Easily, I think ant deserved it a week ago but these high stakes games matter so much more

Its been like 8 clutch performances ina row

Amen to that brother that midrange game is something else

Fine, I’ll take whatever they were gonna give you

How do you stop him when you and the whole team cant keep up with his shifty ass.

pretty much what the Celtics did on the last possession. It almost worked out for them too

Celtics did this on the last possession. Got the miss from Caruso, but didn’t have a big on the floor because we were trying to space the floor on our possession, so Holmgren got the rebound and foul to put them up 2.

our mvp

Best guy by far

If he wins MVP and FMVP for a 2nd straight season, SGA would pass his contemporaries like Luka and Jokic, and start entering discussions alongside some of the all-time greats. He would have the best peak since LeBron from 2011 to 2013 or Curry from 2014 to 2016.

Hard work

He consistent

His whole life is consistent

Beat our ass with that 3 in our last matchup which effectively killed any considerations on who was going to be MVP. Also Shai is just that good.

Slightly I think. It’s because the haters are finding less and less posts to hate on him and create an echo chamber. Because who would’ve thought this whole time but maybe he’s not just an unethical foul baiting overrated grifter!

So yeah, I think the haters are still overwhelmingly there, they’re just finding less and less excuses to hate

You’re getting people like me that are so fucking sick of the overblown hate and are starting to get vocal about it. Especially since I’ve been around since the Embiid hate years, and there’s a clear connection between Embiid’s hate years and Shai’s hate now. Im not a Thunder fan, but I’ve started pulling for them when they don’t play the lakers due to just the incessant bullshit whining of people (started by a certain players vocal stans) on this subreddit.

Narratives don’t really shift, it’s just different sets of fans and haters getting silenced alternately depending on results lol

A couple months ago I was getting downvoted for saying SGA was one of the best players to watch ITL. Narratives can swing quick

There’s a thread high up right now cause he got a foul call. Get your dose of salt there haha.

My man, just go to the thread on the play where JB says “that’s not basketball.” SGA hate is alive and thriving lol

He’s taken another step from last year’s MVP season to the point that he’s having arguably the best season by a guard ever. He’s matching Jordan in scoring and PER. Matching Curry and Durant in efficiency at volume. He’s a hair short of having the highest WS/48 ever in a season. Breaking Wilt records. Right around 2 TOs a game. And now this flurry of clutch shots. I hate that everything has to be compared because Joker and Wemby are also ridiculous this year. But in isolation, this is near the very top of individual seasons ever and should be appreciated.

I mean the top post from this game is Brown saying “that ain’t basketball” as SGA draws a controversial foul. And the comments on it are overwhelmingly negative opinions of SGA.

He’s still got a ton of haters and they show up everywhere they can, the shift you’re perceiving is just that SGA hasn’t given them any real ammunition in several weeks. He was out injured and then has been on an insane streak since then.

I thought I was noticing a similar shift when the Thunder started 24-1. and then when they finally lost their 2nd game to the Spurs in the IST?? Holy Shit, this sub was ecstatic. There wasn’t a single positive Thunder post or comment for legitimately several days.

They are starting to get concentrated into one thread now per game. It’s pretty funny.

It absolutely is

Well ever since Jokic’s flopping started to gain traction, they realized they can’t go all in using that argument because it would backfire against them. Now, their go to argument is the pushoff + Dort special treatment.

Nah. The post with JB crying has more upvotes than anything else about Shai

He’s been adored on this sub all season (and rightfully so, he’s an absolutely incredible player and clearly mvp)

I think the general consensus is that sga is good, Okc team shitheads. I’m not so many words.

He should be. He won’t but he should be

I don’t think I’ve ever seen him miss from that left elbow jumper, it’s actually automatic

How dare you speak positively about an NBA game! 😱

Fr I was nervous then was like “wait we have the BITW”

Top 3 guard* peaks

No

Yup

I dont know about all-time rankings, but his IQ is one of his super powers. Rarely makes a mistake, rarely takes a bad shot, improved passing/vision allows even better decisions when being guarded. He is a robot out there

He’s like a taller CP3. Average absurdly low turnovers. Midrange maestros as well.

that’s cuz there really wasn’t one, he was ⁷⁄₈ in the fourth

Should be but Bam should a couple of votes.

I’m sucking

W nuggets fan

We will always be grateful for kawhi forcing SGA out of town. Kawhi is the real MVP of OKC.

OKC didn’t have Hart or Jdub. Two of their top 4 players.

Nothing but respect for the Celtics from me. I hope this is a finals preview.

Did you not watch the game? He was getting doubled constantly. It’s how he had so many assists.

Watch the very last play again, the entire Celtics bench and coaches were going insane trying to to tell their player to double him. SGA was literally waiting for him to hear them so he could pass it to Caruso. He makes the right pass before teams can hard double him.

Him and Kawhi have been getting doubles sent on them every time they touch the ball lately and they are both making teams pay for it practically every time.

Every time someone makes a dumb comment like this, guaranteed you go check the box and the other team had more FTs. Tonight Boston had 20 to OKC’s 17, and Brown had 14 to SGA’s 8.

What calls did he get tonight?

He is getting plenty of credit with 2 mvps and 1 fmvp.

What backboard like you think is irrelevant