I guarantee if SGA played for another team most of them would hate his style of play too

This is geniunely applicable for every single sports fanbase ever lol, I don’t really think Thunder fans are unique in this aspect

I really don’t think some of you have actually watched prime harden …

wow…. nba team loves its superstar 😳 😳

you didn’t see rockets fans complaining about harden ft

or lakers/mavs fans complaint about luka ft

or sixers fans complaining about embiid ft

or heat/warriors fans complaining about butler ft

so on and so forth

Not a Thunder fan, and I like both players, they’re both excellent and deserved their MVPs, but Harden was worse than SGA for the “unethical basketball”. That being said, I blame the refs and the rules, not the players.

Literally everyone complains about SGAs play wtf are you yapping about

Well obviously a fan base is going to root for their player lol

Kawhi should have won the 2016-17 MVP. Best defensive player that season vs one guy who’s a bad defender and another one who doesn’t play any defense.

They hate Luka’s playstyle so this checks out.

People just complain about anyone who is really good and on another competitive team. OKC fans would have a problem with Wemby or Luka if their teams were not good and the same for the them and SGA.

It really breaks your brain that some people genuinely love his style of play lmao

same for Scottie; a paint player lol

Wow…this is crazy given his play style

Tbf even the Thunder didn’t think they were trading for an MVP in that trade.

Was considered a win now move at the time. Kawhi signing was contingent on PG, a guy who finished third in MVP voting, getting traded here as well. Easy to laugh about it in hindsight but no one expected SGA to be this good.

Yeah it sucks how it turned out but that’s why our fanbase doesn’t dwell on it because at the time it was the right move

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Not really. They were getting their numbers anyway.

Now I wonder what would SGA be without free throws? He’d be an average joe ngl

Because hes averaging a metric-ton of assists? You thought that was a comeback lol

And Jokic has 87 assists in the last 7 games which would put his assist to turnover ratio at 3:1. For reference that’s better than Magic Johnson’s career assist to turnover ratio of 2.87 (11.2 assists to 3.9 turnovers per game)

Easy to cherry pick. Over 2 games in 48 hours, he also had 36 assists compared to 3 turnovers. I can cherry pick too

irrelevant for this post.

shai needs FT attempts from those 29 turnovers

a tad over 4 a game ain’t great, but it’s not the worst thing in the world for a primary creator, depending on how they’re happening of course.

Completely irrelevant

Okay? 4 turnovers while averaging how many assists per game?

Jokic and Wemby are centers who get fouled a lot without calls.

Apparently only guards and Embiid get calls in this league

You don’t compare drives against centers like Jokic and Wemby. They should always get more free throws by positional default. Your guy is just the master of flailing and falling to the ground

thats an insane stat, i knew SGA drove a lot but 102 drives in only 5 games is insane 

Drives aren’t the only way to get free throws, guards drive more than centers that does not automatically mean more FTA..

something something it’s not that he gets free throws, it’s how he gets them

Does this even include post ups? How about looking up how many shots within 10 feet everyone is taking

No!!! I won’t!!!! Quit being mean to me!!!!

Driving constantly leads to free throws? What a concept

That’s very convenient, especially the games they’re winning by a lot and the whistles aren’t needed.

The flopping is real when the game is competitive. Also, the issue everyone has with this isn’t the amount, it’s that he gets a whistle that nobody else has.

Historically he’s actually on the lower end of guys that average 30+.

But this sub loses their mind over an outlier game.

No shit and if anyone actually watched an OT game, he was getting smacked all over the floor by the team that fouls the most in the league. 

But who am I kidding, no one watches games here.

No, it’s clearly a problem that a player is good at generating efficient shots

Yes, free throws are indeed points. Now it’s time to admit that you enjoy watching slop too.

Here’s one.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NBAGossips/s/32zpC0OByn

And no one likes non-and-1 free throws as entertainment. Especially since so many are undeserved.

I would really hope the league leader in FGA and 3PA would be leading the league in scoring without freethrows. He also leads the league in FTA too.

If only he was classy like Luka 😢

Why?

Unethical brain

If he averages 9.2 a game for the rest of the season.

He will finish with around 550 total.

In terms of all time SGA’s would not be first in any season lead until 99 shaq, next closest would be 1947 Ed sadowski.

Number 250 all time is what breference goes to, number 250 is ewing with 648. So SGA this season would be some where around 270-300 all time.

The record is 62 wilt with 1363.

This century top 5

1. 01 Shaq 972
2. 11 Dwight 916
3. 08 Dwight 897
4. 17 Harden 881
5. 19 Harden 858

For per game SGA would be number 190 all time. Luka this season is at 104.

Top 5 this century

1. 01 Shaq with 13.14
2. 23 Giannis with 12.25
3. 18 Embiid with 11.81
4. 20 Harden with 11.76
5. 23 Embiid with 11.68.

Source
NBA & ABA Single Season Leaders and Records for Free Throw Attempts Per Game | Basketball-Reference.com
NBA & ABA Single Season Leaders and Records for Free Throw Attempts | Basketball-Reference.com

Luka leads the nba in FTA 

He’s currently 184th all time for FTA per game.

Soo………..

It can be both

dont think it’s a coaching thing. Big guys are notorious for not getting the calls they deserve. Not a knock on Shai or Luka, it’s just that guards can sell contact easier.

Yes. Hes also the CPOTY

Stop fouling

Absolutely