Suddenly nobody wants to rant about how injuries are ruining the playoffs and the season needs to be shortened while OKC is getting eliminated down their 2nd best player and a key role player
"Does [Shai] sell calls sometimes? Absolutely, but so do 287 other players in the NBA sell calls... When they weren't a championship contender... nobody was complaining. They're complaining now because they're winning."
Mike Breen on SGA.
(via @dpshow)
All these things are true:
1. Shai has not played as well as expected in this series
2. Shai has outplayed Wemby and been the best player in 3 of 5 games this series (G2, G3, G5)
3. I’d say Wemby has (by a slight margin) been the best player in this series overall so far
Let one of the best iso basketball players we’ve ever seen see single coverage and cook you
Or
Expend a crazy amount of energy doubling him while he makes the right read every time, doesn’t turn the ball over, and cooks you
SGA’s ability to adjust to any defensive coverage thrown at him is special.
That needs to be talked about more instead of this BS fall down %
He had 0 PTS in the 1Q yet finished with 26 PTS & 11 AST with only 2 TOV’s
& this was a ‘B’ game for him
He always figures it our man
Making 12 2’s when you can’t get a rim attempt off from a guard is truly special shit
9 assists: 1 turnover on top of that and like 3 ridiculous weakside rim protection plays that enables the bigs to not leave Wemby’s body
Truly gifted versatility
The praise for Joel Embiid should be just as loud as the disrespect was. Injured knee coming off an appendectomy and pulled off a 3-1 comeback. Incredible player i dont wanna hear anyone doubt his love for the game again