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[Highlight] Allen Iverson reflects on the media’s perception of him in a raw and honest interview
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Paul Pierce: “Brunson’s offensive package is way better than SGA…the way he can get to the midrange, floaters, his hesitation, off the glass lefthand. It throws the opponent off.”
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A stadium full of Seattle sports fans at the Mariners game cheering on and celebrating watching the Thunder lose
streamable.comu/808Kuro — 1 month ago
ESPN does a great game breakdown analysis of SGA foul hunting in WCF Game 6 and contrasts it to Spurs guards playing through contact
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Mike Greenberg on SGA style of play: “Watching him play is agonizing. It is not fun…. You have to understand that for the rest of us, watching this style of play is not like watching Steph, it’s not like watching Michael Jordan. It’s just not.”
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ESPN writer Dennis Jr: “The Thunder foul all the time and it’s annoying to watch them play…[on defense] they’re pushing guys and playing nasty and you go down the court and SGA is like ‘Oh I fell’. That is what is frustrating.“
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Wright: “You can’t convince me that OKC, with all of its analytics and the fact that everyone on the team does it, that flopping isn’t coached to a degree”
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Footage from 2009 Western Conference Finals highlighting the physical skills and competitive spirit of past playoff basketball in the NBA
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NBA fans in China imitate SGA in a game of pickup basketball
streamable.comu/808Kuro — 1 month ago
NYC Mayor on Knicks making the Finals: “You can’t put into words what the Knicks have done for this city and the excitement they put into people’s faces. We're going to have watch parties across the city.”
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NBA fans in China reenact SGA moves while playing pickup basketball
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[Highlight] Pump fake techniques that shows the difference between SGA and past NBA players
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u/808Kuro — 1 month ago
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By metrics, the reigning back-to-back league MVP (SGA) is being significantly outplayed in the WCF by a 22 year old, 3rd year player (Wemby) who is also eclipsing him in advanced stats. Is there any past precedent of the reigning MVP being outplayed at this level in the postseason?
This postseason, for +/-, Wemby is a staggering +50 while the back-to-back league MVP is a -8.
Not only this, but Wembanyama is having the highest playoff EPM of all time at +10.5.
In the WCF, SGA is averaging 24.5 points on 39% from the field and 26% from beyond the arc. By contrast, Wemby is averaging 30 points on 53% from the field and 42% beyond the arc.
Wembanyama has undoubtedly been the most impactful player out of both teams this conference finals. Which is surprising seeing the historical regular season that SGA had while being crowned by some as the “best player in the world”.
You would expect the reigning back-to-back MVP who has the better team and team record to be playing better than the opposing player that finished 2 spots behind him in the MVP race. Are there any other past examples of a stark performance contrast existing between the league MVP and a young player on the opposing team?
u/808Kuro — 1 month ago