I think Shawn Bradley didn't get injured that much, but he also wasn't that good and got posterized a ton. Chet's inability to absorb tough contact is a big concern, if he plays timid, he wouldn't be effective. Tough call. Had the exact reservations about Evan Mobley.
Alpi's DFG % (the opponent's FG % when he is the defender) is better than that of Capela, Jarrett Allen, Adebayo, Claxton, Duren, Clingan, Sabonis, Jokic, Drummond, Sarr, Myles Turner etc. Obviously, Wemby and Chet are on another level in terms of rim protection, but Alpi is not bad. (By the way, by far the worst defender seems to be Towns.)
He’s a good defender. The numbers have supported that for a while now. He’s just not an elite shot blocker or changer, which is what most people consider “good defense” even though that isn’t the case.
LOL so true. If you want to re-watch Alpi dominating Towns: https://www.nba.com/stats/events?CF...eamID=1610612745&flag=3&sct=plot§ion=game
If he was here he would not need to "bang" as much down low. We are already set at the 5 with multiple "bangers". He would provide weakside defense help and probably block a ton of shots. On Offense he could be more of a spot up shooter with the ability to do much more. I think this would help keep him healthier. He would be more of a super effective Jabari with shot blocking ability.
Cool story bro. All the season-to-date stats people are posting in this thread are driven by the 50 blocks, 100 boxouts, and -40 pts allowed in the paint Alpi generated from the Wizards game. I've entered a new phase. I'm just going to let you dumbazzes know when you're a dumbazz by replying when I'm around. I'm around. I replied. You do the math.
Love that you went here. Cuz when we said this about Jalen's hot streak you got so defensive. Saying those teams weren't tanking. Now look at Jalen going back to being the same dude we've seen for years.... Sengun defense has been good all year. Only haters don't realize this. Doesn't matter if teams target him because that's just offense these days. No matter who the center is that person will be targeted.
Alpi is at #9 on that list with over a 25 PER. Just image what he will be able to do when he gets older (Jokic is 29) and the team finally realizes he should always be option 1A like Jokic is. He may never be as good as Jokic but he will be closer than anyone else. I can see him easily having over a 30 PER in a few years.
This season Sengun has struggled against athletic defenders with length who have seen him before. Wemby this season, Gafford/Lively and Homgren have given him fits. Until he develops a midrange game with a quicker release (ditch the flamingo shot) and some element of a jumper, his offense will regress overall this season as teams and individual players learn how to defend him. Yes his rebounding and defense look a little better, but I was hoping he would come back with an improved shot and a little more explosive jumping. Neither seems to be the case.
That TS% will finish around .600 If he keeps up this defense, rebounding, and continues to bump the FT%, my goodness. This is what star improvement looks like.
Gafford and Lively ? Sengun had them in foul trouble. Many of the misses had no one near him. Should have finished with 25 that night instead of 17.
Glad to see Sengun healing up from injury, focusing on recovery, and starting to play like himself again, would like to see him improve this year and make the all-star team, and no doubt he's working on it each day.
Yeah, I'm not sure what this guy is watching. Alperen's struggles have had absolutely nothing to do with the man defending him. Alperen has counters on counters on counters. The only person that is going to stop Alperen is Alperen. Hakeem used to struggle against the giant players who would not go for his counters. He would do a dream shake and the big would still be standing where he left them. That's when you go back to basics and use the simple stuff, jump-hooks and quickness. You can see that when Alperen starts over-thinking on his post-ups, he gets worse. Alperen will figure this out. Beating up on the Wizards is a good way to get some of the rhythm back after that scary injury.
I feel like the opposite. The ones he's been struggling against are the small ball 5s. Grant Williams gave him the most problems. The rest of the guys and teams you identified guarded him with more than one person. Sengun feasts on Wemby and Chet the spurs and thunder just don't allow him to go 1 on 1 and would rather see anyone else beat them, that will be what happens for most of this year because our team can't shoot straight.
I just find it odd that when I click on videos on nba.com to review missed shots by Sengun versus the Spurs, Wemby is predominately guarding Sengun by himself when he's on the screen. A couple of times, a second man shows, but it is more show than actual help. There are a couple of offensive rebounds in which Sengun is treated like every other player that rebounds a ball 2 feet from the basket, There's once with Sochan switched onto Sengun on the perimeter in which Wemby appears ready to switch onto Sengun if Sengun tries to back down Sochan. So once does Sengun's man have actual help with Wemby on the court, and it was probably just the Rockets getting a mismatch off a turnover. Maybe the Spurs guarded Wemby much more closely at other times during the games with Wemby on the court, but were only successful with Wemby going man-to-man.
It's not about the shots he missed. It's about the overall game. He doesn't get to shoot nearly as much because every time he posts up they run at him with more coverage. Or send a double when he puts the ball down. When does get a shot up it's cuz they didn't double or he already beat it. So you can't look at the misses.
