Same thing offensively - clogged paint.
Thats why I wrote "almost perfect" and not "perfect".
It's not like Sengun is a perimeter, long mid-range PF as some Aldridge. Sengun is highly expressed post player, inside player.
Basically, this is correct but watch his last 3-4 games and even Eurobasket. He knows that he hasnt the strength to push NBA bigs or beat them with athleticism etc. thats why he plays with a mid range shot and he is very efficient with it. Its like a bucket for him and this helps a lot when it comes to being combined with Bona. Bona will be used as a transition guy. He is like an arrow when you get the defensive rebound and he is a hustler under the rim. His fakes are also very effective to create for himself just it is not translatable for FIBA right now.
From time to time, sure, he can make a jimmy, but it's not like he will be spending his days in the perimeter lobbing offensively skil-less Bona.
Sure, he wont be playing 4 at the whole time but 15-20 minutes with Bona sure. To be more effective Sengun needs an outside shot but he has the rest of the season and a whole summer for it.
Offensively there's no solution to play them together except short stretches.
This is simply not right.
Pushing Sengun to 4 just to have Bona at 5, it would be even more idiotic move than to sacrifice Sabonis and push to the 4 position just because there a role player JV.
Sabonis main problem is he has everything on the offensive end except a mid range or a long range jumper and this is the main problem in the LTU NT. With Sengun it is different in terms of shooting from the mid range and hopefully also from the long range.
Were the optimism may come for Turkey is that Sengun-Buyuktuncel and Bona-Buyuktuncel may work a bit better if Buyuktuncel will develop his shot and he can do it to decent extent I think.
Surely and option, just we dont know how he will develop just in 1,5 years but one thing is clear the Turkish team can score but it cant defend any high pick and roll action, thats why Bona is crucial for this team. He is just as important as Sengun because you play 50% offense and 50% defense. I dont count on him right now. I mean Berke...
Then Buyuktuncel may camp at the perimeter providing threes and drives from outside, leaving Sengan dominating the paint.
Sengun will have his time on five just not the whole time.
Again, the luxury of having such players as prime Dirk, Markkanen, Porzingis or even Kleiza, Ilyasova can't be overrated. All these talks how you can integrate 2 huge dudes in the paint, or mid-range area is always doomed to bigger or lesser fail. Specially now-days.
These guys dont grow on threes and again I have no worries about scoring I want the team to be able to defend and the Turkish team has the material for it.
Something like prime Ilyasova next to Sengun would be brilliant. Just as Sabonis would thrive with such player. Those hand offs and instant catch and shoot threes. Deadly.
Sure but you cant have someone who isnt available. Thats why the whole basketball community expecting him to grow.
