Blunt Shane Larkin lays on Alperen Sengun’s nickname “Baby Jokic”

Wednesday Eurobasket 2025 ACTION, Altereren Sengun and Turkey have scored a large victory of 95-90 Over Powerhouse Serbia has run three-dimensional MVP Nikola Jokic. Sangun, The Houstin rockets The star was such a dominant force and even announced Jokic, shooting 28 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists compared to only 22 points, nine rebounds, and four helpers Denver Nuggets.

Sengun pulled a lot of comparison with Jokic over the years. They are similar to ground floor, they are bruises on the interior that can effectively achieve effectively in color during the installation of their teammates with excellent manual and dime handles handling or discumatic handles. They also have similar defensive shortcomings. The Star rockets even earned the nickname “Baby Jokić” in the process.

But for Sengun’s teammate in the Turkish national team, a naturalized guard Shane Larkin, that nickname should not sit well with a star rocket like him Grand ambition That it is even better than Jokić – sublime, if the limit line is impossible, goal.

“I don’t think you’d like that nickname. Alteren is a very high level of talent. I think he’ll be near his ceiling. I think he’ll be near his ceiling. I think he’ll be nowhere near his ceiling. I think he’ll be nowhere near his ceiling. I think he’ll be nowhere near his ceiling. I think he will be near his ceiling. I think he will be nowhere near his ceiling. I think that He will be nowhere near his ceiling. I think he will be nowhere near her ceiling.

Larkin added that Sengun had entered his so well that he deserved a name and not placed under a big shadow that Nuggets star harder to be thrown.

“In her younger years, his first year, his second year, you could call him” Baby Jokic “just because their styles are very similar,” Larkin added. “But he is much bigger and much better than he was when they gave him that nickname.”

Rockets Star Alperen Sengun is still climbing

Sengun will always be compared to Jokic Due to similar games styles and due to the fact that both come out of Europe. Domantas Sabonis is also part of Europeans, a long man of trio done, which will inevitably compare each other in comparison.

But Sengun deserves to be respected in his law, especially when she became the right stars for rockets. Last year, he seted 19.1 points, 10.3 rebounds and 4,9 helps in the competition, and he was only 23 years old.