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Sengun, Fernando, Garuba: A tale of three centers

Recently, I saw someone on Rockets Twitter suggest that the team’s center trio of Alperen Sengun, Usman Garuba and Bruno Fernando were like the three options at the beginning of Pokemon. I can’t remember who said it. If it was you, send me the Tweet, and I’ll come back here and embed it.

Provided that Twitter still exists by the time this is published, of course.

The analogy is apt. Each of this team’s options at the five comes equipped with significant strengths and glaring weaknesses.

Which one deserves the starting role?

Let’s start with the obvious

That question inspires a knee-jerk reaction from most Rockets fans.