Case for Trading Up to get Alperen Sengun

That Giddey is basically Australian Ricky Rubio.

 

UNPLAYABLE IN THE PLAYOFFS?

 

I think the word is sturdy. @Os Trigonum

reported.

 

that would be Sturdy™ capital "S" for Sengun

 

nice try but he needs to get into gym and practice soup throwing...this is the only thing rockets management respect

 

Şengün doesn't need to because he is Sturdy™.

 

I told you.

 

Y’all love talking about Marcus Morris but here’s a W

 

A bit hyperbole on prime Arvydis comp but dead serious on better than Domantas in every way at same age

 

Morris wasn't even that bad. This Alpi thing gets you a pass for the next decade of drafts.

 

Props to the op for this thread. Man could work as a scouter

 

Unfortunately this was a W too. Mobley x Sengun would have been a generational front court.

 

Morris isn’t that bad. Problem is I said if he isn’t a tweener and develops handles as a wing then he can be poor man’s Carmelo. He was a tweener/pf. To be fair I was in my mid 20s and didn’t know basketball as well.

 

He did it twice, too. He also recommended Tari. I am very confident that Tari will have a long and successful NBA career.

 

<Channelling my inner SOF> "Oh my God you MFing HATER!!!!! You dont "know ball" and you are a disgrace to your team. Death to America!!!!"

edit: Revisiting this thread it makes sense why certain members are dug in like Alabama ticks.

 

As of today, do you think he can keep up with NBA pace?

 

Also, can he be the starting center in a team that's top 5 in defensive rating?

 

Well props to @CXbby first response.

 

Wasn't Sengun on Rocket org's top 10 board? So after Jalen, Stone/Eli were making the calls to get him, until they lucked correctly, and moved up to get OKC's 16th.

On the athletic ball > skill ball, lot of GMs think this way. Premise being player X has to be athletic (natural talent), then skills can be honed later. While on surface, the premise has some merit, but it's flawed if that's the whole picture. As we've seen last few years, can't under-estimate the skill floor, especially when the org (in our case Silas) has no proven track record of developing.

Weaver is a good example. He loved athleticism and was credited for Westbrook when under Presti. Problem is when he went to the Pistons, it's Bey, it's Bagley, it's Wiseman, Troy definitely has a type. Over valued athleticism, that quadrant of importance can't be weighted in 90% of one's evaluation. There's also general athleticism (how high Wiseman can jump) vs applying that athleticism to do good basketball things (Tari's OFF REB).