Tag: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

I keep telling myself it’s early in the season. I keep telling myself that [insert number of games] is too small a sample size to start making rash decisions on who and who isn’t allowed to be represented in the glorious halls of DTB scrubdom. I keep telling myself that other players will start taking…

Assist totals this year for “point guard” Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 1, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 2, 3 Shot attempt totals this year for “point guard” Shai Gilgeous Alexander: 23, 17, 14, 21, 13, 14, 14, 18 The debate is settled: we are now referring to him as a shooting guard from now on. Any references…

I truly thought that this year would be the Chris Paul show in Oklahoma City. I did not think it would be the Shai Gilgeous-Alexander show. “The Chris Paul Show” has a nicer ring to it, not that it makes a difference at this point. There’s a concept found all throughout the professional world called…

When the Paul George trade happened, there were a fair few people out there who were thinking to themselves “That’s actually not such a horrible deal for the Thunder”. Sure, they lost their superstar, but let’s look at the facts: Paul George has degenerative shoulders. His shoulders are like the opposite of Dwight Howard’s shoulders…

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander better watch out, or he’s going to find himself in a nice cozy spot on my exclusion list. I’ve been kinda busy with other stuff, so I haven’t yet publicized this year’s version of “the list”, which means I can add and remove names to it whenever I want. If I don’t want…

I’m starting to doubt the validity of the “Point Guard” designation that has been heretofore applied to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The idea of having a tall PG is something that all NBA general managers like the sound of, and for obvious reasons. Who wouldn’t want a small forward-sized guy with PG skills terrorizing the midgets that…

It’s always kind of sad when a young player is touted by an organization as a big part of the future, their face is plastered everywhere, the commentators are instructed to hype them up as much as possible, and then the second a chance to make a superteam arrives, they’re kicked to the curb like…