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Alperen Sengun is the Rockets' REAL franchise player - all other threads are copycats

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

  1. Houston77

    Houston77 COOKIES AND CAKE, MY TEAM BAKED!
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    Everyone’s hating on Bari’s 8 points on 10 shots, but I’m sure y’all are going to ignore Sengun’s 7 points on 9 shots. He’s played very poorly without KPJ, which is funny since y’all claimed KPJ held Sengun back.
     
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    Kpj centric offense does hold sengun back. There's a reason y silas and kpj prefers lob threat Bruno over sengun. Why are u acting that sht never happen?
     
  3. Houston77

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    Without KPJ, Sengun had been terrible. He’s averaged liked 10 points the last 10 games. The time for this hypothetical nonsense is over. The results are clear.
     
  4. AroundTheWorld

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    He didn't play very poorly without KPJ. He played poorly under Silas and his clique.
     
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    Aw, yes. If he plays well, it’s despite Silas. If he plays poorly, it’s because of him. Obviously no other player get this defense. Sengun is a special flower who wilted under the pressure.
     
  6. AroundTheWorld

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    Who said that no other player gets this defense?

    Everyone plays more poorly under Silas and his clique.

    However, Sengun is the only one who constantly gets scapegoated by Silas and his clique.

    And now STFU and go to sleep. Nobody cares about your little schtick at this point.
     
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    Aw, yes. The biggest Sengun homer accusing me of having a “schtick.” Cute.
     
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    Who ever plays guard position for the Rockets is the worst defensive player in the league! doesn’t matter who plays it. Klay 42 pts, Lillard 71 pts! Who was guarding these guys? Nix..Tyty?

    Marcus freaking Smart!! would be the worst defensive player in the league if he played for the Rockets
     
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    Sengun is ass
     
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    It’s bc Sengun can’t help in PnR. Guards are bad, but Sengun makes them look worse. The guards also make him look bad too
     
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    13, 8, and 5 on 52% TS in his last 10 games heading into tonight

    the truth is we don’t actually have a franchise player right now, and if Sengun is considered our franchise player, then we are down bad

    Sengun is a smaller off-brand version of Jokic who isn’t a threat to score from outside the paint
     
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    In a slump a bit, but he can turn it around. In year 2 you get these kinds of inconsistencies
     
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    yup he sucks big dick
     
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    ATW is about to pull some stat out of his ass that says otherwise lol
     
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    I still believe Sengun can become a really good player. I just think this stretch has shown that he's not our franchise player. To me, a franchise player is great regardless of the players around him. Sengun seems like the type who can be really good with good players around him. That's incredibly valuable, just not franchise material.
     
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    Haha not really, just my expectations are for him to be on Luka’s level. Blame his fans for that
     
  17. AroundTheWorld

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    He is also 20, and has a coaching staff that has not been supportive. Jokic wasn't better at 20.

    Yes, his last 10 games weren't as good as the previous 10, he has been in a bit of a slump, for various reasons.

    But he has shown what he can do.
     
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    I would like to believe that with a better coach senguns numbers would b quite drastically different. Silas only knows how to make a guard the center piece in his offense system
     
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    Jokic at 20 was a rookie barely playing 20 mpg

    compare 2nd year Jokic to 2nd year Sengun, and Jokic clears him easily

    what he has shown to date isn’t franchise player material
     
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    Huh? Rookie jokic had a TS that was EIGHT % above league average, he was not just way better but light years better at 20 (his rookie season)
     

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