The Athletic: Bruno Fernando Will Start Over Sengun When He Returns

Because (some of) the Sengun bashers also root for other (and imo frequently undeserving) players.

Not at all. On the contrary, it's extremely invigorating.

Where's the fun in that??

Well, let's face it: They're the worst team in the NBA now and they haven't exactly gelled on and off court. The jury's still out though.

 

@AlperenSengun and @cmoak1982 well see bc I know they feel like Jalen and Jabari are gonna be able to match up well in any playoff series. Idk if they feel that way about Sengun. If they’re gonna value him that highly, they gotta be the entire roster around him and I don’t see that happening. We will see tho. Let’s see if he’ll close tonight against the warriors. If Stone wants him to close games, he’ll let Silas know that. I think he should close bc he needs those reps imo, but we’ll see

 

I'm interested to see how Sengun does tonight.

After the first meeting last year in which Sengun score 12 points.....Warriors
have him scouted well and keep him around 4 points there after.

 

I already agreed on the Stone thing, maybe you read that the other way around. On the other hand, it looks like a lot of things about rockets management&coaching looks off, so I would not be surprised if things transpire in unexpected ways.

I don't agree with they need to build entire roster around him. On offense he fits very well without heavy usage, as many claim. On defense, I am very confident that with a decent defensive team he will be no liability at all. I rewatch games solely focusing on defense and quite seriously Sengun is the best defender in the starting 5. It is basically because he others are horrible but still going forward, strong evidence that he won't be a problem on the defensive end.

 

Yeah, it’s very important for his development. We can’t build around him if he’s not gonna be playable against all teams. He needs these reps

 

Either he sucks bad and has limited PT or he passes out of double teams and gets into beast mode vs. Looney.
Last game he passed on some scoring opportunities in the paint, which was somewhat surprising. Maybe he's playing through a minor injury. (See taped leg)
All in all, I think we should worry more about the Warriors backcourt. The Splash Bros + that Poole kid are lethal from anywhere on the (half)court. If they're permitted to drive inside at will, I'm sure Alpi will get into foul trouble quickly.

 

The defense is schemed to help him, the assistants even said that. He’s just not good on defense, but everyone else is bad as well. The 5 spot is hard to hide and it’s the most important position on defense. We used to hide harden a lot, but it was easier to do bc he’s a perimeter player.

 

Haven’t heard the assistants say this.
And if they’re trying to game plan around it they’re failing, our guards are far worse defenders.

 

If you want, we can literally go over all the game tapes and discuss. It is very easy to see that what you say does not correspond to what is happening on the court.

Take 10 minutes to watch the first quarter, where the starting five is playing and show me the mistakes of Sengun. And look at the guards' mistakes. You'll see that guards' defense is terrible, constantly making mistakes.

https://the-high-low.com/video/game/nba/2022-23/22200334

And it is not just this game. You can do it for every game and the result would be the same.

And once you see how bad the guards' defense is, then you might question how good the coaches are as well.

 

thats a tankastic nickname!..not sure tho if a person who roots for and supports cheating has room to talk...

 

If Silas does not use Bari to defend one of GSW guards we will see same s... again: 30+ opponent guard(s). Rox problem is not centers anymore. We have to teach to our guards and to Gordon "defending is a must, it is not rec league".

 

We’re gonna have to see. Our guard normally have to guard the best players on the opposing team, which is very challenging. They’re all bad defenders imo

 

I wish our guards could stay with their assignments but our interior defense needs them to cheat that way.

Much like a shortstop with limited range requires the 3rd baseman and 2nd baseman to lean the shortstops way.....leaving gaps along the 3rd baseline and between 2nd and 1st base.

Drop coverage gets toyed with by the Warriors guards and Wiggins You have to play switch everything vs the Warriors. Jabari needs to
grow into this role as center. Vs playoff caliber teams
that run opponents big bigs off the court.

 

i dont think almost nobody in nba really cares about winning or quality basketball, or quality of their work...of course there are some exceptions to this but everybody in nba are all just a bunch of bureaucrats going tru motions...

no real incentive in nba for owners and everybody else down the command chain, to play good basketball or even win games...because the majority of their earnings comes tru tv contracts or whatever shared streams of revenues there are and/or true valuation of their franchise which again heavily relies on nba image in general and less on their yearly win percentage....

we would be looking at different games, roles for players, PT and standings if the nba money were to be shared according to win % or something....

thats why some major dumb incompetencies like this go on unnoticed

 

Yeah same here, his ability to figure out personal adjustments will obviously be important for his development and this will be a good opportunity for him to show that.

 

Yet another game and yet another time Alperen Sengun has to prove himself. At the same time some other young players got nothing to prove cause you know, they already got few championship rings.

 

We have a clear coaching issue.

 

seeing is very easy, just rewatch the games with an eye for guard defense instead of repeating the learned excuses like ‘they guard the best players’. It has nothing to do with it. They lack basic coverage, effort, basic screen defense, timing helps incorrectly etc.

 

I do watch them closely, that’s why I said they’re all bad lol.. what, you want me to say they’re all bad except Sengun?

 

not at all, it is because Bruno is more athletic and can jump and it makes it easier to lob it. Sengun can't jump as high. Also Bruno will run to the basket looking for it, Sengun won't