Houston Rockets middle Alperen Sengun simply wrapped up his second consecutive All-Star marketing campaign, with averages of 20.4 factors, 8.9 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 51.9 % from the sector, 1.2 steals and 1.1 blocks per contest. Sengun additionally racked up 34 double-doubles, which tied Los Angeles Lakers superstar Luka Doncic for ninth-most in the NBA.
Sengun and the Rockets drew a good first-round postseason matchup towards the aforementioned Lakers, attributable to accidents to Doncic and Lakers guard Austin Reaves nevertheless it hasn’t fairly materialized into a good consequence so far. The Rockets are down 0-3 and face a grim however sensible risk of getting swept.
On their residence flooring, at that. Sengun hasn’t precisely been constant all through the collection, averaging 19.5 factors on 15-of-39 capturing from the ground (38.5 %) by way of the primary two video games of the collection. Game 3, nevertheless, noticed a a lot totally different Sengun.
He was aggressive and did all he could to will this Rockets ball membership to victory. Well, exterior of long-range capturing, as he went simply 1-of-5 from 3-point land, however that shouldn’t be a shock.
All instructed, Sengun had 33 factors, 16 rebounds (5 offensive), 6 assists, 3 steals and a block, in 47 minutes of motion. This was the model of Sengun that was anticipated from the beginning of the season.
Several hours earlier than tip-off of Game 3, a report surfaced from Will Guillory of The Athletic, stating that Sengun could very properly be moved this summer season, if the Rockets discover themselves eradicated early in the postseason in a disappointing style (like they’ve).
According to Guillory, Sengun could be moved for a participant like Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kawhi Leonard, or Donovan Mitchell. The Rockets have been linked to Antetokounmpo earlier in the season, so it’s not shocking to see his identify once more.
It’ll be attention-grabbing to see what else the Rockets do that offseason, from a roster development standpoint, as a result of including one other superstar will power the crew to give up roster depth and go away the Rockets compromised, because it pertains to changing that depth.
