Historical comparisons for every member of the Houston Rockets' "core six"

Alperen Sengun

There's a difference between Sengun and the other players on this list - he's already a star. He's got the highest floor because he's the best player in the group.

Otherwise, we tried to avoid some obvious tropes here. There's a temptation to list Nikola Jokic as Sengun's ceiling. Still, Jokic is arguably the best offensive player in NBA history. We didn't give "athletic Magic Johnson" as Thompson's ceiling, did we?

We also considered Arvydas Sabonis. That didn't feel right either. Sengun is already better than Sabonis was by the time he got to the league, and we don't know how he'd have performed if he'd entered the league in his athletic prime.

In the end, we went a little outside of the box. We hope you have some fun with it:

We did!

Floor: Alperen Sengun

Median: Domantas Sabonis

Ceilng: DeMarcus Cousins