The NBA Media CAN'T IGNORE SGA ANYMORE

SGA. Hope you enjoy.

[@kice9913]

SGA is keeping the middy game alive …Glad he is finally getting the recognition he deserves. I think he gonna win it the mvp this year

[@gamergod3798]

DUDE...WHAt iS tHE FREAKING SONG tHAt HE PLAYS IN tHE VIDEOS???

[@pofrith4681]

SGA is fantastic, but Jokic is having the best season of his career stat-wise

[@JohnDoe-gf5he]

I love and respect SGA and what OKC is doing. But Jokic is just too good.

[@814TrumpArmy]

YES HE IS! THis man makes a great comment!

[@malikwilson7387]

​@@pofrith4681Jokic is stat padding and SGA got robbed last year just like they robbed Kobe in 2006 and gave it to Nash

[@samotargos5199]

Watching OKC hustle against Wolves was just incredible

[@NoahLinden]

SGA and Jokic are generally overlooked because they're foreigners who talk to the media as little as possible. Instead, the media's promoting Bronny James, an influencer who can't hoop, simply because he's LeBron's son and has a huge social media presence.

[@hachiuram]

nba is a entertainment business bro

[@Adventrix-San]

stop the cap Bronny is the ROTY without a shadow of a doubt

[@BucketNekkid]

​@@hachiuramThe entertainment is supposed to come from good hoop though

[@JoshAhlstrom]

@@BucketNekkidif ESPN actually talked about the people who deserve it I bet over time the ratings would go up.

[@Book.of.Treason]

sga is overlooked because he's in okc

[@jolli4116]

Hope he gets the proper recognition he deserves. SGA make the NBA great again.

[@-deedee]

I like SGA but why everybody acting like he doesn’t get praised literally on every media platform? Everyone’s obsessed with him.

[@jajo3203]

​@@-deedee Fans hate on him a lot with the fee throw thing and always take away from him because of Jokic

[@chan13153]

Media will start talking about him. They will start the narrative about SGA needing to leave OKC to join the Lakers, or Knicks.

[@edgarmoran5203]

That doesn’t fly . Okc has young players and picks to be competitive for a decade easy

[@chan13153]

@@edgarmoran5203 Doesn't matter. Media will push him to join a bigger market. In particular LA or NYC. If he loses this year they will say he needs to go to LA or NYC to compete. If he wins they will say he needs to go to LA or NYC to expand his brand. He can win 2 years in a row but the second he loses one time they will say it's time for him to leave. And they will start saying how from their inside source SGA is bringing up the idea of playing in LA or NYC.

[@KBilliez]

@@chan13153they already started doing that two years ago when they weren’t winning yet. Last year was an overachievement by what the media was saying before the season started. They were only expected to be a play in team and they were the number one seed in the west 😂

[@RealMoosterchef]

They did that with Mitchell too.

[@doublen7737]

@@chan13153 Yeah, And foreign players don`t care to leave the cities they`re at as much, but the media attempts to force them out.

[@lydellb]

In a world where everybody wants to shoot a million threes, be the guy that rakes the high percentage shots.

[@CWJ0725]

He models his game after Kobe. That’s why he’s great.

[@adventurek2066]

Mike Kobe Shai

[@HenryLopes772]

THIS is the thing we want NBA players to do, but the NBA people fail to solve the main issue of the League (lack of effort) with the wrong solutions SGA Awesome Player

[@scarletspider1240]

Shai is legit one of the most fun players to watch in today’s NBA.

[@MarcusLeonard307]

I love his game and practice his moves all the time. His up-and-under game is unmatched!

[@vladdydaddy2136]

The fact that the Thunder don’t have that many nationally televised games compared to the Lakers and Warriors is mind boggling.

[@davidyoungsr753]

Had the same thought on Christmas when I had to suffer thru old ass stars whose teams get beat in the 1st round.

[@nosuitsgiven]

He would be mvp if Jokic didn’t exist.

[@slagellajs]

Or if he played for the Lakers or Knicks

[@dumbassdude8372]

Jokic shouldnt win this season. He will be MVP if he doesnt get injured for so long

[@GloriaReed-u2j]

He should be anyway.( That white boy shouldn’t have gotten it last year.

[@yeah._dillon490]

he still is

[@MichiganHendough]

54 pct from field as a guard who primarily shoots from the perimeter is od.

[@specialist812003]

Most VALUABLE Player, still think Joker is the mvp currently

[@당신자신사랑-o7j]

This guy should be the face of the league. Unfortunately he's not American tho. Enough of that ja morant bs.

[@JohnDoe-gf5he]

SGA and the young OKC is one of the few good things about NBA in 2025. Sad Chet went down with an injury, he is cool too.

[@Clout_chasing_boy]

See what happens when you have elite mid range. Sga will definitely win mvp in a year or two

[@adventurek2066]

This year. There's something different about his shot now. It looks more proper now. Footwork plus midrange. This kid is good.

[@chefgromano5025]

The gm that traded away SGA at LAC needs to be exposed as a fraud.

[@TravisReyna-f6w]

@@chefgromano5025 fr he handed okc a championship window with a million draft picks to do what ever they want to do with it

[@HailKingCeezer]

It was none other than the GOAT GM Jerry West that pushed for SGA and it was none other than the incompetent Hornets who traded him to the Clippers. Hornets could have had Kobe at #13 and SGA #11 and traded both. Kawhi fleeced the Clippers and forced their hand. They had to deal for PG or Kawhi wasn't coming and Clippers were stuck in mediocrity. This was prime Kawhi just leading the Raptors to a trophy, so it's hard to trash them for it without hindsight on Kawhis inability to actually play. A healthy Kawhi was looking like the 3rd greatest SF ever at that point.

[@Turk_2023]

@@HailKingCeezer Jerry West facilitated bringing PG in, meaning he had something to do with SGA being traded

[@HailKingCeezer]

@@Turk_2023 like i mentioned, at Kawhi holding them hostage. They did it to get Kawhi so looking at it as a singular trade isnt fair to their plans. Kawhi wanted PG or he wasnt going to LAC

[@KyprosEc]

Presti is a God. What he got for Westbrook and George was simply i Unbelievable....11 first rounders or so

[@anthonyhernandez2111]

SGA/Giannis/Wemby etc should be promotoed as the face of the league..and yet the NBA would prefer to stay on LeBrons nuts and promote him 80% of the time. youd think hes still the actual best player in the NBA the way the promote and glaze him smh 😂 . he aint even a top 10-15 player anymore overall.

[@fedjavuckovic5920]

I like how you are pointing out them not giving credit to the best players itw, but u haven't named the best one by a landslide 😂

[@Turk_2023]

Wemby is whats wrong with the NBA a 8 foot tall guy shooting half court 3s

[@randybadthomas]

Giannis doesn’t want to be the face though

[@GaryCartwright-cn3hq]

SGA is relentless on both ends of the floor, but I doubt he cares about anything but the ring. When you watch this Thunder team play you can actually see the effort , but they still may not be enough when the other teams put in similar effort come playoffs. That’s what makes the NBA such a difficult watch Right now

[@Mystra]

You're definitely a Luka hater

[@JoshAhlstrom]

SGA would like to be MVP but I think the most important thing he can do this season is silence all the people who are still hating because he hasn’t done much in the playoffs.

[@oddball9743]

Nothing about the playoffs just jokic is a god on the court look at what the nuggets are with him and without him

[@AndrewL31413]

He needs to do something in the playoffs then. The thing with SGA is that he’s older and the same draft class as luka so it’s hard for people to accept he’s developed into one of the best when Luka has been one of the best since his sophomore year making all nba along with Jordan like stats and performances in the playoffs. SGA has a good enough team but I can’t hold him in the same category as Luka or Joker right now until some legitimate playoff performances. He’s up there but people need to see something in the playoffs now.

[@JoshAhlstrom]

@@AndrewL31413 I fully expect him to be elite this upcoming playoffs, he was last year, it’s just the casual fans who don’t watch games that don’t really know how good he is. Guys get better at different rates and he’s only improved over time. He’s been on bad teams his whole career up until now so he’s only just getting put into the limelight, it reminds me of Cade Cunningham with the Pistons a little bit.

[@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405]

@@AndrewL31413 SGA put up 30.2-7.2-6.4, 1.3 steals and 1.7 blocks on 50-43-79 shooting last post season in 10 games. And his BPM was +9 in his playoff minutes. You don't watch ball my guy. How is that bad playoff performances? Did you actually watch any of the Thunders playoff games last year or were you in yap class?

[@AndrewL31413]

@@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405 I watch a significant amount of his playoff games last year and all of the games against Dallas. He’s crazy good now but he didn’t make the playoffs 3 years in a row before that. Those numbers are great but Luka was putting those numbers up his sophomore year in the playoffs. Same draft class, SGA is older, and Luka got to the conference finals like SGA already with a sorry roster and now made it to the finals. Not enough body of work compared to guys I put above him like Joker, Giannis, Luka.

[@LoneSamurai_X]

Jokic & SGA haven't given into the 3-pt craze like Tatum and ANT have. They balance the 3pt & midrange perfectly

[@adventurek2066]

Tatum is crazy for shooting a lot of 3's for his size. He idolize Kobe but didn't even adopt Kobe's game. Shai is the true new Kobe in this era.

[@doublen7737]

@@adventurek2066 Hes nothing like Kobe. Losses don`t kill him like it killed Jordan and Kobe. No matter what hes good. I wish he had more fire in him.

[@WalterModel45]

And assist.

[@AdrianSimmonsJr.]

Honestly SGA is amazing, the only issue I have is Jokic is playing unbelievably so far this season. Jokic having a night of 20/8/12 would be him having an off night and he’s been pretty routinely putting up video game stat lines. Does SGA deserve an MVP, yes but realistically Jokic is clearly the best player on the planet and just as efficient if not more efficient than SGA.

[@TexanByNature88]

If we were talking about best player, Jordan and Lebron should have won it every year. Jokic is not impacting the defense as much as Shai is for his team and they are the 1 seed yo 😂😂

[@baronn9809]

Defense + record

[@AdrianSimmonsJr.]

@@TexanByNature88 if we’re talking about defense, Shai is a great defender on a team that’s defensively elite already regardless of if he’s on or off the court. He’s the 3rd best defender on his team based on defensive rating (only bring that up to say that OKC team would be a defensive juggernaut with or without him, but he does make them better defensively). Nuggets are 4th in the west rn, if they were able to get to 3rd or 2nd seed with Jokic still putting up the same numbers it’s almost obvious that Jokic should be the MVP. The only real reason I’d see him not getting it is due to Voters fatigue (the same reasons MJ, Bron, and Kobe don’t have more MvPs).

[@Jabraham9]

@@AdrianSimmonsJr. he leads the team in steals and technically leads the team in blocks cause Chet hasn’t played enough games to qualify, 2nd in the league league in total steals, 2nd in the league in scoring, 3rd in steals per game, 29-5 without his defensive anchor and potential all star number 2 in Chet. No Centre where he was literally the tallest player in starting line up when they had no ihart or Chet. Only 4 players averaging a double digit points including him and one of them is Chet who has been out most of season. Denver has 6 players averaging double digits. And okc is still 8.5 games better than Denver right now, 11 games ahead of Milwaukee who has 2 top 75 players, 6 players in double digits. 4 players on there roster that have been all stars. And okc is doing this Whilst playing in the deepest conference and SGA is the only all star. Of course Jokic is having a ridiculous year but the nba voters keep changing the rules, they have the youngest team in the league and his leading them to a historic season. Harden, Kobe, Barkley, Dwayne wade, even bron when d rose lead them to number 1 seed. Imagine if Shai stopped playing defence like some stars and put more effort offensively

[@cindycanaga2474]

@@Jabraham9 it’s just in couple last games that nugz starters double digit points ..and they been missing a starter almost all season so far…first Murray out, then AG, Murray back, now AG been out last couple weeks & prob will miss another 2-3 games. RN it seems that Nugz have started gettin in groove, Westbrook has went in on Nugz style of play.

[@darden_fitness]

SGA is the Best player in the NBA this year!!! #period

[@liftnleap9815]

I don't watch much anymore but his midrange have is certainly convincing.. but I'll wait till silver and LeBron Leave. Mainly LeBron and the leklutch media

[@turnb2jesus434]

Oklahoma stand up! They gotta put some respect on my boy SGA🔥

[@jtizzleforlife]

As a life long nuggets fan and Jokic fanboy, I deeply respect SGA. If him or jokic win the mvp I wouldn’t care. SGA is a rare superstar that fosters a winning culture. ESPN is so obsolete and has an agenda. Fostering a winning culture is overlooked in the NBA. Best of luck to SGA and the thunder. Only time I won’t be cheering for them is if we play each other in the playoffs lol.

[@mikeillgaming4224]

He always gets to his spot and its always beautifully done.

[@canucklehead3037]

As a fellow Canadian from his hometown I would love nothing more than to see my boy SGA secure the award. However Jokic is just on a different level on this planet than everybody else right now. Hopefully he can stay this great and get even better over the next period of time. Maybe then his time will come. I am sure SGA would take a championship over an individual award. 🇨🇦

[@jrodzilla24]

No he is not. if the thunder like the past few years are number 1 that won’t be ignored again… he will get consideration over jokic and giannis.

[@adventurek2066]

They gave 2 mvp's for Nash because they were the first seed. If OKc gets it then Shai deserves it.

[@evanperzanowski1413]

"Hey Giannis. OPA!" A Classic This is Sportscenter Ad 😂😅😂

[@jordanjenkins1671]

Has the media been ignoring SGA? Geez, like he's the only star I've given a crap to watch some games for this year. He's one of the smoothest midrange and rim scorers in the game today.

[@sora_2342]

That’s something I think is always overlooked on SGA. SGA is one of the best scorers in the nba currently, best guard rn for sure. He is also one of the best two way players right! Luka doesn’t play defense, he’s to slow. That is what gives SGA a leg up on Luka and other guards

[@nassiglutt6587]

SGA is kinda like the modern baby jordan. Smooth, elite two way and a midrange master

[@KirilDimitrov86]

I was just admiring SGA's game after watching OKC play against the TimberWolves.

[@704chevygang]

I’ve been watching SGA since my hornets traded him on draft night. Sometimes I wonder will history repeat itself again

[@adventurek2066]

By the looks on how he plays right now, I think he will follow the path of Mike and Kobe. His game is almost complete with a lot of room to improve more.

[@kingquince9184]

It’s crazy how a talented player like SGA doesn’t get the love from the media, he should be the face of the league! He has a silky-smoothness to him. He’s reminds me of T-Mac but better on the defensive

[@Hexa1123]

I hope that is the case. SGA is great to watch and deserves more recognition. I like the whole OKC squad energy as well.

[@JigsawBell]

I am a Clippers fan. I am glad we traded him, Gallo and 5 first round picks for trash.

[@61Wolves]

He said it himself ...he's consistent .

[@LastKingLJ]

I still think SGA should’ve been MVP last year, took a team not supposed to be in the playoffs to the #1 is crazy

[@TheHarmAge]

That was my take too. He led the team to new heights during the season, and MVP is about the season, not playoffs. For the playoffs OKC was a bit too inexperienced last year, but I believe they'll get better and better. SGA gets overlooked as the top MVP contender as he's not as flashy as others in the race, but he gets the job done better than others, which should be the deciding factor.

[@CanYouRepeatTheQuestion]

@@TheHarmAge “He’s (sga) not as flashy as other players” Joker is the most unassuming player in the league while putting together the greatest statistical performances in league history. Your comment makes no sense.

[@TheHarmAge]

@@CanYouRepeatTheQuestion You're right.. That's why no one notices when Joker is playing or hits triple doubles while his team benefirs being around .500 to .600 win %.

[@cindycanaga2474]

@@TheHarmAge guess# that’s why so many nba players themselves say jokic is almost unguardable…

[@TheHarmAge]

@@cindycanaga2474 Guess that's why NBA is unwatchable when the most unathletic guy dominates all the "most talented" players ever. Unfortunately that's the truth. Joker can't be stopped, by any of the current players, under current rules, even with refs not calling fouls on him. You all missed the point I was making though. If I prop SGA for his effect on OKC's success I'm not trying to degrade other players. I'm not a Lebron fan to be acting like that. It's just that SGA's performance gets overlooked due to Giannis' and Joker's already established dominance.

[@adventurek2066]

SGA makes me want to watch NBA again. He's very similar to Mike and Kobe.

[@jlrob85]

Jokers is killing it this season. SGA is awesome but it’s Jokers year again

[@petasmith6258]

Yup, out of the last five years…this is by far Joker’s best year. SGA’s on/off is phenomenal, but Joker’s is otherworldly.

[@TexanByNature88]

@@petasmith6258Why doesn’t the record reflect?

[@sbeaber]

​@@TexanByNature88Murray, Gordon, Braun all missing significant time causing Westbrook to start and then go back to the bench then to start prevention 6 why rhythm. Not to mention Jokic missing 3 straight games cause of his child. Also the Nuggets played fewer games starting the season hampering rhythm.

[@Dipset415]

I completely agree💯Jokic is killin

[@petasmith6258]

@ Just check out Joker’s on/off, it’s far ahead of SGA’s. People tend to forget, it’s who brings the most value to your team. And that’s far & above what the Joker provides.

[@DanielCrawford-h3e]

I got him number 2 behind jokic right now

[@BornReady-s7j]

Jokic numbers are amazing…but he puts up big numbers in losses. His team isn’t good. SGA wins more and he’s the reason for winning.

[@crazywave6574]

Im an okc fan and shai is my favorite player in the league rn but even i have to admit Jokic is still mvp. His numbers are just too ridiculous

[@M7md_n29er]

​@@BornReady-s7j So jokic isn't the reason Denver is winning?

[@TravisReyna-f6w]

I got him at 2 but any other year he arguably could be mvp

[@BornReady-s7j]

@@M7md_n29er jokic does those numbers and still loses. He had 50 and lost to Washington. If Shai doesn’t lose in the way jokic loses. And jokic has 3 already let the young guys shine. You gotta reward winning first

[@suiken3149]

I just dont want the media to overglaze on players like they did to Ant last season.

[@mrTrock_36]

The NBA media players MVP ru 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿

[@xavmoss30]

I try to explain to people as good as SGA is (and he’s amazing) everything is is exactly what Michael Jordan was only x5.

[@HailKingCeezer]

One more thing about SGA's game. He's 65% in layup area. 55% around FT and short corners. From actual deep mid range, he barely takes any. Small sample size from good to avg. He plays a lot more like early Rockets Harden who also nearly got 60% from 2 and may have if he didn't focus on FT baiting. SGA is a 2 pt scorer in a 3pt league. He's not necessarily some mid range master. Certainly not where MJ and Kobe operated from. Analytics still killed that part of the game and SGA isn't bringing it back. SGA gets his high efficiency and scoring in traditionally C/PF territory just like LeBron, but with Karl Malone range-through attacking and stepping back or scoop layups. And you know those euro steps and scoop layups where you start from ft line and finish at the basket still count as ft line shot on a shot chart. Did Jordan take really close 2's also? Yeah in heavily contested and congested paint areas through ridiculous creativity and traffic, but yeah, he took easy short 2s also. So it's not a diss on SGA to take high efficiency 2s, but that wasn't the BULK of Jordans scoring. SGA just needs to beat one man & it's 65% free layup practice. Master the scoop. Same as Harden did. Yeah, Shai might be the first ever guard to shoot 60% from 2, but lets not pretend he's not doing it analytically in a weak no effort defensive league where true defensive BIGS used to roam on a reg. basis. He ain't a surgeon from deep mid range like MJ, Kobe, TMac, VC. He's a killer from a short corner step back. No doubt and in todays NBA, hes one of the more watchable players-but a far cry from being a box office superstar guard of old.

[@ShareefusMaximus]

What SGA did last year won Allen Iverson and Derrick Rose the MVP. SGA's year last year was very similar to Michael Jordan's bulls seasons. He's a quiet guy in a small market and so many voters have their heads buried in the won share and PER numbers. That needs to stop. That's not how the MVP is awarded. If it was then Charles Barkley would have 3 MVPs.

[@keithalious]

You missing a part of this mvp campaigns... fatigue of the actual front runners those mvp should have been shaq and lebron

[@philip863]

@@keithaliousfacts

[@ShareefusMaximus]

@keithalious I agree on "should have been" I'm just against switching up the criteria. If you do what has always won the MVP, you should get the MVP.

[@keithalious]

@ShareefusMaximus they chage the criteria every year tho

[@philip863]

@@ShareefusMaximus so should we go back to just the best player on the best team cuz that’s what it used to be for the most part, then it was also a player could win and miss the playoffs, which singular consistent criteria do you mean?

[@HailKingCeezer]

I believe everyone in the NBA today is statistically overrated due to the inflated stats and the era they play but i absolutely buy the notion of eye test still and SGA is one of the few who passes it. He's PROOF that Jordan and Kobe would absolutely demolish and slaughter this league. I'm talking 10ppg or more higher than the next scoring leader and DPOTY candidate every year. They be easily clearing over 40 and competing against each other and it would set the NBA would on fire and ratings would sky rocket. They'd sky rocket with just one of them in the league today. SGA isn't even a true 6'6 in shoes. Look at him next to 6'7 Luka. He looks dwarfed as if Luka is 6'9 and only has height on point guards with boosted heights like Steph and Rus and even then it looks like SGA is more like a true 6'4.5 in shoes. Listed at 200, but if he's truly around 6'4, the guys gotta be 190 at best. The one thing he's got going for him like the perfect SG body of MJ and Kobe is a long wingspan. Jordan and Kobe would absolutely punk SGA and he's the best this era has to offer as competition. Ant is explosive, and strong, but he's also way too short and now shooting more 3s and attacking less. That's all the position has to offer against Jordan and Kobe. Pull up from 3 before they can set up for D and i hate that this era thinks that's "cooking" and anything to boast about. Same with using screens to score and boasting like they just cooked you one on one.

[@EthanIzeta]

No, you're just an oldhead that is blinded by nostalgia. Mj and Kobe would be great players in any era but they absolutely would NOT average 40ppg, not even close and they wouldn't win dpoy either. Players nowadays are much more skilled, especially offensively their bags are wayyy deeper.

[@HailKingCeezer]

@@EthanIzeta both of them clear 40 if you adjust their best scoring season stats to today and for Jordan thats without 3s

[@Murd0ch3095]

​@@EthanIzeta what bag? 😂😂😂😂 floppy load management bags? 😂

[@MichiganHendough]

i`ll take Sga over luka anyday.

[@adventurek2066]

Luka is lazy to play D. That's not what an MVP is about.

[@tylerjennings8242]

If neither are set back by injuries, I could see Jokic and SGA being the front runners for the MVP for the next 3 or 4 years.

[@Turk_2023]

Everytime I watch SGA he shoots 80s 3s. Most recently the NBA cup where they were like 6-30 at 3.

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

Actually SGA averages 35% from deep this season soo nah, that's nit the case. I would make sense if you said every time I watch him, he shoots 80% from the field. That's much closer compwrison than 80% threes😂😂

[@Realest1ne]

Probably my 2nd favorite player behind Ant. One thing I wish about both of them is that they would grab more boards.

[@CDiesel720]

The best thing about this video is that it highlights how little Chet had to do with SGA and thr Thunders success last season. He's a good player, but people were acting like he was the missing link and should have been the rookie of the year over Wemby cause OKC was a good team.

[@EthanIzeta]

And your comment highlights you're as casual as they come, they didn't have caruso and they didn't have hartenstein either two really good role players. I think wemby should have won but saying Chet had little to do with the thunders success last year is stupid.

[@veth-sama6834]

people keep said Luka Jokic or Giannis as MVP make SGA hella underrated af.

[@fedjavuckovic5920]

Bruh if anything he is overrated... People are constantly forcing SGA MVP storyline while he is honestly nowhere close to Giannis, let alone Jokić. Shai has been phenomenal and consistent, but honestly is not deserving of MVP over these 2. Shai is generational player, but ain't an all time great like Joker or Giannis. MVP stands for the most VALUABLE player, and that is by far Jokić. Denver without him is not even play-in team, let alone title contender. OKC is phenomenal team with many good and great players that compliment each other well. Like without Chat, OKC would still easily survive without SGA and remain a good team. How valuable someone is basicly means how irreplaceable that player truely is, and both Jokić and Giannis are far harder to repleace. On top of that Jokić's biggest value is makeing his teammates better, which can not be showen by any metricks. Anyways an MVP case is fine to be there like 3rd in voteing or something. Deffinitly deserves shoutout and respect, and yes maybe future MVP, but most certenly not an MVP right now.

[@philip863]

Exactly, the nuggets are a bottom feeder with no direction without jokic. It’s surprising they’re a top 4 seed even.

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

If you call Shai overrated, you obviously don't know anything about basketball because in this broke league, he is one of the very few players eho play the game the right way, he is real basketball player.

[@fedjavuckovic5920]

@@hristijandimitrovski8664 wrong term I wanted to say overhyped. I said he is a great player, but overhyped in MVP race, while he is not really even close to Giannis, or Jokić lvl.

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

@fedjavuckovic5920 dude, they are first in the west 🤣 they are just 1 win away from being the best team in the whole league. And Shai is by far the best player on that team and he had 3 40+ point games in last 5 games while being extremely efficient from everywhere and while playing amazing defense. First of all, Milwaukee have 9 defeats more than OKC amd they won actually 2 games in a row when Giannis wasn't playing and one game when both Giannis amd Dame weren't playing and last game they lost it with both of these guys on the court. Soo that really questions the value that Giannis has on his team comparing to Shai because OKC are dominating with Shai on the court. Now you night say, but they would also win some games without him. Well, hlwe don't know that, but still it means he is more available for his team. Giannis already missed many games which definitely doesn't help his case. On other hand Jokic is playing insanely good this season, averaging nearly 30 points triple double on nearly 50% from deep, but same story. Denver are much worse team than OKC right now and that matters. And as a huge Jokic's fan, I have to admit, Jokic doesn't play defense good enough. He is good defender at his best, but he isn't elite. Shai is right now easily the best defender than every guard in the league, the fact that he is averaging twice as many blocks per game as Jokic while being guard and while averaging 2 steals per game is beyond incredible. He is like the best defender at his possition his Kobe and Wade right now and they were incredible defenders at his peak. Soo when tou combine defense and the fact that OKC are much better team than Nuggets, it really doesn't seem like Shai is overhyped😂😂 he is MVP of the league right now. If Denver come close after month or two, than Jokic would be my pick.

[@car-census]

How many of his plays in this clip are travels ? I am pausing and counting steps A LOT.

[@neptune4359]

Freedom of movement

[@Funkytowwn101]

I love OKC but this gaslighting the NBA is doing with this “Win streak” is stupid, they lost to the bucks on the 17th. IDGAF if it’s a “seperate” tournament, NBA teams playing a game sanctioned by the NBA and officiated as such count too.

[@fullmetal1766]

Hakeem and Duncan weren't Americans

[@Funkytowwn101]

@ i think you commented on the wrong post bud

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

Soo what ?? Even if they lost against Bucks, they would still win 15 of their last 17 games😂😂😂😂 I don't know what's wrong with you, I don't know how one lost changes everything to you😂

[@oddball9743]

Honestly SGA is a beast but he also has great supporting cast.... jokic on the other hand is hands down the best players in the league and carrying a team

[@nerdbamarich2063]

They both have great supporting cast but they have to show up and do their job. Don't undermine SGA he's one of the best players in the league and he's carrying his team without arguably the second best player with Chet out.

[@oddball9743]

@@nerdbamarich2063 thunder have built a great squad around SGA nit so much the nuggets this season, this year 100% jokic has been the MVP search up his and SGA stats with them on and off the floor and tell me who's more valuable

[@nerdbamarich2063]

@oddball9743 the thunder are a surprise team that nobody expected to be this good with very young players and are still winning without their second best player which is Chet.They have no all stars outside of SGA. Jokic still has Jamal Murray. The nuggets just aren't playing well. SGA is the MVP for that alone. Period!!

[@oddball9743]

@@nerdbamarich2063 Murray has been a bum look at the stats with both players on and off the court youre talking like thunder haven't built a great well balanced and deep team where as the nuggets are top heavy and jokic oriented

[@nerdbamarich2063]

@oddball9743 the fact still stands that nobody had them being the number one seed last year and being ahead of the curb like they are now especially with such young talent..SGA shouldn't be penalized for performing well and leading his team which is exactly what he's doing. You guys have this notion that a good player can only be the MVP if his team isn't playing well. That makes absolutely no sense. Nobody was saying that when jokic was winning the MVP and they were considered the number one team to win the championship during those years. SGA is the clear MVP and jokic is second right now.

[@Drakholm]

It'll really come down to how the Nugget's finish- but he's obviously the 2nd pick after Jokic.

[@adventurek2066]

Shai is the new era of Mike/Kobe type of player.

[@donovancooper9667]

Definitely my MVP at this point

[@collinday1782]

I feel like he gets hyped up a lot. Nobody denies his talent, but his game just isn't fun to watch unless you're cheering for OKC to win. Foul baiting and mid range is most of his game. It's effective as hell, but Ant, LaMelo, and Ja (to name a few) are all more fun to watch.

[@jackcotton7896]

Sga literally doesn’t miss

[@houseontherock8345]

They hate small markets. “SGA probably isn’t as good overall as Jokic or Giannis,” yet SGA is demonstrating zero weaknesses. I don’t understand. Why? Cause they’re big? So much disrespect for him. Putting up MJ numbers in both sides of the ball. 🤷🏻

[@adventurek2066]

Not sure if OKC is smaller market than Bucks or Denver. Oklahoma city has probably one of the best fans in NBA. Even in Durant era or Cp3 and George era in OkC, the fans are there to support.

[@Double33]

MVP is a little lofty but they are definitely a good team but the post season will be the proving ground for OKC

[@CamilSongZ]

Remember that SGA took a shot at Lebron

[@WutTheDeuceGaming]

He's the embodiment of what Kobe said about Allen Iverson. SGA's offensive game is very similar. Lives in the mid range and near the basket, is excellent while taking shots off the dribble, and is a great difficult shot maker. Going back to what Kobe said about Iverson, "we're lucky he wasn't taller", that's SGA. He is the taller, more efficient AI. I will never hold AI's medicore % against him because he was the only threat in Philly, but when he was in Denver and in Detroit, his % went way up. Thing is, SGA is even more efficient than AI's most efficient years. He is that taller Allen Iverson. We're seeing what it would have been like if AI was 4-5 inches taller in SGA. He is my favorite player to watch as well, no surprise, Iverson was back in the day too.

[@keithalious]

He is not Iverson and never will be. AI was a phenomenon this guy is world class don't get me wrong but bad comparison

[@ItsMeStrider]

AI was MVP over 2 top 10 guys he's so far above sga it's not even funny. Goofy comparison.

[@leonardofabbri7930]

Shai is an ideal fusion of Penny, Kobe and AI.

[@futureDreamer4]

Top 5 players in the NBA today: Jokic, Giannis, Luka, SGA, and Tatum. Some people have Embiid over Tatum but Tatum has been getting whooping Embiid since his rookie year. Wemby is not far behind.

[@simply_maple]

Bro is unstoppable

[@Joe-c3w5u]

So smooth Shai for mvp💪

[@Kelvin_Ess]

NBAs best players are not American. SGA. Joker. Freak. NBA does not want to admit this. All you see on TV is the same guys/ teams talked about.

[@Mystra]

You guys are clowns for never mentioning Luka and don't know basketball

[@davidsimon1324]

OKC is awesome!!!!!!! ⛈️🏀

[@whatisbestinlife8112]

Watching him move and play reminds of AI.

[@JordanFan78]

Not to mention that SGA has no physical advantages over most players, just playing off of skills that he perfected. Again like I said if he wins the West with Holmgren being out all those games then SGA is mvp because he doesn’t have a better team than Joker and at this point I think Joker is stat padding more than anything 😮

[@rollingpaper-x2u]

the mvp is between SGA jokic and giannis jokic and sga are very close to each other, but jokic is having an absolutely monster season im going to have to see all 82 games this season before i say who the mvp is because those 2 are close

[@HistorysTimeTunnel88]

and Gilbert Arenas says International players are ruining the game SMH

[@JimmyCards-y4z]

He plays defense too and that's the biggest thing for me

[@JJwestoakland1200]

I ❤ Monica wit her pretty face!! Ive never seen her body

[@sen73nced]

Unfortunately for SGA there's a guy named Jokic. If SGA gets the mvp this year, it will be just another pity mvp, just like Embiid.

[@moety2]

Are we going to ignore that Giannis is in the top 5 in mid range percentage? Giannis….. Talk about a big improvement. How impressive is that to go from being a somewhat liability shooting mid range last year to one of the best this year. And he’s still playing excellent defense. A 2 way player. I will admit SGA needs to be getting a lot more attention. I would put him a close 2 after Giannis and he still has time to make me believe he’s number 1 for MVP.

[@Waynethegoat1]

Sga is definitely 2nd in the race but jokic is 1st. Old has a good team which is why they win but jokic balls out and they still lose cause his teammates hurt or Jamal is just terrible

[@realnsenpai]

He's fun to watch but jokic is still the most valuable without a doubt. Also, it's easier to build around jokic

[@202_Reek]

Life time okc fan yea that means the Seattle days man it feels good to be back on top of the basketball world hopefully this time we actually win it all bring the first chip to okc I know we have one as the sonics but not for are new city

[@genghiskhan802]

On Top? How many Rings do those Poverty Franchises Have? LMAO. 🎉🎉

[@brycewayne8729]

So did everyone jus forget how the Mavs destroyed the him in the playoffs last year???? Luka is 10x the player that SGA could ever hope to be smh

[@nerdbamarich2063]

The Mavericks didn't destroy anything they just won in a tough seven game series. SGA is better than Luka and he plays defense. you don't watch very much basketball

[@brycewayne8729]

@nerdbamarich2063 sure buddy 🤡

[@Mystra]

​​@@nerdbamarich2063You're completely clueless about basketball, it didn't even go to 7 games

[@jerrymacguire1915]

He would deserve it, but JOKER

[@rickylafleur1446]

No one really watches the NBA or NBA media, so they could ignore him, but would it make a difference? If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound? This raises questions regarding observation and perception.

[@Batanuhtanah]

Imagine if Drose never got hurt....

[@joel-s4w8x]

For all the hoopla going on right now about 3 pointers supposedly being the way to win games according to "analytics" I will point to the GOAT of basketball Michael Jordan and also Kobe who have 11 combined championships between them. Jordan is the best midrange shooter in history and Kobe is right up there and that's what truly made them great because they shoot them from all over the court and were unstoppable.SGA will lead OKC to a championship this year shooting tons of them.

[@carlosbrazao6039]

YOKIC IS MVP!

[@cone17_]

brother jokic is the mvp and its not even close

[@hristijandimitrovski8664]

As Joker fan, SGA is MVP right now. He averages above 31 points on nearly 53% from the field. That's incredible. That's insanee for a guard who shoots soo many mid-range shots to be that efficient. He averagee 88% from the free throw line, above 6 assists per game and 5,5 rebounds with 2 steals per game and unbeatable 1,2 blocks WHILE being a guard. And Jokic eho is actually center and who needa to average much more blocks per game than a guard, he averages 0,6 blocks per game, literally half as many as SGA soo Shai is killing Jokic on defensive end. Also he doesn't turn-over the ball soo much and OKC have 8 defeats less than Nuggets. Shai is right now literally complete package and the only player eho deserves to be MVP. Now if Denver continue to win and OKC start to decline than I would say it's Jokic again, but if season ends today, Shai is this season MVP. He is perfection of a player at his possition.

[@keithstiltner3539]

UK Wildcats in da house

[@wetwipes9697]

Russ and SGA imo are the most goated thunders to date…. KD is there sure but he’s a cupcake snake

[@redzbass6254]

Giannis MVP & DPOY 🐐

[@BLUEDELUCA]

If you took Joker off Denver right now and took SGA off OKC which team is worse off?

[@ImTitan16]

I really dont get why SGA isnt talked about more. Cause he led his team to the first seed last year

[@ESesso-m5c]

DEI winners will not be tolerated

[@clintonray1032]

He's unguardable. #BBN

[@rimantasandriukaitis2730]

With current defense who is guardable ? Jokic, Giannis, Damian ?

[@RuNzWiThDooBiEs]

Too bad he plays during the Jokic era. You know the media will try to hype the lesser guy for ratings. God they suck so hard.

[@LegendaryBadass]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. He hasn’t come through in big moments.

[@MichiganHendough]

yes he has tf you talking about he avg 30ppg and was the best player in thay dallas series with minimal help from chet and jdub. you sound like a hater.

[@LegendaryBadass]

@@MichiganHendoughI’m wearing a signed jersey right now, dumbass.

[@jlui21]

@@MichiganHendough -- OP is a little off. SGA finished Top 5 in MVP voting twice, 2nd place last year. 1st Team the last 2 years. Top Seed in the West, also impressive. Avg 30ppg in the last 3 seasons?

[@EthanIzeta]

@@MichiganHendough The only reason he was the better player is because Luka was playing with a banged up knee and you know that.

[@Mystra]

​@MichiganHendough the only reason he was the best is because Luka was playing injured, literally means nothing

[@MaximusR93]

He’s just so boring, got that zesty personality, the thunder as a whole

[@stallionman918]

Now you just talking out your ass. Just say you don't like the Thunder and keep it moving