It is the first All-Star selection for Şengün, the 22-year-old center who over the last four seasons has helped to rebuild ...

The NBA’s Most Improved ... this award during the 2016-17 season prior to his ascent to becoming arguably the best basketball player in the world. So far this season, Tyrese Maxey and Alperen ...

Alperen Şengün joined the Houston Rockets at the depths of their post-Harden rebuild in the 2021 NBA draft. The 22-year-old ...

as he finished sixth in Most Improved Player voting in 2022 after his second-year leap. Though he’s the odds-on favorite at -225, Alperen Şengün (+450) and Coby White (+650) are also putting ...

It’s a bit of an odd award, to be sure. Since the 1985-86 season, the NBA has handed out the Most Improved Player Award, now known as the George Mikan Trophy. It’s designed to reward a player ...

Rockets' fourth-year center an icon in his home country, where Turkish fans and politicians support his career.

Nearing real stardom, Şengün reflects on Rockets' belief in him: "Whoever trusts me, or backs me up, I will take care of them ...

Alperen Şengün is a Turkish professional basketball player born on July 25, 2002, in Giresun, Turkey. He plays as a center ...

Just two months into the 2024-25 NBA season, the race for the NBA Most Improved Player (MIP) award will be close until the end. There are plenty of candidates to choose from, with many stars such ...

Below is look at NBA Most Improved Player opening ... But, is his placement atop the Most Improved Player odds in the true spirit of the award? After all, Wemby's second-half breakout all but ...

Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers remained atop Sportskeeda's Most Improved Player (MIP) rankings after Week 11 of the NBA season. Mobley has been a strong candidate for the award due to his ...