Hakeem Olajuwon working out with Alperen Sengun

chuck_wagon44 · Post #1 » by **chuck_wagon44** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 3:41 pm

Everything about him is GOAT material.

CptCrunch · Post #2 » by **CptCrunch** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:04 pm

Aply might become the best Hakeem has worked with

God Squad · Post #3 » by **God Squad** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:10 pm

Hes already very advanced offensively imo, his limitations stem from his measurements and lack of foot speed on defense.

Don_velli · Post #4 » by **Don_velli** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:11 pm

I still remember at the draft when he was still on the board. The 'experts' were talking about the best players left and Kendrick Perkins omitted Sengun. He was asked why - his response? "Because I can't pronounce that guy's name so I left him out". Everyone laughed and thought it was funny.
How many GM's and FO's did this?

UcanUwill · Post #5 » by **UcanUwill** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:13 pm

I am the guy who rocked this, still feel good about my prediction, his stats are nothing special, but if you watch him play, you see this kid is one of the best rookies for sure

Lockdown504090 · Post #6 » by **Lockdown504090** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:20 pm

Don_velli wrote:I still remember at the draft when he was still on the board. The 'experts' were talking about the best players left and Kendrick Perkins omitted Sengun. He was asked why - his response? "Because I can't pronounce that guy's name so I left him out". Everyone laughed and thought it was funny.
How many GM's and FO's did this?

I thought the spurs might take him, but they wanted to swing for the fences on primo, so i get that. but everyone complaining about his draft position really needs to chill out. This draft was loaded, senguun would go no lower than 8 if he was in 20222. kendrick perkins i do think is an nba expert because he has a pretty good basketball iq, but i wouldnt call him a draft expert. people were calling this the deepest draft in an extremely long time. I think all of these guys before him except kispert duarte and bouknight have at least boarderline all star potential.

Tor_Raps · Post #7 » by **Tor_Raps** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:22 pm

I still can't believe this guy isn't getting the reps they're giving Jalen Green and Porter Jr. Senguin will be a beast in a few years.

Statlanta · Post #8 » by **Statlanta** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:26 pm

Kobe, Amar'e, Dwight Howard, Sengun?

Also did D-Mo work with Hakeem?

BallerTalk · Post #9 » by **BallerTalk** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:40 pm

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UcanUwill · Post #10 » by **UcanUwill** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 5:17 pm

Statlanta wrote:Kobe, Amar'e, Dwight Howard, Sengun?

Also did D-Mo work with Hakeem?

Austin Daye did :lol:

Adam Stern · Post #11 » by **Adam Stern** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 5:53 pm

Tor_Raps wrote:I still can't believe this guy isn't getting the reps they're giving Jalen Green and Porter Jr. Senguin will be a beast in a few years.

From the games I've seen he's a bit of a foul magnet, which is understandable for a 19 year old rookie.

Post #12 » by **Clyde Frazier** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:13 pm

Hakeem is 59 years old and still looks like he'd be a terror in 3 on 3.

(For all I know maybe he still plays full court!)

coolness · Post #13 » by **coolness** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:25 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
Statlanta wrote:Kobe, Amar'e, Dwight Howard, Sengun?

Also did D-Mo work with Hakeem?

Austin Daye did

Daye had an amazing stroke. Makes me sad as a Pistons fan.

UcanUwill · Post #14 » by **UcanUwill** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:33 pm

coolness wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:
Statlanta wrote:Kobe, Amar'e, Dwight Howard, Sengun?

Also did D-Mo work with Hakeem?

Austin Daye did

Daye had an amazing stroke. Makes me sad as a Pistons fan.

He really should have been better. 6'11 with good shooting range. Its funny Spurs traded DeColo for him, which from NBA perspective, its just a scrub trade with no impact, but years later both of these became Euroleague players, and DeColo was a superstar while Daye even in Europe was way below average, so from Euroleague perspective, such trade would be incredibly unrealistic and one sided :lol:

Ice Trae · Post #15 » by **Ice Trae** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 6:49 pm

We in the off season already?

Ballerhogger · Post #16 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:10 pm

CptCrunch wrote:Aply might become the best Hakeem has worked with

better than kobe? :crazy:

Ballerhogger · Post #17 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:11 pm

Ice Trae wrote:We in the off season already?

the rockets are

Shock Defeat · Post #18 » by **Shock Defeat** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:19 pm

Hakeem is the master of post moves. He also looks like he is still better in the post than everyone in the nba besides embiid or Jokic. I think he can easily still put in 5-10 minutes in the league right now.

3toheadmelo · Post #19 » by **3toheadmelo** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 7:19 pm

Statlanta wrote:Kobe, Amar'e, Dwight Howard, Sengun?

Also did D-Mo work with Hakeem?

Amare also did for one off season and this man became a bucket in the low post that very next season. It was really impressive until he got hit with injuries again

Watch on YouTube

slicedbread2 · Post #20 » by **slicedbread2** » Mon Jan 31, 2022 12:21 am

At least the good thing is Sengun is doing this during his rookie year. Other players such as Dwight Howard waited far too long until it was too late. Kobe and LBJ benefited massively from learning from Hakeem on how to properly take advantage of mismatches whether it be in the high, mid or low post.

This is a good sign for Sengun and to think the Rockets gave up 2 heavily pro. 1sts they acquired in the John Wall+Christian Wood deals is impressive. Sengun has a lot of work to do defensively, but with him being 19, I think he'll get better as time goes on. He already has a good foundation and just needs to build onto that.