For me, I have always really liked Sengun. He's far and away my favorite player on the team. My concerns that I have expressed that may keep him from superstardom were: Lack of elite size or athleticism Lack of consistent range I've talked a lot about why I feel that way and am not too interested in that topic anymore. I still maintain most of my concerns, it's just so boring to talk about. I rather talk about things we have learned about Sengun that have surprised me and may really assist in his hopeful ascent to superstardom. Interior Toughness I am not talking about being clutch when I say toughness. What I mean here is that Sengun has zero issues banging down low. In fact, he enjoys it. I knew early on that he had great footwork in the post, but a lot of players can't stand the constant physical blows and start shooting jumpers more and more. For me, big men shine brightest slugging it out in the trenches. The range is just to provide spacing for the rest of your team and more importantly, prevent you from getting schemed out of action as easily. I love this mentality of his to try and make the paint his home at all times. Now, he does struggle against quick long bigs though (honestly, virtually all do) so it will be interesting to see how he overcomes bigs who are faster than him and can recover quickly from his feints and fakes. Body Control Sengun's lack of elite physical measurements is my main concern with Sengun. One area though where I have been really surprised about though is his overall body control. I mentioned it in one of the game threads, but Sengun falls and flails with grace. It's like watching a beluga or walrus swimming; kid may look a bit awkward out there at times, but he is flexible and in control. His handle (while pretty good for big man) can't always keep up hence some dumb TOs, but often it's moot point as he's not dribbling around. This might actually be a big part of him overcoming some of those athleticism challenges where he shoots in additional interesting ways to avoid bigger, longer, or faster opponents. Long live the Flamingo Fling and Shotput Scoop! I still don't think of him as a future top 10 superstar yet, but he's been proving me wrong in a lot of ways. I am especially happy to see him carving out a presence in the midrange.
Sengun proceeded with 8/8 fg 5/6 ft, 21 points in 12 minutes of game time after this technical foul. Claxton chose poorly.
Obvious answer is rim protecting power forward, someone like Jaren Jackson jr. The one star player I want playing with Sengun is Anthony Edwards, luckily for us that is the #1 comp for Cam Whitmore.
It's almost comical how nervous opposing players react, when Alpi has the ball. They know he is going to do something but most of the time they have no clue how to stop him.
The very beauty of it....you come into a foreign land and work hard and realize, hey, I am better than 88% of those people.......I am good....
There used to be the joke, “Only Dean Smith could hold MJ under 20 ppg”, MJ finished his college career a hair below 20. Alas, Silas is no Dean Smith.
We swapped over to a salary cap draft - it's honestly so much more fun on draft night than a snake draft. I've gone a little overboard in trying to get him and waste a good chunk of my salary cap getting him.
