The Incredible Rise of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

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Shai might be the most consistent player in the league and because of that he's got the Thunder battling for the first overall seed in the Western Conference. It is crazy to think that just two years ago the Thunder were one of the worst teams in the league and Shai had not even made an all star yet. Fast forward today and the Thunder are now legit contenders and Shai is in MVP conversations. Today we look back at the rise of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
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@xypher321 2 ай бұрын

the western conference playoffs are gonna be INTENSE.

@j_prince_67 2 ай бұрын

The continuing joke of showing Kyle Lowry every time someone says but is great

@jalendior6791 2 ай бұрын

so u gay

@j_prince_67 2 ай бұрын

@@jalendior6791 found the dump truck denier 😂

@ObiC 2 ай бұрын

@@jalendior6791i know you be lookin at it

@jalendior6791 2 ай бұрын

@@ObiC i’m not gay

@Mudboy44 2 ай бұрын

@@jalendior6791cap

@spliffsforbreakfast 2 ай бұрын

Honestly I think playing behind CP3 for that 1 year definitely was a cornerstone into his development. Not that he wouldn’t have turned out a star either way but having that was so pivotal imo.

@jojijoestar7233 2 ай бұрын

OKC Chris Paul is mad underrated

@kizitokatende412 2 ай бұрын

Dropping this video right after he dropped 12 and went below giannis in PPG 😭

@MichiganHendough 2 ай бұрын

AND STILL AVG 30PPG ON 50 PCT SHOOTING 2-1 STEALS 1 GAME NOT GONE STOP HIM.

@ItsYuhBoyyyy 2 ай бұрын

And of course my Thunder would get blown out last night by another MVP candidate 😔

@meanxbean 2 ай бұрын

Giannis line last night was nasty, season high in boards I think

@wckt450 2 ай бұрын

Tough game but we’ll bounce back

@MusicLover-my6fo 2 ай бұрын

It's crazy how Damian Lillard's shot against Paul George in 2019 effected the Thunder this much.

@humesspoon3176 2 ай бұрын

At least Dame finally created a championship contender

@tommymy210 29 күн бұрын

@@humesspoon3176 💀💀

@FinneganMurray-pb2ej 2 ай бұрын

He’s come from a role player with meh hype going into his career, and is already probably top 5, or maybe 3 in the nba. The poster boy for hard work, up there with Giannis and Jokic in terms of his growth.

@FinneganMurray-pb2ej 2 ай бұрын

To edit, I’m not talking about skill level, just about the out of nowhere rise to superstardom

@alphajdvgaming1867 2 ай бұрын

Love this video on Shai guys. I’d love it if you could talk about the Kings sometime soon?? 6th in the West with Fox and Sabonis having a career year, Keegan Murray’s defense, Keon Ellis’ story from being undrafted to a starter and how they’ve stepped up defensively since the All-Star break (6th). Sabonis all just broke the double double streak record at 54 and is still going.

@Harry-bi2xh 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting a video on birthday

@Dmagic716 2 ай бұрын

Clippers lost in this trade not only did they trade him but gave him a HOF point guard to learn from for a good year when Paul was at his lowest and Shai just soak up all the game

@sendo__ 2 ай бұрын

this video coming out the day after he scores 12pts and ruins my parlay is hilarious lol

@mikieedwards7380 2 ай бұрын

Felt lol. Max verstapen ruined mine

@frf5000 2 ай бұрын

Stfu about your gambling addiction

@CouchEater555 2 ай бұрын

@@frf5000ye

@sylvanusblimpo154 2 ай бұрын

Yeah he didn’t finish the race for the first time since Australia 2022

@mikieedwards7380 2 ай бұрын

@@sylvanusblimpo154 yessir it was a crazy situation but I started to make racing parlays last year to make it interesting instead of max winning every time. If stroll would’ve finished behind max, Lewis, and George like normal I would’ve been up big smh but it was worth losing to see Carlos win again

@charlesthrush8134 2 ай бұрын

Just wanna say I love y’all’s videos

@abdulahhotic1957 2 ай бұрын

Will you guys do a video on the 2004 pistons championship squad?

@graysonschutzman4853 2 ай бұрын

Giannis is averaging more POINTS ASSISTS, REBOUNDS BLOCKS. On a higher ts% and is the same seed and just destroyed him head to head. Explain why Shai is ahead of him. Go

@LosersRus_2 2 ай бұрын

Aura?

@wardelllawliet 2 ай бұрын

they said he SHOULD, not he WILL. and there's a big difference between the 2 words last I check

@graysonschutzman4853 2 ай бұрын

@@wardelllawliet but why SHOULD he over Giannis there’s literally no argument lol

@kaunghlyan6726 2 ай бұрын

Because 0.2 points per game is negligible. Shai has more steals, better EPM, better offensive BPM, better defensive BPM, better record, better offensive rating, defensive rating, on less usage % (pretty much better on almost every advanced metric that is more nuanced than the first 3 numbers on the box score) and also didn't get his coach sacked.

@andrecambridge4474 2 ай бұрын

“same seed” i’m sorry when did you get the 1 seed?

@V1gllwyd 2 ай бұрын

THE MOST UNDERRATED BASKETBALL KZfaqR WITH ANOTHER BANGER

@comicman06tv36 2 ай бұрын

Second love there vids

@rayneozier 2 ай бұрын

Honestly I’d vote for Shai for MVP if I had a vote. But The Joker has been playing some of the best ball of his career. If he walked away with his 3rd MVP, I wouldn’t be too mad at it.

@elpaco25 2 ай бұрын

Do you guys edit these yourselves? Cause respect for the One Piece Oden reference for "boiled us alive"

@jimkazama00 2 ай бұрын

You guys won me with the Oden reference

@patrickmexiquinn 2 ай бұрын

Great video about jalen brunson he really is the MVP

@christopherwoodley3023 2 ай бұрын

The West is anybody’s this year! Looking forward to the playoffs!

@thomasmontgomery805 2 ай бұрын

I love your channel

@thacool101 2 ай бұрын

i know a lot of people dont like Bill Simmons but hes been banging the sga drum since he was drafted

@christianbrowder654 2 ай бұрын

love how u guys high light his playoff performances. so many doubt him because “no experience” or “won’t hold up in playoffs” .. okay lol, just wait

@IRG423 2 ай бұрын

Doc Rivers was right for once he literally started Shai game 1 of the season. His rookie year!

@ivanpynn4197 2 ай бұрын

Have y’all ever thought of doing a Forgotten Teams/BTTNWAT episode around the 90s/early 2000s Pacers? I still find it crazy that Reggie made the ECF 6 times in that span and never won a ring

@bertog8080 2 ай бұрын

I knew he had some potential from the 2019 playoffs against the warriors

@DBraum 2 ай бұрын

Jokic exists, so no on the MVP

@realhunter1617 2 ай бұрын

"My whole life consistent" -SGA

@A62119 2 ай бұрын

Just had 12

@miguedady 2 ай бұрын

@@A62119he’s human

@A62119 2 ай бұрын

@@miguedady and shouldn’t be mvp or in talks above people like jokic or Luka

@dirtydra123 2 ай бұрын

@@A62119no way you hate on shai then bring up 8th seeded Luka in the same sentence😂😂

@A62119 2 ай бұрын

@@dirtydra123 he’s the better player having a better season so yeah? Seeding should mean nothing in mvp voting otherwise this year it’s Tatum

@nvm9040 2 ай бұрын

That one Cp3 season definitely helped shai develop into the player he is now

@angeltyb924 2 ай бұрын

do a jalen green vid I seen someone compare him to a young Kobe can do every move but is inconsistent

@thomasgee3371 2 ай бұрын

Can y’all make a video about the 2004 lakers the best team to not win a championship? That team looked so good on paper but somehow lost to the Pistons.

@ShadowThe771 2 ай бұрын

The West hasn’t been this stacked since the 2000s.

@chrisuncleahmad 2 ай бұрын

The 2000s West was never stacked. It was the Lakers/Spurs Invitational

@lilboonk2260 2 ай бұрын

@@chrisuncleahmad49 win teams missed the place offs bud

@chrisuncleahmad 2 ай бұрын

@@lilboonk2260 only once did someone else make the Finals (2006 DAL)

@lamphead7866 2 ай бұрын

missing out of shai for miles bridges is crazy

@frederickdelius1106 2 ай бұрын

I wouldnt want to go up against the clippers in the first round. Second sure, in sure by then someone will slip and scrape their knee. But as either the first or second the thunder can really do something neat.

@tristanyuh3775 2 ай бұрын

Playoffs gonna be so gosh darn fun

@todiodedele4340 2 ай бұрын

To be fair to Doc rivers almost everyone on that clipper steam said how much they didn’t wanna trade shai almost as soon as he was traded

@_itzjustmajor0 2 ай бұрын

Back in 2019 I actually really started watching basketball, as a young kid, was not boutta pick the wizards wall was injured, so I went with okc, they had russ and he was my favorite player at the time. Only for Dame to hit the game winner on us and us trading both of our stars. If you would have told me at the time that the young rookie guard from that trade would become an mvp candidate and better than both russ and pg I would have thought u would be lying

@johndebono1870 2 ай бұрын

It's wild that trading Kobe might become the 2nd worst draft day trade the Hornets made (Keeping in mind that Shai seems ok with playing in a small market in a way Kobe never would have been).

@trillaf437 2 ай бұрын

hes my fav ft merchant

@Dottor_J 2 ай бұрын

dude's a bit of a free throw merchant

@DoodMayne 2 ай бұрын

Last nights game on Shais part was an embarrassment. He is not the MVP of this league.

@DW-es3iy 2 ай бұрын

Damn I didn’t know 1 bad game discredited a whole season

@DoodMayne 2 ай бұрын

@DW-es3iy that game exposed Shai. He is without a doubt a top player in the league but not MVP. Jokic, Luka, Giannis all above him. Without getting the whistle blown in his favor, he is a shell of his productive self.

@DW-es3iy 2 ай бұрын

@@DoodMayne I hear what you saying, and we’ll also see if he struggles this playoffs, but you know how the media awards are

@SuperSikarlo 2 ай бұрын

Make a MAVS video already!

@renzoenzo7535 2 ай бұрын

Imagine Sengun with Chet 🔥 Sengun, Chet, Jalen, Dort, SGA

@psychichorse 2 ай бұрын

I'm not going to deny Shai is great, but no one actually believes he's a better player than Jokic or Giannis. One of them should be winning their third MVP this season.

@dirtydra123 2 ай бұрын

He doesn’t have to be better it’s about impact on team and who’s on the team

@aggghgaabk Ай бұрын

No one said he’s better than those guys… but his impact and value this season might’ve been higher than there’s. It was definitely higher than gianniss this yr

@mca1999 2 ай бұрын

Come on Rayce you gotta be a🫏🎤 🎶believer🎶 in the blazers too😂

@moneyboy8609 2 ай бұрын

9:06 this hurts. Kemba Walker was Great.

@MrJ1GS4W 2 ай бұрын

I still Luka should get mvp but man, Shai is looking incredible.

@TheKiddtic 2 ай бұрын

MVP

@mackenzielabar1982 2 ай бұрын

i see yall with the lil one piece clip

@Frozenfrog18 2 ай бұрын

Why am I hearing people saying that there is nothing impressive about their rebuild.

@kentuckyball 2 ай бұрын

My Kentucky boy shining

@MrBubblecake 2 ай бұрын

I don’t understand the whole “there was no fans watching during the bubble” thing because there was literally millions of people at home with nothing to do but watch things on TV lol I don’t give a damn who’s in the stadium, I watch the NBA for the players not the fans on TV in the crowd, and it’s not like I was gonna be at the game myself 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

@antwainski 2 ай бұрын

Shai is the lisan al gaib for us okc folk.

@meanxbean 2 ай бұрын

He had his worst game of the season last night 💀💀💀

@DioPapi_ 2 ай бұрын

Have great players never had bad games? Especially when he’s this young?

@cheap272 2 ай бұрын

It aint his time yet in the playoffs but hes dominant in the reg season

@aggghgaabk Ай бұрын

They up 3-0 rn btw

@enanebres6481 2 ай бұрын

3.3K 1h 60.6K subs

@invictatewahedo8595 2 ай бұрын

Giannis vs. other top 4 MVP candidates Vs Luka Nov 18: 40/15/7 71 TS% W Feb 4: 48/6/10 74 TS%, W Vs. Jokic Jan 29: 29/12/4 61 TS%, L Feb 12: 36/18/5 71 TS%, W Vs Shai March 25: 30/19/4 73 TS%, W Outscored the other candidate in every game.

@GoofyGoobter 2 ай бұрын

This 👆 Replying to bring this comment up

@jamesrush07 2 ай бұрын

Shai was that guy at Kentucky idk what y’all talking bout

@BigWillieDillie 2 ай бұрын

This is how good MCW should have been with the 76ers

@Pure_Dog 2 ай бұрын

Can’t bid over/under cause this mf loves the number 31..

@ehilirate1917 2 ай бұрын

10:08 what Yall know about one piece 😂

@wildruid10 2 ай бұрын

Jokic probably going to win it. But SGA going to get in the next couple of years

@HelloQ.Q 2 ай бұрын

Im sorry guys had to bet the over on Shai points last game, it was the only way he cant keep the nickname " Mr Consistent"

@theGDmenace13 2 ай бұрын

Imagine trading A future MVP candidate For 2 worthless, second round picks and NBA Chris Brown. 😅

@kittenmittensb1z138 2 ай бұрын

Shai for mvp

@donaldduck2756 2 ай бұрын

1:35 say that again 🤡 our franchise doing it again 😔

@shadhinov 2 ай бұрын

Sga ant vs Zion ja

@braxtonvittori7916 2 ай бұрын

First?

@mikieedwards7380 2 ай бұрын

If shai was in ny or La he would be a lock for the mvp he just happens to play for one of the smallest markets smh

@4olufade 2 ай бұрын

Any team with Gallo has a chance

@shelutourameshi2334 2 ай бұрын

Aged like milk after last night😅

@glizzygladiator601 2 ай бұрын

bro y'all actually have to be cursed 😭 shai stinking ts up

@oludayoasuni1815 2 ай бұрын

Bad timing after his showing with raptors and Bucks

@RiskXd715 2 ай бұрын

There’s a big step between Jokic and Shai come on you don’t even think about which is better. Luka in the other hand is the best option to compete against jokic. Luka has been averaging 37-9-9 bro

@BigWillieDillie 2 ай бұрын

Russell Westbrook numbers with 4 less Turnovers 💀

@spliffsforbreakfast 2 ай бұрын

Me and my homie were always looking for sneaky college picks and we 100% knew Shai was tough at Kentucky. Just a smooth, poised, big pg coming from a legacy of star guards under Callipari. We didn’t see “MVP” but we’ve been day 1 fans for sure. And no one blames the Clippers for trading him. No one knew he would be THIS good.

@pauladams2489 2 ай бұрын

Yall should talk about the Timberwolves!

@zuhyeed 2 ай бұрын

These mfs have a curse or smth everytime they put out a video on someone or a team, they get blown out

@brayancatano136 2 ай бұрын

RIP Shai the Synthetic Curse is coming for you

@MusicLover-my6fo 2 ай бұрын

I think Shai should win MVP, but I think it's going to be close. I know since Joel Embiid went out indefinitely, Jokic is the media front runner and I know Luka Doncic has been putting up MVP stats basically since he was drafted. But since the Mavericks are the current 8th seed, I don't think Luka has an actual shot at it other than sympathy votes. Since the Thunder have been good all season and Shai has been so consistent with the stats and considering the huge turnaround that the organization has been through in just two years, I hope Shai really does get MVP.

@Love2Musgrave 2 ай бұрын

He wasn't consistent last night haha

@JonJayAllDay 2 ай бұрын

I honestly see Shai winning it, because I mean he’s really the only one with a bulletproof argument for why not give him MVP. Nobody really seems to be paying any serious attention to Luka even tho stats wise he should be everyone’s MVP. Jayson Tatum is great but he’s just the best player on the best team and just not a MVP type player to most. And people just seem a lil tired of Giannis and Jokic and don’t really wanna give them another MVP. So again with those factors in play, why not Shai for MVP?

@tobiadebiyi7490 2 ай бұрын

Terrible terrible timing lmaoo. He probably conceded the MVP to Joker yesterday, but at least he’ll finish top 3 and another First team All NBA

@rafikz77 2 ай бұрын

Lmao Jordan

@seymourblankbanks5589 2 ай бұрын

that man flopping like crazy going left on ant edwards is not my mvp

@aidancox8438 2 ай бұрын

Free Throw Merchant

@hyabberhane 2 ай бұрын

3:15 Shai isn’t better than Kawhi lmao

@SpecimenKE 2 ай бұрын

No. He should not.

@jusbandoreborn8947 2 ай бұрын

Man sga is great but luka should be mvp

@dutchmilk 2 ай бұрын

Gonna downvote. It is really high time for youtubers to really up their knowledge. No one will know if Mr Alexander will turn into the borderline MVP of today. The belief that hornet knows how things will turn out to be, is on the same level that people knew Curry were going to be shoot out Curry in his rookie season.

@twincitybulldogclub 2 ай бұрын

Well he's hurt and out of the MVP race. Guess you jinx him 😂

@PlatinumPeasant 2 ай бұрын

Shai Pushoff Alexander.

@bornashamloo 2 ай бұрын

Luka > for MVP

@harley_yelrah9429 2 ай бұрын

Hehe giddy sophomore

@thefab0075 2 ай бұрын

SHAI DESERVE TO BE MVP

@wannabelikegzus 2 ай бұрын

SGA should not win MVP. I'm sorry, but he shouldn't. Jokic is basically averaging a triple double, again. He's been able to will the Nuggets into to contention multiple years and has only needed help from his team to win it all. He got robbed last year because none of these journalists wanted to give him a threepeat MVP accolade, even though he absolutely deserved it. The Nuggets are competing for the top spot in the West. Oh, and then there's Luka who is ALSO basically averaging a triple double, putting up 34 pts vs SGA's 30. There's no argument that SGA deserves the MVP over both of those guys. There's just not. If you want to focus on the stats, Luka's got him soundly beat there. If you want to focus on winning, Jokic is the quintessential example of a player contributing to winning first and his own numbers second.

@GoofyGoobter 2 ай бұрын

Also, not to mention the guy he lost to yesterday

@merrickbryan85 2 ай бұрын

Interesting... you jabber about Doc cappin... but you cant even get the information in your own video correct... gotta love wyt guys talkin crap about blk people... 😂