[Highlight] New look SGA drops 26 PTS in 26 mins for Canada! šØš¦
Can’t wait to watch him in person on Monday. Really cool that he gets to play in his hometown and is just minutes away from his house.
Itās a treat to see in person. The way he speeds up and slows down mid drive is something Iāve never seen before. It looks amazing on screen but in person it fully delivers
Harden was a Thunder lol
And Harden probably even started the “deceleration” trend lol
Yeah I remember an old sports science show that said he was not athletic and didnt test well, except for stopping.
So he made it his superpower lol
Same for Luka, his scouting showed that he basically has the best brakes in the business
SGA and Brunson developing that shows how important it really is
Harden was more of an average athlete (outside of the deceleration) than a bad one coming in. Nowadays, heās actually below average, and itās a massive difference.
the “deceleration” trend
good god, do the children really think that SLOWING DOWN was invented in 2010?
I’d make a case that Paul Pierce was a predecessor, but he definitely didn’t start a trend.
He was. 13 years ago. Good chance the person you are talking to was a literal child then and doesnt remember
Some of us really old heads even remember people decelerating before the invention of James Harden.Ā
Iām 30. Iāve seen both live. SGA has muddy better body control than harden
Quick first steps, stops on a dime
There was court side seats for 200 dollars row A a couple days ago and I said id come back to them and they are gone. Even the lower bowl tickets went from 30 bucks to well over a hundred. I guess people figured out there was a lot of talent in town for dirt cheap to watch
I paid $110 dollars for a pair just a few days ago and seating was limited. I think Canada Basketball confirmed the roster pretty late, so then interest started to increase once people saw who was representing the team.
They moved people from the 2nd level into the lower bowl so Iām not sure how much demand theyāre expecting. Sales must have been slow
I was surprised to see that they blacked out some of the upper bowl. I wasn’t expecting a sellout but I assumed demand was pretty solid.
My seats got moved on Thursday and our group got split up, so Iāve been looking steady since then. Looks like they opened 3 sections in the 200s back up today.
He’s gonna be a free agent in 2029 and has expressed interest in Toronto, Lowkey I think y’all got a great chance of getting him if he doesn’t want to retire a thunder or the vibes go bad there
Thanks, I hate it
He’s on the books through ‘31 lol
Op having some aspirational ideas
He’s gonna be a free agent in 2029
In the summer of 2030.
Does he still live there in the offseason?
Yeah he still does. I actually have a co-worker who lives in the neighbourhood and sees Shai driving on occasion, lol.
He also invested in the TD centre…. was almost a neighbor
right gonna be an amazing moment
wait howād he get only 26 mins if he dropped 26 pts
Why and where are they playing ? Is it Olympics ?
FIBA world cup
FIBA world cup qualifiers.
And the Canadian menās team now requires guys to play in these or at least be a part of the team for the cycle. Thatās different than some other sport international teams.
I’m not an SGA fan, but I can appreciate him choosing to play for his country for some FIBA World Cup Qualifying, especially when they were already qualified to advance to the next round.
The US has already qualified for the next round as well, but their squad is filled with a bunch of dudes I’ve never heard of.
Doesn’t know Jay Huff. Casual
on like 65% shooting too. Guy is crazy good at the mid range
I’m starting to think this Shai guy’s pretty good
Could be MVP if he’s in the NBA.
Iād go as far to say he wins a chip if he keeps this up.
Lol no way. He’s too small
Might need a couple more years sample size before we throw out hot takes like that
Yeah definitely one to watch
Maybe even MVP material
And that middy game should age quite gracefully. A thing of beauty
Best part about his game imo. He might drive less as he get’s older but mid range will still be lethal. CP3 could hit the mid range at a high percentage late into his 30’s. I expect the same from Shai
It’s why I’m such a fan, I love shooting middies. He legit has a case as one of the best (obviously MJ is 1)
Shai hitting Js over anyone at will reminds me of Jordan
He’s got a lot in common with DeMar in that way but is a better shooter and we see Deebo still pushing along with fairly little decline at 37
Insane 8⁄10 from the midrange (1⁄4 from 3)
Most frustrating about players like Shai or Harden is that they’re one of the most talented offensive talents of all time and they resort to… foul baiting.
This video just tells you the league has a flopping problem, not SGA.
SGA is fully capable of getting buckets without flopping. The NBA encourages it and SGA is doing what is necessary to put points on the board.
Yeah, Adam Silver needs to grow some balls and tell referees to ignore flopping.
Flopping is bad, but the foul baiting is a bigger problem IMO. The game has become get your defender off balance so you can run into him while pretending to shoot
Obviously the competition isn’t great, but yes, star players definitely take what the refs will give them, and the way to stop the flopping problem isn’t to demonize the players.
No, we can demonize them too. Flopping is some bitchass shit.
what I don’t get is people who think this generation invented flopping, like Vlade Divac never existed. The older generation teaches it and the newer generation gets bashed for it.
Or we saw people complaining about Jordan’s whistle in the 90s
Yeah but Jordan never changed how he played to get calls, he just played his game and the refs called it how they would. And to be honest if you go back and watch those games, MJās whistle wasnāt that great similar to prime Lebron or Shaq because the other team couldnāt really guard him with legal defense, and the refs couldnāt foul out the other team every game.
Yeah, Jordan used to get hacked to all hell driving to the basket, he’s just too good to stop even with those.
i agree, especially when brunson started jumping into defenders at the 3 point line 2 different times to get 6 free throws
??? Do you watch SGA play NBA basketball lmao
people on here acting like Shai doesnāt play like this all the time is actually hilarious
Like yes Shai will flop sometimes because of how NBA refs call it, but a majority of the time heās playing exactly how he is in the FiBA WC qualifiers lol
Ill give you majority of the time. The problem is his flops are comically bad. Like shaqtin a fool bad. Dude can ball and takes advantage of the nba rules. I dont hate him for it but hes developed a well earned reputation. And fans like you would absolutely hate the same things every other fan does about him if he wasnt a thunder.
Iād say Luka, Wemby, and Jokic all flop comically bad as well (especially Jokic and Wemby look goofy because of how big they are) yet they donāt get criticized or called out for it nearly as much as Shai does
Heās āearnedā the reputation because people on social media decided thats his reputation now and spam clips of his flops
My whole point anyways is that people on this thread act like Shai doesnāt already play like this when if you guys actually watched the games, you would know this is how he regularly plays in the NBA as well
Everybody agrees flopping is a league wide problem and not isolated to SGA. SGA just gets more eyeballs. Doesn’t mean we can’t call him out when he flops, that too very egregiously.
Brother look at the comments in this thread, literally plenty of people on here saying heās only playing like this because its FIBA rules and that he usually doesnāt play like this
Yeah right LMAO people on here think Shai is a worse flopper than Harden and frequently gets hate posts that heās ruining basketball because he flops sometimes
Explain how a bunch of other top stars like Luka, Wemby, and Jokic all flop (and have as/worse egregious flops) yet donāt even get a fraction of the hate Shai does and even get excused for it. Almost like Shai hate is pushed more like I said
Saying āShai will flop sometimesā is such a homer take lol
Nobody who has a brain says he is bad or canāt have more tape like the FIBA clip above. Heās elite. But he also flops more than anybody in the entire league and itās obnoxious.
but a majority of the time heās playing exactly how he is in the FiBA WC qualifiers lol
So THAT’S why he’s leading the league in falling, by far. Thanks for enlightening us, fake franchise with your fake MVP.
Yes and heās an amazing player. Heād be more appreciated years from now when itās not all about his flopping.
Yes
Game 7 he was playing exactly like this outside of a couple plays in the 3rd, genuinely beautiful basketball
You guys really just believe whatever a cherry picked compilation of clips shows you won’t you?
One highlight reel has some flops = man SGA flops ALL the time
One highlight reel shows no flops and all the buckets he gets literally every single night = man I wish SGA would play like this all the time.Ā
Like seriously could be from the same game and people like you would just run with whatever the editing narrative is
Literally said that the league has a flopping problem and not SGA in particular.
SGA is smart enough to take what the refs give him. How is it singling SGA out ?
you missed the point- you claimed this video proves the NBA has a flopping problem. this edited video doesn’t prove shit
Goddamn reddit lol not every comment is a well crafted legal statement. OP literally followed up with what they meant to say but everyone’s like “but your explanation isn’t how I understand your original comment so you’re wrong” lol
thunder fans and clutching pearls
This video just tells you
That’s the problem. You and the rest of this sub jump to conclusions based on edited clips. This video doesn’t tell us shit.Ā
Well FIBA basketball is without the flopping, travelling and 1 million timeouts.
SGA is simply the best subject to show the differences between NBA and FIBA basketball :D
Well said. Whatās craziest is that FIBAās more physical on average, too. Itās a contact game, though itās been trending toward NBA-style no-touching for about a decade now.
This comment just tells me you don’t actually watch Shai play in the NBA. This is every night, it’s why he is 2x MVP
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/J5gEqhJb1m
Heās pushing off on more than a few of these clips still. That should still be a foul.
Nah he’s a FT merchant, clearly without the leagues whistle he’s terrible.
Slight correction. Heās not doing what is necessary to put points on the board as heās fully capable of putting points on the board without his bullshit. His game is silky smooth when heās actually trying to score the basketball. He only pulls his bullshit because heās rewarded for it. And that, I agree, is not his problem, but an NBA officiating problem. Itās the thing that has been most frustrating about OKC. When youāre paid to win the game within the rules as they are called, itās your duty to take every advantage youāre given. Thatās why itās hard to truly be upset about the way Shai plays like a bitch or about Caruso and Dort constantly hacking. The refs go along with it so why would they not keep doing it?
If you look down the thread, that is exactly what I have mentioned.
I agree with the larger point but I mean heās also basically playing at half speed out there
26 Pts in 26 Minutes, Minutes Merchant
And he only fell a couple times because he knows that itās not profitable outside the nba.
I love this version of sga
Hearing this falling shit be some common topic about Shai is so funny because how he played today is literally what he did all season lmfao. It’s such a telltale sign of who actually watches Shai a lot and who watched a few playoff games.
Brother we all watched the WCF if nothing else lol. He was definitely not playing the exact same. These clips are real basketball and the last time we saw him they were playing a game where everyone was fouling everyone and he was falling to the ground due to the snipers in the building every other play or extending that arm fully
they were playing a game where everyone was fouling everyone and he was falling to the ground due to the snipers in the building
okay so which is it? was everyone fouling everyone or were their snipers in the building?
we also saw wemby snap his head back on the slightest contact in the finals and WCF, as well as castle getting like fucking 20 free throws in game 2⁄3. Spurs have a biased whistle and flop as well
Statistics aren’t lying. No one fell on more attempts than SGA in the whole league.
Okay, now show how that has an effect on the game. I’ll wait.
Show the actual numbers, the consequences of this occurring and why it should be focused on this much.
To be fair he fell 50% of the time he got fouled. He he was fouled a lot lol
These fiba bums gotta start tracking fall% tbh
You could actually see him really want to extend that arm in these clips lol but still I love watching when he actually plays basketball instead of the bs
Bro makes me feel like Obi Wan watching him
He’s the chosen one, but got seduced by James Harden and the Dark Side.
pretty good. hope nba notices him and give him a 10 days
Itās weird when r/nba has so many other things to talk about than sga. I remember when all this sub was about is OKC hate.
Those damn Knicks and sweeping the Cavs so there were no other games to talk about
He has a potential to become 2x mvp
If he just played like this in the NBA, which he is fully capable of, people would like him more.
He does play like this most of the time. Most people hsre just see all the negative clips and ignore the 90% of good stuff he does lol
It’s not most of the time but it is more than people think. In the NBA even when he takes these beautiful shots he still falls to the ground hoping for a foul.
Its the different rule set. A lot of American players said they struggle at first because its got major differences.
What’s crazy is that he absolutely does.
He does play like that. Itās just that PR has nobody who can gaurd him so itās basically regular season for SGA.
He played like this in the nba. You are just being brainwashed by narrative and short reels.
He literally does lmao people are just blinded by hate and only watch clips. Its sad none of you can think for yourselves.Ā
He does
He’s literally playing the exact same way lmao, falls and everything.
Get off TikTok
Yawn
He played like that in game 7. Played through contact, wasn’t trying to sell or falling awkwardly to get calls. And after the game, everyone was praising him and saying what you’re saying. He has a very beautiful game when he’s not doing his bullshit flops.
He does, people do, touch grass
He does, just clips of him foul baiting get 20k upvotes while other stars get 200 or more often than not, deleted by the mods.
Schroeder looking good out there
No, this is Gilgeous-Alexaaaaaahnda
Nice, but he needs to go full bald if he truly wants to catch Kobe and Jordan
New look, same push off
Yeah but his lack of follicular length makes up for it /s
Didn’t he look like this with the Clips?
Had a box fade with the Clips.
Fuck man, I was looking so hard to figure out what’s new. Did he add some new move to his game? Did he gain muscle? ….then it turns out it’s just the fucking haircut š
the real Maple Jordan
God people are so fucking insufferable. On a video about sga being really good the only thing people can talk about is flopping
Pretty sure thatās all this sub knows how to do
Not really, thereās like 2.
That’s Dennis Shroerder not SGA.
Looking like Dennis Schroeder
He actually looks 5 years younger with that haircut
best in the world
SGA hungrayyy. Wemby better watch out.
Bro is about to bring us another chip, im sick
I thought the push off wasnāt allowed in FIBAā¦ bummer. Guess weāll never see handlers break a defender down in rhythm again.
No kidding. The first 3 of 4 shots are huge push offs. I closed the video after that, itās not good basketball.Ā
Casuals never heard of the chicken wing. Thunder and Raptor flairs, this is who you are arguing with. Relax.Ā
The āchicken wingā is an offensive foul every time though. Itās not like he gets open jumpers by doing something special, he clears space with an offensive foul then hits an open jumper because he cheated to get there.Ā
Wait why didnāt he fall down 80% of those clips?!
Still pushing off I see
Push Off, Push Off , Push Off ā¦.
nice
great energy at the game tonight, can’t wait for Mondays game against Jamaica
They need to release more Canada jerseys too.
Great performance by a great player
Thought that was Dennis Schroder for a sec
Bro looks like Dennis Schroeder if he grew a few inches lol
Heās now more aerodynamic
His midrange game is a thing of beauty
Pretty dope he suited up for the FIBA World Cup qualifiers. I wish the best US players did that.
The Canadian team instituted a rule saying if you don’t play for all games, you don’t play at all cause a lot of our guys just wouldn’t show up.
Pretty good rule considering I always felt Team Canada should always perform well at international tournaments but I would always look at the roster and question why so and so good player didnāt show up.
I assume this has a caveat for NBA games no? Like there are qualifiers during the season, so does that hurt their attendance track record?
Yes, there’s caveats for in-season of course. But out of season, you need a really good reason, for example Jamal Murray I’m pretty sure is questionable going forward for us in FIBA at least (I think the team probably makes an exception for Olympics) since he wasn’t fully committed to Canada basketball. (Missed some games and didn’t have pre-approval I think)
Here’s an interesting read to get more insight behind it:
https://www.sportsnet.ca/basketball/article/jamal-murray-not-included-in-canada-basketball-player-pool-for-la28/
What happened to all the hate he was getting every post like a month ago lol
I remember being disappointed we traded PG away after the MVP caliber season he had with us. Never in my wildest dreams did I think we’d somehow get a better player back.
I wish the NBA respected their players this much and had people pushed back a bit off the court
I know. I don’t love that it’s a board of ads, but I love that there’s a solid three-four feet of space between the sideline and the players.Ā
What channel do they play
itās giving dennis schroder
Nasty smooth
Looks like a promising talent
Your hair looks small
So good when he just plays straight up.
Is the court named after him
What was his fall rate?ā¦.. /s
What tournament is this?
Whatās the new look?
Crazy how much less flopping he does when he isn’t straight up incentivized to do it like he is in the nba
Somehow looks way younger
Fully expected a free throw montage
Now imagine with rondo bag damn
Whatās up with the USA roster?
Is the new look that he isnt throwing himself at the floor every time he shoots?
Did I just watch a 1 minute highlight of SGA with no flopping?
Weird seeing him without hair Even more weird seeing him without a surplus of free throwsĀ
Iāve noticed less flops to the floor
Different rules and refs.
Shoulder push off already in mid season form. Terrible.Ā
No need to flop against plumbers
That’s sick!
Shades of fricking Kobe Bryant when not flopping
Does he flop less in this league? Or do refs call less?
unguardable
God damn, he’s great if he ain’t flopping
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I don’t follow Canada ball was this just one game ?NBA can’t be to happy about this
He is a top 3 all time unwatchable player….
He is really really good when he stops being a dolphin in the court. Idek why he has to do that constantly when he is really good.