SGA is having one of the best seasons ever.
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- The 21st century has been the age of the guard in the NBA, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has proven to be as great as just about any that we've seen, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to an utterly dominant season as he puts forth a historic individual campaign.
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I needed this Shai glaze sesh, getting tired of the free throw merchant allegations
Bro if Jordan and Kobe played in this era, they would be crucified.
@@donaldf9055that D-Wade 06 finals series would’ve had him crucified now.
@@donaldf9055u not even lying. Yesterday NBA had a community post remembering Bron and Kobe’s b2b 50 bombs in the garden. Kobe had 21fts to go along with his 60 and the comments were appalled with the amount of fts he shot.
@@donaldf9055I gotta be honest I’ve seen him stand pad in real time to crack 30 points, Thunder were up by 10 points with the other team running out the clock to end the game. Shai fouls the team to sending them to the FT line to get the ball back and score at the other end, getting 31 points to finish the game. I love his game though, he just needs to chill trying to boost his numbers. Still one of the best guards the world right now either way.
@@seppuku-that’s the dumbest comment I’ve ever heard. Guy rarely plays the 4th Quarter lol. He could score 50 every game
Valid glaze
As a Thunder fan love to see shai getting his flowers, Feels like nobody ever gives him his spotlight and respect
Chris Paul created a monster
Y’all give him way too much credit bruh SGA created himself Chris Paul helped**
@@Vasco224I mean to be fair every all star guard CP3played with became either 10x better or 10x more consistent and soon fox will be in the same boat
@@t.jbreaks5771correlation isn’t causation, and I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but shai was always gonna be good
@@juliusnirving6120 True, for people who know ball and see talent it was obvious he got all the tools to become MVP but I also remember some 5 year old posts on reddit where many people said his ceiling was Mike Conley or just a second option on a good playoff team. Clippers obviously didn't valued his talent much.
Thank you Nerd Sesh for bringing real basketball analysis back. I've been saying that this is the best guard season this century and was getting grilled for it. Hopefully this video starts changing the narrative
Shooting guard? Thought he was a point guard🤷🏾♂️
@@TexanByNature88 I said guard season ?
2016 Steph clears man
@@terch2882this century?
@@terch2882 bro was horrible in the playoffs relative to ATG standards 🤷🏿♂️ playoffs matter
Excellent breakdown. Thunder Up!⛈
Shai is a basketball savant. It’s awesome to witness!
Love these videos carson please keep it up
We are watching two of the greatest seasons ever IN THE SAME SEASON!!!
Exactly.
Yes, Jokic is having maybe his best season and probably a top 5 season ever. Shai is having like a top 15-20 season himself!
He has a +16 on/off on a 65+ win team. That's Curry, LeBron type stuff.
Jokic is having a top 5 season OAT but Shai is having a top 15 season OAT with a much better team so he should get MVP
Giannis as well, but him and Jokic have been dishing out all-time seasons for like the past 5 years now lmao
@@bnsz8704 no disrespect to Giannis, who is still having a great season, but his season is not an all timer. Most advanced stats say it’s not even a top 3 Giannis season
One of them significantly better than the other.
Been saying he’s been impacting the game as a modern Jordan
the BEST guard in the nba, ive been saying it since the dallas series last year. luka is incredible but he struggled in multiple games while shai was the only thunder player that actually showed up. as great as luka’s playoff run was, he got outperformed by shai and nobody talks about it
Better shooter than Luka , better mid ranger , better dribbler , better footwork , better free throw , the only thing I give Luka is passing and oh I forgot sga plays defense
Better midrange shooter but Lukas a way better 3 point shooter and has more range
@Michael_Jorbum23and? Shai is better in every other area of the court…
@ that wasn’t what I was arguing now was it. I agree shai is better at most other things but shooting is incorrect
@Michael_Jorbum23 It seems that way because Luka is a high volume 3pt shooter but SGA actually has a higher career 3 point %. And true shooting percentage isn't even close as SGA is far superior at FTs and 2s
@ he’s technically he’s more efficient but Luka is still a better shooter volume does matter. Tuarean Prince shoots better from 3 then Anthony Edwards. Who do you think is a better shooter?
The way he plays basketball is so tuff
They STILL gon find a way to discredit this man😂 great video Carson, hope this opens peoples eyes that just call him free throw merchant, dumbest shit I’ve ever heard
Jokic glazers are unhinged
He's like Jordan, Kareem, Wilt, Kobe or Gervin. You didn't stop them they missed. You had nothing to do with the miss. Because what they could do was and is ungradable. They will get the shot they want. With the rule changes that let offensive players now do whatever they want. Palm the ball, travel, lower their shoulder into the defender which is an offensive foul they never call now. SGA it a nightmare to guard. Then add in most NBA players or outright horrible defenders SGA is free points. SGA is proof the 2 in more valuable than the lowest percentage shot in the NBA the 3.
shai gil stay skilled
Love watching sga film
My mvp 🥹
Jokic averaging a historic 30 pt triple double on absurdly good efficiency, how can anyone be taken seriously who doesn't think he is the clear MVP?
@itskmillz Such projection, you literally lose all credibility claiming Jokic to win his 4th MVP in 5 seasons when this is clearly, in quite literally every way I can think of the most obvious MVP in the league since Jokic's first or second MVP. Shai is a better scorer, has better 2pt %, better defender, leads him in practically every defensive statical category known to man, is a better ball handler, gets more blocks, is a FAR superior free throw shooter, and overall leader of his team as you see how he gets the young guys to come around him as an actual family. All of this while he's leading OKC to an insane 39-8(when he plays) as the defensive AND offensive anchor as clearly the best team out West...Yeah you're just biased and want your guy to win. Jokic is still the current best because he's older but Shai is nipping at his heels. You wanna talk historic? Literally NO guard EVER has averaged over 30 pts, on over 50% fg shooting and he's well above both currently averaging nearly 33 pts on 54% fg shooting...and you still won't give it to him? Loooool so lame you people are just unable to accept a new MVP is literally all this is. There's no way you could justify giving it to a guy who's leading his team to barley above mediocre are you insane? That has happened...once. My username in the year in which Harden also should have gotten it. SGA is way too close to being as good as Jokic and on a FAR FAR FAR better team, like lightyears ahead of where the Nuggets are currently.
If you reward Jokic this year then winning should be thrown out of the window for the rest of MVP voting history and it should always only go to the guy who's "stats" are better, which isn't even all the way true, as I mentioned SGA leads him in overall more categories because he's ahead in practically every advanced statistical category on defense and many categories on offense as well and is just a better scorer period, and really always has been. All this while his team is destroying the West. Yeah you are to be dismissed entirely if you want to reward a 30-20 record team like that. It's just simply SGA'S time, deal with it,accept it, even appreciate him as it's very rare for a calliber of this level to come around.
You have no arguments outside of your lackluster "statistical" argument which falls at an all time short on its face immediately. Worthless argument. -600 favorite for SGA, no one has ever lost being that highly favored this late into the season its litrrally already over so you can keep arguing all you want to no avail and punching the airwith no target in sight. Have at it boss.
@@itskmillzstats padding doesn’t lead to wins buddy. SGA has the best record in the nba and half of his roster is injured.
@@itskmillzThere's literally nothing special about Jokic's effeciency outside of his 3pt % which is BOUND to drop back to Earth. He's never been this good of a three point shooter and while I agree he's improved he's clearly not as good as his percentage shows and just simply doesn't take that many. Shai's effeciency is waaaaaay more impressive wtf are you talking about?!? Shai is at nearly 54% FROM THE FIELD OVERALL as a damn 6'6, 195lb guard. GUARDS dont do that(except Jordan) Why would you even mention effeciny in this debate? That's like the worst possible argument you could have ever made discussing the MVP between these two. That's like me brining up Shai's 6reb a game lol.
What Shais doing effeciency wise is historic, Jokic's effeciency if anything is below where it should be as a 7'0, 300lb boulder with his level of skills. 56%? 2% above a guy who's 195lbs? It shows how insanely skilled on another level Shai is. Nah, worst case you could have made.
@RussellD.Westbrook-q9e bro typed out so much and you are straight up lying lol Joker is historic. Shai is doing nothing special or anything we haven't seen before. Very mid percentages.
I need everyone on nba Twitter to watch this video if I see "free throw merchant" one more time imma lose it
Can you please post a segment as to why SGA is as good or better than Prime Kobe Bryant when it comes to regular season production. Why do people scoff at SGA being compared to Kobe? His stats and analytics BEAR IT OUT that he is at least as good as Prime Kobe and Prime Harden.
Why is it wrong to say that SGA is playing as good or better than any PG/SG of all time excluding maybe Prime Michael Jordan and Prime Steph Curry (2016)? Do people automatically ERA TAX?
You didn't even mention one of the craziest stats. He's only played in the 4th quarter in 35 out of his 47 games this season. The flip side is that leaves a lot of garbage time minutes that factor into your SGA off-floor numbers.
He’s so good!
11:13 look at that, some context into that series. The narrative has been that luka single handedly torched everybody in that finals run 😂 looks like he had an actual TEAM
Both of his parents were elite athletes so it’s not shocking
He’ll go down as the 2nd best guard of all time, only behind Jordan.
The OKC Thunder were the best three-point shooting team in the league last season. Unfortunately, in that Dallas series they went ice, cold, and shot like 33% or something from 3. You can give some credit to Dallas‘s defense but if you watch that series you would’ve seen that they missed a ton of wide open looks. It took the thunder going ice cold and PJ Washington turning into prime Ray Allen for Dallas to win that series. It really was the perfect storm of shit for the thunder in that series. I can’t wait to see what they can do this year. Still don’t know if they’re ready to be a championship contender, but they’re getting close.
Middleton being on the same list as KD, Dirk, CP3, and Shai will never not be funny
It would be crazy if a center averaged a triple-double and didn't win MVP. That is a serious possibility. The league is crazy rn.
I see people comparing him to Kobe but shai stats wise is far superior and actually shoots a higher percent and defensive stats actually back him as elite..Shai to me is more like Jordan or kawhi with efficiency the numbers he put up only Jordan did basically.. i feel bad for him if he don’t win mvp because it’s like you can’t get any better
MJ had this season every year!
I feel like this SGA season will only be really recognized if the Thunder win the championship or years down the line when people start realizing that SGA is etching his name amongst the very best guards of all time. I do disagree with you though that only Steph has had a better season than SGA. Kobe, Harden, Luka, and CP3 all arguably had better guard seasons especially if you account for the playmaking. Also yes SGA stepping up for Chet is impressive but he also has an elite head coach and amazing role players that have lead to the Thunder having an historic defense which gives the Thunder a really good floor and SGA helps give them a super high ceiling.
i see your argument with cp3 and harden but how are any lukas and kobes seasons better than this one?
19 Harden, 09 Wade, 08 Cp3 maybe. Don't say 06 Kobe, that was not an all time great season
Why Kobe above sga? I can make a very compelling case for sga.
Dude mentioned nothing about defense 🤣🤣
@@glenn8886 individually it was an all time great season. Just because you’re team was poorly constructed doesn’t mean it wasn’t an all time great season
Shoutout every box score idiot saying he was crap against Dallas in the playoffs. If you watched that series, you witnessed one of the all time sells by a team to their superstar. No one else could hit water that series
SGA⚡️MVP
And he just expanded on it.... crazy shai has more 30 pt games in a season then kd alrdy and he's abt to break his own record from last year.... as well as having a 3rd as many 50 balls as kd did in 17 years in a little over half a season
Peaking higher as a scorer then kd hes also avg more ppg then kd ever did all while being a better playmaker all while being 10x the defender Durant could ever be... on top of all that he's leading the league in drtg, and the highest plus minus in the league as well as the best net rating in the league.... the glaze isn't crazy enough
You’re goddamn right
He has the same height and wingspan as Jordan
Jordan is more muscular with bigger hands and a higher vertical. SGA plays like a 90s baller with modern flair (3 pt shooting, step back and handles). Smooth player for sure
So imagine a prime Jordan. Ask yourself if shai is better than a 02/03 Kobe Bryant. I’m not gonna talk here and say oh it’s not close between shai and Kobe, I’ll go Kobe but shai is insane. Now Jordan at 35 was equal in athletic ability as a 23 year old Kobe 💀 go watch Jordan in 95/96 I just think that guy would average 35-7-8 on ridiculous ridiculous splits.
Imagine a prime Jordan with giant hands, lightning 1st step and a higher vertical. He'd murder the league today.
like if Shai > AI
Lol
@@gangstagummybear3432 he's better lmao
@@dropyoheadngga He is better than Iggy I agree
@@gangstagummybear3432he smokes ai and it’s not even remotely close😭
@ ?
Michael Jordan used to get ridiculous calls. But that was logical why the refs gave Michael calls. Why would the refs wanna help OKC?
Emphasis on Luca Doncic😂
Sga watches Kobe on UA-cam lol all has moves are Kobe moves
starting an SGA/ Thunder video with that clip is very cynical lmao
SGA=mj?
Still a second round exit
MJ is the best scorer of all-time respectfully…notice how every time anyone across UA-cam does videos diving into all this stuff you find some absolutely insane MJ stats.
It’d be hard to find someone that disagrees with that
I mean thanks for sharing something that like 90% of nba fans already know/ agree with.
@@akz2628 nah, a lot of these teenagers these days will always say KD
Wilt was and it not ever close.
@ *outside scorer then
this guy ain't even having the best season this season lol
both are having historic szns… what’s ur point
B s
only jokic is better
And SGA is better on defense
Bro thinks he’s thinking basketball down to the intonation lol
In what way??
Bc thinking basketball was the first person to do video essays lol
Who cares I hope he achieves the same. These type of videos are always appreciated and he’s damn good at it
Carson would turn Ben into a fine paste
@@Conoert so true, Carlson clears
Not as good as Jokic’s season, though.
Jokic is cheating bro. I got it from a source he’s paying the refs and statkeepers
True
Won 10 more games already
Jokic isn’t having his best season, sga absolutely is having his best season. I feel like jokic is easily a better player still, but what sga is doing this season has me very hesitant when looking at the mvp
Cry more
Amen Thompson is having a way better year
Lmao nah he just got boo boo’d by DLo 😂
The timing on this was rough with how he just played against the Nets, he still has an incredibly bright future ahead of him... Future top 10 player imo
INFLATED STATS...
SGA stas are 31 PPG 6 ASS...thats basically 23 POINTS and 2 ASSISTS in any other ERA...
SO i can easilly name a lot of GUARS with those stats..
The problem is that this generation cant understand the concept of INFLATED STATS..and 23 & 3 has nothing to do with HAND CHECKING and BIGS IN THE PAINT and harder rules like going against defenders and get a defensive foul instead of an offensive foul.
SO this STATS arent even about that but about the 120 points now to 90 points on other ERAS.
And now everything is called an assist...so you see players who would end games with 4 assists being REGISTERED as they had 10 assists..
KIDS this days dont understand that if assists were counted like this before 2016 many players would average a lot more assists...
Like wtf 😒 stop hating man ,if it was that easy why have other players not done it .
Brother, when you are one of the players that can score "any time they want", it's just how many shots you take. SGA is taking career high 21.5 shots per gamer this year, MJ took more than that 12 times!
First off even if this was true, there's a very easy way to correct for these "inflated stats" its called using per 75 or per 100 possession stats. This adjusts for pace, so the whole 120 points to 90 is irrelevant; Shai still scores at an extremely high rate on a per possession basis (at an all time level in fact). Also if you truly believe the thing about the assists could you find some credible evidence or some passing to assist percentage data to back it up; because people still averaged extremely high assist totals in all previous eras, from CP3, Nash, Stockton, Magic even Oscar Robertson... is your argument that these players would average 30 assists in the modern nba? IF that's the case, that's a pretty absurd thing to suggest. Most of those previously mentioned players didn't even pass the ball enough times per game to average that many assists, there's just literally no evidence for what your saying. You also must not watch OKC games very often because the vast majority of SGA's assists are passes to the roll man or to spot up shooters, both of which usually shoot within 0.5-1 second of getting the ball... Is that seriously not an assist in your world view?
Just give that man his flowers yall so corny
This is just hate