Alperen Sengun & Tari Eason Drag Houston Rockets Past Detroit Pistons In Ugly Win
Alperen Sengun & Tari Eason Drag Houston Rockets Past Detroit Pistons In Ugly Win
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) discusses how the Houston Rockets clinched a narrow 101-99 victory over the Detroit Pistons in a gritty, low-scoring showdown. Alperen Sengun and Tari Eason emerged as key players, with Sengun delivering 27 points and 10 rebounds, while Eason added 18 points and 9 rebounds off the bench, and key moments from each of them to help seal the win. Despite their efforts, the Rockets faced significant offensive challenges, struggling with poor shooting and aggressive pick-and-roll defense. The episode explores the impact of these performances and questions surrounding coach Ime Udoka’s decision to limit Sengun’s minutes. Additionally, the discussion touches on the growing debate over whether Tari Eason should start over Jabari Smith Jr., given Eason’s impressive play and Smith’s ongoing struggles.
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I am just saying look how Paris is playing right now..and the main impact has former assistant coach and now current head coach Tiago Splitter.. He was the guy who was pushing Alpi and also the offense. Unfortunately since he is not at the rockets coaching staff anymore the offense got worse..
This is why I was mad when you were doom and glooming Sengun and making Jalen the "all-star". Jalen is still the same old inconsistent player and Sengun is still the alfa of this team. The sooner Ime figures that out sooner we can start dominating.
Jackson, imma need you to add Tari’s “we gotta grab that f’n ball” clip to your soundboard. Plz & thnx. Btw been an “everyday’er” on Apple Podcasts “on my way to work” but came to YouTube finally just to say this. Love your show buddy. Go Rockets!! 🚀
Pistons are not such a bad team anymore. Cade, Ivy, Stewart, Tobias, Tim Hardway Jr…They have experience and hustle, along with some talent.
Jalen wasting our reps man. Why not give those reps to Amen Reed and cam. That the 4th year of jalen not doing shit
I understand some fans, and the call to have the offense revolve around ALP, the concern isnt regular season where ALP will win some individual matchups and he will also loose some individual matchups… The real question will come in the playoffs… What if the 1st round of a playoff series ALP has a bad matchup, and is almost unplayable then what? What will be the offensive identity then when your whole identity is based around your star who is matchup Dependent and is schemed out of a entire series. Im not knocking Sengun, he will look good with some teams and bad against others, thats just the reality, hence the reason why the rockets need a real number 1. The other concern is, If the rockets do go get a number 1, what kind of number 1 will it be? Not all players can play with Sengun, or should i say Sengun cant play with everybody. He needs a certain type of number 1. He would need a KD type, someone who dosent need the balll to be effective, and its just not that many number 1 guys who dosent need the ball, most do.. Sengun needs a jamal murray, which is a number 2, problem is Sengun is not dominant enough to be a number one like Jokic.. here lies issue
Houston doesnt know / understand how to utilize Sengun in offense, how to take load from him on defense.
No off ball action on offense. At least set an off ball screen for Sheppard. He is made for that. Off ball action will make it more difficult to double Alpy and if they do, he can find the open guy.
Ime and Fred almost costed us the game. Fred has been awful he continues to shoot bad shots and his decision making has been bad and Ime is not doing a thing about it.
Fred needs to play off ball more and just let Jalen Green Sengun and our young guys handle the ball.Which goes to my point about Ime.
It’s time to get an offensive coordinator and my god why is it that the rockets and Texans are so ass on offense.
We have no identity we just spam pick and roll and that’s it we are too predictable and his rotations are horrible it seems like Ime still has no idea what lineups work the best she should have been figured that out by this point
Also Ime Sengun was one of the reasons you won this game play him more trust him more don’t take him out when he is cooking same with Jalen Green.
This is suppose to be Sengun and Jalen Green team. Ime needs to let these guys play more and have them be on the longer leash but we are not going to get anywhere by having Fred play 40 having him be the lead ball handler.
Also shoutout to Tari he needs to start
Great video Jackson
Jokic 4th season stats: 20-10-7, in 32 minutes. He had 30% 3pt shots. He was 24 yold.
Now compare that to Sengun. He is on the route to become Jokic if he gets right coaching staff. Every game, the bad shooting prevents a few assists of his.
He is still 22.
Jackson, you should include Turkish Subtitles! That will boost your follower numbers 🙂
I'm starting to think that Ime and Alpi aren't a good fit together. Alpi isn't the kind of center Ime needs, and vice versa. Since Alpi can't change his style, it's up to Ime to adapt and figure out how to best utilize his players. But it seems like Ime is stubborn and resistant to change. I just don't see this working out.
Jackson, do you think the Rockets need a new shooting coach? Jalen, Jabari, Reed, and Cam seem like there is no improvement only regression from what they were projected to be shooting wise. Only Alpi and Tari seemed like they are better shooters than when they entered the league and we knew Amen was going to be a bad shooter. The other 4 don’t seem to be making the type of progress they need to be.
The offense has been lacking, same with Bari, but I think both can be fixed with running more plays for Bari. Some early post up jumpers on the corner could get him going. I think with him it is a 2 way street, he need to do better, and they can run more plays for him.
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Thanks JG
Jalen sucks once again
Until these plasma learn how to defend, there is no offense. They are not an offensive team period. Unfortunately individuals think they are good offensive players.. They are athletic that’s it.. not having fun watching. Feel sorry for Udoka coaching this lot
Can we please get a offensive minded coach to help ime ???
After that Jalen Dunk rockets started playing like they won and they hadn’t. They need to stay mature and focused
The rockets should go get Tim hardway jr off the bench
Why not question ime on the offensive plays and creativity? Ask about getting a offensive coach. It's time to ask the tough questions. Someone needs to do it for our teams sake
Where is Raphael Stone? He needs to address the Offense. We are wasting precious time with our young players at this point. We can't get anywhere with this Offense.
If Alp was French or even an Eastern European, he would be treated like a star player, secure at least 40+ mins in a game. But because of his muslim Turkish background he still has to prove himself to the fans, the coach, the staff, the YouTubers in every freaking game. Alp you have proven yourself that you not only deserve a spot in NBA but also a strong candidate for an all star player but remember, these suckers will always be hostile to you because of your background and you have to do better in every game. If anybody brings up Erdogan, Constantinople, Cyprus, PKK, or some other political shit, just tell them, you are here to play basketball, do not compromise from your background.
They’re playing a back to back. Probably testing Sengun a bit.