Brian Mangubat

[Brian Mangubat @brianmangubat_]

Shenanigans

[SVPod @_SVPod]

"You can't be better in a loss than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was on Saturday night... can't play better, can't be a better example, can't lead better... Shai acted like a grown ass man before during and after."

@notthefakeSVP on SGA's performance in game 7 and actions afterward

[Dean Blevins @DeanBlevins]

MUST LISTEN TO THE GREAT MIKE BREEN. The best NBA announcer speaks truth about this pervasive over-the-top whining about SGA ‘flopping & getting all the calls.”
The objectivity of prime ABC play by play man trumps all others. #Thunder

[Esfandiar Baraheni @JustEsBaraheni]

The SGA discourse is tiring. The officiating discourse is exhausting. We’re literally watching one of the best playoff series I’ve ever seen in my life. Not being able to enjoy two kick-ass teams going head to head in a heavyweight fight is just lame!!

[Lo 🍀 @SoloDaCannon]

Okc Vs SA is cinema hoops. Quit tryna ruin it. Castle is hacking SGA every play... Hartenstein is hacking Wemby every play.. oh the fuck well. Playoffs between 2 teams that hate eachother. We’ll see this series at least 5 more times.

[NBA Courtside @NBA__Courtside]

LeBron James on SGA winning back to back MVPs:

“I think he’s very deserving and nobody can sit here and be like, “How the hell did Shai win again?” Like, nobody can sit here and say that. And to go up against him for four games and obviously in the regular season as well. He does things to a defense, does things to opposing teams that you have to simply account for. He’s number one and two and three on that scouting report, you know, and he’s the head of the snake.”

(Via @mindthegamepod)

[Clemente Almanza @CAlmanza1007]

Hilarious to see the juxtaposition between players and former players compared to the usual online discourse about OKC

Melo, Haliburton and Scottie Barnes have all poured cold water over the referee conspiracies

Think they’re more reasonable than your average grift account

[Nerd Sesh @Nerd_Sesh]

SGA discourse has nothing to do with reality

[Ten000Hours @DevInTheLab]

Super hyped for the chance to be the voice.
In the year 2026 I’ll be living proof of what it means to be “IN THE LAB”

[BBALLBREAKDOWN @bballbreakdown]

Do you feel the second steal by Williams is a reach in foul? Because if you do... that's pretty wild

[Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar]

Steve Nash: “My favorite for MVP is Shai.”

LeBron James: “For him to play on the perimeter as much as he does, playing midrange as much as he does and still be as super efficient as he is. It’s Jordan-esque.”

(@mindthegamepod)

[Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar]

SGA just broke a 63 year old NBA record while completely outplaying a fellow MVP candidate (for the 2nd straight game) and having another unbelievably clutch 4th quarter (with 0 free throws) to win the game..

..and the clips going viral are 1 SGA foul call in the early 3rd quarter and Jaylen Brown (who shot 14 free throws to SGA’s 8 free throws) talking foul baiting.

[Brett Usher @UsherNBA]

SGA 35-9-15 (14/21 FG, 4/4 FT), 0 TOV

[Bryan Porter @jbryanporter]

MVP ✌🏼

[TheOldManAndTheThree @OldManAndThree]

“I don’t care. Just make the best play. I just want to win” — Isaiah Hartenstein’s story about SGA not caring about his numbers shows why OKC is so good

[jordy. @ndgojordy]

Is the OKC Thunder Dynasty inevitable?

[StatMuse @statmuse]

Most PPG by a guard with 55+ FG% in a season:

32.0 — SGA (this season)
[huge gap]
18.3 — Magic Johnson
17.6 — Magic Johnson
16.9 — Ben Simmons
16.4 — Ben Simmons

[Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar]

SGA telling the story of Sam Presti giving him The Tortoise and the Hare book during his Sportsman of the Year speech is a must watch.

"I'll never forget when I first arrived at OKC and you gave me the book The Tortoise and the Hare. You explained to me the meaning behind it and I’d be lying if I said I hoped I didn’t need it at the time.

And boy were the next few years very, very rough. I think we won 25 games one of the following seasons and that was a lot. Eventually, when we started to weather the storm, I revisited that story and I started to see how it relates to my own path and our own path.

This past season, when we won the championship he gave me a statue of the tortoise, and that's a very Sam Presti way of saying 'I told you so.'

I keep that beside my championship ring, my MVP trophy, and thank you for that."

(@SInow)

[Players Choice @PlayersChoice_]

Stop calling Shai Gilgeous-Alexander a foul merchant

[Brian Mangubat @brianmangubat_]

I’ve seen enough I need thunder vs spurs in the western conference finals