That interview is great. Alpi comes from a different background than his teammates, but he has a warrior mentality. You can just see it, the kid cares. And I think he is very close with most of his teammates. I hope he can improve his shooting, so he can realize his full potential. I also hope he somehow gets an opportunity to get more of an education outside of basketball. Just because one makes a lot of money doesn't mean one should stop learning. NBA "culture" isn't everything. He seems intelligent enough to learn more. Spoke almost no English when he came, much better now.
Sengun looks so clunky, uncoordinated, stiff, and flat footed when he plays, but doggonit he puts the ball in the basket and can be a slick passer. There is no fluidity or smoothness to his game, but clearly his footwork and timing are working well for him.
This is kind of a down year for him and even in his down year he is borderline All Star caliber so he is capable of much more. Heaven knows what is up with him.
[NBA.com] Kia MVP Ladder: 1. SGA 2. Jokic 3. Giannis 4. Tatum 5. KAT 6. KD 7. Wemby 8. Sengun 9. Cade 10. Spida
Sengun needs to spend his summer in America. Hire himself a guru trainer for his body and get therapy for his clothes fetish.
I think he definitely needs to stay here and build up his legs and do sprints to get quicker. Whoever he trained with in Turkey didn't do him any favors. He looks the same as he did last yr. I've seen players transform their whole body in one off season
and he is a hell stronger than last year. Can bully almost anyone. They obviously trained on strength not conditioning, not that he is in bad shape.
I liked the point made on this week's Six Trophies podcast about Sengun being the guy you go to at the start to set the pace, get him some rhythm, and hopefully get the opposing bigs in foul trouble. Then Jalen takes over later in the games to make the plays to put it away.
