[Highlight] Shai. Bag work. Unwatchable.
When I’m playing at the local rec this is 100% how I picture myself playing in my head.
Melo pictures himself like this…in the NBA.
This is why I hate cameras. Because it was so epic in my head, the twin twin, step back and swish. And you Watch it and you get depressed
There’s always toumani camaras
or drunk karaoke
Disgusting.
Man, that’s legit so Kobe like, just slightly less fluid. The footwork and shot… Amazing to see.
He’s just always so nonchalant with it. Has the quietest 30 point games where you don’t even remember how he got there. league really got “cursed” with two MVPs that don’t show emotion. Feel like they’d both be way bigger stars and tv draws with a little more show, flash, flair, and fire, but both dont really care about that at all
The spirit of Tim Duncan is alive
“The DUNCAN is aliiiive” -Rick Ross
Shai has been getting louder this year. He’s been barking sometimes when he hits 3 and I love to see it but yeah he’s not making Mamba faces all game nor talking trash in between possessions. Just cool most of the time
Exactly. He had 8 points and then he has 33. Dallas was gamely keeping up and then they were down 20 … without hartenstein, Caruso and dort. But Just a beautiful display by shai. He gets fouled … so what.
Shai showed some in the okc victory parade
I don’t know how you can call this less fluid, this is liquid smooth.
Kobe just did it in baggy pants.
Yea i agree. Idk if kobe was this smooth which says a lot about how ridiculously good Shai is
I’m prepared to get hate for this, but I think it only looks less fluid because SGA is more technically sound than Kobe was.
What does this mean.
This was just as fluid, if not more fluid than Kobe. SGA’s handle is two levels above Kobe.
the fact ur getting downvoted is hilarious the idea that a player has more skill than someone in the past is a foreign concept here apparently
As you seem to be a Kobe stan you will hate this but comparing the two i would say Shai looks even more fluid and smoother than Kobe.
Iverson and Kobe for sure. Dribble combo was right out of AI’s playbook.
Crossover 360 fadeaway merchant. Hard to watch.
I mean this is cool and all… makes you wonder why he does all that other flopping shit 95% of the time 🤷♀️
That’s the frustration. When you’re capable of this, why embellish contact and act like a floundering fish.
Just look at some of these: https://youtube.com/shorts/qtHzoudSktA?si=fm9x37kkGPpW0JLw
There’s video evidence for both sides of the argument so let’s not pretend like there is no merit to the debate that he is frustrating to watch
he played 2500 minutes last year and you’ve got a five play compilation to show us how bad he is?
Such a shot creation merchant just sell contact instead of abusing boring agility
It just sucks because he’s such an amazing free throw getter. He doesn’t NEED to showcase his incredible footwork and ball control, he should just stick to real ball and get to the charity stripe .
I stopped watching at the half because it was becoming a blow out but I got to say watching SGA was a little bit frustrating, he comes down and takes some smooth midranges and then he had a string of possessions at the line on reasonably weak calls.
Luka is kind of the same tbh, they’re great players who can score and also manipulate the defense in to fouls but its so boring to watch FTs. It’s one of the main reasons I watch games slightly delayed so I can skip through FTs.
Reeves shot 17 in a blow-out loss today LOL.
Reaves is also a grifter. He got even shifiter this year so he always baits defenders even in a high volume usage.
I’m a Blazer fan and now we have Deni becoming a pretty elite FT merchant. It’s kind of terrible viewing, and I’ve always felt that about Shai and Luka’s game as well. But ultimately it will fall upon the league and refs to do anything about it, can’t fault these guys for honing a skill and getting points the most efficient way they can
I get the sentiment, but man you must be skipping a lot when watching Laker games lol
I straight up included Luka, Reaves to i guess.
Yeah that’s why I said Laker games.
They, as a duo, are attempting 21 FTAs per game combined. That’s more than the Celtics and Bucks teams’ entire season averages lol
It’s like we can’t have nuance. This comment showcases why his game is a problem, it doesn’t take away from the skills he has to point out he unnecessarily creates contact and flops to sell calls. People just to “LOL LeFlop!!!”
Shai is incredible at creating his own shot. The fouls don’t bug me at all. Most of them are earned. I do get frustrated watching him abuse the relaxed officiating of the modern NBA though as I think it’s the biggest thing hampering the product. Carries, push offs, travels. It’s like the smartest kid in class cheating on a test.
That’s the best way to describe it, I’ve always found his game frustrating because the cheap stuff feels unnecessary with his bag and finishing touch. But it’s also how he can manufacture points and maintain elite efficiency, so if it gets rewarded he’s just working a broken system to the max
same type of shit kobe did. eg. he wrote/spoke about how he studied ref sight lines so he knew where/when on the court he can get away with breaking rules.
a true competitor will abuse/cheese whenever possible, it’s the league’s responsibility to disincentivize it properly if it’s bad for the game
those are way way overblown too, just as much a narrative as the foul-baiting.
yes, these players foul-bait. yes, there are occasionally uncalled travels, carries and push offs.
but the vast majority of what people complain about are actually legal or exist in a grey area that can’t reasonably be called accurately and consistently in realtime by human refs. (eg. see the giannis clip that was circulating earlier this season, which was best-case perfectly legal, worst-case a fraction of a second away from being legal. impossible to be confident on in real time)
Disgusting….ly great
That’s unguardable.
Sorry folks
SGA’s height really helps him at 6’6.
He reminds me of a guard version of KD
He modeled his play style from Kobe, AI and MJ. His father talked about that he and Shai used to watch dvr recordings of Kobe and AI.
I can see a lot of both of those guys and MJ too in Shai’s game. It’s hard to look like AI because he was so uniquely fast and small but skilled at getting to the rim.
Perfecting those moves early is smart af instead of relying on athletic drives so much when youre young and then changing your game as you get older
Artificial Intelligence wins again.
7 foot wingspan too
How do you have those handles at 7“ wingspan? That’s just disgusting and should be illegal
Need insane coordination but also your hands are closer to the ground so the ball doesn’t spend as much time between your hand and the floor. Harder to steal.
Great observation. Even though he’s on the taller side for a guard, he’s got some of the lowest dribbling I’ve seen. He plays so small unlike another similar height guards which allows him to make more moves and faster.
“A guard version of KD”
Otherwise known as Kobe/MJ
Shai, he ’s so foxy. Besides from precise body setting and hands while shooting, He seem knew all bugs of nba rules and referees.
Wemby has a chance here.
Literally maple mamba
Ground Jordan
Yum.
I hear you but that’s been RJs nickname since like highschool lol
Yea… Shai gotta be.. FLAIR
Lol
I might call myself Mandingo but it don’t make it true
Canadian Bacon fools
“Ooooh look at me, I’m SGA, I just won a ring, everyone thinks I’m cool and handsome, I don’t need to play in the 4th quarter because I’m so dominant, my bag work is borderline unguardable” grow up dude
Don’t worry it’ll be Bronnys league soon anyway.
LOL! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hi Kevin :)
To be fair, I turned it off in the 4th quarter when SGA checked out because they were up by 30.
Sounds like an effective way to get him off the floor. Just let them go up by 30. Why don’t more teams do this, are they stupid?
More teams are doing this
That’s true. Hmm, how about this then: let them win easily in the regular season, and have them race to try and beat the 73 win record, but then that puts too much tax on them, and they break down in the playoffs? Preferably losing after being up 3-1… I don’t know if that would work, I have personally never observed a team do something like that…
It is a copycat league
I was thinking the same thing. I feel like a lot of teams have given this strategy a shot against OKC. It’s not working out. Which makes it just like every other approach to beating Shai and the thunder these days.
…again
this is our tenth game this year at least where the game is over after about 30 minutes
Ik bro and honestly, i wanna hate but yall are just un fuckin real right now
Cp3 groomed a monster
Crazy ass sentence
Are we not doing phrasing?
CP and grooming for the win
Chris Hanson appears from the shadows
Yea that’s a cp3 move
Ayo pause
Resume
cp3 the reckoning
He’s 6’6 moving like this
Kobe did too. They play very similarly
Kobe didn’t have this level of handle though, balls on a string
a part of Shai’s game that’s rarely talked about is his ball security. He averages 1.7 TO per game this season and 2.3 for his career. That’s a ridiculously low number for a player that handles the ball as much as Shai does.
Ok so that’s some impressive shit
His shots most times don’t even touch the rim, just gently go through the basket.
Literally unwatchable. The game is over and I cannot watch more
Hey I’m starting to think he’s not so bad
So many of his midrange shots don’t even touch the rim. Just pure net.
We are watching one of the greatest 2 guards
who’s the other one? I’ll see myself out
Inside of you are 2 guards.
One is an unguardable midrange assassin
The other shoots a lot of free throws
which guard wins? the one you foul
Agent Zero
I’m telling you, I saw him put up 52 against gsw from the lower level as a gsw fan and I instantly became a fan
MY EYES OH GOD MY EYES
He can’t keep doing this 😡😡
Narrator: “He did”
Damn that boy is filthy!
Bag Work is unmatched
What a baller
best handles in the nba. nobody is able to get to point a to point b on the court with as little effort as shai
Craziest part is they always look so out of control. More then half the time I see him dribbling past half-court I think he’s going to turn the ball over and then he proceeds to do so less then someone with “tighter handles.”
Win merchant
FGA strikes again
This is the guy that everyone in here say is easy to guard and that Luka and Reaves are drawing more fouls then SGA because they are some how harder to guard btw.
“Everyone”
I have never read a comment saying Shai is easy to guard and im on here way too much. Not even the hater comments.
Who? Who in the fuck has ever said SGA is easy to guard? Why are we acting like he’s averaging 3 FTAs a game?
SGA is a foul baiter. So are Luka and AR. Live with it
Victim complex
won’t anyone think of the poor thunder fans :/
If the timberwolves sub is any indication, the thunder are on y’all’s mind a lot
and yet even I have never gone to the Thunder sub
telling
I’m not subscribed to the wolves sub, it just pops up on my feed sometimes like it did a couple days ago 🤷
That’s so fucking clean man. It reminds me of Brandon Roy a little bit
Same people who praise Kobe and Jordan and hate on SGAs game have gotta be the most insufferable people in the world
Euro step is elite
SGA’s a fucking demon and people completely forget because of his foul-drawing.
But they’ll remember eventually, tides turned eventually for Harden and I’m confident they will for SGA too.
People don’t watch the games and just catch a clip or two of him throwing his body
Guess what folks
The reason why he lives at the free throw line is because nobody can stay in front of him. And they reach instead of playing defense with their bodies
True, and he also knows when to go up as soon as a defender makes that mistake. It can be less fun to watch sometimes but it would also be him actively sabotaging his team and himself if he didn’t. If the NBA changed their rules he would adapt and still be a great player. In the meantime he, like any truly competitive player, will do anything to win within the regulations of the game.
Everytime he does that roll off of someone into jumper it is legit magic every single time. He does it so fucking smooth.
Beautiful
Boy he is nice as hell at basketball
I could have stopped him
You’re closer to Shai then I am to you
his jumpshot will never not look smooth
but isn’t he just a free throw merchant?? is he allowed to cook ppl like that?!
Sort by controversial and this is trending lmao
Nothing you’re going to do about that. Damn.
Omg he’s looking like Kyrie
Saw the title and the score and figured he’d do some foul baiting bs up 84-55.
I was pleasantly surprised.
This bum is unwatchable - simply can’t do it
Pure silk
So quick
So smooth and effortless. Guys just on another level.
Unrelated, but does anyone else hate the term “bag work”?
How do people complain about this guys yet a guy like Austin Reaves exists in the same league
On this guys pretty good
Not a single person is arguing he isn’t great
its like watching a cheater in 2k
So smooth
This is why his flopping bothers me because this dude REALLY doesn’t need to do it, he has the best footwork in the league, and probably the best scorer in the nba. Like if this guy wins a couple more rings, difficult conversations are going to be had.
lmao i would have just moved to the side and told bro to shoot i aint gonna try guarding that shit prolly end up with sprained ankle
how do even stop this, like honestly. bro is so deep in his bag that it’s hard to knock him off his rhythm .
It’s funny because if you ever played basketball competitively you’re not the ones in the comments hating on Shai
Bro really had tunnel vision and seen food in front of him😂 sheesh
He looks like fucking Kobe here
It is unwatchable, because I dislike him :D
We really got a efficient Kobe and mfs complaining about freethrows 🤦🏾♂️
“We should all be fortunate that Allen Iverson wasn’t 6’5” - Kobe Bryant
Shai is 6’6”.
lol clippers gave him away with 7 picks for a guy who left them for nothing 🙈🙈
I mean its the clippers lol
Ugh…sooo boring….hahaha
Damn they should’ve fouled him
Yep. We’re gonna witness back-to-back championships and possibly a dynasty with this team.
Not a fan, but this man is indeed legit.
Goddamn!
Sheesh
The only thing that would be sweeter is if they did that to the clippers
You look at the scoreboard and you see 10-12 FG. So you’re like “well, they were likely layups or open shots”
And then you see this
Wow 22-1. Thunder Up ⛈️
Christie essentially clamped him too
He’s Kobe with less athleticism but better handles
POS positively lovely dribble drop fadeaway GTFOH
The net flopped when the ball went in, unwatchable
I like how fast his dribble and how slow his drive was. That play style won’t get any serious injury
If you’re a youth coach not telling your players to watch Shai for his footwork and efficiency you’re doing malpractice, shit’s so smooth
A man at the peak of his powers
He’s collected all infinity gems now 💎
Good defense too I don’t think there was more he could’ve done other than close out a little more
The thunder won 68 last year in the regular season. Are we calling it a 74 or more win season this year? I hate to say it but they are looking like the next warriors. I was a tiny kid remembering watching the 72-10 bulls and this feels like a team that just pounds everyone.
Bro, they’re going to set the fucking wins record aren’t they? SGA is gonna be our next goat debate.
League actually fucked.
Shai hasbara out in full force today
You should post the sequence that went SGA jumper, SGA jumper, and Wiggins jumper. 3 straight nasty buckets.
That boy demonic
Wish we had a guy like that on my team.
Wait I was told Shai highlights don’t make the frontpage and people only see his flops 🤔
Gross
Idk guys I kinda like this unethical basketball thing
This is how I want my 2k character to move
He’s so good this video looked sped up 😭
Like watching a surgeon at work
I’m fouling this dude every time
Fuck, he’s so good
Gross .
ts got me so hard it refuses to go down
Unethical BUCKET
so unwatchable 🤮
So smooth man dudes been balling. I love watching him play
wait but where’s the foul at? 🤔
How that fan felt after Shai pointed to him 💅
This generation is something else
And it’s all in one motion. No counter shoulder shimmy that Kobe would have done. It’s crazy he goes full spin, bottom of net.