to get your point across! :)

    NO, this is the best way to get point across as you have unconsciously showed me...ppl think of basketball as of something apart from the real life when all the life principles apply in basketball...less is more..simplicity is genius

    my metaphor is just to get you out of a hypnotic trance of inside the box thinking and what everybody else has taught you, this is basketball and we have 3 pointers, 2 pointers and everybody should take all them to be the best

    this is life and everybody should get as much as possible money to buy stuff and afford as much as possible better life WHEN IN FACT, quality of your life has nothing to do with how much money you accumulated and keep accumulating and you may in fact ruin your life by accumulation(just like Kobe did), just like you can ruin a basketball player or the team, trying to teach him every skill under the sun
     
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    THIS!!!
    WE JOKE AND LAUGH BUT THIS 100% PURE UNADULTERATED TRUTH.. and sengun may be lacking in some serious intangibles
     
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    Why doesn't Sengun simply score more than 15 points in more than half of his games? Shouldn't be too hard considering numerous rookies and sophomores over the last 2 years are doing it quite easily.
     
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    Who needs a jumper when you elite at driving...only basketball scrubs
     
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    I know! I know! "Sengun didnt get enough playing time" (even though with all the extra playing time and passing responsibilities over the last 12 games not much has changed other than player only fans spamming the living sht out of this place)

    hey at least these losses are "fun" and they are finally playing the "right way" even though interestingly enough they all hate Silas! As long as Alpie gets the spotlight these guys are happy - anyone else gets the post game interview or has a fancy highlight and they clutch pearls and get insecure and go into excuse overdrive. Its like you have to preface any dang criticism of Alpie with "I really love the guy please dont get insecure" and then you have all these MFers who have loved the insultathon all year suddenly NOT like it when the shoe hits the other foot. :rolleyes:
     
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  17. hakeem94

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    pure hater if that's what you took from the game last night. As a twenty year old he went at embid a couple times and schooled him. He got dunked on a few times by embid. But the rockets were competitive with him in the game and like -17 without him. When Jalen and Jabari combine to shoot like 9-34 what did you really expect to happen? It's Sengun's fault our two high draft picks can't make a single shot? Jabari is basically wide open all game firing up bricks and sometimes airballs. Prime Lebron couldn't win with this trash team. Good thing we young and they can improve.
     
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    it is very much in my conscious and that’s why I told you. It was about talking about death, not making a basketball point. Good luck to you!
     
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