Shaq is just an insecure hater against other big men full stop lol.

Shaq hates on dudes that came before him too lol.

Man literally made up a story to be mad at David Robinson

Kobe winning chips after he left fucked him up lol

He might have a lot, but he has far less than he would have if he played today, and I’m sure that pisses him off.

Shaq has a percent of LeBrons wealth, Shaq is also mentally ill, obsessed with feces, and a bully who will hate till he take his last breath. LeBron is a media manager. He knows any hate he spews will be magnified so he praises players and gets positive PR

I’d love for him and Larry Bird to chat it up. They both give respect to each others generations, we’re the same position, and have similar play styles. It would be a sight to watch for sure.

Part of it is just personality and their self security. LeBron knows he’s done basically everything one player could ever do and he’s secure in who he is. He has no issue praising other guys because he doesn’t feel like his legacy is threatened. Shaq is the complete opposite

Shaq literally cites player pay is part of why he hates. He thinks it’s a travesty Rudy gets paid as much as he does. It’s a bitterness component related directly to money despite Shaq being one of the most financially secure players of all time.

That’s like saying Einstein would be a genius today

Nah KD is actually pretty good about giving players their flowers

He just won’t acknowledge them

LeBibi

He is an excellent player though.

Keyonte George lmao. He was just like man I haven’t watched him I can’t give an opinion 💀

He’s called his own teammates “minimum guys”

He also dissed some NBA players prior to Bronny making the league, suggesting his son was already better than them and it certainly wasn’t in a respectful way.

he called my goat Tyler Jones

when Tyus gave him a facial, I’m sure he committed the name to memory

In my opinion, Schumi is the goat Michael

It’s PROVOCATIVE

atp the sample in the song is more well known that the original movie they took it from lmao

This SGA crazy

Nah Michael Scott is a basketball machine. That’s why they call him The Question.

Ball so hard mah fuckas wanna find me

Yeah it’s hard to imagine anyone touching that midrange volume anymore in the 3 point era. There’s just no way it’s the right shot to take that many times a game especially when you’re a capable driver like Shai

1200!

Damn where did he even have time to put up 6x10^3174 shots

Yeah dirk was around 700 in one of the years he had long year

he should be much higher than 300s, he takes around 9/game which puts him closer to 600 on the season so far

still ofc way lower than guys like Mike back in the day

Well that’s because of changes to strategy league-wide. Even Jordan’s efficiency wasn’t good enough to take that many midrange shots in the current NBA without sacrificing offensive efficiency

Well it’s all about dependability in late shot clock situations where you don’t have the luxury of picking your preferred zones. You should be able to catch the ball in the midrange and have confidence in your shot if there are only one or two seconds left on the shot clock. Midrange ability will always be valuable because of that. But also it helps you become a more balanced scorer and less predictable.

haha kawhi and kd and derozan for sure but damn maybe kd is the only one near shais efficiency or sniffing it at least .

Pretty sure the downvotes came from SGA haters

Everyone does it to ant tho 😂

If we’re talking about aesthetics and how they look, I’d argue they’re not alike at all. But as far as how they attack the defense, it’s virtually 1:1, regardless of era.

They both take what the defense gives them. If the driving angles are overplayed, it’s the middy. If it’s the other way around, he’s getting to the basket.

I’ve not seen someone that attuned to the defense from a scoring standpoint for some time. Other close comparisons would be Kawhi, Wade, or Kobe, but I always felt like Kobe plays like a late 90’s Jordan.

Shai embodies the methodology in real-time. He doesn’t need a play or two to adjust.

How can you not mention Harold Miner, the OG ‘next MJ’

Yeah but they play very differently.

SGA is a finesse player in a soft whistle era.

Jordan was all power in a physical era. Just watch like the first 13 of these 60 highlights and the difference is already stark and obvious. Both on offense and defense. 

https://youtu.be/jbW4f60dCNA?si=_-LQ-R7jr2saomfc

Kobe played against zones lol. Like in his back to back chips, playoff teams were running zones against Kobe.

Come on bro. This is why box stats are absolutely useless when looking at players in different circumstances.

I think prime Kobe was far quicker and more explosive than SGA too.

Yet Shai still hasn’t led the league in FTA, unlike Jordan. He also has led the league in drives multiple times, unlike Jordan.

So the discourse makes sense. He’s winning, people are mad. But in 10-15 years nobody will care like they do now, they’ll just look back on a great player. And the beauty of modern technology allows viewers to really dissect the footage to see how much of the hate is warranted, which so far has yet to be proven.

 especially when you consider how much more grueling and demanding the game is nowadays

This isn’t really relevant to Shai’s efficiency because offenses in general are way more efficient. 

Plus Shai doesn’t have the crutch of illegal defense rules letting him play 1v1 all game and has to go against bigger stronger faster defenders than Jordan did

Ok now you are going way too far and that’s coming from someone who has shai as the second best guard peak because no way you are trying to argue that current shai is a better overall player than prime jordan

Prime mj is more athletic, has a quicker first step(91 mj had one of the quickest first steps in history tied with 2004 wade and 09 Lebron),almost as efficient in his peak(the TS% for 87-91 mj and past four seasons shai is roughly the same), better finisher due to his large hands, much better rebounder, better scorer, more clutch, just as team player(jordan is a better passer since he averaged more apg in his career while also averaging more apg in their peak seasons but shai is a better facilitator),more explosive and a much better defender than current SGA, the only things sga does better is handles/and three point shooting but jordan’s many advantages over shai make him the much better player

Yet mj finds a way with the numbers more like 50-60%

Pause

SGA will never arch as well as Jokic

I agree we have not earned the dynasty title yet. Hope we can though.

I mean they’ll have the 2nd after this playoffs. So just 1 more.

Thanks. Not trying to trauma dump but everyday I am introduced to evidence that I may be the dumbest person on this planet.

The only reason people say that is to argue that he’s actually not that impressive compared to their favorite European

related to this, i think the only way OKC in its current iteration becomes a dynasty is if 1) SGA actually becomes GOAT level or 2) jdub becomes a consistent second option. he’s fantastic when he’s on but he’s not quite there yet, and i think that’ll make it much tougher for the team to continue to reach the mountaintop