Kevin Durant uses one word to describe new teammate - and it's perfect

Houston Rockets should follow Kevin Durant on social media for entertainment. Recently, he took to X to describe new teammate Alperen Sengun. His description was perfect.

Side note: Durant is a hilarious follow. His willingness to engage with fans should not go unnoticed either. Durant is a human being like anybody else, and he's less concerned with looking flawed than other NBA superstars.

That said, there was nothing controversial about his description of Sengun. Durant only needed one word to describe his new teammate:

He found the perfect adjective.

Rockets' Kevin Durant understands his new teammate

"Different"

-Kevin Durant describing Alperen Sengun

What else needs to be said?

If you haven't seen the clip that inspired the comment, you need to go find it. Sengun transitions flawlessly from a crossover into a spin move, penetrates from the three-point line to the rim, and finishes with a slam. It was the type of perimeter creation you won't see from many - if any - big men in the NBA. That makes sense:

Alperen Sengun defies comparison.

Rockets' Alperen Sengun is incomparable

So, let's use this as an opportunity for a PSA:

Sengun is not Nikola Jokic. He's not Domantas Sabonis. Those are superficial comparisons, and it's time we stop making them.

For starters, he's unlikely to ever be as good as Jokic. That's not a knock - nobody is. Some consider Jokic the best offensive player in NBA history. Meanwhile, Sengun has every opportunity to surpass Sabonis if he hasn't already.

More broadly, he plays differently from either. Sure, there are parallels. All three men are bigs with exceptional passing skills. That's about the extent of the similarities.

He's significantly more agile than either. You won't see Sabonis hit this type of dribble move. He's more of a bruiser who needs an entry pass - Sengun has shown more perimeter creation skills.

That agility differentiates him from Jokic on the defensive end. Jokic is strictly a drop coverage rim-protecting big. Sengun's ability to defend in space is surprising. He can hedge and recover more capably than most NBA big men.

So, Durant's description is apt. Sengun is different. Right now, he's showing out for Turkey in Eurobasket. He had 25 points in this contest against Germany while shooting 9/11 from the field. Rockets fans know the young star is primed for a big 2025-26 season, and his new superstar teammate knows that too:

He recognizes exactly how different Sengun is.