Alperen Sengun: 'A car hit me — twice. I was almost dying'
“I’ve got a lot of injuries from (his childhood) — like everywhere,” the 22-year-old Şengün said. “My arms. My knees. I have injuries and scars everywhere from climbing places. A car hit me — twice. I was almost dying. I’ve had a lot of stuff.” He laughs at the irony of it all. “And now I play every game.”
Source: New York Times
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Sengun falls short against the Pistons, Bogdanovic historic streak ends #NBA
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Houston Rockets' head coach Ime Udoka on Alperen Sengun:
“He is like Michael Jordan in Turkey.”
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Ime Udoka discussed how Alperen Sengun handles the increasing media and fan interest due to his on-court success. “All the losing they did before I got here, and now we are seeing some success. For the most part, I think he handles it well. According to what my coaches, who worked with him one-on-one during the summer, said, he is like Michael Jordan in Turkey. He faces a lot more when he goes home, so he is used to it now,” Udoka said about Sengun. -via EuroHoops.net / January 19, 2025
Jalen Green finished with 26 points to lead the Rockets. Sengun finished with 23 points and 15 rebounds and Dillon Brooks added 22 points. “We’re going to be really good when they both are clicking on the same night,” Udoka said. “We talk about, we don’t want it to be 'Your turn, my turn,' and put them in specific actions together for them to kind of work together and get their chemistry down. But when they’re both going, obviously we’re much better team offensively, and that’s what happened in the third quarter.” -via Houston Chronicle / January 19, 2025
Alykhan Bijani: Jalen Green (9.3) and Alperen Sengun (8.0) are among the league leaders in drives per game, but have a low Pass% and AST% on drives. Teams that play the #Rockets multiple times in a row, like Memphis recently, or in the playoffs, will adjust by helping on their drives. Examples: pic.x.com/PMnzrshZ6C -via Twitter @Rockets_Insider / January 15, 2025
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