As Alperen Sengun stormed into the Houston Rockets' regular season with a monstrous, 39-point performance against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the season opener, it quickly became clear that the team's franchise center is playing with a new sort of swagger, buoyed by the massive strides he has taken over the past two seasons toward becoming one of the NBA's elite centers.
Moreover, according to Sam Vecenie, on the latest episode of his Game Theory Podcast, Sengun's confidence in his shot is the major factor that could drive him toward being an All-NBA caliber player.