An historic game as SGA joins the 40 point club for the Thunder against a pretty decent team coached by Greg Popovich.
I’m not a huge fan of the NBA All-Star Game…especially this year when they probably shouldn’t even be having it…so for SGA this is better than anything he could have done at the ASG.
Maybe this will propel him into the spot which was going to be for Anthony Davis. He shouldn’t feel too bad in that some other deserving players didn’t make the game either. Domas Sabonis, Jerami Grant, Mike Conley, and Devin Booker weren’t selected either.
With what we saw last night from SGA that makes a basketball fan want to tune onto Fox Southwest for Friday’s game versus the Atlanta Hawks.
If SGA takes his game to the next level it doesn’t matter if the Thunder only have the sixth or sevenh pick because they’ll know they have their guy and will just need a solid two way versatile wing player who can SHOOT and consistently score the ball. Maybe even someone like Jalen Suggs from Gonzaga who doesn’t have as much star appeal as a Jalen Green type.
I mean…SGA did this on a night when Bazely was 0-8 from the field and Dort was actually struggling until the the last half of the fourth period.
I didn’t know he had that type of end to end speed. That was impressive….almost Westbrookian in that regard.
SGA’s game just moved the Thunder up on my tiers beyond OU spring football and the NBC Sunday National Hockey Game of the Week.
I’d like to see Diallo and Bazely switch roles and see how that starting five looks with Diallo as a part of that mix with SGA, Horford, Dort, and Robey.
Anyway…great game from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Plus…a shout out to Coach D for a great play call with Horford having enough faith in Dort to make the pass in a game ending shot situation.