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Shin Jing has become stronger again! He took the initiative to show off his thick arms and transformed into a powerful center?

10:26pm, 30 August 2025【Basketball】

As the Rockets' absolute main center in recent years, 23-year-old Alperen Shinkin will naturally be the second leader of the Rockets next season except Durant. After all, he was the Rockets' rebounding champion last season, and his average score per game was only inferior to Jaylen Green in the regular season on the offensive end. In the seven games of the playoffs, Shin Kyung not only averaged 21 points per game, becoming the Rockets' scoring champion, but also scored 12 rebounds and 5 assists. Shin Kyung has always had the advantage in the game against the Warriors' center group. In addition to being able to score at low posts, his defensive ability has also improved, and passing has always been Shin Kyung's advantageous skill.

However, Shin Kyung has had some problems in the Rockets for four years, such as his defense is not focused enough, his ability to confront, his movement speed is slow, and his shooting ability is not good. However, Shin Kyung has been practicing these events hard this offseason to strive to make up for his shortcomings. The Rockets personally sent three assistant coaches to Türkiye's special training Shin Kyung. Even Uduka rushed to Türkiye to visit Shin Kyung and guide him.

Shin Kyung is now representing the Turkish men's basketball team in the European basketball championship. In a game the day before, they beat their opponents 20 points in the group stage. Shin Kyung became the best player in that game, scoring 16 points, 7 assists and 8 rebounds in a single game. Shen Jing naturally made an indelible contribution to winning a quasi-triple double-double. He is also the Turkish team's number one star now. When taking the final makeup photos at the European Championships, we also saw changes in Shin Kyung's body shape. Judging from the size alone, Shin Kyung is obviously stronger now than before. Even when taking the final makeup photos, Shin Kyung took the initiative to show off his thick arms, making everyone look at him with admiration.

I remember when I first entered the league and joined the Rockets, Shin Kyung was still a very thin young center forward, but he was practicing his confrontational ability and improving his muscle content almost every summer offseason. Now Shin Kyung basically won’t suffer any loss when facing or confronting any center forward. Now he has truly become a super center that combines technology and strength. Even his progress on the defensive end is visible to the naked eye. It can be said that Shin Kyung can become a power center next season, using his body to actively fight against the opponent, or even actively pursue confrontation and eat his opponent raw.

Shin Kyung is capable of doing it, and with his soft touch and first-class low-post skills, he will inevitably become a star center with both offense and defense next season. Shin Kyung is very diligent. He knows what he lacks, and the Rockets have been conducting special training for Shin Kyung's weak links. It seems that several months of training have improved Shin Kyung a lot this summer. In the last few warm-up matches, Shin Kyung averaged 25 points per game.

And in the first game of the European Championship group stage the day before, Shin Kyung also scored a beautiful 16+8+7 data. It seems that as the Rockets' inside core in the NBA regular season and even in the playoffs next season, Shin Kyung will definitely perform better.