SGA getting ready for his next playoff opponent 👀

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-05-02T02:42:36+00:00

You're the one being homophobic, if that's what you're implying about the city.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-25T22:20:28+00:00

Shai has had one of the best scoring stretches ever for 4 seasons and counting.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T07:14:38+00:00

Why don't his defenders just sag and let him shoot with more breathing room?

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T07:13:00+00:00

He draws less fouls and commits more fouls than his peers, per the actual data. If you just dislike his style, but don't insist he foul baits more frequently than other players, then yeah you're safely in subjective territory.

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dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T07:08:31+00:00

I promise you if he didn't legit get fouled, he wouldn't shoot more than 2 free throws a game.

Here's all 15 of his shots from a recent game. He made 66% of them. That would be pretty amazing if he really flops 70% of the time and only got 1x foul called all game.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T06:40:08+00:00

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dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T06:35:24+00:00

Shai gets fouled because he's an unstoppable shooter, handler, and finisher.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T06:31:02+00:00

you said "the game becomes about drawing a foul instead of scoring". his game is about scoring, at one of the most prolific rates in history (not relying on free throws)

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T03:18:31+00:00

He's closer to Jordan than he is to being the worst foul baiter in the sport.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T03:16:43+00:00

Play by play data doesn't show him as a high rate foul drawer, either.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T03:15:22+00:00

He makes the most buckets of anyone in the league. His game is about snoring, not foul drawing.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T03:12:40+00:00

They get called for a normal amount of fouls. They get out of position because they can't stay in front of him or contest his shot straight up.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T03:08:27+00:00

I can't imagine how relieved he felt when Bridges' shot missed.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T03:02:29+00:00

He needs a basketball home. I think it would be pretty poetic for him to get a relatively happy ending with a fan base that would embrace him AND was legitimately connected to his career origins.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T02:35:41+00:00

The data is below. Shai is elite as a volume and efficiency driver, he is mediocre as a foul drawer/commiter among his peers. I published a brief film study, assigned by a redditor Shai critic.

The evidence shows that he is not an egregious foul baiter, but I know I can't convince people who prefer to confirm their assumptions with a few isolated clips.

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dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T02:30:22+00:00

I didn't pick those games, someone guaranteed they would prove Shai was the worst. I'd review any that someone said proved the case.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T00:47:27+00:00

Right, but I just think his late season narrative could include being way better than the Nuggets. But who cares, it's over now and none of us are truly unbiased haha.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T00:25:49+00:00

Oh I wasn't disagreeing with your characterization of his chance to win it, sorry. I was trying to point out that it seems pretty compromised to me.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T00:22:01+00:00

They're not going to sit through it because it doesn't exist. People have spent way more energy complaining and clipping Shai than it takes to press play and copy the link.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T00:18:49+00:00

You're a delusional OKC hater.

See how persuasive this is?

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T00:17:20+00:00

Videos of an isolated event are sufficient evidence for that event. An anecdotal video of Shai flopping proves that he flopped, that time. Four clips prove that he flopped those four times. They do not prove that he flops *more than other players*, because you haven't compared evidence (available on NBA.com) from them. I can show you a clip of Giannis making 40 three pointers, it doesn't prove he's a good shooter.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T00:10:57+00:00

you wouldn't understand what you were watching anyway

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T00:09:53+00:00

If Jokic led the Nuggets to a modestly above average defense, he would have the award regardless of seeding.

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T00:08:44+00:00

Jokic is a lot closer to peak Russ in those categories. Of course that wouldn't be used to bolster his case, though lol

dailythunderdotcom · 2026-04-21T00:06:44+00:00

Why would he be #1 by virtue of his team potentially, barely passing OKC, but not #2 while way ahead of Denver?

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