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Who can we realistically get for Sengun?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by SamFisher, Feb 22, 2026 at 8:11 AM.

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    She’s Americanizing him bro. That’s why he’s quit on Ime.
     
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    Oh yeah!!! The Houston Jazz great plan.
     
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    lol swag champ?
     
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    looks like when he goes shopping for his girl, he buys 2 sizes of everything: one for him, and the smaller size for her
     
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    Bought his girls outfit from the men’s dept. bought his from the ladies at saks.
     
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    He always looks like the most well dressed guy working at a Hot Topic.
     
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    Or Zumiez
     
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    Amen is a great defender, but on the offensive end, he's probably the last guy you want taking a shot in the half court, the 5th option.
    The shots he does take in the half court are either assisted or putbacks.
    Yes, he's great in transition and against a defense that hasn't gotten set yet but that's a small part of an NBA offense.
    Half court sets are the meat and potatoes of an NBA offense and we're talking about "building around" a guy who's a 4th or 5th option?
    Yeah, I see the potential upside if he ever figures out how to shoot, yes it was encouraging to see him double his 3 point percentage from year one to year two - then we get regression in year three and we had the same conversation for the last four years about potential and it was just as polarizing.

    While his individual shooting numbers outside of 3 feet are putrid, how it affects the effectiveness of the other 4 guys on the floor has to be an issue ....
    The spacing issues to outright ignoring him on the perimeter, it's part of the reason it's so easy for teams to double KD and part of why Alpi's shooting numbers have declined as Amen has gotten more minutes, going from .570 the prior two years, the first without Amen, the second Amen getting limited minutes to .520 the two years of Amen getting starters minutes.
    It was also part of GSW strategy in the playoffs, it allowed Amen's defender to shadow Jalen under his primary defender .... not a hard double but always hedging.

    That we are talking about "Building Around" that guy is crazy to me.
     
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    loll I’m done. We know Sengun paying that 100k on clothes. Just does look like Zumiez at the end of the day haha.
     
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    1 DONKEY 1 GOAT FINAL OFFER.
     
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    Dude works at Yaga Ragz over summer break.
     
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    They obviously didn't know what they were talking about. I alawys said he was more Sabonis than Jokic
     
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    Excuses. Sengun's just not the guy his fans made him out to be. Limited offensive player with absolutely no defense his whole career. The difference is Jalen's not here to blame anymore. He looks a step slow on every possession
     
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    Sengun's advanced stats (at least the ones publicly available on basketball-reference) have been virtually identical for 3 straight seasons. I was hyped for this season after his success leading Turkey this summer.

    But I think this is just who he is. Great player and IMO one of the best value contracts in the league, but the baby Jokic talk is over. It wouldn't be such a bad idea to see what we can get before he turns into our version of Sabonis.

    We've probably already missed selling high though.
     
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    His fingers aren’t painted are they?
     
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    I've seen lots of people comment on using Jabari at the center spot and I've always stated that he's not suited to that position, these stats pretty much prove that.
     
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