Don’t look now, but Alperen Şengün has figured out defense. Houston’s success on that end of the floor tends to get credited to their perimeter stoppers, but Şengün has developed into ...

Alperen Şengün’s absence, the wall of small, ... Portland and Chicago. The Warriors, on the other hand, still have to face the Knicks, ... Oregon. Orlando. Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. Sacramento.

The Houston Rockets are entering the 2024-25 NBA season with Turkish center Alperen Şengün as the team's best player. Nearly getting an All-Star nod, Şengün averaged 21.1 points, 9.3 rebounds ...

Şengün led the way for the Rockets, recording a double-double with 31 points and 12 rebounds despite getting in foul trouble early on in the game. Smith Jr. also had a great showing, scoring 23 ...

With Şengün, his driving game meets this criteria. Among 180 players to register at least 200 drives last season, per NBA.com, his 58.4 percent points rate ranked 68th. Yet his 41.6 field goal ...

Şengün averages the sixth-most post-ups per game and is sixth in scoring on them, but it has not been an efficient offense for the Rockets, with Şengün ranking in the 45.5 percentile on post-ups.

In 2021, the organization welcomed another budding big to its franchise -- 19-year-old Alperen Şengün. Four years later, the Giresun, Turkey, native has morphed into one of the more well-rounded ...

Several Rockets coaches worked with Şengün during the summer in Turkey in order to get him ready for the 2024-25 campaign. Alperen Sengun averaged 21.1 points, 9.3 rebounds and 5.0 assists per ...

Alperen Şengün threw NBA’s best assist, and Nikola Jokic’s fingerprints are all over it. Story by Ricky O'Donnell • 3w. T he Houston Rockets are one of the best stories of the NBA season.

Sep 30, 2024; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun (28) speaks during Houston Rockets media day. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Troy Taormina-Imagn Images ...

With Houston Rockets center Alperen Şengün saying on Monday that he was hopeful an agreement with the Rockets on a contract extension, his was not just wishful thinking. There is a “legitimate ...