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Re: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander appreciation thread 

Post#41 » by God Squad » Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:40 am

baldur wrote:Most overrated player in the league. What has achieved him so far apart from missing 40 games per season?

How can he be the most overrated when no one, "Literally" no one has him in their top 10, or 15? Then when you get to 20-40 it doesn't matter and it's all subjective anyways.
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Post#42 » by Little Italia » Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:47 am

I would trade RJ Barrett for him in a heartbeat
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Post#43 » by baldur » Wed Jul 13, 2022 8:49 am

God Squad wrote:
baldur wrote:Most overrated player in the league. What has achieved him so far apart from missing 40 games per season?

How can he be the most overrated when no one, "Literally" no one has him in their top 10, or 15? Then when you get to 20-40 it doesn't matter and it's all subjective anyways.


why does he have to be in the top 10 to be considered overrated? okay then, tell me another player out of top 20 or whatever, for whom a praising thread is opened quite often on here?
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Post#44 » by God Squad » Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:08 am

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baldur wrote:Most overrated player in the league. What has achieved him so far apart from missing 40 games per season?

How can he be the most overrated when no one, "Literally" no one has him in their top 10, or 15? Then when you get to 20-40 it doesn't matter and it's all subjective anyways.


why does he have to be in the top 10 to be considered overrated? okay then, tell me another player out of top 20 or whatever, for whom a praising thread is opened quite often on here?

I agree the thread praise is random and unworthy considering it's the off season. I also don't see threads about SGA that much unless it's from Clipsfansince, and even then it's not often. And to answer your question Ja Morant, Zion, Russel Westbrook and Wiggins to name a few. But I understand the Zion-Ja threads for the most part.
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Post#45 » by SelfishPlayer » Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:34 am

OKC is ruining him. They made him into a shooting guard. Big mistake.
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Post#46 » by KillMonger » Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:58 am

good young player....hopefully okc will stop wasting some of his prime years tanking, i'm not sure about their timeline but i believe they have enough talent to start competing
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Post#47 » by basketballRob » Wed Jul 13, 2022 10:08 am

I hope he can stay healthy this season. He's only averaged 45 games over the past two years.

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Post#48 » by JN61 » Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:07 am

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Phreak50 wrote:Skilled player but a bit too much of a ball hog at the moment.

Hopefully he appreciates having some decent players around him going forward.


Who's he supposed to pass to? Dort? Maledon?
Dude has ZERO shooters around him.
The fact that he still averages 6apg is impressive.

That's big issue I have with his playmaking. Crushing number of his potential assists are aimed towards 3 point shooters when he doesn't have personnel for it. It's just not smart basketball even if analytics say 3 point shot is good. If you can't shoot them you can't shoot them and you have to find other ways to create plays.
Pennebaker wrote:And Bird did it while being a defensive liability. But he also made All-Defensive teams, which was another controversial issue regarding Bird and votes.
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Post#49 » by JN61 » Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:08 am

SelfishPlayer wrote:OKC is ruining him. They made him into a shooting guard. Big mistake.

He isn't true point either.
Pennebaker wrote:And Bird did it while being a defensive liability. But he also made All-Defensive teams, which was another controversial issue regarding Bird and votes.
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Post#50 » by SelfishPlayer » Thu Jul 14, 2022 9:27 am

JN61 wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:OKC is ruining him. They made him into a shooting guard. Big mistake.

He isn't true point either.


What is a true point?
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