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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.

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    I'm sorry, it's a bit too difficult trying to decipher whatever it is you are trying to express.
    My advice: calm down, focus your thoughts, and find a better translator.

    Or you could just continue to shout incoherently into the void. Whatever your preference.
     
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    I'm not from UK or US and you exactly got what i was saying. If you are not gonna defend your opinions why do you even bother writing and posting all that s.t? You are clearly losing your sleeps over couple sengun fans we have here so might as well just face your demons when you get the chance. Stop trying to diffuse the situation you are gonna have the same nightmares again. First question who said that he was better than Howard?
     
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    •(14:08) Alperen was quite bad defensively last year. He was also put in disastrous situations by Houston’s guards.

    •(15:25) Sengun’s defense will likely look better this year if only by adding Amen Thompson and a veteran guard who is good defensively. Dillon Brooks is another guy that would really help.

    •(15:49) In terms of Brook Lopez, if I was Sengun, I would not be pleased. He would be entirely within his rights to be disappointed if they go down that road. He looks like an incredible young talent who has a chance to average 22/10/7. It’s just he needs to showcase the defensive improvement to be somebody who can stay on the floor and help you actually win games defensively.

    If I was Houston, I would not want to sign Lopez to more than a 2-year deal. I would want it to be clear to Sengun he is still the guy we believe can be the center of the future but also think having Lopez around would help him develop.

    •(17:05) The level to which Sengun is starting at a lower starting point from someone like Jokic defensively is pretty drastic. Jokic is bigger. I don’t know how tall Sengun is anymore. Could be between 6’9 and 7’4 from what I gather but who knows. What I would say is he’s starting from a lower point. Jokic is bigger and longer and knows how to take up space better than Alperen does right now. If I was the Rockets coaching staff, I’d be living in the film room with him showing how Jokic takes up space, how he made it work defensively. It’s hard. It’s a difficult discussion. They need to improve defensively. I think they will organically by having better guards and perimeter defenders but also Alperen needs to improve. If this front office thinks it only has one more year to show that improvement, it’s not the easiest situation to comprehend.
     
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    So basically what we’ve been saying. Guards were bad, Alp was in bad situations and needs to improve
     
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    But no mention of the guards needing to improve also.
     
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    I think when he said have better defenders in Amen and FVV he was kinda saying that.
    Still, Green/Porter have to improve just as much as Alp/Bari.
    That’s the only way this team is going to be good
     
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    He said Alpi was "quite bad." He said Alpi was "also put in disastrous situations by Houston’s guards."

    So it's both. Alpi was bad, but he also wasn't helped by the perimeter defenders.
     
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    Yes, that’s what the needs to improve means.
    But there’s no denying the guards were really bad
     
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    For sure. The guards were bad. KPJ and Green, specifically. (Nix was obviously on another level when it came to shittiness, but he doesn't count because he's not a real NBA player.) One long-term concern I have with Green is I don't know how good he can be defensively.
     
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    It seems like we're hedging our bets a little here if we signed as Fred would be a great PG to pair with Sengun.
     
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    The official mosh pit thread
     
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    Lol same. Glad he said this, I feel the same way. And I don't think the season will give us any resolution. I think we'll have folks posting pictures with deceiving camera angles/lenses who are drawing a bunch of lines to prove he's either 6'8 or a true 7 feet. We can continue to argue about how long his neck is and where his shoulders sit, too.
     
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    He has said himself he’s 6’10.5 barefoot I believe.
    If his arms grew with his growth spurt he’s somewhere in the 7’2-7’4 wingspan. He has to work on his body, explosion, strength, defense and shooting.
    Pretty much like every young player on the team
     
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    No, the opposite of what you have been saying.

     
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    Sengun was one of our better defenders last season by way of simply trying on D. He was not actually a good defender though. He mostly gets a pass from me for it due to our entire team being cheeks on D, specifically our starting backcourt in which KPJ and Green were beyond terrible.
     

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