Who would you rather have a 3 pt Shooting Sengun or Giannis?

Even if Sengun was a 40% 3P shooter on 5 attempts a game?

I don't think that will ever happen, I just do think he would be pretty insanely good if it did. Like, "peak Dirk with better defense/rebounding/assists"

 

got to go with my young goat Sengun

 

Sorry, but Giannis is better than Sengun

 

His shooting mechanics would never get him to that percentage. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Sengun, but he's not dominate like Giannis...

 

You don't say/

All that dominance and yet Giannis hasn't gotten out of the first round in the East in three seasons now (including losing to the #8 seed)

It defies belief people want to gut a team for someone who has had one good playoff run with teams built around him for years.

Should we count when he went to the ECF as another good playoff run? Ok lets do that. 2-0 lead in the ECF. Lost 4-2. Good dominant Giannis.

How about his most recent time out of the first round four years ago? Up 3-2 in the second round and still didn't make it to the ECF.

I swear some people don't even watch basketball they just look at stats.

 

Obviously, you're studying the stats/record to make your justification of Sengun is better than Giannis - I disagree.
Teams double Giannis because you can't guard him one on one.
Teams double Sengun because our 3 point percentage sucks and it's smart game planning to force a team to its weakness...obviously, we ranked in bottom 5 in 3 point %.
That's the difference between Giannis and Sengun.

 

What are you even talking about?

When did I say Sengun was better than Giannis?

I literally said 'you don't say' - that Giannis is better than Sengun.

This sure was a butchered reply.

Edit: I made my way to the end of your post. Care to comment on Giannis' subpar playoff history lately? No? Isn't that why they'd want him in Houston? To do something in the playoffs? Or did they just want someone who is 'double teamed because he can't be guarded one on one'.... I'm still mystified at what point you were even trying to make.

 

Yeah its pointless getting a high profile guard if our center cant shoot. All hes doing is clogging the paint

 

Imagine being mad at a centre not being a 3 point threat, when the SG isn't either haha.

I see you're not doing much to improve your credibility on Clutchfans.

 

A 3pt shooting Giannis.

 

But that's the title of the thread? Why even post in here if you're just going to reject the premise?

 

Who thought Sengun could come this far on defense? I agree. Give him a chance and he'll likely impress us.

 

Sengun's skills with Giannis' hops and Curry's shot.

It's pretty simple. Why haven't the Rox done this yet?

 

If Jalen and Fred didn't shoot 20% to start the series we'd probably be playing the thunder right now.

If they actually threw Draymond out of the game for all the bs he was doing we probably be playing the Thunder.

if Ime didn't pull Adams when they started hacking him we'd probably be playing the Thunder right now.

if the team could just make a free throw we'd probably be playing the Thunder right now.

we can if but what soo many things in that series.

 

So by your when Dream was losing in the 1st rd the yrs after the finals in 86 he wasn't dominant? You also missed the part where he's won a title, 2 mvps and finished 3rd this yr. In the exit last year I guess missing basically 3 games is what?

 

It's a pipe dream but I would certainly choose a 40% on 5 attempts 3PT shooting Sengun over Giannis.

A 40% shooting Sengun is a top 10 NBA player and his game will age well so you can probably keep him for 10 years. I wouldn't trade that for a declining Giannis who for his next 4 years will be like top 5, then top 10, then top 20, then top 30.

So essentially Giannis would be better than Sengun for just 1 season. It's an easy choice.

 

That would make him essentially the best shooting center ever. KAT is actually 40% on 4.7 for his career, dirk at 38% on 3.4 but in a different era. Jokic did shoot 44% this season on 4.7 but he’s jokic. Hard to
Imagine a guy who shoots 27% for 4 years and isn’t good from the line becoming the best ever basically, but it would be cool.

 

So... Amen in a few years?

 

I think you're missing the point here. The hypothetical was designed to determine how highly Giannis is valued to responders rather than make a realistic projection of Sengun's future i.e. would you STILL prefer Giannis if Sengun became the best big man shooter ever.

 

Locked on Bucks had a hypothetical with Gatlin of Locked on Rockets. On MIL side, they asked for a trade starting with Amen, anyone else was kind of a non-starter convo. So these maybe Sengun, maybe Jalen for Giannis scenarios is a bit unrealistic.

Rocket fans say Amen is a non starter, but most non-Rocker fans don't think that way. It's Giannis, he's a top 5. If anyone on the Rockets becomes a top 5, isn't that the absolute best case scenario? What realistic low percentage will that happen with any of the young core.

Should not be Jalen/Sengun threads for Giannis, but Amen. Trading Amen probably mean you can keep more of your depth, which seems to be the new team building model.

Would I give up Amen for a top 5 in his prime, in a vacuum, absolutely. I just wish it was a different top 5 guy, because after getting fitting around Giannis will mean reconfiguring almost the entire team (whomever is left over).

Giannis is good on paper, but getting him means you have to build your team in a super rigid way. I don't think HOU is the place for him.