Alperen Sengun: “I want to be the best player in this league one day.”
Let’s start with being the best player on the team first
Eating the elephant one bite at a time
Why the hate though the dude basically says he wants to be a very good player?
How is that comment hate? It would stand to reason to become the best player on your team before you become league MVP.
You want him to say as his biggest goal ever to be the best player in fucking rockets?
Kd is on that team. Making yourself more valuable than him even today is a hefty goal.
It would be a start
How you go to that from what I said shows a lack of reading comprehension.
it’s not hate when last time we saw him he got dicked down by deandre ayton lmao
First pick Ayton you mean
Bro this is reddit. Whoever makes fun of the player in the post the best gets voted to the top.
its what makes reddit so cringe
just a race to post some rehashed corny joke for karma. yet NPC redditors are so opposed to AI
The irony of your username being a rehashed corny joke
There’s a fine line between ambition and delusion and this clearly crosses it.
“I want to be a very good player” is obviously not the same as “I want to be the best player in this league”, come on. The first is already true, the second will never happen
Reddit is allergic to confidence, goals, and dreams.
Cuz they have none so how dare someone else
He’s generally annoying; this isn’t the first time he’s been a little off.
He’s soft. Lakers easily managing him helped make that series into an upset.
He thinks there’s a bigger talent gap between his teammates and him than there is, and he’s not afraid to say things that indicate it.
It’s also semi-delusional even if we pretend there aren’t any other better players. He’s about to begin year 6, and the last 3 years have the same stats, 20 ppg.
Finally, there’s a difference between “I want to be a very good player” (your phrasing) and “I want to be the best player in this league” (his phrasing). 1st one has your teammates barely noticing beyond being a good leader, 2nd one has your teammates rolling their eyes.
Can’t wait til KD makes fun of him in the group chat
Is sengun even better than wemby offensively? Definitely in the post, but without the range or the lob threat.
And then there is another stratosphere to even get close to wemby defensively.
Easiest no there ever was and I like Sengun (not love).
He hasn’t been offensively as good as Wemby maybe any season of his career. That said you’re comparing him to a guy that has essentially been arguably a top 10 player (certainly top 15) for 2 of his 3 seasons in the league… the guy is just different.
Wemby is literally a cheat code but cmon dude is just trying to hype the season up for him and rockets fans it ain’t that serious
I deadass said I like him and agreed Wemby is just different. I was trying to think of who you’d really discuss with him but was still working so didn’t even look into the draft class, but after it only Cade would be the player I’d say is a no brainer over Sengun and dude was a 16th pick playing meaningful ball.
Frankly, he’s a lot better than our 2nd pick of Jalen Green and as good as Mobley, Barnes, Suggs, and Giddey are this class has a bunch of flaws including Sengun. All the same I haven’t given up on him
Best center on the team first
He already is the Rockets best team player. KD is KD. Amen is Great. But Sengun raises the whole teams floor.
Or even the second tbh
I’m confused - why is there a team media day now?
Rockets are leaving for two preseason games in Macau, so they won’t be present for official media day
Are Rockets still popular in China because of Yao?
We lost a lot of traction bc Morey lol but we are building it back up
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So many jokes, but his sentiment is really mature.
“There are 60 new players every year in this league”
If you aren’t getting better you’re getting passed up.
I hate Sengun as a player, but I respect this mindset a lot.
People are reacting to the title. I don’t think they listened to the clip. Like you said, he’s just talking about setting higher expectations each year and trying to get better.
Let’s not beat around the bush, he did say he wants to be the best player in the world lol he just also detailed why you have to want that in the league. Especially someone like him, who’s not particularly athletic and also isn’t very big (for a center). Love to hear all of that from a player like Alp. He can be up and down on the court, especially with his ref stuff, but off the court he’s been nothing but a class act and professional from the beginning.
Seriously. The goal SHOULD be the best player in the league for any player. What’s he supposed to say? “I just hope I can make a roster…”
Any Player: Has ambitions to be better than they are.
r/NBA: And I want to be with (hot celebrity)
Edit: or just shits on them
Meanwhile any player: doesn’t have ambition to be the best player
R/nba: what a fucking loser
I don’t think this is true. The below quote from Caruso was widely praised:
“A big reason guys get stuck in the G-League is because they don’t realize the position they’re trying out for. It’s like going to a job interview thinking you’re going to be the CFO of the company, and they’re looking for someone to clean the bathrooms.”
This loser isn’t arrogant enough to want to be the best player. Pathetic.
First time on Reddit?
Nobody on this site is happy
We’re all miserable and lonely, but at least we’re here together
It wasn’t like this even 5 or 6 years ago. What happened? Is the economy making people more miserable?
I thought the same thing
It went mainstream, that plus all the twitter stuff made a lot of people migrate here.
But yeah you used to get thought out answers from experts, now you just got conspiracy theories.
Only thing the site is good for anymore is gaming and porn
That, there is a lack of public spaces to hang out and we live in a ragebait economy that wants to keep us angry
oh bro it was most definitely like this 5 or 6 years ago, maybe this subreddit is what changed
reddit as a site has been like this for over a decade lol, in 2016 one of the biggest subreddits on this site was just thousands of dudes slandering fat people
Hey, you’re here with us. I think that’s a question for yourself.
The question wasn’t why do people post to reddit, it was why are people so miserable online
Say the line r/NBA
You could predict the replies to this comment as well 😂😂
I want to be with Alperen Sengun
Cause that ain’t happening respectfully
When I say it I actually mean it as a compliment bc I’m gonna be with inde navarette one day for sure
I believe in you brother. Snap that one wish willow
Bro people hate sengun with a passion. You cant have honestly not expected this response lol
Nah it’s just easy to hate on Sengun because he’s a flopper, whines for every call, and runs like he has man tits
Why is everyone shitting on him? He has the correct mindset, the one that separates the good players from the also rans. He didn’t say I am the best player, or I’m going to be the best player, but I want to be the best player. If you don’t think this way, then you’re just one of the 100s of players who made it into the league, got paid and are happy to half-ass it the rest of your career.
That being said, I hate this whiny flopping bitch, and I predict he will never be the best player in the league.
because they don’t watch the clip and the title is clickbait
within context it’s extremely mature and a great take from a relatively young player, without context it gets comments and traction
Yall are cynical and negative as fuck
Literally everybody in the league thinks this. That’s how they got there. They don’t give a fuck what the internet has to say about it.
The amount of people who are making fun of him for this quote is unbelievable. You must have a loser mindset to mock someone’s career ambitions.
Do people expect him to say “I aim to be the 13th best player in the world”? Or perhaps “I quit basketball because Dominayton defended me well during the Lakers series”? I appreciate Sengun for being honest about his thoughts and goals
Good luck being the best player if your game falls off in the playoffs and your not an elite defender
Genuine question for rockets fans: do you think Sengun or Thompson is better?
Obviously KD is best, so I’m just wondering who fans thinks #2 is
After today’s look? Reed
I’m a believer in Sengun, but Amen obviously has a higher ceiling. I just wish either of them could hit open jump shots
Jabari smith jr
Normal press conference blah blah. He is a good player and he is aiming for the stars… nothing new, nothing outrageous…
Is there any player that doesnt?
Plenty
Ben Simmons and Deandre Ayton
Chill on the flopping
I belive him. He’s really worked on his weaknesses. Most players don’t do that. I know he actually cares about winning and being good
How do you know that?
Meanwhile your actual best player thinks you can’t shoot or defend lol
Bro was getting locked up by “Jaxon Hayes” and “DeAndre Ayton” in the playoffs and he thinks he can be the best player in the world.Delusion.
I like the quotations that make it seem like Hayes and Ayton aren’t real people
If you don’t think you have the potential to be the best and if you don’t wish to be the best, what the fuck are you doing in the NBA?
Doing your role for the team? I highly doubt that most players believe they can be the best player in the league. Some also lack motivation and just want a paycheck…
That’s the kind of delusion that either gets you to be Luka or Kuminga.
You also need to understand who you are and what your limitations are. There’s no shame in that.
Sengun is a two-time all star, not some random 27 year old G-league player. Is it really that delusional for him to have ambitions of becoming the best player in the world? It’s not like he declares that he will definitely become the best, just that he wants it
Don’t have the potential to be the best? That’s like 90% of the league
If you have ambitions to be the best, wouldn’t you (a millionaire with every possible basketball resource available to you in the world) try to be better than a traffic cone hunted on every single defensive possession?
I don’t think “quotation marks” mean what you think they mean.
bro is definitely getting bigger and bigger
He’d have to take a massive jump in efficiency and volume to even stretch that, currently he’s like a baby Jokic, he might not even be better than sabonis who are all the same archetype of player
Jokic and Sabonis aren’t similar types of players, except that they’re white Europeans lmao.
What a weird year for him last year. Gets the all star, but has some shithead moments. I wonder if he got caught up in it, not to excuse some of it.
I think he can be the best player on a playoff team, but he needs help. I get why Houston wants a back up rim protector (not sure why they need Capela AND Adams….), but I think it’s infuriating how most of the Rockets problems last year can be solved with a point guard
That’s nice
It’s nice to want things
So he wants to be the very best?
Like no one ever was?
To catch them is my real test
To sweep them is my cause!
I remember the first game of the regular season last year and AP legit looked like their best player. That lasted one game
He’s going between two accents it sounds like, kinda like Haliburtons two voice tones
Irrational confidence is required at the NBA level
Join another league bro, I believe in you 🙏🏻
yeah, I want that aswell
Shoot for the stars. Even if you fall short, you’ll still be over the moon.
And, I’d like a toilet made out of solid Gold but….
Scheduled to happen after the heat death of the universe
Not happening. Period.
Ngl this is he first time I heard him speak
One day in a galaxy far far away …
Keep practicing my dude
He didn’t say he was the best player. He said he wants to try to be. Especially what he said afterwards about 60 new players entering the league every year, always have to work hard.
How does it feel to want?
I mean nice to want to work towards but while he’s not a bad player he’s never going to be the best in the league, not in any single season he plays.
This man will believe anything that makes him feel good.
Who’s going to tell him?
I also want to be the best player in the NBA some day.
Well u better speed up lmao
I also say things like that without putting in any work to make it happen
Truly a shame such a handsome guy is such a bitch of a player
Embarassing
Looking soft heh?
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