Houston Rockets Need More From Alperen Sengun & Jabari Smith Jr's MONSTER Game Not Enough Vs Thunder

Houston Rockets Need More From Alperen Sengun & Jabari Smith Jr's MONSTER Game Not Enough Vs Thunder
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) is joined by weekly cohost and NBA Draft enthusiast Madison Moore (@MadManLeaks) to discuss the Houston Rockets 123-110 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. A fantastic first 18 or so minutes of play from the Rockets leading by as many as 16 before unraveling the rest of the way, defensive gameplan on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, needing more from Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr.'s MONSTER double-double night, no answer for Chet Holmgren in the fourth quarter, the concerning regression of Dillon Brooks and more.
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[@AkagiRedSun]

Sengun hit a wall after 40 games. He’s body is not yet ready for extensive minuets and leading player on the team yet. First two season he was pretty much bench back up and didn’t see the play where he had to create an offense. I see both Fred and Alpi both are just too tire to create anything and rest of our guys are just not there yet. Both Jabari and Sengun needs to condition their body next off season to take another step, also not having Tari and getting rid of KPJ hurts the rotation we were supposed to have

[@dww5180]

I’m so glad someone realized this.. plus he plays in Turkey in the off seasons, dude looks spent

[@carbon_1284]

Sengun has back extension which causes a bunch of biomechanical issues, pulls on psoas, causes fatigue, unathletsism and a weak core. Your hips have to be under your shoulders to be athletic.

[@realtalk6195]

@@dww5180You meant he plays _for_ the Turkish national team in the off-season, the FIBA matches are held globally.

[@JohnBoo-u3e]

Every team know we can’t shoot so all they do is pack the paint and he has no were to go that also goes for driving lanes

[@edwardrodriguez4040]

The way Sga has his timing down to score with ease with no contact while you have Jalen green 1 speed (fast asf and outta control) not even close to scoring by the rim… 5/13 yet again for Jalen green☠️

[@wuzi7049]

SGA is also five years older and has like 6 more years experience

[@edwardrodriguez4040]

@@wuzi7049 look at the tape, Sga always had his timing , green in his third year still playing like he’s in highschool , that attacking fast asf on people and just laying it up not gon work like it did in Highschool , bro it was too skinny

[@happyalpi957]

What many don't know is that Alpi has one of the lowest salaries in the Houston rockets team..even Jock and Jae Sean have higher salaries. We have a low budget center who is giving his max in the games. If there was a back up center this year there would have been less struggle for alpi. He needs more time to improve his stamina. People are blaming him after all defensive issues but in the end this is a team sport and if you are not able to make great defense as a collective you cannot blame individuals.

[@jay_7139]

They are feeble

[@robertvara2685]

Steals and turnovers and poor shooting. Got to take better care of the ball.

[@Lezahfire]

Diillon is a selfish player.he wanna be a hero.acting crazy sometimes.hope ime must bench him...

[@josentumama]

Alp is not a c. He trash this new year. Hes nit sabonis level. We do need to do something wirh jalen on alp. One gotra go and who ever we keep needs a reduced role. And im so down to bring fred off the bench. Either we get bailed of with bringing in mitchell or harden or we go to starting amen, cam, tari, bari, sengun Bench fred, dillion, adams, and hopefully som good draft picks.

[@jalenjohnson0339]

This loss like all the others is the result of bad roster construction we have a lot of guys that don’t necessarily fit together. Also we dont really have a guy that go out there and get a bucket. Sengun is our closest player to that and he had a horrible game not to mention he was in foul trouble. But earlier he was drawing so much attention that guys got some open looks but once he went out. We went to hero ball and guys were playing selfishly. I love what Fred has done for us but you can see that he limited due to his size and he takes dumb threes. He not suppose to be a scorer that’s not his game. Jalen Green he been nonexistent as a shooting guard and if he can’t score he almost useless on the court because he not good at everything else or he not skilled enough. Also our bench sucks we have to rely on the third stringers. Ime gets some blame here too because he has no creativity on offense I think it might be time he needs to get like an offensive minded coach as one of his assistants. With that said the season over I would shut down Fred and Dillion and give Cam and Amen some run or experiment and if that somehow gives us our pick back so be it. Great video Jackson

[@itherif123]

Sengun didnt play 3. Quarters first 5 minutes and game over

[@TheEditorify]

Jabari didn’t have a monster game. He’s gonna be a role player at best. His shot is broken. He palms the ball. Can’t create for himself. Very low efficiency. Trade everyone except for Amen, Cam, Tari, Fred, Brooks and build around Sengun.

[@xxvvxxxx]

too much talk same story no 3s no Cake... other teams have zero respect to rockets shooterz

[@davidstansbury9309]

Dillon Brooks is a bad passer. He was passing more early in the season but turning it over a lot. When we're winning games, he plays less selfishly. When things are going bad, he tries to do too much.

[@CAdams93]

The Rockets are unwatchable

[@kaganbektas8866]

You just cant give up your game olan after 2 play... Alpi was in bench when it matters the most. Sorry but people act like udoka doing everything perfect

[@kaganbektas8866]

*game plan

[@justmythoughts101]

Is Udoka that coach everybody was expecting???

[@Aventsdor]

Cause he had 4 fouls by halftime. Watch the actually game

[@kaganbektas8866]

I watched the match, don't worry, basketball is not such a simple game. That's the whole point of being a coach, NBA has become an extremely soft league, lot of rich babys

[@ViiRaLx713]

It’s Joever

[@FarhanAli-zx1lg]

If draft was done the right way like NFL imagine chet homgren, cade Cunningham with lp being a 30 minute guy of the bench would've been scary. Jabari is not good enough and Jalen green is just brock oswiler and I hope doesn't get paid like oswiler ouchhh 😂😅😂

[@BrandonHinrichsArt]

Jabari is great and will continue to improve smh. Jalen sucks tho lmao

[@chalando6124]

Hmm I think Jabari has it. Give the dude time.

[@Andre25167]

Jalen with a 3pt shot makes this team a play ins team easily. You won't be able to double sengun. I remember watching a game were they compared the offense of with Fred vs without Fred and the numbers were a big diffrence. For the ppl complaining about shooting, well your #2 and #4 picks can't shoot 3s in a era were 3s make a difference especially for guards. I won't mind seeing Cam start because atleast you got a 3pt threat out there and hes earned the right, Udoka wants defense but he might have to take a chance and flip it by putting cam with the starters and go offense mode. Atleast it's a try. My advice for jalen is to keep practicing 3s.

[@LostinColony]

Jackson , sorry to say that but Udoka is not ' HIM' . If your game plans dont include Alpy , you have no offense. He tried jalen , failed big time. Forget about the playoffs even play inns just a dream. Never too late , Kick that GM , kick this overrated coach ime get a useful one , trade Jalen asap. Focus / invest your young talents like Alpy-Amen-Bari etc. or? Keep tanking!

[@judarod1]

The dumbest sht Ive ever heard. Sengun is the reason the Rockets sucks.

[@BossNerd]

The Thunder simply executed their game plan better than the Rockets. This is the game I wanted to see, not that I like the outcome, it showed me where Cam and Amen are in their development. I'm hoping this game lets Udoka devise better plans and better lineups. I agree that Dillon hasn't looked good lately. The only player I'm really happy with is Jabari - he isn't perfect but his play is consistent. I'm not sure what's up with Fred - he looks rusty, which is something I would not expect.

[@chalando6124]

god dillon has looked like a total turd lately. Really like kinda wtfing this signing right now... Esp once Tari gets back :/

[@realtalk6195]

Your audio volume is a bit too low. Should be doubled.

[@mariomeza9238]

He needs help!!!

[@SpaceCityMike34]

Start Cam and Amen

[@chalando6124]

I want a Fred, Amen, Tari, Bari, Sengun lineup. I wanna see what it does. Or fuck it, go rookie. Amen, Cam, Tari, Bari, Sengun. I wanna see these lineups b4 the season ends. Idk what Tari's issue is some sort of leg disease idk. Not saying this should be the starting lineups or anything, just want to see how they work. Or lastly remove Dillon, put in Amen into the starting lineup. Amen is a superstar defender. Hate when Dillon goes Dillon mode and puts head down and does a stupid fade away shot.

[@MrKaiowa]

Alpi needs to be more aggressive if he wants to be a superstar. He is giving a lot of opportunities to others like all open shots with this extra defence on him but the others are so bad with %FG especially jalen. I really don’t like when you guys speak how jalen is pushing to be a better player or how he is good at something. He is just not consistent for 3 years and this team will never achieve playoffs without a trustworthy scorer.

[@hobowithagun24]

Jalen and ALP carried this team to the loss 😤🔥

[@demogorgon4244]

alpi needs to learn how to hook shot properly. his hooks are called "baby" because they are so friggin' lame. he needs to give ball more elevation so he won't be blocked. so basically he has the footwork but his shot is krappiest krap ever, super easy to block. any big men who jump to block at the right time will successfully block alpi. hell, any big men who jump a bit later will also block his krappy hooks.

[@harveyflood4177]

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM- The Rockets play-by-play announcer & the color commentator are horrible & horrible! *Who hired these guys, Craig Ackerman & Ryan Hollins? *They call games like the Rockets' players are superstars & the team is a must see true contenders? *Note: NBA Fans don't need that over-exuberant commentator/analyst calling games! *They, (Craig & Ryan) are tailor-made for radio only, (not for the viewing fan). *Note: Bird, Dream, Magic, MJ & Kobe are not lacing them up. *Note, Mr. T.Fertitta should insist both guys drop their mic!! *Rockets need another Bill Worell & Matt Bullard/Clyde Dexler (Doris Burks, Hubie Brown type) on the mic! NOTE: Do something!!

[@josentumama]

Im glad im not the only one. Craig n hollins are suxh trash. Anyone here could do way better. Fire the whooe front office man. This shit be so unwatchable

[@DunyaLideri-lj3ly]

Alperen only took 8 shots.. I wonder what would happen if udoka did not intend to "feed" him..

[@Pattheblack99]

He had 6 turnovers. Can’t shoot the ball if you giving it away.

[@DunyaLideri-lj3ly]

Alperen should leave this trash team, or he will become an ordinary big man and a "what if"..

[@firstlast9354]

He has being trash the second half of the season and he has being getting tons of opportunities to score but rather pass the ball and he is just a liability on defense gets cooked

[@EricPlumber]

That's what's wrong with players now leave instead building something Great 😢

[@demogorgon4244]

6 turnovers, he sucks.

[@Aventsdor]

He literally gets the ball every possession. This narrative that ime is setting him up for failure is so ridiculous

[@judarod1]

​@@Aventsdor Same sht they said when Silas was the Coach. Its not them, its Sengun! He's trash, man.