The first 20 games of the season, Sengun looked like he took the leap. He was playing at an All-NBA level and even getting mentioned in Top 10 MVP conversations. Since then? It’s been a rollercoaster. The consistency just hasn’t been there. At first, we blamed fatigue from EuroBasket. Then after the injury in the Mavs game, we pointed to the ankle. But now? He just doesn’t look like himself. The touch around the rim isn’t the same, it looks like the same problem he had last season. The free throws have dipped. The defensive impact has regressed. And the biggest concern his defense looks like it slipped back to the Silas-era level. Late rotations. Soft contests. Not the same edge. This team needs him locked in. When Sengun is aggressive, efficient, and engaged defensively, everything opens up. But he has to snap out of this. The Rockets go as far as Sengun takes them.
he wants to be the star and leader of the team. Pouts when that isn't the case on the court..**** effort, **** decisions, **** defense
Who has ever looked like you hoped in Udoka's offense other than elite distance shooters? Inside the arc everything is radioactive for this team. Everyone has struggled to figure out driving through the paint. If you can shoot over it or get a putback, great. Otherwise, you're pretty f*cked. Reed and Durant can shoot but even they struggle to get inside. Think about it the most advanced solution we have for our offense is to voluntarily put 2 non-shooters in the paint from the start of the play. Those 2 non-shooters bring with them 2 defenders. That's 4 people just sitting in the paint. Teams literally spend all their time practicing how to force that situation and we just give it to them. Just bring Sengun out to the perimeter and give him the green light to shoot 3's. That's our best option. No one on this team but Durant is making more than 39% of their middies. If Sengun can manage shooting just 31% from 3, that's equivalent to 46.5% on a middie. That's a far more efficient bail out shot. Udoka is trying to make him into something he's not. The offense only suits him and Fred. He made Brown and Tatum look worse than they really are, you best believe he's doing the same here.
Trade deadline, could have had something for him. Now? Good luck, might get a Brandon Ingram or Zion.
