NBA players vote Alperen Sengun as most overrated in anonymous poll
Who is the league’s most overrated player? (2026 Poll): Alperen Sengun, 12. 3%.
81 votes. Alperen Sengun earned his second All-Star nod this season and helped lead the Houston Rockets to the fifth seed in the ultra-competitive Western Conference. His stats of 20.
4 points, 8. 9 rebounds and 6. 2 assists per game and four triple-doubles are impressive.
Why all the skepticism from his peers? That’s a question that we cannot fully answer, but perhaps this comment from one of the players who voted for him sheds some light on things: “He's crying every play. He's talented, but, dude, just play hard.
” While it is true that Şengün does not have a reputation as a particularly strong defender, with Amen Thompson and Tari Eason strongly defending on the perimeter, the Rockets finished the season sixth in defensive rating. New York Times This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: NBA players vote Alperen Sengun as most overrated in anonymous poll