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/at the paint from the start of the play (elbow and dunker). 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 but we just give it to them voluntarily. 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.
Its not that he sucks. I just think he mentally checked out. There is something going on mentally. Euro ball version of Sengun was elite.
league figured him out, and he’s soft he’s fat and lazy too he looks like the only exercise he does is running out of food
Sadly, this is my impression of his demeanor on and off the court. He has become a ball hog and plays like a pg with negative consequences.
Young, rich, successful and in love. Can’t be hungry if you’re full. There’s nobody in that locker room showing him what he’s missing in a chip. We either need a coach who can do it or a dog player leading the way. I think Dillon the Villain was that guy.
Nothing happened. He was overrated from the start. He's not improved year over year. Yes he can pass well but he’s a terrible shooter, terrible defender and he’s incredibly soft and he complains non stop to the officials. He's always been a flawed player but it had been so long so Houston had hope the flaws were glanced over.
He's freaking 23. Big men take a little longer to come into form than guards. We're lucky to have him. He just needs someone to show him the way.
I think last year Alpy demonstrated he could be a net neutral defensive player and that was an improvement. Maybe this year he's regressed in that regard. Offensively we're just not going to get much more out of him under Udoka. Udoka doesn't care about what Sengun does on offense, or anyone for that matter. The Rockets are in a love triangle between Ime, Amen and Sengun and somebody's got to go.
