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Alperen Sengun is the Rockets' franchise player

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by AroundTheWorld, Jan 17, 2023.

  1. daywalker02

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    Who is still on the roster, Holiday, I think his minutes will be given to Reed.....who else is there?

    Both are not non-shooters while Alpe, Amen and Adams are more or less non shooters or shooters of very low volume and bad percentage.

     
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    He is the Master of Crying at the refs though, but virtually all the vets are crying in the Playoffs, that is right.

     
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    Not saying he never gets calls, but his crying does not seem to work as well as the masters.
     
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    After having kids and dealt with their only mode of communication being crying or pouting for years, I became a lot more understanding of refs in sports. It's just very hard as a human to not give in to crybabies. It's not about agreeing or disagreeing. It's about making them stop driving you insane.
     
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    you taking about Kerr or Draymond?
     
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    This made me lol as I just became a father last year. But still, it didn't make me more empathetic towards the refs - still hate them
     
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    Sengun just faked out Valanciunas and got to the rim for a dunk, kind of fun to see.
     
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    Why Tiago Split to Paris.

     
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    Grats on that.

     
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    NBA defenders don't fall for that pump fake.

    The Warriors wrote a book on Alpi in the playoffs and every other team has read it.
     
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    Valanciunas is an NBA player right?
    I get what you’re saying though, has to show the ability to take those shots and hit some to get the respect of the pump fake.
     
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    Senguini can trick opposing Centers but bigger Small Forwards, craftier and faster Power forwards are quicker and harder to trick.

     
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    It's more about NBA defenses than individual players.

    I fully expect teams to turn Alpi into a mid-range jump-shooter on a regular basis this year. Not all the time, but fairly often. He must react by either hitting the shot or becoming a better target for low-post entry passes. He has not been very good at sealing his defender and making himself a big target.

    40 days until training camp. Sigh!
     
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    good one!
     
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    lol nba players fall for pump fakes all the time. What are they going to do - let Sengun shoot a short middy like that without much contest? That’s also fine with me
     
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    Sengun really does look like he's moving differently - I'm not sure how anyone could deny that.

    Let's say you have Sengun on the elbow, and he's able to create like this via driving. You'll also the athletic GOAT Amen crashing to the basket, and a 50/40/80 freak roaming about. That's going to be hard to defend.
     

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