Shai Gilgeous-Alexander when asked if he wanted to make his case for MVP: “Nah, I’m good. Thanks for asking, though…I let my game do the talking.”
its so funny watching the video and seeing how casual and nonchalantly he says this. but the comments in here make it sound like he stared directly into the camera and said it like some anime supervillain
Well this is reddit. Nobody actually watches the videos or reads the articles.
Games either
Wait.. there are games?
There’s supposedly a ball they have to bounce. Like, they have to bounce it, with few exceptions.
I don’t know how they can do that with all the dribbling I hear they do on the ball…
They have to bounce the rock? On a wooden floor? Won’t that scratch the paint?
Doesn’t sound that hard. They don’t have to run and bounce at the same time right? That would be like rubbing your tummy, patting your head, and saying rub-a-baby buggy bumpers!
The thing they use to generate box scores, though maybe it’s done off camera like the lottery idk
Hey man, I watch 2k all the time (I don’t).
Out of all of the major sports, I am 100% convinced that NBA fans are the fans that watch the actual games the LEAST compared to other sports. Doesn’t help that basketball is a sport where you can easily bullshit and make it seem like you know what you’re talking about just by looking at the box score. (Which almost never tells the whole story)
Most NBA fans don’t even really like the sport they just like their guy or their team. I see in practically every team sub ppl say “if it wasn’t for x team or x player I would never watch this horrible sport”
Who needs game when there’s highlights!
We don’t read the articles because they’re behind paywalls and covered in ads!
SGA was and still is the media and gambling company favourite by a big margin since day1. This question is up to Wemby to make a case that he is MVP. Why would SGA even need to answer this?
It’s not even really up to Wemby at this point. Shai broke and continues to run up one of Wilt’s more impressive records. It’s Shai’s to lose. Unless he shits the bed down the stretch he’s MVP
He’s also having arguably the best clutch regular season of all time. There’s a reason he’s been the one constant at the very top of the MVP discussion
Dude can look so normal in the first 2-3 quarters. In the 4th it seems like he is shooting like 90%+.
Nobody answering this question is concerned what people in here are saying.
People hate him, or anyone who dares to challenge their God Jokic.
If Jokic said this they’d all be slobbering about how he’s so cool and he doesn’t care about the mvp unlike his competitors.
If MJ said this everyone would be saying how cold it is.
Hell, MJ basically told us how stupid he thinks we are for constantly arguing about who’s the GOAT and nobody listened, so not even he’s immune.
The shades are giving a bit of anime supervillain but I’m here for it.
It’s Reddit. Cesspool.
To be fair, almost every shai quote sounds super nonchalant and chill but reads like a anime supervillain on paper
He is dressing like an anime villain. Just need the appropriate background music.
He pulled his shlong out and whipped it on the table !!! Good lord!!!
SGA isn’t liked on here and Wemby is
So this comment section is proof that no matter how you answer this question a vocal portion of people will say you did it wrong.
So just answer it how you want and move on with your day. Both Wemby and SGA did that.
Yep.
Well obviously what shai said right and wemby wrong!!!!
Oh ok
I think they’re being facetious
Yeah, I thought so too.
I thought the “oh ok” response was pretty funny
Of topic but how do you spell that? Not a native English speaker 😂
You mean pronounce? Fa-SEE-shous
The middle syllable is like the letter C and where the emphasis is placed. The last syllable turns the “ti” into an “sh” sound similar to other words like “reflection” or “inflection” and then the “ou” is the sound in “would” rather than “sound” lol.
Thanks. I had almost guessed it right,second syllable was the one i couldn’t get right. Ty
Sorry I didn’t see this earlier but the lakers fan explained it perfectly
Yep. People will think you’re cocky if you answer it the way Wemby did or the way Shai did.
the thing is people dont like shai, so no matter what he says he gonna get clowned
That’s just life bro. Can’t please everybody. Gotta please yourself
So did Embiid
Nobody watches the actual video, they just read the title. Same thing happened a couple weeks ago when Shai had the “I have all the answers I just need to see the test” quote and people acted like it was the only thing he said without any further context. Same with most quotes posted on here tbh.
Unless you’re Joel Embiid for some reason
These 100mil athletes do not give a single fuck about Internet opinions
Yeah I like both answers honestly. They’re my #1 and #2 if I had votes. Hot take I know! /s
Wemby says this and sub would eat this up lol
The MVP race is so manufactured. Shai’s not losing it unless the Thunder fall to the second seed. That’s not happening.
Wemby says this its all of a sudden “damn kid just loves the game, doesnt even care about those awards, all about the winning” like be deadass 😂😂
Jokic said essentially this all the time and people were writing damn fanfics glazing him for being so great “and not even caring about basketball.”
Wemby just a tall Tatum…same personality that can make you cringe.
This sub is cringe
There is a real chance Spurs leap them in the standings tho. It’s gonna be a close race and Spurs hold the tiebreaker over them
OKC has to lose 2 twice and the spurs have to finish the season undefeated…
Spurs have to play 6 teams trying their best to get good playoff positioning as well….
Spurs can absolutely win out but there are some trap games. Obviously they have to play Denver twice, but Philly is also a real threat with everyone playing.
Joel tends to play quite well against them when healthy
Feels like Warriors and one of the Denver games are the biggest dangers. We should win if Wemby plays but we have been torched by Steph and Murray this season.
Thunders could definitely still lose a couple more games and Spurs are the hottest team in the league. Anything can happen.
Even if the Spurs get the #1 seed, SGA should still be the MVP.
The Thunder have the second most man games lost in the NBA this season.
Every other team in the top 10 is currently sitting outside of a playoff spot.
Being the #2 seed with that many injuries doesn’t diminish his MVP case at all.
They wont recognize that Jdub the 2nd best player in the team sat almost all games this season. Its like when Jamal didnt play almost the entire season for the nuggets and Jokic got the mvp.
I agree that the race is 100% manufactured and it’s pretty obvious why. With that being said, the games against Luka do genuinely matter. If he gets completely outplayed and drops both, there’s going to be genuine conversations rather than gambling company propaganda. He also has the opportunity to shut down the talks altogether, we’ll see what happens.
Did the game in November not matter at all?
No one should be advocating for the MVP. Shai and Jokic have my respect for it. Everyone else seems to begging for it and you can tell who everyone is glazing in the sub whenever someone advocates for it. Just let it play out and it is what it is. There happens to be 4 legitimate candidates for it and anyone one of them deserves it
Aww you’re sweet vs hello human resources
Even if they fall to the 2nd seed I’d be shocked if he lost it tbh
If SGA had said what Wemby said, this sub also would have ate it up lol
It honestly love that the MVP convo went from 100% Shai to like a 4 man race in the span of two weeks. It’s still probably gonna be Shai, but this shit got toxic so quickly. It’s hilarious
Media bored, Vegas hungry.
yeah it’s just the media trying to spin up controversy to drive views.
Shai is gonna win barring some miracle.
It’s like someone literally pressed a button. If it’s that serious this could’ve been a discussion all season
Someone made a call, to ESPN, to the media, the bag man needs a little more juice
Kalshi went to Silver and told him they needed it to be more interesting for their gambling..I mean ‘prediction’…app.
The betting companies aren’t making enough money from people placing losing bets so they had to drum it up
To be fair the other guys did get better as the season went along
It really didn’t tbh, media needs engagements, the gambling companies need bets. The media decided who to vote for like a month before now.
got toxic
My brother the MVP discourse has been toxic every year barring 2015 since like the Derrick Rose season
It’s probably toxic more often than not going back to Wilt and Russell. Usually it’s a 2 man race with exceptions like 16 Curry, 13 LeBron, 00 Shaq, etc.
2015 was definitely toxic lol, I think you meant 2016, which was a no brainer just like 2012/2013/2014. It’ll never get worse than the shitshows that 2017 and to a lesser extent 2023 were though.
2015 between harden and Steph was incredibly toxic my guy
Sorry, meant 2016 (the unanimous Curry year)
The other 3 also showed the fuck up.
It’s not a 4 man race it’s a 2 man race
how long is his 20 point streak going by now? talking about consistency.
It’s still not really a competition per Vegas - but the manufactured media hype is fun I suppose
According to betting sites it’s mostly a 1 man race with a small chance of Wby getting it. If you listen to the media then Wemby and Luka have great odds. We all know which of those two makes more accurate predictions.
slick outfit, confident answer, 10⁄10 response
You’ve got to give both Jokic and SGA alot of credit for not getting sucked into it.
They have nothing left to prove.
That’s why they aren’t sucked in they’ve tasted something better. I think jokic genuinely does not care and SGA is pretty damn close
It’s weird how wanting to perform at your best without instigating others is considered nonchalant in today’s hot-take/rage bait orientated media
Haha he should 100% show up to a game looking like blade.
1k upvotes with 4k comments incoming
You have the ratio down so far. 28 upvotes to 110 comments.
Almost a perfect 1-4
If this was posted at like 10 pm eastern instead of 2:15 am then I think I’d have it dead on lol
360 to 360 they too busy in the other threads crying about fts
“I let the FTs do the talking”
Not disappointed as I was expecting to see this comment
25 FTA for SGA vs 23 FTA for the entire pistons team
The team that leads the league in fouling who didn’t have their best players had a hard time guarding Shai???? I’m shocked!!
Of course it’s a geek ass lakers fan saying this. Please reflect.
Which foul was wrong?
They didn’t watch.
You can’t do that. You can’t ask for context. The only thing that matters is 25 > 23! Shai is the devil!
Except the context somehow matters when Shai doesn’t shoot a lot of free throws. The goalposts just keep moving
So dont foul him. Its pretty simple logic
I’m a Spurs fan and a Wemby glazer but I honestly dont understand why Shai is so hated. He’s objectively a fantastic player and seems like a chill dude.
They’ll hate Wemby next.
I’m surprised they don’t already. His holier than thou attitude towards every other player already annoys me. Like he’s a superstar but he just thinks he’s the only one playing basketball “the right way”, which is very obnoxious.
He wins one ring and/or MVP, and the hate will come.
And then folks will pretend they never liked him.
I’m just glad we get to see em both lol. There’s exciting basketball almost everyday with these mvp level players
25 free throw attempts last game kind of give it away.
Which fouls were wrong?
I compare it to watching Embiid. He can be so engaging to watch. Then he flops and it’s kinda annoying.
Shai is even more fun to watch than Embiid, but I think that makes the flops more pronounced for some.
Embiid and Harden for me. Both of them were generational talents, but so often their entire skillset just collapsed into flops, foul baiting, and free throws so I just stopped watching both of them. Shai is like that now, and until they change how he’s officiated it’s hard to watch neutral games with him.
Yep. Like, with guys like Avdija, I get it, because he has to flop if he wants to succeed, but SGA and Harden have too much talent to play like that
Exactly, but I don’t blame them, I blame the officiating. It’s those guys jobs to win games and if that play style is awarded with FTs night after night it would be negligent for them to not pursue it.
To me it’s on the NBA to recognize that awarding this is harming their product. They have a superstar in Shai but if people don’t want to watch him because it’s an annoying more than an exciting experience, they’ll solidify him as a heel and people just won’t watch. I’m really hoping this is fixed next year.
it’s his playstyle not him as a person
you been under a rock the past two years?
If they villainize Shai this much as cool, calm, kind, and vanilla as he is. Just wait until the season after Wemby wins his first. He’ll be the most hated (and loved) player post-Lebron.
Because his game is actually the refs/silvers product. I hate the game rn not the player
Honestly, that’s a really cool answer lol
Both of the top comments right now are explaining how this sub is wrong for villainizing this. In other words, the majority of viewers have that take but redditors pretending to have an outlier take.
A more accurate way of looking at this is checking how the top comments that neutrally comment on replies are at 650+ upvotes while the thread itself currently at 400.
While sure the silent majority might be generally in favor of neutrality in this type of things, the noise and negativity is very, very clear. Even in a thread like this that usually trends towards a positive bubble for the player giving the interview.
I am actually struggling to find the people that they are supposedly responding to. Sorting by controversial doesn’t help.
This answer to the question is fine! Completely reasonable! IMO it’s just weird that some fans essentially media trained themselves into thinking this is the only acceptable way to answer questions to the point where now they think an answer like Wemby’s is weird.
Yep. Heck I’ll even say this is the more “aura” answer. But it’s also totally fine for Wemby to actually answer the question.
Damn people will find any reason to hate on this dude on reddit
If bro had just ignored the question the guys in the comments would be all like
“Erm yeah hes ducking the question because he knows he isn’t gonna win, he lacks that killer mentality”
But if answers with confidence they gonna be all like
“Oh the foul baiter wants to be overconfidence huh? These new gens have no humility”
Can’t do anything to please these losers. I can see why a player would eventually just say “fuck them fans” annoying asf
Yeah because there are different people in the world with different opinions. It’s not the same guys that would be hating on him no matter the answer
Ok, I like that response 👏🏽
“Please make the case as to why you should be the mvp” is the dumbest fucking question ever. As if it’s a job interview you’re attending and supposed to convince people why should they vote for you. Being a sports journalist must be the easiest job in existence
I’m not mad w how wemby answered it but I agree, it’s a question that makes you look desperate if you actually answer it
GOAT response for ass questions like this. And I’m a Shai hater.
Two free throws for SGA
Prefer this answer over Wembys. Just saying..
He’s won already since the beginning of the season
He doesn’t need to make any case. It’s just inevitable.
We need more Shais and Mazzulas. Begging for awards and recognition is disgusting.
I don’t know about “disgusting,” but it is lame.
fully 2⁄3 of the comments are downvoted lol
I think his active 20 point streak makes him a strong case on top of being the 1 seed, good for him of he wins it
Even without the 1seed he’s got the cleaned case.
Leading the most 3rd injured team and still contending, 20point streak, efficiency, clutch scoring, and a top seed (even without the 1st)
Good talk that shit to the string bean pole.
Respectable answer.
Unpopular opinion, I prefer this kind of response over a response like Mazzulla’s. This sounds more genuine. Joe sounds like his other opinions, trying to be a contrarian.
Doesn’t matter what he says, you don’t like him just like you didn’t like Kobe unless you were a lakers fan
That’s cold ngl
Shai cooking now. Why spin a narrative? He’s likely to win anyway, don’t need the publicity.
OK this is the cooler answer
Smooth. I am not a fan of the favorable whistles (or lack thereof when they play defense) they get, but it’s hard to root against SGA.
My thoughts exactly. Fuck the Thunder but the comments under SGA’s interview clips are always so brutal, meanwhile he seems like such a chill guy
As he should
Good on Shai. Media is trying to stir shit up.
Good answer
Aura
I feel like I’m becoming an old man because I hate this word. Just say you think he’s cool! Alright time to go yell at the clouds now.
And old people when you were young thought “cool” was dumb that’s just how slang works unc
I’m seeing a lot of comments commenting on the negativity of the comments. But I’m not seeing any negative comments
Lol scroll to the bottom
Shai should get it this year. Let him be awarded in front of Wemby. I believe this will drive him more than winning.
The fact that the MVP is still being discussed and debated so actively lets me know the competition is fierce this season. I can’t say I’ve remembered a more debated MVP race in recent memory. The issue being that the ‘qualifications’ to win the accolade are subjective and left to each vote holder. I wouldn’t be surprised if Bronny got a vote lol
I’m still wondering why it’s so bright in OKC interviews.
This award is becoming who is the number one seed
That’s my MVP
This race got crazy quick man. Went from SGA and Jokic to just SGA to now four guys. I still think it’ll be SGA but damn
He lets the refs do the talking
my goat
Rainbow mamba doesn’t take no shit. And yeah, I coined the term rainbow mamba and I think it’s gonna become a household name
Bad timing giving his 2 most recent games
Those are gonna be some floppy, disjointed and stumbling sentences.
“… I let my fame do the whistling, I mean talking.”
Lmfao Petty Jones
He doesn’t have as much to prove as Wemby. I imagine in a few years, Vic might be talking like this, even though he’s French.
Auraman back at it again
Too cool for school Shai
Yeah just keep practicing those free throws buddy we know you’ll be getting MANY more
Based
“Nah, I’m good…I let my free throw count do the talking”
I think Wemby and SGA’s responses to this reflect their different personalities. SGA is laid back and quiet. Wemby is a thinker who likes to take a stand and make an argument. Both are fine.
He’s so tuff 🔥
Not a Shai fan but this is way better than making an impassioned case for yourself, which I find kind of embarrassing. More of this.
Henry cejudo of the NBA
The anti-Embiid
Hopefully he signed the refs jerseys after the game. He should show a lil respect for the 25 foul shots and 618 this year
He lets the bullshit fouls do the talking
Wemby was cocky, SGA is chill
Terrorist let’s his acts do the talking.
Chess speaks for itself
except SGA can back it up.
he doesn’t twerk for awards like the spurs lol
Is he constantly stoned? I love it
It’s funny watching this vs the Lakers playing the martyr that poor sweet Luka hasn’t already been given this years award. I feel like they should ease up, they are starting to sound build level thirsty right now. It feels like the entire team was given a script that they must all say anytime any question is asked.