[SGA] on Thunder/Spurs becoming a rivalry: “Possibly, yeah, there’s a good chance. They’re young, really good, have a lot of talent, play the right way. Yeah, definitely a possibility. I’ve noticed that anything can happen in a couple of years.”
Bro is dressed like frozone
Those glasses are making me think pootie tang.
Sa da Tay
Wa da tah
Pootie Tang did it again!
…kapa-chow.
Sign yo piddy on the runny kine
That’s funny bc Jdub froze Shai out in the clutch
Don’t remind me
Where’s his supersuit?
Like D’Angelo
How does it feel?
Not so great…
Just had a slice of the devil’s pie.
rip to the goat
Long live D’Angelo 🕊️
Where’s Wallace?!
Not that D’Angelo lol
Where’s my dress at
I spent used 15min to no avail looking for it, but does anyone remember when SGA had a fit that made him the spitting image of frozone? I think it was around his rookie year, maybe his first year in OKC.
Dude loves his all white fits
Where is my super suit?!
You people (Redditors) should be grateful sga plays in the middle nowhere shittsville. Imagine how much exposure to drake we’d be forced to endure if sga played in Toronto
LMAO
same
Drake already got him tattooed, so you’re absolutely right lol
Are you for real
Yeah he covered up the Lebron tattoo with an SGA tattoo like a scorned ex
Holy shit you’re not kidding.
So deliriously corny it’s almost unbelievable.
Just described Drake
Not at all lol
I still don’t believe either of you. And I’m not going to check and look like a fool for believing something so impossibly absurd.
Happy cake day!
(Also, they are not kidding. This happened because LeBron went to the Kendrick pop out concert. Drake released a song trying to bait a reaction out of LeBron, basically like a jilted ex. When LeBron didn’t respond to this, Drake covered up his LeBron tattoo with a Shai tattoo.)
Drake is the lamest, corniest motherfucker in the world.
And also a pedophile
Bro’s body is an employee of the month plaque
I’m losing it rn lmao
Pretty sure Drake is persona non grata at the Raps arena since he insulted DeMar on liveTV. Weird look for him
There’s no way you’re from Toronto & actually believe this lol
There’s definitely some sourness from fans towards Drake for that. DeMar is quite beloved in Toronto.
You’re comparing a guy who peaked as an allstar to a guy from the city that was a top 5 musician on the planet for a decade. It’s not really comparable
You’re getting downvoted but it’s true. demar doesn’t TOUCH Drake in Toronto popularity lol
I was in Toronto visiting family a few months after the Kendrick beef and they were all saying they were still on drake’s side cause he’s from Toronto
People don’t get how much he’s loved there
The celebrity that people like is not just based on their career accolades. A lot of people don’t like pervy creeps, even if they made good music.
not enough to make a difference. do a google search.
I don’t like it, but I have to agree here
Drake is still one of the most streamed artists on spotify
Drake is THE most streamed artist on Spotify.
A literal rapist is the most beloved man in LA dude. People don’t care
A lot of people don’t like pervy creeps, even if they made good music.
What if they’re a basketball HOF Power Forward that played for the Utah Jazz?
He’s still Top 5 in streams I believe.
Edit: just checked, he’s #4 globally and #2 in the USA.
It was a fine look. He was just salty about the beef and shit. I don’t even blame him tbh, demar jumped on the hate bandwagon he thought they were friends. It’s pretty simple
Wasn’t a bandwagon, Derozan is affiliated and Drake dissed his entire area AND disrespected Tupac. Derozan didn’t have a choice, the whole west coast united.
Whole bunch of grown ass babies
lol he had no choice. He had to be in the music video lmao
What are you even saying. You know how many famous people from Compton didn’t say much during the beef. Just bc he’s from there doesn’t mean he has to betray his friend. Although I’m assuming demar probably never viewed him as a friend despite what they have said in the past.
And he hardly disrespected Tupac, just used his voice to piss off dot. He’s praised Tupac constantly throughout his career.
So no demar definitely had the choice. He could have easily stayed neutral. He could have just chilled and given pr answers when asked. But he wanted to jump on the hate bandwagon like I said which is a bad thing to do to a friend. Like I said I doubt he considered Drake a friend at that point but I think Drake thought of him as a friend so I’m not surprised at all Drake took offence to all ts.
He had a tough year, he had all of his “friends” turn their back on him. Maybe some of that is his fault but I don’t blame him for being a bit upset during the broadcast to the original point
No way you just wrote an essay explaining why Derozan shouldn’t have been present at a music video that shouted him out by name when it became a west coast anthem.
Derozan isn’t neutral. He’s west coast first and foremost.
Didn’t Demar insult him first? Silly as hell. Demar is “LA guy” for life. Drake is still Toronto. Can’t imagine the goofiness of Toronto fans siding with Demar over Drake
Drake is a pathetic, fairweather, corny, pedofile, scumbag… who happens to be from Toronto and occasionally hypes up the Raptors.
Demar is the Raptors’ most iconic and popular player of all time.
Why in the hell would Raptor fans side with Drake
I’m from Toronto and trading Derozan was the best thing that happened to the franchise. You crazy if you think people in real life off reddit love Derozan more then Drake here
DeMar insulted Toronto? What do you think Not Like Us meant.
Also, Vince is the most iconic Raptor of all time. What are you smoking dawg.
Is this supposed to be a joke lmao
Drake was always a massive loser
But how good would SGA’s numbers look if he got the Raptors whistle?
Every SGA bucket would pan to Drake’s reaction for some reason lol
God bless
SGA with his best 2005 R.Kelly look.
Drip drip drip
Only thing that make my life complete…
..is if I turn your face into a toilet seat
i should not have laughed at this
Haters wanna hate. Lovers wanna love. I don’t even want. None of the above
Only thing that’ll make my life complete
pee on you 🎶
i wanna piss on you
Wait my bad thats the remix
Looks like he wants to ask if I’ll go half on a baby.
I don’t see nothing wrong
With a little grit n grind
Somebody check his closet
“I don’t see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind.”
It’s a white shirt and goofy glasses
I know we also love the drama and trash talk, but I also appreciate the kind of professionalism and respect shown here.
This is his typical demeanor but not gonna get clicks like the trash talkers haha
SGA is honestly really chill, a lot of fans wish that he had a stronger personality but I respect it
As an introvert, it is so incredibly annoying for people to conflate being a chill, lowkey person with having a weak or nonexistent personality
I don’t take much issue with it, though I do share your sentiment. I think you just have to be around people like yourself more to appreciate that personality. It just doesn’t translate to press conferences.
Anyone who thinks like that is either narcissistic or simple minded. Most reserved people are just very selective with when and to whom they show certain sides of their personality to.
honestly same, idc if he flops/baits/whatever, with the way the rules are now literally every player has flopped at some point, c’mon. like i adore Manu and will be the first to tell you that Manu revolutionized flopping. And I loooove Iverson so the way Shai’s modeled not only his game but his whole aesthetic off Iverson, respect.
It’s interesting we’ve had a few quiet superstars in the league the last few years: Tim Duncan, Kawhi, and now Shai. Used to be the talking heads said you had to be a killer, always screaming, yelling, and being vocal, but there isn’t always a checklist on how to reach success
It’s why the league is hitching its wagon behind Ant as nobody else is a chirper.
Fans already hate him just for being nice. Imagine how much they would hate him if he had a personality
Same as Tatum in that regard. I’m surprised I don’t see people calling Shai corny constantly. Shai is my 2nd favorite player btw not talking shit
when shai posts pictures of him texting a dead man’s phone like tatum did then we’ll call him corny too
Lol I forgot about that. That was extremely corny I’ll give you that. Doing it is one thing that I definitely understand but posting it online wasn’t it
He’s honestly got a lot of Tim Duncan in him, and I think that’s great.
What does stronger personality mean lol. The man’s personality is laid back and down to earth. So y’all want him to be fake and act out of character for the entertainment of kids and overgrown kids on the Internet? His job is to be great at basketball and he does that as well as anyone in the modern game. It’s the NBA’s job to market it’s athletes and the product. It’ll actually be boring if everyone had the same personality and mindset.
Same thing with Tatum tbh. Weird how people don’t appreciate stars who are no drama, all business, and super respectful.
They get called corny
but people like ant are glorified
Yeah exactly. Tells you everything.
No, “they” (no drama stars) don’t get called corny.
Just Tatum because he literally copied every iconic finals celebration after winning a ring.
Counterpoint, we live in a world with this SGA ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPbhpDsJVoA
There’s a difference between Tatum, who does corny stuff like text Kobe’s phone saying “I got you 🤞”and post screenshots of it on Instagram, and SGA
like sometimes these stories about Tatum give you pause and you have to make sure you’re not on nbacirclejerk by mistake lol
Take 1 scroll through SGA’s instagram captions and tell me that’s not equally as “corny”
I never understood the hate for Tatum to begin with.
The Thunder haven’t really been in the national spotlight until last season. Now the dramas going to build more and more with them and then we’ll see how they respond publically
SGA has always been chill regardless, if anyone on the Thunder were to stir the pot, it won’t be him
His rise to MVP is honestly just as crazy as Jokers. People get hung up on the flopping but it’s clear this guy has worked his ass off to be one of the best players of his generation.
He’s so cool, also handsome and good at basketball
What a player
Ohhhh look at me! I’m SGA. I’m an NBA MVP, fMVP, and champion. I’m so cool and handsome. I drop 30 points then go home to my wife and kid and love them with everything I am.
Fuck you.
Because he knows how good he is and how good OKC is. No reasons to be otherwise.
The Shai hate has always seemed so forced to me. He’s so skilled, entertaining, and seemingly a very good person off the court
yea he’s such a pro, much respect
Am I the only one not seeing this as Shai “showing respect”? Like it feels like he’s saying the Spurs aren’t on their level now, maybe in a couple years they’ll get there
Yeah I feel like I’m taking crazy pills, that was exactly my interpretation as well.
2:30 xmas day I will be on my couch watching
Thunder and spurs also play on the 23rd
Adam Silver and Crew laughing to the bank
Literally walking into the bank with his goons carrying sacks of money over their shoulders.
Finally has a Bron/Steph rivalry replacement that he can spam
Honestly, and just to clarify I do not mean that it was some conspiracy because I thought last night was officiated really well, it is such a boon for the NBA that the game was close and that the spurs won.
So next week and on Christmas you have this hanging over especially with the Chet/Wemby thing and the spurs sort of on the rise similar to the Thunder in 2024. Had it been a 10 or so point win for the Thunder I think interest in the games next week is much less.
Last night was absolutely not officiated well..
He didn’t stutter.
I will be somewhere a few hours after the game ends to watch the highlights
Same I’m hype for that game man
Why are Thunder press conferences so bright? It seems like they are always wearing sunglasses during them. Can someone fix the lights?
Only fluorescent lights in Oklahoma
The press conference was in Vegas bud
How are you commenting? Y’all got Internet in Oklahoma now??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Texas_power_crisis
😂😂😂 this killed me
Mad Max is that you?
Chet has them all gassed
It’s what a pro wants
Lightning
Canada vs France
Loser gets Quebec
lmaoo
Should’ve been Thunder-Mavs… Sadness…
Nico thought Luka was on the naughty list so he sent him to LA
Unfortunately, Nico was the naughty one
The fat list*
Mavs/ Suns was a great rivalry for like a year and a half
is it really a rivalry if the mavs won any time it mattered?
SGA seems like a genuinely nice person but his style is so villainous
NBA players either dress like supervillains or like Kyle Kuzma’s pink sleeves sweater
The texture of his skin and the brightness of the glasses make him look like a GTA character.
2K cutscene
Notice how Shai keep it classy
All I heard was Shai say Spurs aren’t currently worth shit to him, but maybe in a few years they’ll be a real challenge.
(Jk y’all)
I know you were dragging it a bit but that’s how I see the “anything can happen in couple years” line.
Nah, I think he (and everyone on the planet) knows that Wemby gives any team a chance to win a series, at the very least.
That is definitely a valid interpretation, but it can also be validly interpreted as there being no hidden meaning attached, where anything includes stuff like injuries, other teams shaking up the apple cart, etc.
Evil wemby also heard it that way….
Nah they dont, it doesn’t fit rnba narratives.
Guarantee in one year they’ll all be absolutely hating on Wemby the way they are hating on SGA today.
wemby has to do one thing & he almost did it yesterday, we just have to wait to see if he actually challenges him.. horse man
All Wemby had to do was say Jokic wasn’t the best in the world due to defense while still calling him the best offensive player and we were already getting glimpses of how this sub would be in a world where Wemby is in SGA’s place lmao
real shit tho, but ppl would say we talkin crazy lol
The league is better when the spurs/thunder are at the top. Fight me.
better for you no doubt
Not wrong. It’s also funny since Presti and some of the coaching staff came from the Spurs.
Did you know that Presti was basically making music before he went to the Spurs?
Milk money
very mysterious as to why you would think so lol
Would’ve been Luka and shai rivalry if Nico wasn’t such a pathetic dumbass
Dressed like Wesley snipes nephew.
media trying to force rivalries is mad cringe
Did you see the front page here this morning lmao
It ain’t the media. A clip of wemby saying “ethical hoops” has 20k upvotes, and everyone in the comments are saying thunder fans mad, when theyre literally screeching into the void about how we’re the worst fairweather fans of all time.
Thunder fans are not the most fairweather fans of all time, thats for sure.
I mean, there seems to be beef between these teams. That is how rivalries start.
This type of response makes Wemby seem soo cringe by comparison. Trying to cause all this drama and OKC is completely unbothered lol.
I’m not sure why people cries foul on wemby’s media statements recently. Wemby even said SGA (or Giannis) are what he thinks the NBA’s best players aside him, while Jokic is the best offensive player. He simply believe defense is a huge part of a basketball player. He was asked and that was his opinion.
After the game last night, he said in his on-court interview how great of a team okc is. He said it’s super tough to handle OKC’s their only second loss in the season. He respects okc as a team.
Regarding the Dirk jab, I don’t know what dirk wanted wemby to say with that chet question. Wemby didn’t say anything about chet. He just said focus on the MVP (another praise to SGA) as every team should. Love you dirk, but you’re way off on this. Please forgive wemby if he’s not the typical friendly dude who wanna be friends with his opponents.
If you don’t think Wemby’s “Ethical basketball” comment was directly related to the narrative around OKC playing unethical hoops then I got a bridge to sell you.
He popped off on Chet’s missed free throw towards the end of the game, and then made the press comment that some people aren’t built for these moments.
This is not rocket science…
when you the champ that’s how you move
It’s just this sub blowing those comments out of proportion. When he said SGA or Giannis was the best player the comments were like “yeah he values defense and Giannis plays defense well.” Just ignoring the shai part ☠️
why he look like Blade
Thanks for your thoughts, Blade
Couple of years?
Probably referring to OKC going from lottery team to 1st seed in 2 years
Man, I was always a big Shai hater, but the more I see of him, the more I kind of am starting to dig him. I hope the rivalry will be good and balanced.
Fuck you sga for forcing me to like you even more
Props to Shai for respecting the Spurs after losing to them.
I like how directly honest he is about answering questions. I remember superstars would usually down play match ups and rivalries.
They won’t have the money to keep all of those guys. Wemby payday is coming, I have 4 max guys Dylan being the last of the four.
Respect for the Thunder, ofc I am rooting against them every time they play us but bring on the rivalry. Wemby/Chet, Castle/SGA. Why not. Even if the Spurs lost last night, that game would have been phenomenal to watch.
Great game, Spurs looking good, but 1 game and we are talking rivalry? Let’s pump the breaks
He’s right about things changing quick. Thats why you gotta take advantage when you have the chance cause you never know.
Why is he dressed like he’s plugged into the Matrix
rendered with albedo pass only
He looks like he about to enter the speed force
Out here looking like an extra in The matrix
I hope Okc, Spurs and Lakers dominate the west for next 5 years.
GTA CJ
Shai has an outstanding mind. He’s very logical. Definitely not a redditor.
lol bro dressed like a Pixar Villain
Why does this seem like a drawing lol
We here now Cous
Morpheus bro lol
Sga needs to rock that old oakley cyberpunk glasses
CJ?
It’s the biggest cringe when someone says “play the right way”. Tf does that mean? Is that just hyperbole? You can’t gatekeep how someone plays. No one can. That’s just hypocrisy. Every team and every player has their own style. Shai gets so much hate from morons because his game is old school
Is anyone else getting the same Grayson Allen clip for every single highlight or am I tweaking twins?