[Highlights] Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with quick 10 points in the 1st quarter, including two 3s
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Good to see J Dub back again. Totally different team with him
If Shai improves his 3 ball this year the league is fucked
He shot over 38% last season, hitting 40% would be ridiculous
I’d love for him to finally join the 50/40/90 club. Hes been right there for both his MVP years.
MVP again or voter fatigue time?
He was so close to 50/40/90 last season, that game where he went 0/10+ from 3 broke my heart
More volume off the dribble will be great. Even if his overall efficiency takes a dip. He’ll need it to beat the coverages he’s gonna see in the playoffs
If the Thunder are healthy, teams won’t be able to sell out to stop him like they did in the 2025-26 playoffs and throw 3 guys at him every time.
That was only possible because of injuries to JDub and Mitchell.
Yeah tbh he really needs to find a way to beat Castle/Bryant hounding him with Wemby shutting the lanes down. Also key is for Chet not to get punked by dudes like Vassell
Gonna be really tough regardless
Atp the regular season shooting splits don’t matter. The real question is whether the 3PT shot can be a weapon for him in the playoffs or not
I mean… it’s an extra 4 threes over the course of a season. Not that big of a difference
I mean he’s already shooting 100% from the 3 👀
Well it’s preseason so it’s undefined% from 3 no?
Starting to think the Thunder might have something with this guy. Dang, did the Clippers overpay for PG??
If that C&S is real it completely changes his game and makes him way more playoff-proof. Those traps Castle/Vassell/Champagnie threw at him all of a sudden become quick relocation threes instead of late shot clock grenades
He improved his 3pt and passing a lot last year.
He can score in so many ways bro
Having a second ball handler gives him so much more freedom too, which is why the Jdub and Ajay injuries were so impactful for his scoring against the spurs
Agreed and we are using jmac and stirtz (probably more later) as off ball shooters to stretch the defense
And foul bait
You guys won the championship, what’s there to be salty about?
Nothing, just speaking the truth man
People hate this guy because your team can’t guard him. That simple.
I think people hate him because everyone knows he is really good with it, but still forcing / selling fouls to get to the freethrows. Like he is so good, but then when they are under, he slows down the game and foul baits instead of just beating the defenders. But yea, blame the game not the player type of scenario. The refs allow him to do it so he is just playing what the refs allow him to an thats smart of him, but yea its not pretty
Accurate. What most fans don’t realize is 90% of players would also play the refs this way if they could. When you’re that competitive you do what you can to win
Which is sad. I hate watching foul baiting, especially from SGA, but when he plays like this, it’s a beauty to watch.
SGA haters are sick right now. They spent so long crafting a narrative that he was only good because becuase of foul baiting.
And push offs almost like he can score whatever way he likes lmao 🤣
Comfortable folks, like he’s got house shoes on
Cage is smiling right now.
there are very few sga haters who genuinely think he’s ONLY good cus he foul baits.
I’m a hater and it’s because he is an incredible player and doesn’t need to foul bait. Alas
Yeah I agree. I hate the BS he gets up to for scoring, largely in part because he’s so talented without it
Lowk think you might be falling for internet rage bait. Genuine criticisms of SGA acknowledge that he’s a terrific player who is much more fun to watch when he isn’t foul baiting.
Bruh last years playoffs proved he was just falling for no reason lol only gripe we had was with the refs allowing him/luka/harden to get away with lazy basketball. When they won the chip he literally never fell and hit every shot. Yall just get uncomfortable with someone saying something different
there’s not a human on earth who thinks that lol you’ve made up people to own
You haven’t been online very much
Maybe he’s online too much
SGA is really good and his foul baiting is annoying.
The old backhanded compliment
people who employ “foul baiters” really have no room to complain about what other players do
How is this downvoted lol? He’s incredibly skilled but check out any of his flopping compilations. It’s pitiful. I think if they actually implement the rule changes to curtail the push offs and flopping, he will adjust and still be great. And I hope they do because that shit was hard to watch at times.
Is any flopping compilation good to watch?
“Luka is really good and his foul baiting is annoying”
“Wemby is really good and his foul baiting is annoying”
It’s also annoying when those players flop? Two things can be true at once.
Swear I see more OKC fans whining about SGA haters than I see actual SGA haters
Those would be true statements. Still not as hard to watch as Shai flopping. Check out his playoff flops compilation from last year.
you could make a flopping compilation for any star player in the league and it would be “pitiful.” what does this have to do with SGA specifically
Completely agree
Not a hater, but also not sick.
Hes not a bad player, just not generational. So dont compare him to generational players.
Oh man if he gets more streaky consistent on threes then he’ll be more unstoppable. He prioritized middy and paint scoring last yr.
Edit: been using the word “streaky” wrong this whole time lol
He’s already shooting 38% from 3
Only 30% in the playoffs
Almost like he said he was streaky. Not that he was a bad shooter
He shoots 34% in the postseason for his career.
It’s almost like playing against better teams has a different impact.
And?
He’s still a streaky 3 point shooter lol
Offball Demon
I liked the first clip for that reason, but man what a breakdown by those two Bucks defenders, you’re gonna leave the mvp all alone to cover no one in the paint?
League is cooked if sga hits more 3s this season
50/40/90 season loading.
heavy on the ft
His balance is so crazy.
hes so good
4x
Off ball Shai is gonna break the league lol this is gonna be such a fun season
That first 3 was smooth
That first shot was legit perfectly centered with the cylinder as it went through the net
Hey this guy’s pretty good
Sorry Wemby, Sorry Jokic, Sorry Cade, Sorry Luka, Sorry Giannis. Gilly b2b2b
He probably will deserve it, but the league has already decided that can’t happen, so I’m pretty sure the Thunder would need to win 70+ games with him averaging 40 to get that.
Sga b2b til he retires
Threepeat loading
That’s.. not how that works..
Pretty sure he’s talking about MVP’s.
That makes sense but voter fatigue is real no matter what they say. Last years post season will be held against him.
I give the Thunder a much better chance of another title than Shai winning MVP this year.
I would take that trade off lol
Not a fan of the big scorebug, I keep seeing the same format on all the local broadcasts. Is this what the nba is rocking with now?
Might be a DAZN thing.
It’s the look that the teams that were on Fanduel but have moved to the NBA use now. Just generic NBA look.
Yeah, that’s DAZN. Majority of the teams that were signed to Fanduel are under DAZN now
You can see the DAZN logo in the Pacers clip that was uploaded here too, they are using the same scoreboard style.
Yeah you’re right. It’s the same look for both but not all of those teams went to dazn. Some are doing their own stream through the NBA (thunder for example)
How fast does this dudes hair grow. I thought we were getting buzzed Shai this year
Another 60+ win season coming right up
Jumper so wet
4 buckets and he didnt even hit the floor once. Were cooked.
Shai is a walking bucket and no amount of whining about foul baiting from fans will change that. You swear he gets every point from free-throws the way these reddit-heads whine after every game. Everytime someone’s favorite team loses they come running to reddit to cry about it😂
They used to whine about Kobe and Steph pump-faking, letting the defender bite and then leaning in and shooting as they came down to draw the foul. These are the rules and you know what they are going to do if you bite on the fake or guard too close, so adjust and play smarter defense. Every single one of yall favorite players foul baits.
Too much crying every year and yall ruining the discourse around the sport as a whole with all the crying.
SGA probably saw Brunson in the finals and thought “I need to shoot more pullup 3s.”
In the 2nd clip, the way he tried to wrap his arm on Rollins, is that not an offensive foul or am I tripping?
You’re tripping arm is extended but he’s not pushing dude contact is marginal
Thanks for answering. 🫡
Damn. Downvoted for asking a question??
There’s a lot of sensitive people on Reddit lol
Were there any push off fouls?
What the hell was that first possession? Yes, I get that both defenders in the pick went with Caruso but the second Turner’s defender saw that SGA was open he went straight football offensive lineman blocking. That isn’t basketball and I’m not saying that as an SGA hater but that isn’t trying to do anything but jam a defender in a way that has no legal defense to it. I feel like im going crazy just watching basketball in general these days because nothing seems to match the rules that are written because wrestling with your defender is considered normal when at least back in teh day you had to pretend you were posting them up or some shit. This is just NFL blocking.
Did his ass hit the floor at all ?
Always so fascinating how many dumbasses are in this subreddit
It’s actually gotten so bad over the past few years. Like from one of the best sports subs to the worst
Looking at these preseason game threads as opposed to the threads from the end of the regular season into the post season is so funny. Not much of the obnoxious Shai slander here now because it’s people that actually enjoy basketball paying attention to preseason games.
Is everyone just bullying Milwaukee?