Why Alperen Sengun & Jalen Green Fit Perfectly + Houston Rockets Rent Free In Draymond Green's Head
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- Why Alperen Sengun & Jalen Green Fit Perfectly + Houston Rockets Rent Free In Draymond Green's Head
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) is joined by weekly cohost Rockets Wire Editor Ben DuBose (@BenDuBose) to discuss Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka pushing pack on the idea that Jalen Green's success is because of Alperen Sengun's injury, why the duo works so well together, Amen Thompson's impact as a starter and how he unlocks new things for the Rockets, Tari Eason Vs Draymond Green on social media and more.
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People so busy trying to make competition between teammates. It’s called a TEAM people.
Agreed if anything after this both players will be doing amazing or will be capable of both being amazing in 1 game which we haven’t seen much
They do because of max contract and find the leader of the team
People often forget that the Rockets won so many games against the big teams(The Kings, Denver) in the beginning of the season when Alpi and Jalen were both playing together. Then the Rockets started loosing games because Jalen started performing badly. His shots were not dropping in. That is as simple as that.
That's exactly correct. You always bring logic and common sense.
That's true, but It wasn't just Jalen, both he and Alpi played badly at the same time.
The only thing that needs to change is Jalen getting the ball more like the recent stretch.
@@mbell7498 Fred also had long stretches of bad shooting after that first burst of good play. So it wasn't just Jalen and Alpi. Jalen gets the most attention because at the time he was the least efficient and was getting benched for giving up on defense when he was having a bad game. Also at the time the bench was struggling because Tari was out and Cam and Amen weren't playing alot for various reasons, and Landale was unplayable back then due to his concussion and ankle injuries.
@mbell7498 The efficiency is the key statistic. Sengun has been the most efficient all year. Alpi's load is dramatically increased. The more statistical categories he has to cover while remaining efficient.
Hope Jalen keeps it up. It would be great to have star SG and Center combo in Houston again since the 2000s. Fully healthy too
The Sengun & Amen combo is going to be deadly! Amen is getting starter minutes to gain off-ball experience, just imagine Sengun's IQ 😮
Jaleen and Sengun ❤❤
People forget that this was all new for Jalen, Sengun and for all of the team. New coach, new system, new roster. Everyone was being too impatient which is understandable but those growing pains got us to where we are now. A 10 game winning streak. Play in or not, we have a great future ahead of us. Alpi, Jalen, Bari, Amen and the crew is the future.
Exactly
10 winning streak is amazing, we are all happy and excited. Houston both needs Alpi and Jalen to keep up with the league. Some of yall getting delusional thinking Alpi slows down jalen or rockets playing better without alpi. You guys should think in larger time frame and consider all the other teams and the way they play.
Having a balanced offense is vital. Having both AP and Jalen is like. Duh. Shaq and Kobe. Hakeem n Clyde. Kareem & Magic. Half court go to AP. He kicks it out. If it’s not there. They run in transition the shots not there. Bring it out Setup with AP in the post. It’s simple offense
Sengun is here to stay him and jalen green should be a dominant duo
These two can certainly co-exist and in the long term will be beneficial to not only the team but also both of these players.
For the entire season teams were only double teaming Sengun and it took him a while to figure it out. If Jalen can stay hot and garner more double teams, Sengun's game will also open up.
Both of them firing on all cylinders will be a nightmare for teams to defend.
The biggest problem isn't fitting Sengun and Jalen together. Our biggest problem Imo is going to be trying to find a way to get Amen Thompson into the starting 5. Thompson's relentless defense, steals, deflections and the fact he runs like a dear is what is helping us so much with our pace and transition points. Not Sengun being out.
Tari Bari then whitmore
One more thing about this run this young Rockets team is on.
As a long time NBA fan, the way they've played in the past 10 games reminds me a lot of the 2000 New Jersey Nets. If you have enough guys on the court who can run the floor with elite speed and athleticism, some nights you can simply run teams into the ground.
That NJ Nets team made it to the finals by simply running all the time, 4 out of their 5 starters couldn't shoot a lick. Not to mention they had a center who was in relative terms A LOT slower than Sengun. Having one slow guy on your team will not prevent you from being an elite transition team, you don't need 5 guys running the floor.
I'm hoping long term we can field a lineup with Amen, Whitmore and Green (Not sure how we'll do that though). With three guys like this who are absolutely freakish athletes, we're automatically a top 5 transition team. For this to happen over the next two season Amen has to up his ball handling/playmaking skills and Cam Whitmore needs to turn himself into a defender who is close to being on par with Dillon Brooks. Amen developing his deep shot a bit won't hurt either.
We have the building blocks, we just need some of the younger guys to add a few extra elements to their game.
They really want to run Senguin out of Houston so that their team can get him 🙄
Forreal that's what I'm starting to think is actually going on
100%
NBA are scared that's why they try not to talk about the dynasty that's about to happen in H-town
Yes.. i want him in boston
This off season amen and sengun needs to practice more on shooting you can have both on them in the same time in today's NBA you cannot put a 2 non shooter at the same time otherwise other team will zone them and jalen needs to add more muscle
Its ridiculous that these non professionals (fanboys) talk this nonsense about how alpi is some sort of liability is egregious.
Lets Go Mavs #LUKAMVP
Alperen is one of the top players in NBA for 21 years old with Jalen..
Hey stop it. Nobody is replacing nobody. The Rockets are a cohesive unit, they are integral pieces of the same machine. Ime has this team playing for one another, there is no egos. I appreciate having Ime because he has them playing team ball. That trade talk scares Jalen, and he found his game. I'm glad they didn't trade him, because they still have their picks which can only make them better.
I just want to see everyone back healthy, while Jalen and Jock still playing this level of efficiency.
Hearing Ben talk is shocking. I’ve seen his twitter profile for years, and always envisioned him having a high pitch, nerdy voice. I say that trying to not even be disrespectful, just honest lol.
😂 you're so random
Jackson, you are the funniest talking head I’ve watched in recent times. A few weeks back you were all for Jalen to be traded, now I watch you sing Jalen’s praise like you weren’t advocating for him to be traded. The next time he goes through a poor shooting run, I hope you would remember the great performances he delivered during this stretch.
Because no one knew about JG's problems at that time.... Who would have thought that he had a scandal with a woman in her 40s and would have children together.
I will say it's interesting we say there's more spacing on the floor when it's evident that Amen is not a perimeter player who can shoot from deep. Hell Alpi probably has a better 3 pt% so it's really fascinating how the spacing has improved.
The answer is “yes.” Jaylen and are very talented, and need to stay here, play together.
It seems you have extraordinary talent in both of these young men. To get rid of either young
man , is to cut off your nose to spite your face
Jaylen and Sangen need t stay in Houston together. They’ll be a real asset to the team. Thank you
I feel like people avoiding to answer the main question. Who will be offered the max contract this offseason. Alpi or Jalen? We can’t pay rookie max to both of them.
They could offer 1 this season and decline Fred next season and offerr the one a max and probably give Fred a smaller contract
Yes, they can have two players on designated rookie extensions.
@@LockedOnRockets Thanks Jakson. Yes technically we can have both Alpi and Jalen on the rookie max. Would both of them be offered this offseason? If so, we will struggle upcoming years as we have 4 more players to pay at least decent money along with the vets. And if we pay less than a max extension to either of them; what does that mean for the team’s dynamics and hierarchy?
@@emrahduman8783 If the rockets don't resign Tate and also let Jeff Green retire, they could give rookie extensions to both Alpi and Jalen Green and still have about 10million in cap room before hitting the luxury cap. They will most certainly give 1 of them the rookie extension, but they may hold off on the other in order to give them a regular max in the next offseason. Freeing up that 2nd rookie max extension for Amen Thompson at a later date. It would also allow them to trade for a player on a rookie max extension without having to send 1 of the 2 out since you can only have 2 at a time.
Also don't forget the salary cap takes a huge jump in the 2025 offseason (at least 10 mil compared to now), and that's the season we could decline Fred's option and try to get him back on a smaller contract (say mid 20's) to create more room for the young guys.
I'd like to see Amen get some 1 on 1 with Shawn Livingston. I think they're comparable
Media trying to piss off the fan base for clicks. Most haven't followed the Rockets like that.
If Udoka wants to play in the NBA finals one day, his team roster and game options should be wide. He does not have the luxury of giving up either of his two stars. My friend, this scenario, where two important investments have proven themselves, is perhaps the best.
Jalen Green is doing well solely bc of the new kids he has on the way. This is why us Rockets fans call him Father Green. Had nothing to do with Sengun being in the way, more like Draya should’ve gotten in the way sooner.
It doesn’t matter what comes out of Ime’s mouth. Jalen is being used differently. Sengun needs the ball to be successful and now Jalen has the mantle. Jalen said as much when he tweeted he was being used wrong. Now he’s being used right
till the Lion enters the Arena.. the chiawuawa hs fun now:)
I think people aren't being far too simplistic on this Sengun being out issue.
Right now the rockets are defending better and running better in large part due to Thompson being on the floor with the starting lineup. This kid affects the way we play more than we realize. His relentless pressure on defense, his deflections and steals start a lot of fast breaks. Not to mention having 2 guys who run like a gazelle during transition has turned us into a high pace team.
So the question isn't will Sengun fit into this and keep this high tempo style of play up. It is how are we going to keep Thompson in the starting lineup when Sengun returns. Can we afford to bench Dillion who himself is a defensive dynamo.
Our normal starting 5 simply isn't equipped to run a world class fast break. We only have Jalen Green in that starting 5 who runs like a dear. When we add Thompson, now you have two guys who can get up the court in a hurry which is enough to run the break. If in the future we add Cam Whitmore into the lineup then we'll have 3 speedsters.
The front office has a lot of flexibility in how to build this team out going forward, we have tons of draft picks and assets to trade. Over the next few years I think Dillon Brooks is going to be the oddman out of the starting lineup.
Just move Sengun we're better without him.
@@Lee-sn2dpyou ain't serious
@@Lee-sn2dp I'm not sure you'll find many people who'd agree with that assessment.
You'll have a harder time finding another player like him than you would anyone to replace him with.
Sengun looks like the type of player you build a franchise around. Or at least you give him the chance to progress to that.
@williamdavis9562 Alpi needs to step up his team-defensive game and ft% if we're gonna even talk about him in that regard.
@@aleksandarradovanovic8496 @aleksandarradovanovic8496 Defensive game yes, he needs to progress in that area.
Still goes back to my point about potential. It is much harder to find a player with his skill set than it is to find a player for a different position.
This guy is a potential cornerstone, he needs to be given reps and time to progress his game, including his defensive game.
According to your logic Jokic wouldn't have been considered a cornerstone player and worthy of development in his first 3 years either. Not saying Sengun will be another Jokic, probably not. What I am saying though is that these types of players are valuable and worth investing in.
Winning ? Really tanking teams , teams already prepare for playoffs... That warrior game will show rockets the reality ... For Alpe i am sayin never sign a contract go for trade... I can image u in Dallas or in Spurs with Wemby ... u deserve respect and this management in rockets never give u... Be smart Alpe now they are talkin put u behind Landale as a 3rd option....
This team can't put two different and good players against each other and get results. I think what needs to be done is to make good use of both of these players. The coach is already aware of the situation. I hope that the psychology of these two good players will not be spoilt by this kind of controversy.
Jalen’s baby is who is really responsible for his improvement 🤷🏾♂️
Why is Thompson playing the 3 when he was drafted to play the 1? We already have a crowd at the 3 with Eason and Whitmore
Because he's isn't the pg that Fred and jalen are atm and his secondary skills are soo elite near the basket that his playmaking goes to the wayside.
Amen needs more time at playing point guard, he is so talented he can play point forward but in the future when Fred is gone we will need Amen pick and roll with Sengun……SUPERTEAM
I'll offer an opinion. Amen's handles are not great but improving. Also there is a difference between a point guard that runs a structured NBA offense and a point guard that is a drive and kick player. I would guess Amen can run a pick and roll too. That might not be the clearest way of explaining it. I watched a video of Chris Paul explaining the point guard position. That's where I got this idea. Ime did great bringing Fred in to teach the players the right way. 3's can play shooting guard too and Tari can play some power forward. Some people are even suggesting Amen is playing small ball center right now. I'm not sure about that but he sure is getting a lot of rebounds.
He plays 4, not 3.
These kids have 2 different basketball style but i am sure ime can find out how he can use both of them together but i am sure everybody will agree with me the biggest problem is contract. So Houston can not give 2 max contract to them at least they can give one max and another contract would be friendly contract because next year it's gonna be tari and bari's contracts's year and following year amen and cam so its gomna be battle of chess.
Ben was fishing for that "lob threat" drop and Jackson dropped the ball
When Imeh Udoka called Jalen Green to his office and said to him, his exact words are “ I am unleashing you on the league “ Jalen’s word was,. are you sure you want to do this, is the league ready. Coach Udoka said, I am ready but the league is not. Who cares?.
Oh how times have changed, it was get rid of Jalen Alpi is the guy , I defended Jalen the whole time now it's Jalen is him get rid of Alpi
😂😂 Dostum ben türk'üm. Bu iki isim birbirlerini seviyorlar,Bende ikisini seviyorum.Ama haklısın.İkisi birden bu takımın kimyasını bozuyor.Alperen başka takıma geçtiği zaman, jalen sezon başındaki gibi tuğla atmaya başlarsa ne yapacaksınız?
Lasers never have to choose between Kobe and Shaque. Same situation applys to the Rockets.
Gasol + Bryant = Sengun + Jalen
Both wants the max contract. But only 1 can get.
Maybe they do but the defense is definitely different, and I kept arguing about the running the offense through Alpi was affecting Jalen's rhythm, Jalen needs the ball, he a player like Harden, he's a rhythm shooter, hrs not a off ball player , he lay better shooting off the dribble , he will hit a step back before a wide open off a pass, Alpi comes back kool he's the 2nd option not the 1st
Can't be a balk hog
Jalen needs to be the first option over sengun it's simple
Sure bro. You all learned nothing from Harden era. Yall forgot how rockets hit the wall in playoffs. You need multi talented team to keep up other teams. 10 game is good but SMALL sample size.
@@emrahakbas88 I didn't say we didn't need him, I said Jalen should be first option, Alpi 2nd not the other way around
@@bjrnthebootybandit not a ball hog , the way he's playing right now isn't ball hogging, ppl use to say Jordan and Kobe was ball hogs, they got 11 rings, but Ime wouldn't allow him to hog
This should be called the we love Sengun show. What is the coach supposed to say when the player is on the team. This team just runs better with the current lineup. It's just facts, and these guys were talking about trading him.
Hes better than Landale and Bari at 5. Stop it kid
I see your comments all the time. Why do you hate Sengun so much?
@@SKULLZ3480 I don't, but I don't like people who give up on 22 year old kids and don't give them a chance. I've had Jalen Green's back because so many didn't.
@@quintonray3588 Yes, it was wrong for people to give up on Jalen so quickly. but Sengun is not even 22 and you can easily give up on him even though he had a very good season.
I've never given up on Sengun, and I believe he's a very good player with a very bright future. But the way the game is played today, and the way this team is constructed you need a guard or wing to be your alpha.
Soon as they learn how to play with each other on the court... It's going to get dark for teams
1- When İme comin most of people say Sengun out, he doesn't fit İme style . I said that time u wrong İme perfect for Sengun. Now most people wrong again, Sengun not slow. Actualy he loves faster pace .
2-People ask wrong questions. İts not Sengun or Jalen more like Amen or Fred , Bari or Tari , DB or Cam , DB or Tari U cant think when u have much talented player on the team for now u should think for the next 2-3 year.
3- Real problem for now is shooting. Just imagine Amen or Sengun have better shoot next 1-2 year who is out Bari, DB, FFV , Tari ?
Go Mavs!!!!
alpi go go go Dallas mavericks
I'm gont drop this here and I'm gont see if this revelation starts to change the narrative...
Ready Here It go
" a player who goes from ok to great in the back streatch of the season "
I mean a guy who isn't a great shooter until close to playoff time ..
A player everybody know is good knows he can score that goes from ok to scary top 5 player at playoff time . Name one
Is that a bad ?
Name one
The key lineup to a championship
Team 1:
Dillon Brooks
Amen Thompson
Alperen Sengun
Jalen Green
Fred VanVleet
Team 2 (off the bench):
Jeff Green
Jabari Smith
Jock Landale
Cam Whitmore
Aaron Holiday
Tari??
@@emrahduman8783 I’m talking about this season. Tari is out for the remainder of the
The Rockets have too much Talent
@@darealliljable They need to bring KPJ back, he was better than Green. They also need to trade Bullock for cap space so the revised Team 2 would be:
Jabari Smith Jr.
Jock Landale
Steven Adams
Tari Eason
Cam Whitmore
Tari Eason can be switched in for KPJ
I feel like there’s enough cap space and talent to create a 3rd team as well for days that Ime may want to rest his top talent:
Team 3:
KPJ
Jeff Green
A Holiday
Future Draft Pick
Future Draft Pick
@@darealliljable I’ll be honest, I don’t love Fred VanVleet, we overpaid. Percentage wise, he’s one of the poorest shooters on the team and doesn’t focus enough on facilitating, which was the main reason we brought him on. Fred is easily the weakest link on the team and unfortunately also the most overpaid.
I would argue Jalen has had to play better because sengun is out. Not saying he’s better without sengun, but he has to be for the rockets to win right now. Let’s hope he maintains that when sengun comes back
The amount of attention you guys give this narrative just fuels the narrative creators.
Amen Thompson is not a bigger contributor than Cam Whitmore although they’re both great. It just looks that way bc Amen has been starting for several games now, enough to get comfortable.
Being in the game does make him a bigger contributor but I do see what you mean cam is also amazing and versatile but amen is just something else
@@wethemboys133 If Cam got to start as many times as Amen and received as many minutes, he would outshine this version of Jalen Green and Green knows that
@@wethemboys133 The best ability is availability is what they say.
Also Al P is great offensively but timid defensively. Thompson contests shots better
👍
Alpi needs to shoot free throws all summer. He must be FORCED to improve %.
Go Rockets! Sengun and JG are both getting better with time and ROCKETS will be championship contender in a few years. To be there as quick as possible, two things need to happen. Sengun needs to be making decisions quicker and play faster. JG needs to still get stronger and when that happens he will make the layups that he is missing now.
Their salaries will be a problem. How can we keep the two young guys in Rockets?
With money. 😂
The only knock I have against Sengun is him not coming off the ball faster on fastbreaks. It looks like instead of giving it to the faster players he brings it up kind of like when Dillon looks off Jalen and Amen on a lob and just takes it up.
bro he got injured because he was the one who was the only one to defend sabonis.
@@doganbasturk1685 where did i say anything about his injury. Im saying none of this is his fault but as someone who has watched every game there are numerous occasions where he gets a rebound and instead of outlet passing to one of the faster players he dribbles it up allowing the defense to set which has taken many fastbreak points away. just hopped on my comment to argue a point i didnt even care about.
This is an example of addition by subtraction. Sengun goes out and Rockets goes on winning streak. Let’s take the extreme case and Rockets gets in the play-in and playoffs and ends up winning the 🏆without Sengun, what should the Rockets do with Sengun? 🤔
i dont think that they can win the chip with or without sengun this year.
5 mins in, pretty much what I was saying.
I think Rockets will contend next season. Their talent and depth clears OKC. OKC is great but Dort Williams and SGA sorta have similar styles of play and body type. Rockets are more athletic, taller, bigger, better play makers, and I also believe better defensively. If Rockets were healthy all year they'd be a top 6 team already imo. LeBron, KD, Steph, Kawhi, etc are fading out and the new blood of Jokic, SGA, Ant, Luka, Zion, Ja, Booker, Fox, etc are taking over out West. Rockets have the pieces to play and beat those teams especially with Adams coming along, a Nets pick, and offseason pickups.
Sengun is great on offense only in a half court setting. His defense is just down right horrible.
it is not. Check the stats before you say stuff like this bro. He's taken a leap since last year.
@Sengoon1905 ummmm I watch every game stats don't tell the whole story
@@Mrnappy13 me to brother and there i just no way you think his defense is horrible man. He was top 2/3 with maxey for MIP not becaus his offense got better but just like all the commentators have been sayin his defense also got alot better. Stop the narrative man
11 in a ROW BABY
I am using this Sengun/Jalen compatibility narrative to rate the national pundits - most fail. It probably gets looks based on creating controversy but in the long run they look bad and lose credibility. I expect them to use Sengun further away from the basket and a lot more movement next year anyhow. One narrative someone put out there was that the real difference you are seeing is that the defense is better without Sengun. I need to run some stats to comment on that - but I doubt it. It's just noise - unfortunately these things become established in the public's mind.
I don't agree them as a pare just don't flow well together
The Rockets are playing better, it is not because Alpi got injured nor Jalen's 3pt percentage got better. The winning streak is related to Amen being in the starting lineup and doing amazing job both in the defense and on the offense. Amen is the type of a player who runs nonstop and makes the cuts all the time. Jalen's never had a desire to cut as much as Amen. Therefore Alpi+Amen combination will be much more effective than Alpi+Jalen combination. The toughest question , when Alpi recovers from the injury and gets back to the team and Amen to start in the starting lineup, who should be in the bench? Jabari Smith or Dillon Brooks?
When Şengün returns tomorrow , would coach let him get minutes risking a win Streak.. That s surprising all these course of events..
Aggressive athletic wing scorer and a classic euro big. Seems like a Kobe and Gasol mold. Can definitely work together.
The stats say the Rockets offense is much better without sengun...
What stats? The i.q. level of some of the people in the Fandom isn't too high from what I'm seeing. The fact is Jalen wasn't shooting well, non of the Rockets were shooting efficiently accept Alpi. It should be clear why the offense was disjointed. Dropping it Alpi was there only way of staying in games. The stats show that the Rockets offense was a top 30 offense and Sengun accounted for like upwards of 60% of the offense on most nights.
Statistics are like a miniskirt, it shows a lot, but it doesn't show what you really want to see.
Its funny how these professionals are saying the exact same thing i been saying. You goofies (you know who you are) need Jalen and Sengun to teach you how to ball because obviously you guys havent learned yet 😂
You don't know your asshole from a hole in the ground
@@garybankston9319 I think you misunderstood. The fact is that there have been a bunch of people talking crap about Sengun and my point is that what I've been saying to those goof balls is the same thing these guys just said on this podcast. I respect these guys I do t respect the part of the Fandom that dosnt understand how to play but call for Jalens and Alperans trades. All season I said that people need to be patient with Jalen while people said he was trash.
@@darealliljable Oh sorry. I don't think I've ever heard a take from you, just criticism of other people. There are lots of people on here that are just wrong. I try not to say anything to them unless they come at me on a thread I started. My apologies. I am working very hard for my age lately and I get crabby about once every 3 days.
@@garybankston9319 hang in there. No hate whatsoever. I see alot of nonsense in reference to who the team needs to trade and so I just been defending sengun and green. It's all good sir. I appreciate you caring about this team. God bless you
@@darealliljable no problem
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Why does Ben DuBose look like he got a Snapchat filter on?? 🤔 #nodiddy
Sengun slows him down
Jalen hesitant to go all out with sengun around
Cuz sengun makes the play not fit for jalen
Small ball unlocked Jalen s game
Where's the benched Jalen and trade Jalen narrative?
Flip flops?
Let me guess… warriors fan?
Alpi find yourself a better team, there is no bright future for you in this team with this fun base. GSW might be perfect fit for your skills where you can shine and become an all star.
Let's see the games against Dallas and Golden state, teams that will defend tooth and nail, have a reality check and continue this discussion..Houston front office is a mess, imo Alpi would fit excellent into both Golden State and Boston.. turning them into championship contenders immediately, I assume there will be demand from these teams..
Eventual losses from Dallas or GsW will change absolutely nothing, lol. Rockets will not go backwards and have already beaten strong defenses recently, like Cavs and Thunder.
@@aleksandarradovanovic8496 Have you come to senses buddy? Educate yourself and watch games wisely..JG is a park player, all 3 years he's been in nba only towards the end of the season his statistics go up a little, when opponents soften up or downright play with their benches.. Houston will either trade Alpi and will be a low tier team the next ten years, because against GSW even cam had bad shooting, no one can shoot consistently in rockets that is the main problem! Or you build a team around Alpi and learn to play set games, like Denver, like Sacramento, like boston..I'd keep Alpi, Amen and Fvv and trade the rest for consistent shooting, well defending veterans and you got yourself a final four contender!
if it fits perfectly then why we have been winning without Sengun? i like this show but please dont assume before it works
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What I don't understand is how slow the Fandom is when it comes to understanding what's happening on the court and throughout this season . The Rockets had no real go to offense besides sengun. They weren't shooting well and how is that senguns fault exactly? Ime tried all kinds of lineups to try and get these guys going but the only one who could consistently shoot it was Whitmore after they called him back from the g league. The Rockets were a top 30 offense and a very inefficient shooting team. Ime tried all kinds of looks and lineups to see what stuck. The roster was constructed in a way that suggested Jalen would be the primary scorer but he couldnt do it for like 70% of the regular season. 🤦♂️
Do Rocket fans claim Ben DuBose? He is a 🤡
They dont fit.. lol.
SENGREEN IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE
Sengun = Good player but Bad fit. Unless my eyes are deceiving me the Rockets pace and defense has improved and we are winning which is the end goal. Between Amen and Landel both are playing with higher energy/intensity than Sengun on a night to night basis. 1 through 5 can lock up and close out on 3 pointers on the perimeter. Beyond Sengun's lack of defensive paint presence he tends to get lazy with pick and roll switches and letting stretch bigs shoot wide open threes. Most importantly the spacing is open for Jalen and co to go to work. What was killing us was Sengun's paint defense and the slow pace from dumping the ball into the paint while everyone was out of rythm and standing around most nights. It's seems we're finally playing (Rockets) basketball by uping the tempo and shooting threes at a high clip instead of grinding in the post all game to lose in the end. Sengun gets a ton of points from those constant touches from Fred but we we're still losing between the out of wack pace and lack of defensive paint presence the trade off of playing with or without him is substantially better without him in totality.
It don't work I'd trade Sengun no defense. He a typical foreigner. Except dirk. He was different
to the mavs, him ad luca.. 8+ rings minimum dobe by white euro.. who u guard? both put 40 easy on ur asses!!
Kobe and Gasol
People are trying to destroy the SenGreen duo. Also from the Turkish fans you can see an increasing amount of fake accounts who are pushing that competition..it s so silly. They are brothers 🫡