SGA has shot 52.3% (38⁄72) from three in his last 15 games.
First 7 games his 3 point shot was pretty off at 26.8% (11⁄41).
Since then it’s been more than on point.
I’m sorry, Jokic is NOT MVP over this dude. He was absolutely atrocious in that Mavs loss and let street clothes dominate him. SGA gets hated on to such an extreme degree that he’s become underrated in spite of all the accolades he’s had thus far.
SGA has the highest EPM season ever and gaps Jokic in that. Casuals want to rank him and Luka ahead because they only know PRA.
Jokic over SGA is fine. Luka over SGA kinda makes no sense rn.
what the hell is pra…only know that sga is the pravi mvp
points, rebounds, assists
Sga is CPOY
NBA.COM MVP ladder will still have Jokic #1 lmao
(person who writes those is a known Jokic fan btw)
They know they can’t give Shai another MVP otherwise the Jokic fans will bring out the pitchforks
I agree SGA is MVP so far and Jokic has had a couple bad games, but i feel like people are just ignoring the fact he has been playing with a left wrist sprain for the last couple weeks, he shouldn’t be playing but is pretty much forced to with gordon and braun out.
Its definitely affecting him in certain ways having his wrist bandaged up.
This is what sucks about the MVP race. Jokic is very clearly a top 20 player all time in his prime but I don’t appreciate it like I should because I keep shitting on him to make SGA look better. Oh well see y’all in the conference finals.
Yeah people always put down other players to lift up their favorite, nuggets fans (along with a lot of other fans) treated SGA terribly last season.
Man I hate feeling like I have to choose between the 2. We’re lucky enough to have another Jordan/Shaq era and they’re both so ridiculously good and fun to watch. Way fewer dunks, that’s probably what turns a lot of folks off.
I’d love to see what Luka’s numbers would be on the Thunder …
They wouldn’t be able to maintain a defensive identity with him.
Luka would afflict the Thunder culture with defensive laziness and constant whining.
Luka is a great player no doubt, but he’s not a good LEADER that teammates can emulate.
It’s the new celly
The new Flagler end game celly
He’s like KD mixed with Chris Paul
I’m ready to put him over so many guys peak for peak all time if he wins another ring this year.
In my mind Shais already better than James harden all time, another chip with OKC he’s better than KD.
Yo that is a wild thing to realize. Shai is the fucking best thing going these days as a Canadian sports fan. Looking like the Canuck version of MJ. It’s wild to see how great he has become since I first saw him in the bio Steele All Canadian game as a high schooler. I don’t think he was even a senior yet and he was clearly one of the best players in the Country.
Maple Jordan for real
Yeah I’m a homer obviously, but with another ring he’s entering GOAT trajectory like Curry, Bron, and MJ
Emphasis on trajectory, but honestly not a terribly hot take
I think it’s comfortable to say this is a top 3 PG peak right now, behind Magic and Steph for sure. I’m not sure who else beats him out of
Need to differentiate between peak and career.
Peak, you can put him with the all-time greats, especially if he wins another MVP and FMVP.
But he doesn’t have the career accolades yet to be put into the convo with those guys at age 27. He’d have to go for a 3-peat of MVP’s and FMVP’s (and titles) to actually be placed there at this age.
Couldn’t agree more, his peak so far is legit one of the best guard peaks we’ve ever seen. It’s not out of the question that he can keep this up and start putting himself in those talks if he can keep playing like this and winning in the future, but he has to actually do that to be in those talks. Obviously I hope he does because that shit would be awesome as a fan lmfao
entering GOAT trajectory like Curry, Bron, and MJ
Polar bear in Arlington Texas?
Curry absolutely belongs there
He completely transformed the game
He might end up with 2 more rings tbh. They look so good and they are still young asf
And this ajay mf!? Another top 5 pick next year. Your lottery picks on the roster hasn’t even played. Okc still has so much potential as the young teams with potential today.
OKC’s scouting and coaching to me is incredible.
we havent even see topic and sorber play yet lmfao
Man I hope Tope can get back soon. He’s had such shit luck to start a career.
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh chill on all that
He needs to get close to a 3 peat.
I mean we could repeat and pick 1st overall a week later
3 days later if we get another Game 7 💀
Ehhh OKC doesn’t need high end lottery talent, they need more talent around the margins. Looking at their track record they could have nothing but 2nd rounders and udfas and build a great bench.
No such thing as too many weapons as long as they play defense too
Fair enough, i just think OKC is scarier picking 12-60 than they would be picking top 5.
I mean we have the 76ers pick (T4 protected) and the Rockets pick as well (Jazz is T8 protected they will keep that barring misfortune)
Lol wow must be nice, hopefully Indy can snag a stretch 5 and another good SF and meet you guys in the finals next year.
Yeah this I agree with. One more MVP, title and FMVP launches him into that top 10 conversation with guys like Kobe, Hakeem, etc, but to get into that next tier of top 5 players, he needs to do more.
From a peak perspective, he’s in the conversation, but all of those top 10 guys have way better career accolades.
Now if we’re talking about 10 years from now? SGA may have accumulated those himself. But if we want to start putting him in top 5 convos at age 27, even another MVP, ring and FMVP wouldn’t do it just yet.
Not that he can’t get there, but he will have to win a few more rings for that kinda talk
Sorry who was the first name you put in GOAT trajectory? Am I reading this right?
Curry? Yeah I didn’t list them in order. It’s obviously MJ/Bron first.
Curry revolutionized the game in the mid-late 2010s, he’s a GOAT.
I saw them both, I don’t see how you can put him in the same conversation as Bron let alone MJ
I mean curry is in the goat point guard discussion. I think it’s fair to say shai has a shot at joining that conversation if things play out the way it looks like it will
Kd’s are fraudulent. Shai’s already over him. Just needs longevity.
Shai is not over KD what the fuck
It’s not even a rings thing. You’re right in saying it’s longevity
You can’t claim someone is already better than a guy who’s been at worst a top 10 player for over a decade because of 2-3 MVP level seasons from Shai
Shai is KD’s son lol
Some very uncomfortable conversations will be had, I think Warriors fans will not like some of those conversations
Warriors fans, Kobe fans, Luka fans, Jokic fans. When you consider how high his peak is looking it’s not surprising how much hate he gets.
i don’t even understand how luka gets into these conversations, his won fucking nothing.
no mvps or rings.
at this rate…luka aint winning shit
Nico?
He was incredible very quickly after coming into the league
As a Kobe fan, I’ll be down to scrap with anyone who ranks Shai higher all time. But peak wise? Idk if any guard has been this dominant since MJ tbh
Bruh 2016 Steph was way more dominant than this version of Shai.
Didnt look like that in the playoffs
Shai is not touching Steph’s resume until at least 2 more rings. Giant SGA fan, but Curry was called skyfucker for a reason..
We won’t exactly be in a hurry to defend KD, but as for Curry, it’ll take a lot more, as good as sga is. Have to be great for a little longer and hope the team is too - insert 4 rings Klay meme -
I mean he’s over KD with a 2nd MVP and Ring
Inarguably
If Shai wins another ring I think its far to begin seeing Shai and Curry in the same light. Both would of had 2 MVP seasons, 2 seasons where they led their team to a championship as by far the best player (2015 & 2022) and kickstarted their own historically great regular season dynasty.
He’s hit so many of those side step back 3s in the clutch
He’s truly unstoppable, we hear it often the previous years but this was all he needed. His passing is even ridiculous between passing lanes and exploring small gaps, he even has me looking dumb not seeing it.
On that rocket out to JDub off the drive, I’m convinced Shai knew GPII would slide over and give Joe a wide open three.
And they not stand stills they step backs. I almost think that step back 3 is garunteed to go in now. Its demoralizing
Yeah he’s looking like prime Steph recently
That’s a bit much😅 there are genuinely no words to describe just wtf Steph was doing from three during his prime
Ok maybe a hyperbole, but you’re splitting hairs for anyone that’s shot over 50% for 15 games on high usage. He’s looked phenomenal.
Its not even close on 3s curry was 45 percent from 3 that season despite being a volume 3 point shooter. Sga is still a beast though
Yeah was gonna say Shai is looking unreal on his step backs this year but Steph was shooting over 11 a game, twice that of SGA. On 45%.
This is why Steph is the greatest 3pt shooter of all time.
Now, Shai is obviously the midrange master tho
Exactly
I never said to compare the guys, and I even said it was hyperbole lol Like if someone said Duren looked like King Kong, nobody is going to analyze the comparison. Curry is legitimately 1 of 1
SGA attempting 5 a game, Steph was making like 6-8 a game, crazy gap
He’s attempting 5.1 a game and Steph was making 5.1 a game, but the point still stands lol
Just gotta hit all 5.1
simple as
Teams also prefer SGA shoot 3’s where as teams literally started guarding Steph when he crossed half court.
Yeah lol, no one in the entire history was guarded like Steph off-ball with teams trying to stop him from shooting a shot often with 2 players chasing him, even in the Houston series last season. The coverage on 3s is on an entirely different stratosphere that it’s the dumbest argument ever lol.
Curry shot like 45% for a full season, attempting like 11-12 a game in a different era, it says here 72 attempts for 15 games, that’s 5 a game. The difference between those numbers is like a whole superstar level player dude its not even close
Na it’s not fair to Shai and does him a disservice to compare him to possibly the biggest anomaly in the history of basketball
in terms of impact yes
Ive said this multiple times this season. He seems more consistent on the step back than the few open looks hes gotten. Its almost scary how when he steps back it feels automatic.
His new pullup/stepback 3 mechanics are lethal. It genuinely never looks like he’s going to miss, the arc is perfect, the ball only hits the net. It’s actually surreal
3 point merchant
3 level merchant
SGA couldn’t miss a 3 tonight goodness
I like how he takes time, I don’t think he wants to be a guy running around screens and spam 10 3s
Him taking his time is the best part, defenders don’t know if it’s a drive or a step back
Yup, pure iso work
I’d love to know what is his 4th quarter FG percentage this season
After today it’s 30⁄56 FG (53.6%)
Thats honestly lower than i was expecting, i have watched like 3 thunder games and only seen him miss a few in the 4th.
A lot of those misses are from the first two games against the Rockets and the Pacers I imagine. The loss to Blazers he was gassed too.
The schedule has been easy but it was a bit stacked to start the season, as things opened up and we got more rest days along with him resting a bunch of fourth quarters, he has had a lot of energy to finish the games in clutch time recently.
SGA drilling step back 3s has just got to be terrifying.
Dizzying
It feels like his middy and FT shot has taken a slight dip in response, but if he can figure them all out he will be unstoppable, even more than he already is
Took some points off the FT%, put them into 3PT% lol
Even in the first 7 games, he went 1⁄9 in the first game. 10⁄32 in the other 6.
Regardless he has improved a lot from 3 in terms of accuracy, quality and comfort of shot
sga shooting 52% from 3 league fked
His consistency is ridiculous. Really impressive season for him
Credit to coach Daignault too. Even though the team was under real pressure - he trusted the guys out on the floor and didn’t bring sga back early.
wallahi the clippers need to save the league or else its genuinely over for the next decade
Still taking Luka
At the buffet table
to not win a ring