[Highlight] SGA “Tonight wasn’t our Super Bowl” After win against Spurs
These teams fucking hate each other.
Rivalry established.
I love it. NBA needs more of this. Crowd was electric in the arena tonight. Spurs fans showed up and were all cool too. Always good to see.
Gonna be a fun game when they see each other in a few weeks
It’s going to be their last meeting in the regular season
5th meeting?
Yup. Remember that one of their meetings was a Cup game. There was always 4 regular season games scheduled for this season
Cup games can count towards the 4, but the Cup scheduling creates quirks where some years you’ll only play some teams 3 times instead of the usual 4, or 5 times as is the case here.
For sure. But in this instance, the Cup game wasn’t a knockout game counted towards the regular season matchup. It was the semifinals that can’t be scheduled against the regular season schedule because it is based on who advances past the knockout rounds
How are the reigning NBA champs in a rivalry with a team that hasn’t made the playoffs since before covid lol
Easy. Spurs have a good record and beat the reigning NBA champs 3 games in a row.
Thats irrelevant. This is a one sided rivalry led by Wemby and his disdain for Chet 😂
Why did SGA yell at Castle you ain’t shit and point at him today? lol
Someone in another thread mentioned it looks more like he was yelling towards the ref saying something along the lines of “call that shit”
In fairness though some of the best rivalries start with one players disdain for another player
You’re right. The Thunder didn’t care at all that they had lost to the spurs over and over. Completely irrelevant. Not one player thought about it
Agreed. It’s honestly kinda weird. Does he just hate Chet because they’re both tall and skinny? I
They have been playing against each other internationally since they were teenagers, have similar builds and play styles, and were up against each other for rookie of the year.
Wemby called winning the silver vs team USA in Fiba ball the lowest moment of his career. It started there with chet leading the way
imagine being a top 5 player in the league and having a rivalry with a teams’ 3rd option (moreso 2nd this season tbf) shoved down your throat id be salty too lol
I think that he hates that he and Chet get mentioned in the same breath even though he’s one of the 5 or 6 best players in the league and Chet is the third best player on his team.
Should you need more reason than that?
3 consecutive ROTY’s including a generational talent
They are the 1st and 2nd place teams in their division, will likely play each-other in the playoffs, and both have promising young stars who want to win. I don’t see how they wouldn’t have some kind of rivalry
Judging by the amount of upset thunder fans below ur right
Wym upset? We won lol
Have you seen the other comments from thunder fans in this thread? 😅
to be fair. You all act saltiest when you win
the battle between ethical and unethical basketball
Talking like wemby doesn’t flop
It’s the NBA. What you are describing is turning a TV on or off
Just bring back the Sonics and put OKC in the same division with the Spurs already!
Now we’re talking
Almost as much as Ben Johnson hates the packers.
The way he said it lmao
Lol, Wemby died for this.
So sassy
Yeah I think this is a fucking rivalry, lmao.
I hope it’s just like 5 years of increasingly passive aggressive nonchalance and at least 1 WCF
By year 3 it’s going to be “Who? The sirs? Never heard of them…”
“Shai. It’s literally the team you just played. They are standing right there.”
“Nope. I don’t see anyone.”
Jeez are all thunder fans this corny?
Yes, but it was funny this time
The joke was that it’s getting increasingly corny. That was the point…. Lol.
Remember it started with Russ
A heated rivalry?
Chet and Wemby’s enemies-to-lovers arc is going to be spicy
Like a praying mantis and a stick bug
that’s a gangly entanglement right there
Can’t wait for when they shoot a shoe commercial playing 1-on-1 at Chet’s farm
Heated Rivalry, NBA Edition
Yeah these teams just have pure hatred for each other lmao
Good. Need more of this shit. I think it’s one of the bigger differences as a viewer between nba and nfl. NFL has some huge rivalries and they don’t shy away from it(bears and packers last week, Niners and toots this week). Rivalries add needed drama and up the stakes.
Fuck Nico
I just saw the clip of SGA yelling at Stephon Castle… I’ve never seen SGA get like that before.. does anyone know what was going on? Were they going at each other before?
they both got T’d up too
that was after this
that probably explains it then
Yeah and it didn’t even look like SGA did anything. Looked to me like Shai was getting back down the floor, bumped into him a little on accident, and since Castle was already heated he took it as SGA pushing him so he shoved him back. SGA shouldn’t have gotten a tech there imo
Mark also shouldn’t have gotten a tech after the no call on SGAs 3. Shai shot a 3, got hit on the wrist clear as day and it ended up being a tech on OKC lol
Eh, SGA initiated contact (accidental or no), Castle reciprocated and the refs basically “warned both dugouts” ala baseball. The game itself was getting super physical anyway (on both sides) and the refs let it get a bit out of hand before pivoting hard in the 4th to try to rein it back in, so I’m not surprised they just tried to keep the game moving
That was my read on it too. It felt very “everyone just calm down”.
Spurs and okc are starting a rivalry this year. SGA dont like castle. His shit talking got him to react. So I think this is SGA just tempering everyone because we still got a whole half of the season left.
Eh, they hugged/dapped post game I don’t think it’s anything to look too deep into.
Its not like Shai to hold a grudge and not shake hands with people. Hes classy af. Better man than me in all honesty. But when the clock is ticking I think they got something going on.
Your napkin, sir
Finger licking good sir. No napkins needed
And your knee pads…
Nahh we got foam mats. Were professionals.
Misread that as
His shit talking got him erect
And was hella confused
U read that right. It was just written wrong.
Call it a Heated Rivalry, if you will
Going hard in the paint, banging on each other
He was standing on erectness out there
I misread it as
Shai passionately wiggled his wizard’s staff strokingly into the Castle
We’re getting a basketball version of Heated Rivalry I guess
Castle isn’t really a talker, he’s more of a silent, never back down kinda guy—the double tech happened because SGA bumped Castle after a play (debatably by accident, I don’t really care one way or another because it isn’t a big deal) and Castle gave him a bump back.
It’s probably just friendly competition, I doubt Shai actually hates him
Ain’t nothing new though, back in the day that Tony Parker vs Russell Westbrook rivalry in the playoffs fed families
The physicality that people rightfully say OKC play with SAS reciprocates.
Shai felt the need to put him in his place, good job Shai.
He wasn’t. He was yelling to the ref saying “call that shit” about a previous play. Steph wasn’t even looking at him or in the direction Shai was yelling at that point.
The original poster just wanted the most clickbait title.
Castle was hacking SGA and not getting called
I LOVE TEAMS THAT HATE EACH OTHER!!
Yeah fuck all that “xxx fan coming in peace, you guys were great, hope we meet again in the finals” cringe shit
Yea in 2019 there was nothing that I hated more than when one of the Warriors players said roughly “they are a great team, we might’ve just seen a preview of the finals” (that’s very much not word for word, I haven’t seen the clip in 3 years at least).
Fuck all that, hope the Spurs get fraud checked round 1 and we can laugh at them. That’d be the only thing sweeter than sweeping you in a WCF.
I agree. Fuck the thunder too
NFL stuff but People were calling the Ben Johnson and MLF beef wierd. Like no man their fans hate each other they’re going in for the people that back then. Fans LOVE that
I’m a Packers fan. I didn’t mind what Ben Johnson said. Rivalries are fun, and genuine hatred makes the games wayyy more enjoyable
Clipping it like this makes it worse than his statement actually was. He acknowledged that the game meant a little more because the Spurs beat them 3 times in a row but then goes on to say winning this doesn’t actually mean much in the grand scheme.
I would definitely say that this put of character for how disinterested post game win or loss, so its something, but it was more in the context of its a Regular Season game so doesnt really mean much.
Was great to see SGA talk some smack to Castle post dual techs.
If we do get a series of this its going ti be all on intensity wise.
Even NBA players use the Super Bowl as a representation of the biggest game possible.
if the nba finals was one game with a catchy name, they’d use that. “this wasn’t our nba finals game 7” doesn’t roll off the tongue
“This isn’t our Emirates NBA Cup”
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Well whose is it then?
the “championship games” may suffice
Deep cut bro
That’s because the Superbowl is basically a nationally recognized holiday now
I mean, last year the Super Bowl had a larger audience than all seven Finals games combined. By a lot. Gotta be realistic, the Super Bowl is, well, the Super Bowl of big games.
pretty sure the world cup beats it out, but depends if your counting worldwide viewers
I mean if you’re counting only American it’s obviously still the superbowl. Worldwide it’d be the World Cup, but for a Canadian or American the Super Bowl is the big game culturally.
not just the World Cup .. but the Uefa Champions League final has a higher global viewings than the Super Bowl .. but yea it has a global reach.
Catchier than ‘game 7’ but tbh game 7 is way more hype
It’s pretty much the only single game finals of a major sporting league that has a specific name, correct? Even thinking through European and Asian fOOOOtball/cricket leagues, I can’t think of any. The only things that come up for me for US/global would be for multiple games series finals.
I think most international sports just have single game finals, but they’re just called finals. ‘World Cup final’
this wasn’t our champions league final doesn’t sound quite right
Most people outside the US would say “it wasn’t our world cup/world cup final” probably.
Champions league is the only thing that comes to mind, that or the world cup
because you can’t win a championship in 1 game in the NBA.
because it is lol. It’s the culmination of a single elimination tournament, it doesn’t have to compete for TV time, they put a 13 minute celeb concert in the middle of it, and everyone uses it to throw parties. It’s also scheduled well in advance.
The NBA finals could end on several different days, depending not only on the length of that series, but on the length of the other playoff series. The NBA playoffs can end like 15 days earlier than it typically does if every series is a sweep.
When will Adam Silver step in
“This want our Game 7 of the Finals” just doesn’t hit the same
Am I misinterpreting this or are people making it bigger than it is?
It just sounds like he’s dispelling the narrative that this was “the biggest game yet of their season”.
He’s taking a little jab at the Spurs for being happy when they beat them
I don’t think that’s really jab worthy. Completely normal for the underdog honestly
I mean they were happy when they beat OKC 3 times but it wasn’t like more than celebrating a win.
I think SGA genuinely more talking about his team, the media narrative and the supposed stakes if they lost this game to make it 4 losses in a row.
Wemby took a little jab too. That’s a rivalry. I like Wemby a lot. Gotta talk some shit to a rival, but this is so mild.
I think every team is happy to beat OKC. They’re the champs and haven’t lost much. They were being hailed as one of the best teams ever before we beat them 3 times in a row. When you are the champs and then rarely lose, you’ve got a target on your back and teams are giving you their best and are happy if they beat you
It’s r/NBA forcing this to be a rivalry
Brother anyone older than 15 knows a spurs/thunder rivalry isn’t forced by r/nba lol
Yes you are misinterpreting it
Then why would he say it?
Because as the defending champions it’s every other teams Superbowl when they beat the Thunder, but it’s realty not that big a deal when the Thunder win
So the Spurs beat them in 3 super bowls in a month? That doesn’t make sense. It wouldn’t be the Spurs super bowl either.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think SGA meant this as a jab at the spurs. Some people are just reading way too into it.
You are not, in the full context it looks even more trivial, he’s essentially capping off a point about how it’s still regular season and they need to put in the same work every game etc etc
That’s because the Superbowl doesn’t take place on a Tuesday, so I don’t understand why he had to clarify this
Are your parents two goldfish by any chance?
Yes glup you glup are glup right
Don’t worry the rest of us caught the sarcasm. We know you’re not fire retardant
Sure made it felt like a playoff game no doubt
Can’t wait for the real playoffs series between these two teams thi
I need a 7 game series between these two teams so badly
Wemby taking this shit personal. 👀👀
Good! I like Wemby! But look forward to cheering against him and the bigass women in San Antonio
big ooool women noshin on churros
yeah rest of the teams was out shaking hands laughing after the game and he walked off immediately
Oooo scaryyy.
He’s been the one talking all that talk after the other games and walked off without shaking hands tonight. He can hold that.
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They have 5 matchups this season.
SGA is just talking like it was a game like any other just cause they won .. but this game meant more for OKC than for the Spurs.
Imagine if they would be 0-4 against SA so far
I mean if u have to say it
“This wasn’t our Super Bowl” - Guy who wasn’t asked if this was their Super Bowl
Um sir, the NBA would like to know why you are bringing up their big brother
It wasn’t your superbowl because you play basketball not football 🤣
You got him!
It wasn’t your superbowl Grey Cup because you play basketball not football 🤣
If you have to say it…
they gotta start making this a shai vs wemby thing. chet vs wemby ship sailed in wemby’s 2nd season where it was clear that wemby was on a different level. at least shai vs wemby is competetive
Shai vs Wemby isn’t competitive
He says that but their gameplay made it seem like it was personal
this is the problem with ring culture. SGA now only cares about rings
Isn’t that what they play for? Or …
How many superbowls does YOUR favorite NBA player have?. Thats right. 0! Hes a bum! Just like you.
Bud Grant went 0-4 in the superbowl as a head coach. But he won an nba championship playing for the Minneapolis lakers lol.
Thats an alternate reality and you cant convince me otherwise.
No kidding you goof, everyone plays to win a championship.
Half the league plays for draft picks
It warms my cold heart to get to hate the spurs again after so many years of us both sucking
Shots fired lmao.
why even say that LOL. kind of makes it seem like it was if you have to mention it
Yeah fucking right. I know that entire locker room is euphoric right now knowing they just avoided a season series sweep
They have a 5th matchup.
That’s the thing, we play them again, so they can still close us out like it was a playoff series.
My “tonight wasn’t our Super Bowl” t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt
Bro beat Wemby once
Nothing wrong with what SGA said but man I hate this guy.
If you have to say it wasn’t your Super Bowl it probably was your superbowl just saying
Damn we had 3 super bowls this year
did anybody say this was their super bowl?
mans is out here defending against accusations nobody even made. lol
Of course not goofy, you play basketball!
They gave us that work tonight
Bro he’s so pissed lol
Tired of the foul merchant.
You went 1-3 against that team. I would hope that’s not your “Super Bowl”
cold af. the sport needs this
Lmao sure seems like your Super Bowl
Sounds soft
1-3 in the season series btw
Cocky now aren’t we
Why he even state that lol who said it was their superbowl?
This guy is a fucking bum ass
every team should consider their superbowls to only be in may and june.
What a damn cornball.
God I love that slight stutter, letting us know how they view the Spurs.
NFL going to sue him for using their trademark
Rivalry established
That’s bar i gotta give it to him
Honestly why did he say that shit? So corny to acknowledge the rhetoric.
Salty Gilgeous Alexander
The NBA needs more of this…soooo much more
Especially after blundering Memphis making a rival out of everyone that stepped in front of them…
When is there Super Bowl?
Was there context behind this? Did someone on the Spurs make a Super Bowl comment to which SGA piggybacked off of?
Welcome back 2012-2016
Cornball
Victor went straight to the locker room while most of the spurs said good game to the Thunder after.
Great, I thought that phrase was getting less popular with nephews after their team lost, now its back in style
I feel like they’ve played each other ten times this season