Fred VanVleet could be very excessive on his youthful teammates in Jalen Inexperienced and Alperen Sengun. The Houston Rockets signed each Inexperienced and Sengun to contract extensions earlier than the beginning of the 24-25 season that takes them off restricted free company.
VanVleet believes Inexperienced has as a lot expertise on the capturing guard place as any participant within the NBA apart from Anthony Edwards, evaluating him favorably to Devin Booker.
“I do not know if you happen to can go get one other 2-guard with the upside or the expertise stage,” VanVleet stated of Inexperienced. “[Anthony Edwards] perhaps in Minnesota. I do not know, does E book have extra expertise than Jalen, or is he extra expert and extra polished and extra skilled and older? … I do not know what Jalen will seem like when he is 26, 27, 28 after playoff sequence. And that is the upside, the place it is like potential can get somewhat intoxicating. He has the expertise. There is not any motive for him to not attain that stage. He is received to undergo it; he is received to fail.”
Whereas Sengun’s stats will be in comparison with Nikola Jokic at the same age, the comp opposing scouts and execs use for him is Domantas Sabonis.
“His highlights and his flash, every thing is loud,” VanVleet stated of Sengun. “His errors are loud, and his success is loud. As soon as he will get extra the place he is hitting the singles each day, I believe that his potential and his stage will proceed to develop.”
