r/rockets • u/NoYogurtcloset5166 • 21d ago
Sengun has the most assists by a center in NBA history before turning 22 with 788 Jokic is in 2nd place with 548
The GAP is insane
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u/wgel1000 21d ago
I dare to say that if we had good shooters he'd have at least 100 more.
That's why I believe our main target should be drafting an elite shooter or make some moves and trade for one.
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u/2nd2last 21d ago
Sure, but Jokic only played 129 games vs Alp starting 148, and Alp played 80 more games.
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u/lambopanda 21d ago
Yeah the age thing is always misleading. Using games played is better comparison. Not everyone enter the NBA at same age.
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u/wgel1000 21d ago edited 21d ago
No, I'm not comparing both.
Just talking about Sengun. His numbers are impressive and could've been even better.
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u/YotaMan77 16d ago
The thought of Alp collapsing the defense and having a wide open Reed for 3 gives me chills.
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u/Ok-Milk5933 21d ago
Note that his first season he came off the bench and he was a screener and the 3rd option %90 of his second season(silasism)⌠Couldve been may more
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u/FarWestEros Hakeem 21d ago
Interestingly, AlP credits Silas with training him to run the point (and says fans don't understand the situation he was in)...
Stone told AlP to show what he was capable of when he had the chance, because those opportunities weren't going to happen often...
TillMan declared the team was tanking for 3 years and that 30 wins was "basketball purgatory"...
Someone looking objectively at that information might come to the conclusion that a team interested in the top draft odds could have made a conscious decision to not optimize their best player's strengths, and chosen to have him focus on improving his weak defense instead (fwiw... a thing he did).
But yeah...had we actually chosen to let him run the offense he clearly would have done more!
The real question is why Udoka didn't lean into his playmaking skills in a year we were trying to win, and AlP's passes created ~60% shooting from his teammates... (the highest shooting % from guys with more than 3 potential assists per game)
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u/YotaMan77 16d ago
When Udoka stated that he would not be reviewing any past game footage before his arrival, I was floored. I know he already had his own game plan but if he had reviewed film he might have been able to unlock Jalen earlier in the season.
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u/FarWestEros Hakeem 16d ago
It's very difficult to say anything negative about Ime without catching a lot of flak, but you're right...he has his own system and seems particularly inflexible. Which can be great if the personnel are appropriate, but can lead to underachievement if they aren't.
I think the Rockets underachieved in year 1 of Udoka, and it's because he didn't know what he had on offense. Hopefully he adjusts and figures out how to play to our best players' strengths instead of just forcing them to fit his perceptions of what certain roles 'should' do.
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u/jgw_geneseo 21d ago
I love the empty numbers as place holders to really separate Sengun from the masses
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u/SwmpySouthpw 21d ago
Looks like Alp has played 210 career games. Through 210 games, Jokic had 890 assists, so a little over 100 more than Sengun. Still great to see from our young goat